Nerrols Primary School

🚨School Closure Due to Extreme Heat🚨

Following the issue of Met Office Red Weather Alerts for Wednesday and Thursday, and after careful consideration of the risks posed by the forecast temperatures, we have made the difficult decision to close both the school and nursery on Wednesday 24th June and Thursday 25th June.

The safety and wellbeing of our children and staff will always be our highest priority. Whilst we have already made a number of adaptations in school, the severity of the warning and the potential impact on essential services means we do not believe we can guarantee a safe operating environment during these two days.

📚 Children will be provided with home learning activities by their class teachers, which we ask them to complete during the closure period.

We understand that this decision may cause inconvenience for some families and thank you for your understanding and support. Decisions of this nature are never taken lightly, but we believe this is the most responsible course of action given the circumstances.

Please continue to follow official advice on staying safe in extreme heat and keep an eye on school communications for any further updates.

Stay safe and take care in the heat. ☀️

☀️ Hot Weather Update & Sports Days Information ☀️

With a sustained period of hot weather forecast for Taunton next week, we will be relaxing our school uniform expectations from Monday 22nd June to Thursday 25th June to help keep everyone as cool and comfortable as possible.

Children are welcome to wear:
✅ School shorts
✅ Summer dresses
✅ Approved school PE kit

We ask that jumpers, cardigans and ties are left at home during this period.

Please help us keep children safe in the heat by ensuring they:
🧴 Arrive at school with sun cream already applied
🧢 Bring a sun hat
💧 Bring a refillable water bottle

We will continue to encourage regular hydration throughout the day, with access to water fountains and drinking water available across the school.

🏃‍♂️ Sports Days Update
To avoid the hottest part of the day, both Sports Days will now begin 30 minutes earlier at 9:30am:
👟EYFS & KS1 Sports Day – Wednesday
👟KS2 Sports Day – Thursday

As always, the safety and wellbeing of our children remain our highest priority. Should any further changes be necessary, we will communicate these as soon as possible.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding. We look forward to welcoming families to our Sports Days and hopefully enjoying some sunshine together! ☀️

(We have also shared all of this information via MCAS)

🪣Our Whole School Kindness Bucket Overflows Again!🪣

We are absolutely delighted to share that our Whole School Kindness Bucket has overflowed for the second time this year! 🌟❤️

This incredible achievement is a reflection of the kindness, respect and care our children show every day. Our children continue to make our school a wonderful place to learn and belong, whether through helping a friend, including others in play, showing resilience, using kind words or demonstrating our school values:

🫶🏼Be kind
✏️Work hard
💪🏼Try your best

We want to say a huge well done to every child who has contributed to filling the bucket. Every act of kindness, no matter how small, has helped us reach this milestone together!

A special congratulations also goes to our recent Bucket Fillers of the Week and House Point Certificate Winners. We are so proud of the positive example you set for others and the way you embody the values that make our school community so special. 🌟🏆

Thank you to our families for your continued support. We can’t wait to reveal what our next Kindness Treat will be… watch this space! 👀✨

A huge well done to our fantastic School Councillors, who have been working incredibly hard to make playtimes even more enjoyable for everyone!

Listening carefully to the ideas and interests of their classmates, they have shown great creativity and leadership by organising a range of exciting activities, including percussion sessions and arts and crafts opportunities! 🥁🎨

We are so proud of the way our School Council members are helping to create a happy, inclusive and engaging environment for all children. Thank you for your brilliant ideas and for demonstrating what leadership is all about! 🌟

🌊 Year 3 Geographers! 🌊

This half term in Geography, Maple Class have been learning about coastlines and exploring the different physical features found along the coast! 🏖️

As part of their learning, the children worked collaboratively with a partner to design and create their own model coastline using newspaper, tissue paper, paint and sand. They then carefully labelled the key features they had learnt about, demonstrating their growing geographical knowledge and understanding!

It was fantastic to see their creativity, resilience, enthusiasm and teamwork skills throughout. ⭐️

🎉🌟 A fantastic way to end the week! 🌟🎉

Today’s Celebration Assembly was full of positivity and achievement as we recognised our House Point Certificate Winners, Bucket Fillers of the Week and Stars of the Week! It was wonderful to celebrate so many children who have demonstrated our school values through their hard work, kindness and positive attitudes.

A huge congratulations also to Barrington House, who were crowned champions of the Year 4 Intra-School Sports Competition this week! 🏆🔵

Our Whole School Kindness Bucket is nearly full once again…🪣⏳👀

🌍✨ Birch Class’s learning journey to the Seven Wonders of the World has well and truly begun! ✨🌍

Following their first Geography lesson exploring the incredible wonders of our world, it was fantastic to see our children in Year 2 taking their learning beyond the classroom. Inspired by the ancient city of Petra, the children chose to recreate this remarkable wonder in their own unique ways, carefully considering the stunning architecture carved directly into the sandstone cliffs! 🏛️