Latest Severe Weather Update : 11.15 AM Thursday

The School apologises for the confusion which occurred this morning. A little past 6.00 we were told that transport were going out on their normal runs, and therefore the school could remain open.

However on setting out on their runs, drivers found that conditions were unsafe, and I was contacted at 7.45 to say that transport were cancelling their journeys today – and we had to take the late decision to close the school.

I am expecting a decision from transport shortly after 2.00 PM today to say whether they expect to be able to run their service tomorrow – and will make a further update then.

Thank you

Stephen Smith
Headteacher

URGENT UPDATE !

Following difficulties that transport vehicles have had, We have been advised that they can not safely operate a service this morning and so reluntantly the school has to close today

SCHOOL CLOSED THURSDAY

We apologise for any inconvenience.


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Severe Weather Update - Thursday 7th January 6.30 AM

The school will be open today.

Transport is running, but they caution that some side roads may be inaccessible, and in those cases they will telephone parents to discuss any problems as they encounter them

Any further updates will be posted here. Thank you !

Letter to Parents : Severe Weather

6^th January 2009

Dear Parents/Carers,

SEVERE WEATHER WARING

We understand from weather forecasts that there is a high risk of heavy snow falls later today.

As a result we have taken the precaution of sending the children home at 1.45 p.m. today to avoid possibility of major disruption on the roads and public transport. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

There are also predictions of further snow during the night and tomorrow and it is possible that we may need to close the school. WE WILL MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN. However, if transport are unable to make safe journeys then we will have no option to close the school.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to predict whether we will have to close and will will not know until tomorrow morning. Please be prepared for closure.

LATEST UPDATES CAN BE FOUND BY CHECKING THIS WEBSITE:

http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com

Please do not contact the school by phone until after 8.30 a.m. If transport doesn’t arrive to pick up your child, please assume that school will be closed.

Yours sincerely,

Stephen Smith

Headteacher

Severe Weather Latest

We are taking the precaution of arranging for transport to take pupils home early today at 1.45 to avoid the worst of the disruption if we get the anticipated heavy snow later this afternoon. A letter has been sent to parents of pupils who were in school - a copy of this letter will be posted on this site very shortly.

Please keep checking back for updates regarding tomorrow's school opening

Stephen Smith
Headteacher

Newsletter 4th Jan 2010

 

Jack Taylor School

HAPPY NEW YEAR LETTER

Week Beginning: Monday 4^th January

Blog http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com/

 

 

                                                        

 

Happy New Year 2010 to all families and friends of Jack Taylor School.

We hope that the coming year will be a happy, healthy and peaceful one for everybody.

 

 

Staff Changes for 2010.

 

Last term we said goodbye to Emma Keegan who left us due to a new promotion at QE11 school. We wish her well and thank her for all her hard work and achievements at the school.

 

We are thrilled to welcome Tralee Butler who will be taking over form Emma in Secondary 1. Tralee is highly qualified in the field of Autism and will be able to offer her expertise to develop the resource base further.

 

We welcome Michela Woods who will be taking over in Secondary 2 Class and are pleased that Bridget Abbott will continue to run Red Class.

 

Miranda Cooper will be covering the secondary curriculum leader post this term.

 

Anna Hosking joined us last term as a permanent teaching assistant working between classes and Kate Stopa joins us temporarily in secondary 3.

 

 

SEAL :        THE THEME FOR THIS HALF TERM IS: ‘FRIENDSHIPS’

 

We will be focusing and reinforcing emotions around friendships.

 

NO AFTER SCHOOL CLUB AT JTS THIS TERM.

 

Unfortunately we have no funding to run the after school club this term. However we hope that there will be a holiday club in February and we have received funding for the after school club to run during the summer term of 2010.

 

Class News for Spring 2010

 

Primary Department

Welcome back to everyone.  We hope the holiday was very restful and enjoyable.  This term the primary department will be exploring the topics: Looking After ourselves and Healthy Living. We will be doing lots of exciting activities and we hope you will join us in some of these.  We look forward to the hard work that the staff and students put in to exploring the topics each term. I know that we will all celebrate a huge success at the end of term.  Please feel free to contact us and come in to share in our activities.

Karen May - Head of Primary.

 

Secondary Department.

We would like to say goodbye to Emma, who has joined Queen Elizabeth 2 and Joanna, who has gone to Downsview School.  We are welcoming to the Secondary Department Tralee, Michaela and Kate.  They are taking up positions as class Teachers and an Teachers Assistant.  We all look forward to working with them.

