We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for all your support during 2025. We look forward to seeing you at our family day. Our children have been amazing with their Christmas Singing

Monday 5 January 2026 – start of Spring Term 2026

Monday 16 February to Friday 20 February – half term

Friday 27 March 2026 – break for Easter

Monday 13 April 2026 – Summer Term 2026 begins

The following policies have been updated. If you would like a paper copy of a policy please let us know. Policies are available at all times in the reception area in a pink file. We welcome any comments and or suggestions you may have

Arrivals snd Departures
Fire safety
Parents as Partners
Respectful Intimate Care Policu
Sleep Policy

We have had lots of fun this half term visiting different lands. We have visited space land, dinosaur land, shape land, princesses and pirate land, surprise land and currently Lapland. This theme has encouraged the children to develop their imaginative skills whilst encompassing their interests

Our older children are progressing well with their phonic awareness through our read, write, inc programme and associated activities. We have explored f, g, h, i, j, k, l and m

We have had fun celebrating children in need, Thanksgiving Day, St Andrew’s Day, Christmas and Hanukkah. We enjoy exploring our multi cultural communities

Friday 24 October 2025 – Break up for Half Term

Monday 3 November 2025 – Return to Nursery for second Autumn half term 2025

Friday 19 December 2025 – Break up for Christmas

Monday 5 January 2025 – Start of Spring Term 2026

If your child is due to start school during September 2026 please complete your online application by 15 January 2026 at www.telford.gov.uk/admissions. If you put Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge C of E Primary school as one of your choices please contact the school office 01952 386620 or call into the school office as you will need to also complete the school’s application form.

Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge C of E Primary school are holding stay and play sessions throughout October, November and 8 January 2026 so that you and your child can gain a feel for their school community. If you would like to attend a session please contact the school on 01952 386620 or email A3315@taw.org.uk

There have been reviews of lots of our policies over the last half term. All policies can be found in the pink folder in the reception area. You are very welcome to read through the policies or ask for a copy if you would prefer. Any comments you would like to make with regards to the policies are more than welcome

Ofsted carried out our routine inspection on the 18 September 2025. Many thanks to our parents that had chance to speak with the inspector. As soon as the official report is published by Ofsted we will share this with you

We hope you have all been enjoying listening to your children and hearing all about the fun they have been having this half term. We have been exploring lots of things all about ourselves. We are compiling books with the children all about themselves. We have been learning how to keep ourselves safe indoors and outdoors. We have been learning about the importance of healthy eating, hygiene and exercise. We have been having fun exercising with cosmic yoga. This can be found on you tube kids and is a great way or exercising with your little ones at home. We have been using our mathematical skills to measure how tall we are on our height chart and then we have made a note of this on our chart to see how much we grow over the year. We have also made a chart to see which is the most popular colour of toothbrushes that are used at home. We have carried out an experiment to see how easy it is to get germs on our hands and the importance of handwashing to prevent us from becoming poorly.

We have celebrated Rosh Hashanan, Yom Kipur and Sukkot over the last couple of weeks. During the last week of this half term we will be celebrating Diwali. Lucy rabbit continues to visit us on a Monday and Friday afternoon to sing songs and play games with us. This helps us develop listening and concentration skills.

Through our phonics we have explored letters a, b, c, d and e. To further develop our children’s awareness of phonics we would like the children to bring into nursery an object from home that has the initial sound representating our letter of the week We will then show our friends what we have found.

If you have not yet had chance to bring in photos of family members and/or pets there is still plenty of time and then we can add them to our displays

The following policies have been reviewed during June. There are copies in the reception area in the pink file. Please feel free to read these documents at any time you wish. If you would like a paper copy please speak with Paula

Lone Working Policy
Looked After Children Policy
Manual Handling Policy
Menopause Policy
Prevent and Radicalisation Policy
Recruitment, Selection and Suitability of Staff Policy