To everyone in the school community,

First of all many, many thanks to all staff, parents and carers, families and everyone else who works with the school. We have all worked together to keep the education of children going in these new circumstances and have kept Covid out of the school. This is in part due to everyone cooperating and following the guidance carefully and for this I am so grateful. The dedication of all the staff has been fantastic and this has really helped us have a successful half term.​

A little news:

We have a new parent governor - Sarah Pickett who was voted by the families recently. Thank you to all the candidates who gave up time to support the school. It is great to know that there are supportive parents in our community who want to keep the school as good as it can be. I and the governing board look forward to working with Sarah over the coming years.

*Applying for school places*

Year 6 families MUST complete the application for secondary school by the end of October. Nursery parents (3-4 year olds) can also apply for reception places for September 2021 now. We can support any families with this process.

There are new sections to the school website you can access: 

* for information on Covid look here: https://www.oldoakprimary.co.uk/about/covid-19

*for information on Seesaw look here: https://www.oldoakprimary.co.uk/learning/seesaw-for-remote-learning

* for the school videos for new parents look here: https://www.oldoakprimary.co.uk/about/welcome-to-old-oak. More will be added soon and they are also on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Old_OakPrimary

We are working on a new payment system - SIMS pay - and will launch this after half term. Thank you for your patience on this. There have been a number of technical issues we have been trying to sort out. More news in November.

The nursery changes take place after half term - the 2 year old children move rooms and the 3-4 children will stay all day. This will ensure that we can provide the best for our very youngest children. Nursery open again on Wednesday 4th November.

 Things to do this Half Term

• The Community centre have organised some ‘drop in’ sessions with Dr Bike outside the pitch on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1-3pm. If your bike need fixing bring it along. This session is ‘FREE’ and you do not have to book!
• We may have a limited number of ‘FREE’ art and design packs available for you to collect and get crafty this half term.
• We will have limited numbers and these have been organised by Bubble & Squeak. They will arrange for you to collect. Please email oldoakfunding@gmail.com for more information
• Hammersmith & Fulham ArtsFest will have an online arts and crafts magazine for families this half term. There will lots of activities for you to try daily with many pieces of art you can create with things from home or found on the scrubs. It will be available from Monday. We will send you the link​

Best wishes

Joe