Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• The latest Government guidance

  Fri 17 Jul 2020
  The latest Government guidance 17.07.2020

  Plans for all children and young people to return to full-time education at the start of the autumn term The guidance for the full opening of schools and early years at the start of the autumn can be found here: Full opening of schools from the start of the autumn term Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Full opening of special schools and other specialist settings from the start of the autumn term What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges in the autumn term

• Summer workshops from Norfolk Music Hub

  Fri 17 Jul 2020

   

  Norfolk Music Hub invite you all to join their virtual workshops! 

  https://www.norfolkmusichub.org.uk/site/summer-school-workshops/

• Opening arrangements for 7th September – 23rd October 2020

  Fri 17 Jul 2020

  Opening arrangements for 7^th September – 23^rd October 2020

  Subject to change

   

  Arrival times and places

  Year Group	Gate	Start Time	End Time
  Reception	Parents have been contacted	-	-
  Year 1	KS1 field gate	8.50	3.00
  Year 2	Frederick’s gate (main field)	8.55	3.00
  Year 3	Main school gate	8.55	3.00
  Year 4	Frederick’s gate (main field)	8.45	3.15
  Year 5	Main school gate	8.45	3.15
  Year 6	Stag gate	8.45	3.15
  SRB	KS1 field gate	8.45	3.15
  Little Pirates	Postern gate	various	various

   

  Forest School

  Day	Class/Year Group
  Monday	Reception – Attenborough
  Tuesday	Reception – Darling
  Wednesday	Year 1 – Merian
  Thursday	Year 1 – Stephenson
  Friday	Year 3 – Every other week – Zheng from 11th Sept and Hadid from 18th Sept.

  Volunteers always welcomed. Please contact Ms Farish via the office.

• Head's Summer letter

  Fri 17 Jul 2020 Louise Rosen

   

  Dear Families,

   

  It’s the end of another school year, and what a year it has been! Firstly, I want to thank all the families who sent emails expressing their thanks to teachers. It really meant a great deal to everyone. Of course it’s not been a usual end of year, many events have had to take place virtually, like sports day and the Big Sing. Other events, especially those for our year 6 leavers, sadly could not take place. As we plan for the coming year, we are all too aware that we must find a way to make sure school life builds on what we have learnt since reopening on June 1st. In this letter there will be links to other important information such as timetables and resources you may need to support transition back to school in September; goodbyes and thank yous to staff who leave this term and ways of keeping in touch through the holidays.

   

  Term dates and arrangements

  From September 2020 attendance at school is mandatory. Years 1 to 6 return to school on Monday 7th September full time. Classes will stay in their bubbles where ever possible and please note that we have an SRB so pupils who would usually transition to class for part of the day will continue to do so wherever possible. Timetables and entry points will be shared on the website. Additional risk assessments and mitigating actions will be shared on our school website. We will continue our practice of sharing pupil risk assessments with families in the coming year. New Intake reception classes have a separate timetable so please check your class pages on the website.

  School Uniform

  All children to be in correct uniform in September, please refer to the school brochure on our website and uniform list. PE kit and forest school kit are listed on the website. More about this will be shared on class pages at the beginning of term.

  Risk Assessments

  Throughout the pandemic Drake and Little Pirates have been open and shared our risk assessments on our website https://www.drake.norfolk.sch.uk/covid-19/. We will continue to do this over the summer holidays. Please note that we will respond to government guidance as it is issued, so risk assessments are subject to change. If there are any changes, we will alert you on  Parent Hub.

  Goodbyes

  Sadly, we are saying goodbye to Mrs Albon, Mrs Hughes & Mrs Hullock who are retiring and Mrs Mace & Mrs Grigaytis who are off to new places. We are saying a temporary goodbye to Mrs Rudd & Mrs Bisset who start their maternity leave. We wish them all well and look forward to hearing about their adventures and seeing baby photos.

  Welcomes

  We have several new members of staff joining us. You may already have met Miss Earl, Miss Matthews, Miss Bell, Mrs Prince and Mrs Mulford. Transition has gone well for pupils who are both in school and working via Google Classroom. Teacher introduction videos are available here https://www.drake.norfolk.sch.uk/class-pages/

  Year 6 nominations
  Congratulations to new head boy Charlie Middleditch and head girl Paris Flowers. The new Year 6 prefects will be Cailin Hall, Adam Timms, Tilly Daly, Harrison Ewing, Maisie Hawkins and Dharun Ranjithakumar.

  School houses and groups

  Next year we will be have elections for our School Council and Eco Council. New in the autumn will be our Peer Mentors. We will be extending the use of school house teams beyond sports to include a wider range of events and competitions throughout the school year.

  Thank yous

  The coronavirus pandemic necessitated a completely new approach to schooling at Drake and we must thank Thetford Academy for hosting our year 5 and 6 for the last month of term. Thank you to 4ward Sports; Neil Ward and Matt Reeve have worked solely at Drake Primary coaching pupils throughout this period. Thank you to all staff for their support and exceptional working during the Easter and half term holiday. Thank you to parents who have worked so hard on to support children with online learning and have now downloaded and started to use the new Pupil Asset parent app. Well done, you are all IT whizzes!

   

  I wish all the children, families and staff a lovely summer holiday!

   

  Louise Rosen

  Headteacher