Merrydale Infant School
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Poppy Playtime is a horror/puzzle game which involves the player investigating an abandoned toy factory to solve the mystery of what happened.
The game does not appear to have any age restrictions however the developers have recommended for players age 8+.
You can visit the safeguarding section of our website for support with E safety.
If you become aware of your child playing this game then:
•Reassure them they are safe
•Talk to them about what they have seen online and how this has made them feel
•Encourage open and non-judgemental discussions with young children about what they are seeing online to give reassurance that they can talk to you if they have seen something of concern
•Please monitor what your child can access at home
On 25th April our Local Authority reviewed our school looking at our children’s behaviour. I am delighted that the report concluded : “Pupils demonstrated very good attitudes to learning and each other at all times. They moved around the school independently and respectfully and showed pride in their environment. Children were observed to be caring of each other, making sure that no-one was left out in play or in paired and group work. Staff had a lovely manner with the children and reinforced high expectations of behaviour, communicating professionally and effectively and making sure that the focus remained on the learning.” It was also wonderful collecting all the feedback from our parental questionnaires from our May parents evenings. 99% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that our children behaved well at school and 100% agreed or strongly agreed they would recommend our school to another parent.
26th April 2022
Dear Parents
With Ramadan, drawing to an end it will soon be time for many of our families to celebrate the festival of Eid. Therefore, our children will be celebrating on Friday 29th in the afternoon or in the morning for our youngest Nursery children.
The children can come into school on Friday in their party clothes but please make sure the children are still able to enjoy their normal school day i.e. suitable footwear. Please save your absolute best party clothes to the actual Eid celebrations with your families at home next week.
We will provide party snacks but sadly cannot accept any food or sweets from parents. We have some children with significant allergies so we need to make sure everyone is safe.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back form the Spring holidays and to wish everyone who is soon to celebrate a Happy Eid.
Yours sincerely
Mr Tipple-Johnson
Dear Parents/Carers,
We are launching an Earth Day competition to be completed by your child over their two week holiday (8th April to 25th April).
All completed entries are to be brought into school on their first day back, Monday 25th April.
The winners from each class will get a
wonderful prize, which will be awarded to them in assembly. All the entries will be displayed in school for everyone to see.
We hope you have lots of fun taking part.
પૃથ્વી દિવસ સ્પર્ધા 2022
દિય મધતધદપતધ/સંભધળ રધખનધરધઓ,
અમે તમધરધ બધળક દ્વધરધ તેમની બે સપ્તધહની રજા (8મી એદિલથી 25મી એદિલ) િરદમયધન પૂર્ા કરવધ મધટે પૃથ્વી દિવસની સ્પર્ધા શરૂ કરી રહ્યધ છીએ.
તમધમ પૂર્ા થયેલી એન્ટટરીઓ તેમનધ િથમ દિવસે, સોમવધર 25મી એદિલે શધળધમધં લધવવધમધં આવશે.
િરેક વર્ાનધ દવજેતધઓને અદ્ભુત ઇનધમ મળશે, જે તેમને એસેમ્બલીમધં એનધયત કરવધમધં આવશે.
િરેકને જોવધ મધટે શધળધમધં બર્ી એન્ટટરીઓ િશધાવવધમધં આવશે
અમે આશધ રધખીએ છીએ કે તમને ભધર્ લેવધમધં ઘર્ી મજા આવશે.
I would like to say a really big thank you to all our children, parents and staff for their patience and support while we work to improve our school building and lower our carbon footprint. We anticipate all the work will be finished by the end of the summer 2022. By then we should have 2 brand new Heat Pumps to keep our school warm and all our windows replaced. Furthermore all our lighting inside has been replaced which has lit up the school to help our children learn. Solar panels are being fitted soon. Once everything is done we should be better able to make a difference to the environment and keep our energy costs down. We want to spend our budget on our children's learning and not pay the energy companies.
Take care everyone
Mr TJ