Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Start of the New School Year
Wed 30 Aug 2023Welcome back to the new school year at Norman Pannell!
We hope all of our children, families and staff have had a healthy holiday with some fun memories to look back on.
The school term starts for ALL children (except Nursery) on Monday 4th September.
Nursery children start from Thursday 7th September.
As parents know from newsletters in the Summer Term, Phase 3 of our whole-school refurbishment has been in full swing during the holidays, with work on schedule and looking great! This work is due for completion by the end of September, but means that Reception and Year 1 classes are in temporary classrooms for the first 3-4 weeks of term.
Important information about drop-off and pick-ups:
- Reception children should be dropped off and picked up at the Community Room. This is Reception's temporary classroom and it will have a temporary metal fence and gate surrounding the immediate outside area to increase safety for children. Miss Shaw and Miss Jade greet children and dismiss from here.
- Reception children are half day only for the first 3 days (Mon 4th - Wed 6th) either AM or PM. Please refer to the information given out before the Summer break or contact the school office if you're not sure.
- Year 1 to Year 6 children should be brought to the Infant Yard before the whistle goes at 8:50am. Children will then leave parents / carers and come up the steps onto the junior yard where teachers will be waiting to greet them and to line up. The staff will then take children into class.
- Children will be picked up at 3:20pm from their classroom doors (3:15pm for Nursery / Reception). Staff will be on hand to help if you are not sure where to go.
- Y1's temporary classroom is the library, which is half way along the back side of the school building. Please look out for signage or ask if you are unsure.
Breakfast and Twilight Club
For the Autumn and Spring Terms, were are welcoming the staff and children from Netherley Youth and Community Initiative (NYCI) to join forces and combine our services while their premises are refurbished.
Drop-off and pick-up for both these clubs will be at the door on the Infant Yard nearest the playground train. Parents must be in attendance to sign children in and pick-up.
Reminder: All payments for breakfast and twilight club must be made via the Parent Pay app - please book in advance.
Important Dates:
Fri 1st Sept – INSET DAY (staff only)
Mon 4th Sept – First day of new school year
Mon 4th Sept – Reception class start 8:45am
Wed 6th Sept – Year 2 “Meet the Teacher” parent meeting in class 9:00-9:30am
Thurs 7th Sept – Nursery children start
Thurs 7th Sept - Year 6 “Meet the Teacher” parent meeting in class 9:00-9:30am
Fri 8th Sept - Year 5 “Meet the Teacher” parent meeting in class 9:00-9:30am
Mon 11th Sept - Year 4 “Meet the Teacher” parent meeting in class 9:00-9:30am
Tues 12th Sept - Year 3 “Meet the Teacher” parent meeting in class 9:00-9:30am
Wed 13th Sept - Year 1 “Meet the Teacher” parent meeting in class 9:00-9:30am
Fri 22nd Sept – Nursery & Reception - Stay and Play 9:00-9:30am
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NEU Strike Days - Partial opening of school
Tue 04 Jul 2023The NEU teaching union have announced two further strike days. The school will be partially opened on the next two days, please read below.
Wednesday 5th July:
Nursery - Open
Reception - Open
Year 1 - Closed
Year 2 - Closed
Year 3 - Closed
Year 4 - Closed
Year 5 - Closed
Year 6 - Closed
Friday 7th July:
Nursery - Open
Reception - Open
Year 1 - Closed
Year 2 - Closed
Year 3 - Closed
Year 4 - Closed
Year 5 - Closed
Year 6 - Closed
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Extra-curricular clubs - Summer 2 2023
Tue 06 Jun 2023Our new extra-curricular timetable for this half term's clubs has been published on our 'Extra-curricular clubs' page. Further details of each club and booking forms can be found by clicking on 'Parents', then 'Extra-curricular clubs', or by simply clicking the link below:
Click here for our 'Extra-curricular Clubs' page
We very much hope that your child can come along and enjoy one or more of our clubs with his or her friends.
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Housing development update 18/5/23
Thu 18 May 2023Dear parents and carers,
As you know, a large-scale housing development is due to start on the green area opposite school, stretching to beyond Netherley shops. We know that this will cause many families disruption for the period of building work, which will be up to 2 years, as it will affect pedestrian routes and eventually parking.
