Marton & District C E Aided Primary School

We've beautiful snow this morning and children will be allowed to go on the field and playground if they have a change of shoes (spare clothes too, if younger). As always, we'll monitor the conditions before we allow children to play but I wanted to give you advance notice.

I thought you may also appreciate a re-issue/information of what happens if we have bad weather.

Closing school is not an easy option and one that we are reluctant to do. Should the buses be unable to travel along School Lane, this makes our decision to close school an easy one. If buses and school transport deem the area to be unsafe we would not want parents, children and staff contemplating travelling to school. 

For a number of years we have had an excellent system that keeps everyone informed and we will repeat this again if we have to close, this was: A decision is made with the bus companies (normally by 6 am) and a notification is posted as early as possible on School Jotter and also added to our school website. This will be a direct message to parents informing them school is closed on that day. Following this, we will contact local radio stations (Silk and Signal FM) to report school closed for their school bulletins. I am in contact with local schools and the High Schools and we also inform them of any closure too.

It is essential that you inform the school office of any changes to mobile phone numbers or email addresses as soon as possible.

• Please can we encourage parents to not ring school as we cannot answer all calls in the morning and staff may not be present at school
• If the weather deteriorates during an afternoon we will inform parents that school would more than likely be closed the next day and would advise early pick up if we feel this is supportive.

We will continue to post updates/messages on School Jotter about reopening too.

Should parents need to contact M.A.D. House (before and after school club) they can be contacted on 07538227999. 

Enjoy the snow and have fun with your children today

With best wishes

Nevin Deakin