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Governors Blog for Spring Term Available

Tue 20 Mar 2018

The latest Governors Blog has been posted for the Spring 2018 Term. The blog is a way for the governors at Merton Abbey to highlight some of the work they have been doing over the term. It is available on the 'Our School' tab of the website, or at the following link: http://www.mertonabbey.merton.sch.uk/governor-blog/

Also, in case you missed it, the Governor Impact Statement is also available to the public under the 'Our School' tab, under the 'Message from our Chair of Governors', or at the following link: http://www.mertonabbey.merton.sch.uk/a-message-from-our-chair-of-governors/ The Governor Impact Statement highlights the work and impacts the governors have carried out over the past academic year.

School is open today

Mon 19 Mar 2018

School is open today and children should attend as normal.

World Book Day at Merton Abbey

Fri 09 Mar 2018

Children and staff have enjoyed celebrating World Book Day at Merton Abbey today. There have been fun lessons about children's stories in every class. The day started with a special Drop Everything and Read assembly. Children (and staff) enjoyed dressing up as characters from well known stories and showing off their costumes to the rest of the school.

Harris Academy Construction Consultation Drop-In: 19th March

Thu 08 Mar 2018

On the 19th of March, Bowman and Kirkland, the constuction company who is contracted to build the new Harris Academy adjacent to Merton Abbey Primary School, will be holding a drop-in session at the Learning Resource Centre on High Path between 4pm-8pm. Parents, carers, teaching staff and members of public are welcome to attend to learn more about their plans, ask questions and express concerns to the company before planning permission is submitted early next month.

Garden Party to Celebrate Royal Wedding

Tue 06 Mar 2018

Merton Abbey Primary School will be celebrating the Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle this coming May. We are planning to celebrate this wonderful occasion in the form of a Garden Party on Friday 18^th of May at 2pm.

Parents, carers and families are welcome to celebrate this wonderful occasion with us on this day. School Council and Mrs Ogunnubi-Sime will be organising this event and would appreciate any help to ensure that all enjoy the day. The theme will be, ‘The Union Jack.’ All children and adults can wear clothes in these colours and our tables will be decorated in red, blue and white.

Please get in contact with Mrs Ogunnubi-Sime if you would like to be involved with this celebration.

Food Bank Vouchers Now Available

Fri 02 Mar 2018 Mrs Ogunnubi-Sime

Merton Abbey Primary School now receives Food Bank Vouchers for any of our families that may need them.

If you are a parent or carer who is interested in more information on food bank vouchers, please ask Mrs Al-Sakkaf or Mrs Jackson in our reception or speak to Mrs Ogunnubi-Sime.

New Anti-Bullying Initiative Trial - Y5 & Y6

Fri 02 Mar 2018

At Merton Abbey, we take bullying seriously and are delighted to be trialling a new anti-bullying initiative in our school. We will soon be launching the ‘Make a Noise’ programme to our students, their families and our staff.

Internet Matters in partnership with tootoot, and supported by the Department for Education, are launching a programme that provides students, parents and teachers with an online service to report any bullying and cyberbullying concerns they may have, to prompt action by schools and others. Currently, Year 5 and 6 are trialling this online anti-bullying platform, but we hope to secure funding to roll this out to the whole of KS2 in due course.

At the core of the programme will be an online reporting platform which gives students and parents an easy and simple way to report all issues relating to bullying.

To help students, parents and teachers address the issues raised, the reporting platform is supplemented by resource hubs designed specifically for teachers, students and parents - and giving those that use the platform access to some really helpful advice and guidance about how to deal with any incidence of bullying. Our aim is to create a one-stop shop for bullying support.

Each student will be given a username and password, which allows them to log in and use ‘Make a noise’. They are then able to quickly access the relevant resources or report incidents directly to their school. Only teachers and students from our school will be able to communicate with one another and all users can access the ‘Make a noise’ site on their mobile, tablets and computers by typing www.makeanoise.info

‘Make a noise’ for parents, guardians or carers

‘Make a noise’ also allows parents, guardians or carers to sign up to report any bullying or cyberbullying problems or incidents directly to your child’s school, along with accessing leading resources, in four easy steps.

Step 1: Type www.makeanoise.info into your browser or search engine

Step 2: Select your child’s school from menu that says, “Select your school”

Step 3: Under the log in box click, “Are you a parent/guardian? Sign up”

Step 4: Enter details, Click ‘Create an account’ and wait to be accepted

Please do take the time to have a look at the ‘Make a noise’ platform and if you have any concerns about your child please do use the platform to highlight those concerns to school. Mrs. Ogunnubi-Sime Assistant Head and Behaviour Lead will respond to all concerns.

School is open today

Fri 02 Mar 2018

School is open today and all children should attend as normal. You can always check a school's status on the Opencheck website.