Beautiful Christmas Art Created by the Children
It is lovely to see all the children's Christmas artwork decorating All Saints' church this Christmas!
It is lovely to see all the children's Christmas artwork decorating All Saints' church this Christmas!
While we love to welcome all potential new families looking for a primary school for their children on one of our open days, we know for some families commitments make this difficult. We have created a virtual tour of All Saints,' which we hope will give you an insight into our school. You will be able to see around the school and hear from teachers, staff, pupils and even some former pupils about what It's like to be part of the All Saints' Family.
If you would still like to see around the school in person and couldn't make one of our open days, we will try to accommodate you if you call the school office to enquire.
All Saints' are really proud to once again be awarded the Merton School Sport Partnership Gold Award in recognition of their commitment to physical education and school sport!
If you are looking for a nursery or reception place for child please do come and visit us to find out more about All Saints'
We have open days planned for the following dates:
Tuesday 11th October 2021 at 2pm
Tuesday 8th November 2021 at 5pm
You can reserve your place by contacting the office on 020 8540 3004.
In the meantime visit our nursery pages and reception pages to find out more about All Saints'.
The children were very excited this week to take part in the 'School Fund Matters' Honey Bee Programme. They learnt all about caring for bees, why they need protecting and how they make honey. Fun Fact: a queen bee lays up to 2500 eggs a day during the summer months when the hive needs to be at it's strongest.
We have had a great World Book Day at All Saints' this year. It started off with 2 Author visits - the award-winning Emma Carroll visited the children virtually to share her new book 'the week at world's end' and an in person visit from the author Jaidz Majasi who talked to the children about 3 of her books and answered the questions.
Staff and children made a huge effort in dressing up as favourite characters in books. We have put together some photos from the day for you to see below and created an album of many more! View the album here! You can download a pdf newsletter below too.
There were visits to the Library in Colliers Wood and children were encouraged to get comfortable in any way they wanted to read...meaning anywhere...and read in any position they felt was comfortable! Take a look at this video of the children doing just that!
Very exciting today to have 2 author visits at All Saints' We were 'virtually' visited by Emma Carroll to talk to the children about the 'Week at Worlds End' a gripping story set in Britain in 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis, which explores family, friendship, courage and hope (perfect for ages 9+). Emma Carroll is a bestselling and award-winning queen of historical fiction.
We were also very luck to have an in person visit by Jaidz Majasi, where she talked about 3 of her books, read some extracts and let the children ask questions and even signed some books. A great start to World Book Day!
If you are looking for a nursery or reception place for child please do come and visit us to find out more about All Saints'
We have open days planned for the following dates:
Friday 15th October 2021 at 9:30pm
Wednesday 3rd November 2021 at 1:30pm
Monday 8th November 2021 at 5:00pm
You can reserve your place by contacting the office on 020 8540 3004.
In the meantime visit our nursery pages and reception pages to find out more about All Saints'.
We were very happy that MP Vicky Ford (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families), Stephen Hammond MP (Wimbledon) and Councillor Eleanor Stringer (Joint Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children and Education) took the time out of their busy schedules to come and visit All Saints' and watch our amazing NELI Programme in action this week.
To celebrate the diverse community that makes up our All Saints' Family and our Christian value Koinonia, Miss Stirling and Miss Jackson asked our Families to send in their favourite recipes. They have now created them into a Recipe Book to share with the whole School. Please download your copy below. Enjoy!
Please find below all announcements the School have made regarding the closure of All Saints', following the government announcement that all Merton Schools needed to close. It includes available provision for key worker and vulnerable children.
Dear Family,
I hope that you and your families are all safe and well.
As many of you may well be aware, this evening the government have announced that some primary schools will now NOT return for face to face education for all pupils from Monday 4th January as planned. At the present time, this delay on a return for all pupils is in place until Monday 18th January.
Schools in Merton have been directed to implement what the government are calling its 'contingency framework' from Monday 4th January. This means that only pupils of critical/key workers and vulnerable pupils will be able to attend school for face to face learning. Therefore we will only be open to pupils of the above categories from Monday 4th January.
School have received this information at the same time as the general public with no prior warning.
This announcement clearly has significant impact for schools in regards to making all necessary arrangements in a very limited amount of time.
Tomorrow we will begin the process of communicating with parents/carers and gathering details of pupils eligible to attend school under the categories as listed above and will send further communications to yourselves regarding arrangements for Monday 4th January.
I appreciate that this is not the news that any of us expected and is certainly not the manner in which we anticipated finishing a very different kind of Christmas break. However, I know that we all remain committed to ensuring that the safety and educational well being of all members of our All Saints' community continues to be our priority.
I will be back in touch with you in the coming days.
Kind regards,
Mrs Angela Filsell
Dear Family,
Further to my email yesterday evening, I write with further details about in school provision from Monday 4th January.
As directed by the government under the contingency framework for schools, All Saints' will only be open to pupils of critical workers and vulnerable children from Monday 4th January.
Linked below is the most up to date list of those pupils who would qualify to attend school under those categories.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision#vulnerable-children-and-young-people
With no notice of the intention of the government to close face to face provision to all other pupils, we need to act swiftly to organise how in school provision can be made for those pupils entitled to attend whilst continuing to support remote learning and with some staff self -isolating.
Please note the following:
*It is not mandatory that children of critical/key workers attend in school provision. If these pupils can be supported to learn remotely at home then they should do so.
*All vulnerable pupils (please see link as above) should attend school. If your child is a vulnerable child and you do not wish them to attend in school provision you must discuss this with the school (on Monday 4th January).
We will be contacted these families if we do not hear from them.
*We aim for most children to stay with their class teacher and support staff members during this temporary closure. This may change based on whether staff need to isolate but we aim to keep this as consistent as we can. Staggered start and finishing times remain the same as before Christmas to ensure the safety of those children and adults on site. Children attending school will enter and exit via their usual routes.
*All pupils who are learning remotely will access learning daily via the remote learning offer. For Early Years, this is via Tapestry and for the rest of the school available on Google Classroom. We aim for the first day's learning to uploaded by 9am Monday 4th January and the work must be submitted daily as instructed by class teachers. If you have forgotten your log in details, please contact the school using the parent enquiries address: parentenquiries@allsaints.merton.sch.uk
*Nursery and Reception classes (EYFS) will also remain closed except to those categories of children as above. Whilst we are aware that the contingency framework allows wider early years setting to remain open, as part of the primary school, and with many siblings in other year groups, the safety of the community by limiting all number of pupils attending is our priority at this point in time.
*Please note that there will be no wraparound facilities available in this two week period (breakfast and after school clubs).
If you believe that your child is entitled to attend school (as per the categories in the link above) and, having noted the points regarding organisation of in school provision, you wish to request in school provision for your child starting from Monday 4th January, please reply to the form on Parentmail BY 10AM ON SATURDAY 2ND JANUARY AT THE VERY LATEST.
If you have any further questions or queries, please contact me via the parent enquiries email address and either myself, or a member of the senior leadership team will get back to you as soon as we can.
Angela Filsell
Headteacher
Growing Stronger Together in God's Love
All Saints' Church of England Primary School
Please find a copy of the whole school spring risk assessment below about the school closure from January 2021
Year 2 had a lovely day Friday dressing up for “Explorer Day” as part of their topic “Going on Safari to Africa.” They have learnt about the people, wildlife, landscapes and are able to identify that most living things live in habitats and micro habitats. Please view the photo album for all the photos of their day.