Dear Parents/Carers, Welcome back to St. Paul’s for our academic year 2021-2022. We are so happy to have you all back at school as we have so many exciting things planned for the year ahead. I hope you have had an enjoyable summer. The children have certainly had lots of exciting stories to share. It...

Dear Parents/Carers, Well, we are nearly there, and not wanting to tempt fate we do not seem to have suffered the amount of bubble closures that other local schools have experienced. This has been achieved with your support of our risk assessment measures and for that I am truly grateful. I mentioned in the last...

Dear Parents/Carers, As we approach the end of an interesting and at times, difficult year I am optimistic for September 2021. It is hoped that the majority of the restrictions will be lifted-never to return. For me that will mean an end to children sitting in rows and getting the classes back to some normality. ...

Dear Parents/Carers, Well, we have finally made it to half term, and it looks like good weather is forecast. It has been such a busy few weeks; very productive and enjoyable. We are now looking forward to the next half term , topics are planned and we are ready to go at this end. I...

Dear Parents/Carers, We are very excited to share with you our new vision for St. Paul’s. Our vision is to be an excellent school, rooted in Christian values that develop children into confident, happy citizens and provide a firm foundation to enable them to flourish in the local, global and Christian communities, both now and...

Dear Parents/Carers, Welcome back after the Easter holidays and I hope you had a great couple of weeks. We are now moving towards and preparing for greater freedoms come 21st June as Covid controls are lifted.  However, we will continue to be cautious and follow a Risk Assessment even if it is an amended one....

Dear Parents/Carers, As we approach the end of the Spring term, I reflect on what has been another very challenging time for us all. What makes me proud is how the St. Paul’s community has risen to the challenge. The return to full school capacity has been uplifting, but not without its issues. I believe...

Dear Parents/Carers, It has been another one of those momentous weeks with Mr. Johnson announcing the good news that all children will be able to return to school on March 8th.  This is exciting and, despite some of the information you may have read in the press, what every teacher and adult at St. Paul’s...

Dear Parents/Carers, Last week, I listened as the Prime Minister informed the nation that schools will remain closed until at least the 8th March.  As that news was announced, it was hard not to feel disappointed as the hope of this being over soon, seems to now be even further away. After speaking to a...

Dear Parents/Carers, This is the first newsletter of this term and the first since the Government put us back into lockdown. I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of you for your co-operation in these difficult times.  Without your support this would have been ‘Mission Impossible’. I would also like...