Parents

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

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October’s Bayford Bugle

The latest issue of our newsletter is out now. Parents will receive it directly, but you can always access a copy from this website. The main items this time include: Remember you can also keep up to date by following our official Facebook page!

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School Nursing Team Summer Newsletter

Have a look at the latest newsletter from the school nursing team, part of the Public Health Nursing Service of Hertfordshire Community Health NHS Trust. This edition has advice on sun safety, water and hydration, supporting children’s mental health, oral health and dentistry for children, and measles. You can read the newlsetter on line or …

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School Hours from September

Thank you to everyone who took part in our consultation process last term about the need to extend school hours slightly from September. Parents, staff and governors shared their thoughts and we have now been able to take a decision. Of course, we can’t please everyone all the time, but we hope that with four …

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Introducing the FOLLOW campaign

Hertfordshire’s Early Years Service have been working on a speech, language and communication campaign, known as FOLLOW. FOLLOW is a very simple and easy to use set of strategies that parents and carers can use with their little ones to help develop speech, language and communication skills at home. The FOLLOW campaign will give you …

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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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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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