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As part of their literacy and topic work on Fire, Class 2 went on a visit to the Fire Station on Tuesday 17^th January. They had a fantastic time looking at the station, the equipment and the fire engines. The children asked the Fire Officers a range of questions that they had prepared themselves. They had a wonderful time on their visit and learned a lot about staying safe.

On Friday 13^th January Class 4 had a French Day in their class. They came to school dressed in the colours of the French flag or in something related to France. They made French ‘sable’ biscuits and tried a range of French foods such as crepes and Quiche Lorraine. They also did some research on French food and found out about the different regions of France.  “The day turned out very well and we all had a fantastic time.” Callie & Imogen

The staff and governors at Copeland Road Primary School wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very happy, safe and successful New Year. We will be open at the usual time on Wednesday 4th January.

Here are some pictures of children in school taking part in music activities this week. Who knows we may have a budding X Factor finalist here somewhere! 

The schools in the local area are holding an Open Day for the parents of all pre-school children on Wednesday 28th September. Parents are very welcome to come along and look around our school on this day. If you know of any parents who have children not yet in primary school please ask them to contact school office to arrange a visit. The office number is 01388 832576

The winter is upon us yet again and we all need to be prepared  for the possibility of snow and ice. We will of course make every effort to keep the school open throughout the winter but in severe circumstances it may be necessary to close the school to ensure the health and safety of children and staff. Last year we only closed the school for one day so these occasions are not regular events. In the event of a very heavy snow fall or hazards which may lead to a school closure, we will of course try and let parents know as soon as possible. If we need to close early we will send parents a text via the text system as soon as the decision is made. I am sure you will appreciate we try to wait as long as possible to assess the situation rather than close too soon. Clearly parents need to keep us up to date of their current mobile number for this to be successful. We will also try and update the website as soon as possible and all school closures are also on the Durham County website. We will also inform the local radio stations, we usually contact - Radio Cleveland, Metro and TFM so if you listen to their broadcasts this should keep you updated. You can also ring the school office from 8.30am. This gives us time to assess the weather conditions. If your child attends Breakfast Club it would be sensible on the days of severe weather conditions to delay bringing them to school until the decision is made. If the weather worsens dramatically during the day and we need to close we will again use texts to contact the named parent/carer. Again we need your up to date numbers to ensure your child will be collected promptly.

Winter in school - please ensure that your child is prepared for the winter in school. We still have some children who come to school without a coat and some without sweatshirts/jumpers. Please make sure that your child is well wrapped up throughout the winter, we will try to go out for playtimes and lunchtimes as often as posssible. Warm coats, hats and gloves help the children to stay warm and dry. We also need your child to bring/have appropriate footwear in school during the winter. They need to wear something warm and preferably waterproof such as wellies for ourtdoors and change of shoes for indoors. As you can appreciate we have over a hundred children in school and if they walk around inside school in their outdoor shoes in winter the floors and carpets become wet very quickly. It may also be helpful to have a pair of dry socks in school during the winter months in case the children get their feet wet.