Dear Parents/Carers,

I am writing to you regarding the arrangements for Friday when the children will continue with their education at Outwood Portland.

The coach will collect the children at 8.40am. The register will be done as the children board the bus. Any pupil who does not arrive by 8.40am will have to be sent home. We will contact you to inform you. The children will return to school at 2.35pm.

If your child is usually permitted to walk home alone we will assume that they can continue to unless you inform us otherwise.

All parents must sign a consent form before the children get on the bus on Friday. If you wish, you could come along to the village hall tomorrow to do this or you or a relative could come along with your child on Friday morning.

If you have any questions you can email me at: head@langold-dyscarr.notts.sch.uk 

Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

Yours sincerely,

Gemma Bradford

The closing date for the receipt of nomination forms for parent governors has been extended to Monday 23rd November at 11.00 a.m.  These can be returned to school by:

1.  Posting them in the ballot box that will be located at the village hall each morning between 9.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m.  OR

2.  Returning them by e mail to june.bellingham@langold-dyscarr.notts.sch.uk.

Thank you

The Year 5 astronomy event will still go ahead on Tuesday 24th November 2015. Children will need to be at school for 1.35 pm. Children need to wait outside at the school gate. Please do not enter the school.

Anyone wanting to order school uniform will need to do so by Friday am, 20th November 2015. Please visit

www.stparent.co.uk.

Thank you.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Thank you very much for your patience with us over the last week, these have been trying times for us all and we appreciate all the offers of support and fundraising that you have made. It is hugely appreciated.

You will be very keen to know what the plans are for getting back to normal.

To date there has been a thorough clean of all the affected areas, it has been confirmed by the county council that there has been no asbestos contamination at all. There has been no smoke damage to the kitchen and KS1 and KS2 corridors have been unaffected. The only parts of the school which have been affected are the Year 6 corridor and admin. Over the coming week there will be an inspection of the entire circuitry of the school and there will also be a thorough inspection of the heating system. We need to be completely confident that the site is totally safe before returning children to school.

The Plan

• Outwood Portland has very kindly offered to accommodate Year 6 children from Friday onwards. The children will be accompanied by their usual class teachers and TAs. We very much value this tremendous support but hope that it will be very temporary in nature. We will contact year 6 parents separately to inform them of the finer details and arrangements.
• We have ordered temporary accommodation in the form of one classroom, a toilet block and an admin facility.
• We have ordered a comprehensive range of learning materials from CGP for F2- Year 5 and we plan to give these out at the Village Hall on Thursday. F1 will be provided with a homework menu of activities to complete. Staff will be available from 9.00am-3.00pm to collect these. Each teacher will also set online homework which we will inform you about on Thursday. We plan for members of staff to be available from 9.00am-11.00am each morning at the village hall if pupils would like to come along with their parents for support with the work.
• Year 5 will still take part in the astronomy event at Outwood Portland on Tuesday 24^th November. We will update year 5 parents about this separately.
• The school will definitely remain closed for the rest of this week whilst all of the testing and inspection takes place. On Friday 20^th November, we will be able to let parents know whether or not the school will be open on Monday 23^rd November, however we think this is highly unlikely.
• We are confident that by the end of Monday 23^rd, colleagues in Notts County Council Property (operations) will be able to let us know as to the earliest return date. At this moment in time they are hopeful that this will be Monday 30^th November.

We appreciate that this situation has caused all of us a great deal of anxiety and upset but I can assure you everyone involved is working to their utmost to ensure the children return to school as soon as they can to a safe and secure building. Thank you again for all of your offers of support and help.

Yours sincerely

Miss Gemma Bradford

Dear Parents

I'd like to thank you for your support and patience at this challenging time for Langold Dyscarr Community School. As ever, the community spirit shines through and everyone pulls together for the sake of all the children. I realise that so far we haven't been able to provide you with much information so I'd like to take this opportunity to give you a few more details.

We have had a fire, as you are aware, starting in a room on the Year 6 corridor. There has been damage both on the corridor and the adjacent rooms. The cause of the fire was an electrical fault. As of today the school remains closed until all areas can be made safe by the appropriate property services and will remain closed Monday and Tuesday; further updates will be posted on the school website on Tuesday.

The cleaning company will be starting work over the weekend and we are waiting for the fire alarm to be fixed and to ensure all the electrics are made safe.

As you are aware, the safety of pupils is of paramount importance to us and we have to be sure the school is safe before we can reopen, but please be assured we are working to ensure this happens as soon as possible.

Gemma Bradford