Miranda Cooper - Acting head of Secondary

 

Yellow Class.

Wishing everyone a very happy 2110 from us all.

This term our topic is 'Looking after Ourselves' and we are looking forward to doing lots of exciting work around this. Yellow class will be having a tea/coffee (and cakes!) 'get together' this term.  Could you please let us know if a Monday morning or Wednesday afternoon is more convenient for you.  We will send you out a confirmation slip nearer the time.  Looking forward to seeing you soon at class coffee mornings.

Mary, Mirella and Irina.

 

Blue Class

Welcome back. Hope you had a great Christmas Break. This term our topic is Healthy Living. We will be learning about different types of exercise and keeping fit in particular developing exercise routines and learning how to dress for exercise. We also will be exploring healthy foods, places to buy food, identifying food groups, and preparing healthy food. Part of our work will be focused on looking after ourselves – learning simple routines for personal care and looking after personal belonging.

Irena, Bridget, Paul, Vicki and Julia

 

Red Class

Welcome back to the New Year. This term Red Class is looking forward to participating in a project with the British Museum. This will be a fun and exciting learning experience about engaging with places around us.

Bridget, Gail and Shaku

 

Secondary 1

Welcome back and a Happy New Year! I am Tralee Butler and I am from New Zealand. I am looking forward to meeting all of you. S1 will be having a coffee morning in the next few weeks, we hope you can make it and come and see what we are up to.

Tralee, Jane, Michela and Errol

 

Secondary 2

Students and staff welcome everyone back to school! My name is Michela and I am enjoying getting to know the class and school. We are all looking forward to a busy, fun packed term ahead.

Michela, Linda and Ada

 

Secondary 3

This term our team is made up of Miranda, Robert and Kat. Our project theme is ‘Changes’. We are going to explore in Humanities where our family is from, who’s in our family, what we like and don’t and our religion.  In science we’ll be look at how thinking change by adding heat and cold.  We’ll interlink this into cooking.

Miranda, Robert and Kate

 

Post 16

We hope that you had a very enjoyable holiday and we are pleased to welcome you all back to school. This term in Post 16 we will continue working on AQA Accreditation Units. We will be visiting different historical places in London as part of our 'I love my London' project. 

We will be taking pictures and learning about these places in more detail.

Nataliya, Cheryl and Tony

 

Taxi Driver’s Tea Party

We will be contacting parents and carers shortly regarding the taxi driver’s tea party on Sunday 31^st January.

 

Parent /Carer School Partnership.

We hope, this term, to continue successful parent/carer partnerships with school. Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended the end of year Christmas show. The pupils were thrilled to perform to their families and friends and it was encouraging to see an increased support from you all.

We hope that we can continue to build this support as it is important that we work together to ensure the best outcomes for your child. It is particularly important that parents and carers are involved in their child’s annual reviews and the stages of transition, particularly as we prepare for the next step in your child’s education and beyond.

As always, we look forward to working in partnership with you in the future.

 

 

Parent / Carers Governors.

Now that we have started a new year there may be some of you who are interested in becoming a parent/carer Governor. It is so important that the Governing body has representation from the parents and carers and we would encourage you to consider this. If any parent or care is interested please contact the school.  There is money available to assist with childcare.

 

   COLD WEATHER CLOTHING REMINDER   

 

As the cold weather sets in please can we remind you to send your child to school in warm clothing.

Please make sure your child has a coat that fits, and is warm. Hats, gloves and scarves should be sent in too and labelled with your child’s name.

Thank you.

 

School Uniform Clothing.

It has been lovely to see so many pupils and staff coming into school in the new

JACK TAYLOR FLEECE tops.

 

 

MAKATON SIGNS OF THE WEEK – SPRING 2010

 

          NEW          OLD

 

If you would like to know more about Makaton signs or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.

 

 

SYMBOLS OF THE WEEK – SPRING 2010

 

           NEW                OLD

 

 

If you would like to know more about Symbols or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.

 

 

 

SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE

Wednesday 6th January 2009

Updates will appear on this site. (http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com )

The school is open today, but more heavy snow is forecast - we are currently working with transport to establish whether we will need to send children home early - and will contact parents if needed.

Tomorrow - (Thursday 6th January) - We will try to remain open, however it is difficult to predict the situation. We will endeavour to update this site to give as much warning as possible - please be prepared for possible closure. If transport are unable to operate then we will close the school - but it will not be possible to know for sure until early tomorrow morning.

Transport can be contacted on 020 7974 6746

Many thanks for your patience and understanding during this spell of bad weather.

Stephen Smith
Headteacher