Boreham Primary School

This summer National Book Tokens are offering five schools the chance to start rebuilding their libraries by inviting teachers, parents, carers and communities to nominate their school for a big prize draw. Each winning school will receive £1,000 in National Book Tokens and a year's free membership to the School Library Association. Please can you all help us by nominating Boreham Primary School for this fantastic opportunity.

To vote, please log onto:

www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools -your-school-title

For Sale £350

Brand new reptile enclosure with all set-up equipment and accessories, all unused and ready to use.

Includes the following:

- Wire mesh cage - height 1210mm width 610mm
- Reptile dome heating light
- Arcadia lighting
- Digital dimming thermostat
- Decorations for cage including: coil rope, decorative leaves/plants, bark, large natural climber, basking ledge, water feeder
- Separate transportation unit
- Water spray gun

Merry Christmas to all our families and friends. We hope you all have a restful and healthy break. See you in the New Year!

Our School Council is fundraising to purchase a defibrillator, this is something very close to our heart. All donations greatly received and a huge thanks in advance.

We are currently advertising on Essex School Jobs for an Attendance and Administrative Assistant. The role is Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30am and 4pm with half an hour for lunch. If you are interested, please contact Mrs Gill Powell the School Business Manager on 01245 467625 for further information.

We are looking for a Site Manager to join our friendly school from September 22. Please contact Mrs Powell on 01245 467625 if you are interested in this post. Details are:

Monday to Friday (hours to be discussed)

Boreham Primary School is a village school with approximately 224 pupils on roll.

Due to the pending retirement of our current caretaker who has happily worked at the school for over 32 years, we would like to appoint a site manager to look after our school and manage our cleaning staff.

You will need to have proven DIY skills and be willing to undertake a variety of tasks. Training in a trade such as plumbing or electrical work would be an asset although not essential. Your responsibilities will include:

- Site security
- Managing the health and safety of the site
- Liaison with external contractors
- General cleaning duties
- Maintenance and repairs/painting
- Manage cleaning staff
- Some flexibility with evenings and weekends.

This is a key role providing vital support to the continuing success of our schools and is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual with a 'can do' attitude to join our hardworking team.

We can offer:

- Support and training for 7 weeks working alongside our current caretaker
- Additional training where required
- Spacious and well-maintained school grounds with excellent facilities
- Children who are exceptionally well-behaved, very polite, happy, enthusiastic and eager to learn
Very supportive governors, parents and local community.

Thank you for your patience with the new system we have put into place. Emails will be sent directly to your email inbox. You should have received information about the re-opening of school. If you have not received this please call the school office as we may need to check your details.

Thank you again. 😊

The good news is most parents have successfully signed up for SIMS Pay. Unfortunately, a few parents are still having problems signing in. There is an app called SIMS Parent app and you can access SIMS Pay on this. A link for the parent app was sent yesterday to the primary email address on our system. When we see people are successfully set up, a link will be sent to the next primary email address, if applicable.

All communication will be sent to your email address. With Parentmail you had notification of a new email, unfortunately, you will only know you have a new email when you check your email inbox.

Please check your junk emails as a few parents found the re-opening of school information in their junk. Once you move to your inbox, future communication should automatically be received there.

We appreciate your patience and know it can be frustrating, we will get there and have everyone signed up soon. Any problems please call the school office. 👍

Here is the final (hopefully) lockdown video from the staff at Boreham Primary School. Looking forward to seeing you all soon. 🙋‍♀️

dont stop believing.mp4

We are looking for a carpenter to cover some radiators in school and make a sliding door in one of the classrooms. Please message this page with any recommendations. Thank you.

Due to the heavy snowfall over night and the forecast for more snow later today we have made the decision to close the school.

What an amazing week it has been for our school. The online dance and Q and A sessions has most definitely been the highlight of our celebration of Children's Mental Health week.

Shirley has been such an inspiration to us all and her manner and approach with all our children was simply heart-warming and full of positivity, spirit, and humour! Huge thanks also to Shirley's equally talented boyfriend, Danny, whose musical accompaniment was an absolute joy. Thanks also to Charlie the dog for entertaining the children!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts Shirley for an incredible week, we can't wait to welcome you to our friendship school after lockdown.