Today, workers have started to erect a fence next to the cars parked opposite the school. I have spoken to the workers, who have said that this will NOT restrict access to the pathways for at least a week, maybe two. Cars are still able to access the parking areas in the usual way at this time. Please take extra care.
Kind regards,
Rob Simpson
Head Teacher
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Immunisations - Public Health information from Belle Vale Children's Centre
Thu 04 May 2023Please see flyer below for important public health information about immunisations from Belle Vale Children's Centre.
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SEND Local Offer LIVE event - Wednesday 5th July
Tue 02 May 2023Please see attached an advert from the Local Authority for parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability on Wednesday 5th July.
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UPDATE: School is OPEN on Wednesday 3rd May
Tue 02 May 2023Dear Parents and Carers,
The fault in our boiler / water systems has been resolved and school is OPEN again for all year groups on Wednesday 3rd May at the normal times.
We apologise again for any inconvenience that this has caused.
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URGENT - Potential school closure due to Health and Safety issue - Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Mon 01 May 2023Dear Parents and Carers,
I am writing to inform you that, as things stand, we are unable to open the school site tomorrow for health and safety reasons. We currently have no running water at school due to a fault in the boiler room / water system, which occurred on Friday. So far, we have not been able to have the issue resolved during the bank holiday weekend as expected. I have informed the Local Authority and taken advice - we are not able to safely open the site until this issue has been resolved and running water is restored.
Please make alternative arrangements for looking after your child(ren) tomorrow. If contractors can attend later today or very early tomorrow and solve the problem, we will assess the situation and open to the children whose classes were due to be open: Nursery, Reception, Y1, Y2 and Y6.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience that this causes, but clearly have to take the decision to follow H&S guidance for everybody's wellbeing. I will update you on this matter as soon as possible.
Reminder: due to teacher strike action, Y3, Y4 and Y5 are NOT in school tomorrow, regardless of the safety issue described above.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. R. Simpson
Head Teacher
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Increase in Costs for Breakfast and Twilight Club, plus school dinners increase reminder
Fri 28 Apr 2023Dear parents and carers,
Due to significant increases in costs to energy, food, staffing etc. and following a governor review, we will be increasing the costs of some of our services.
We have undertaken market research and believe that, despite our price rise, we remain very competitive (sometimes far cheaper) compared to other local providers, having kept our charges at the same low level for many years. We are confident that our services provide high quality at a very reasonable rate, but as always, would welcome feedback on this.
Please see below:
- Breakfast Club: recently increased from £1.00 to £1.50
- Twilight Club (after school provision):
- £6 up to 5pm collection (£1 increase)
- £7 up to 5:30pm collection (£1 increase)
- School Dinners (for those not entitled to Free School Meals: Increase from £1.60 to £1.80 per day until the end of this academic year
Increases to Twilight Club and School Dinners will take effect from Tuesday 9th May.
We will soon be launching Parent Pay, which will be the new, more convenient way for parents and carers to pay for any of our services, including the above, school trips etc. Parent Pay is used by many schools and will make communication and tracking of payments much simpler for parents and school. Further details to follow.
We do not wish to raise these costs and appreciate that this could cause difficulties for some families in the current economic climate; however, we are not able to continue to run these services at a loss, therefore have to increase.
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NEU Strike Days - Partial Opening of School
Wed 19 Apr 2023The NEU teaching union have announced two further strike days in the next two weeks. Previously, the school has not opened to pupils on these strike days. However, the school will be partially opened on the next two days, please read below carefully as it is different on each day:
Thursday 27th April:
Nursery - Open
Reception - Closed
Year 1 - Open
Year 2 - Open
Year 3 - Closed
Year 4 - Closed
Year 5 - Closed
Year 6 - Open
Tuesday 2nd May:
Nursery - Open
Reception - Open
Year 1 - Open
Year 2 - Open
Year 3 - Closed
Year 4 - Closed
Year 5 - Closed
Year 6 - Open
It is important to point out that this can yet change; if it does, I will inform parents as soon as I have any information, but we wanted to inform parents and carers for your own planning purposes as soon as we could.
