Welcome to the Collingwood Primary School Website.
"We live our lives with arms and minds wide open"
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The School is open
(Monday to Friday)
Click here to see pictures of the baby pandas
When we are unfortunate enough to have snow during term time, school will only close as a very last resort; as long as the children are safe, the heating is on and enough staff are able to get here, we will open!
The decision to close school is taken as soon as we are able to establish how many members of staff are able to get into work. This takes some time and often happens only just before the children arrive changing suddenly as staff who drive get stuck in traffic.
Parents are advised to listen to Essex FM or BBC Essex when bad weather is expected as they will be informed immediately, if the school is to close . We will put the announcement on our website and on the parent's page of the V.L.E. as soon as we are able to. Please do not telephone the school as this can prevent us taking urgent calls from staff who are trying to let us know where they are. At this time staff who are here are usually making arrangements for the children and may not be able to take your call. Luckily, many of our staff live locally and were able to walk into school. Other local schools were not so lucky in the past and had no option but to close!
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Click here to see the menus starting 30th Jan. 2012
'Zip It, Block It, Flag It' - keep your kids safe online
A new internet safety campaign has been launched offering parents and young people tips on how to stay safe online. Read the 'Zip It, Block It, Flag It' digital code for practical, simple and easy to remember tips to keep safe online.
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Do any of you have any story tapes or word games like “Scrabble” or “Boggle” which are in reasonable condition and are no longer used? If you do then we would be really grateful if you could donate them to us to enhance our guided reading sessions. Please send them in with your child and thank you in anticipation.
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Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
To make it easier to find your way around the VLE you will now see a menu at the top of the page when you log in. Click the item you are interested in to access it. To go back to the Homepage click Home on the menu.
A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a system designed to support teaching and learning in an educational setting. The school now uses VLE to make it easier for you to obtain the information you need. Typical examples of the type of information found on the VLE are;
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School Activities |
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Lunch Menus |
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School Newsletters |
Your link to your VLE is in the left hand column of this page and looks like
Welcome to our website which we hope you will find useful. By using the menu you can access information about our school:
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Print off or view our prospectus, see a copy of our latest newsletter,
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See a list of dates for your diary
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and of course, no school website would be complete without showing off some of our pupils' excellent work.
Thank you for visiting us. Please come back soon.
Mrs Amanda Buckland-Garnett
Head Teacher
What Parents Say About
Our Induction Process
Quotes from our parent's questionnaires – Children who are new to Reception
“I am so pleased with the way my son has settled. He is very eager to go and seems to be learning very well.”
“The teacher was very approachable and very willing to help my special needs child.”
“I feel that the timing has been great with both the induction and starting full time school. I believe he was ready to go to school and the ease of going through the induction made the actual starting of full time school so much easier. The link between pre-school and induction and full time school has been entirely beneficial”
“She really enjoyed the sessions – especially wearing a uniform.”
“I was very happy with the start of induction and the start of full time school. My child's eating has been amazing since he has had school dinners.”
“Both me and my son found it invaluable and an excellent introduction to proper school.”
“I thought starting school was going to be awful, but it has been great for both of us.”
“It was useful to know what to expect and be able to ask questions.”
“My son loved being with his friends.”
“It was a good induction, no improvements needed.”
“He was very keen to attend every week and settled very well.”
“I was very apprehensive about my son starting school but the information at the meeting put my mind at rest.”
“The timing was perfect.”
“I really liked the personalised cards sent home during the holidays welcoming them to school, and the little award after the first week.”
“The most useful thing was going in her first induction session, talking to the teacher and seeing what they did.”
“The most useful thing was seeing the environment in the classroom.”
“She enjoyed every session.”
“I think the session that was followed by lunch was very useful.”
“I thought this meeting was clearer, it was great Mrs Usher came.”
"Take a look at www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk for information on the Governments new guidelines for food in schools. Go to the resources section for a fantastic "In season" poster and some healthy lunchbox ideas."
Click here to visit the School Food Trust
Click here to see the Panda Cam
at Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Time for a snack
(Check regularly to see the next picture)
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