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Jesus said, ‘I am the Good Shepherd… I know my sheep and my sheep know me.’ John 10.14

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School Prayer Group

Reverend Theresa has offered to run a regular prayer group at school for any parents, staff and children who would like to attend. This would be a short meeting in school held on Thursday mornings after school drop off and before our daily whole school collective worship. At the moment it’s simply an offer and …

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Half-term catch-up clinics

Pop-up vaccination clinics have been arranged over half term to make it easier for you to make sure your child is fully vaccinated against measles and any other childhood vaccinations they may have missed. People of all ages can attend the clinics, including young people and adults. The nearest clinics to Bayford are in Hatfield …

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Changing school hours

From the start of the next academic year, so beginning in September 2024, we need to make a slight change to the hours when the children will be in school. Recent guidance from the Department for Education states that children should be provided with 32.5 hours of education in school each week. Currently, with our …

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Cost of living resources

This winter Hertfordshire County Council wants to make sure that advice and support is available to help every resident deal with the rising cost of living and to stay safe and well as temperatures drop. HCC have asked us to help them reach as many people as possible with information about resources you can access. …

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Free School Meals: Might you be eligible?

According to the county council over 6,000 households in Hertfordshire could be eligible for free school meals but so far haven’t applied, including over 1400 households in the areas from which most of our families come. Might you be one of those families? As well as missing out on a free school meal, households could …

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Online safety at Christmas & After

Keeping children safe is always at the forefront of our thinking, and not just when they’re here with us at school. Staying safe online is getting more and more important and we all need to know how to protect children and young people (and ourselves!) from all the new and ever-changing risks which the online …

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