School News

Parent Letter 03 04 20

Dear Parents We hope you are all keeping fit, well, healthy and surviving during these most testing of times. It is the most bizarre of situations having a school open but only seeing a handful of our children and families and not being able to communicate to you and your children in the ways we have done in ‘normal’ times!… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School – Important Government Guidance

GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE  (Can be found by searching “Closure of educational settings: information for parents & carers” on the www.gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers) School is closed to most children from tonight, Friday 20th March 2020. The most recent scientific advice on how to further limit the spread of COVID-19 is clear. If children can stay safely at home, they should, to… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 19.3.20

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 19.3.20
and in other ‘non-coronavirus’ news…… Goodbye! It is with sadness that I am writing to inform you that I will be leaving Tuel Lane Infant School at the end of the Easter holidays, as the interim Headteacher role will come to an end. Miss Shaw will be returning from her year’s sabbatical as President of the NAHT and is looking… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 13th March 2020

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 13th March 2020
Countdown to Easter The annual Spring Concert takes place this year on Wednesday 1st April, with Rabbits, Badgers, Hedgehogs and Foxes classes performing a variety of seasonal songs and poems. There will be two performances (9.15am and 2.15pm) to try to cater for all our families and their work commitments. Unfortunately, there is limited space in our hall to accommodate… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 28th February 2020

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 28th February 2020
Book Week: 2nd - 6th March 2020 Next week is Book Week, where we will be celebrating all things book and story related at Tuel Lane, including the annual World Book Day on Thursday 5th March. All week, each class will be reading a wide range of different books each day. Staff will be visiting different classrooms to read their… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 7th February 2020

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 7th February 2020
Tuel Lane Nursery Our Nursery is a teacher-led, approved child-care provider running two sessions per day – a morning session (8.45am to 11.45am) and an afternoon session (12.15pm to 3.15pm).  Our nursery is an exciting and engaging place where children receive a first-class start to their education in a safe, caring, stimulating and well-resourced environment. Children are encouraged to try… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 24th January 2020

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 24th January 2020
Parent Survey We appreciate the time you as parents have taken to complete the Parent Survey and to share your views on things we do well and areas that you would like to be improved (as communicated  in the 20.12.19 issue, full summary of responses on the back of this newsletter). We thank you for all your positive comments and… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 10th January 2020

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 10th January 2020
Happy New Year! Happy new year to all of our children and families - we hope that you had a very enjoyable festive season. Children will be bringing home their ‘Class Newsletters’ today (Rabbit’s letter to follow next week on Mrs Hanson’s return) with information about what will be going on in classroom’s this half term; what your child will… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 20.12.19

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 20.12.19
Merry Christmas Another very busy but enjoyable term has come to an end. The children have made great progress since starting back in September and have made us all proud with what they have achieved.  Also, a really big thank you to all of our parents and families who have been a brilliant support to the children and school this… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 13.12.19

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 13.12.19
Christmas Party On Wednesday 18th December, the children in Rabbits, Badgers, Hedgehogs and Foxes will be having a ‘Christmas Party’ day (Nursery Party day is Friday 20th December – please see the Nursery Newsletter Autumn 2 on the Nursery class page on the website for all the information). Children are invited to wear their party clothes/non-uniform as they will be… read more →

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 06.12.19

Tuel Lane Infant School Newsletter 06.12.19
Christmas Raffle From next week, we will be selling raffle tickets before school, after school and during the nativity performances of ‘Baubles’. Tickets are £1.00 for a strip and there are some great prizes to be won, including a huge chocolate hamper and a cuddly Olaf teddy! Tickets will be available until Thursday 19th December, with the raffle draw taking… read more →

Tuel Lane Newsletter 8th November 2019

Tuel Lane Newsletter 8th November 2019
Open Afternoon – Thursday 14th November Our first Open Afternoon will be held next week. The afternoon is designed to serve two purposes: Current Tuel Lane parents: From 2:15pm until 5:45pm children in Nursery, Rabbits, Badgers, Hedgehogs and Foxes will showcase their learning and achievement to their parents. Parents are invited into classrooms where they will get a taste of… read more →

Tuel Lane Newsletter 25th October 2019

Tuel Lane Newsletter 25th October 2019
NSPCC – ‘Speak out. Stay safe.’ The NSPCC’s ‘Speak out. Stay safe.’ programme is visiting our school to make sure our pupils have the knowledge and understanding they need to stay safe. We are pleased to tell you that we will be working with the NSPCC, the UK’s leading children’s charity, who’ll be delivering their Speak out. Stay safe. programme… read more →

Tuel Lane Newsletter: 11th October 2019

Tuel Lane Newsletter: 11th October 2019
Parents’ Consultation Evening Next week – Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th October – will be our first parent’s evening of the new academic year. We run a longer session on the first evening and a slightly shorter one on the second in order for all parents to sign up to an appointment. This will be the chance for you to… read more →

Tuel Lane Newsletter: 27th September 2019

Tuel Lane Newsletter: 27th September 2019
Open Afternoon – a time to shine! The new school year has started extremely positively and there are so many good things going on in all the classrooms that we have decided to host our very first Open Afternoon on Thursday 14th November – a chance for our children to showcase all that they have learned and achieved so far this year.… read more →

Tuel Lane Newsletter: 13th September 2019

Tuel Lane Newsletter: 13th September 2019
Budding Artists! Before the summer, the children at Tuel Lane created some individual pieces of art for the ‘Drawing Matters’ competition (see newsletter article 18/07/19). Nine of our pupils were then chosen as winners to have their work displayed at the Artworks gallery and I am very pleased to announce that the artist Chris Mould (pictured) judged the competition and… read more →

Tuel Lane Newsletter: 6th September 2019

Tuel Lane Newsletter: 6th September 2019
Welcome back! A very warm welcome back to all of our returning children and families and to the new children and their families who have started at school this term. It is good to see the children all settling back into school life, looking smart in their uniforms and enjoying their lessons. The first day at school can be a daunting experience… read more →