Ed's big summer food tour is back!

We have a new entry system for Breakfast and After School club which should improve the security of the school grounds and the experience for the children. This means that, from Monday, all of the school gates will now open at 8.30am. They will be closed until this time so please do not arrive before this or allow your children to arrive before this. Please remember that parents are responsible for the safety and behaviour of their children before the whistle in the morning and after the teachers release the children at the end of the day.

Unfortunately the ground at Tothill field is too wet for us to complete sports day today. We will try again next Wednesday, 27th June. There are no hot dinners today. If you ordered a school packed lunch, one will still be provided. If your child was bringing their own packed lunch, then please do so. 

 

We apologise for any inconvenience and let’s do a sun dance for next Wednesday. ☀️ 🌞

 

You may have seen on the Herald website that a threatening email has been sent to some Plymouth schools, including us. The local authority are coordinating communications with police and have advised that this a hoax. They have sent us this statement:

 

We are aware of a series of malicious communications to schools across the country. Police and schools take hoaxes extremely seriously. We have been in contact with the Police and the Local Authority and have continued to ensure the safety of our pupils and staff. We have policies and procedures in place to cover incidents of this nature. We understand that the Police will continue to investigate who is responsible.

Environmental enforcement officers will soon be patrolling outside Plymouth’s schools

 

From Monday 19 March, you may start to see extra environmental enforcement officers patrolling the streets outside Plymouth’s schools to help crackdown on things like dog fouling, littering, fly-posting and fly-tipping. Plymouth City Council has teamed up with specialist company Kingdom Services, to help ensure that Plymouth is a green and pleasant city.

 

The officers will be able to issue fixed penalty notices to offenders. Littering and fly-posting both carry an £80 penalty while dog fouling costs offenders £100. Meanwhile, fly-tipping is punishable by a £400 fine. Council leader Ian Bowyer said: "We know that people are fed up with issues like littering, dog fouling, and fly tipping, particularly around our schools, and by introducing extra enforcement officers we can now deal with these anti-social activities more effectively.”

 

You can find more information at www.plymouth.gov.uk/envirocrime

Due to the continuing poor weather and the forecast conditions, Prince Rock will remain closed tomorrow. We will re-open on Monday 5^th March. We apologise for any inconvenience but have made the decision based on the safety of the children and the parents. We hope you have been able to enjoy the snow.

We have taken the decision to close Prince Rock tomorrow due to the weather forecast. We apologise for any inconvenience and would only close the school as a last resort. However, safety must always be our first concern. We hope the children enjoy the snow while it lasts as many of them may never have seen snow before and we may not see it again for a while!

 

We expect to re-open on Friday 2^nd March.

 

Due to the weather conditions, if it is safe to do so, you can collect your child from 1pm today. If you cannot collect, we will continue to look after your children as normal. However, all after school clubs (including Mrs Minter's) will be cancelled. All children need to be collected by 3.10pm. 

 

If you have any questions, please call the school office on: 01752 257698