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Parent Governor Elections

By Craig Southern | April 23, 2021

23rd April 2021 Dear parent/carer RE: PARENT GOVERNOR ELECTIONS As a result of two parent governor term(s) of office coming to an end, the Governing Body now has two vacancies for Parent Governors. All parents (including carers) of registered pupils at the school are eligible to stand for election.  Should there be more nominations than…

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School Meals System Change

By Craig Southern | April 20, 2021

Dear parent/carer, School meals payments are changing North Tyneside Council’s school meals team will be contacting you soon by e-mail to ask you to set up a new ParentPay account for school meals when the JOINOS system is no longer live. Western’s ‘go live’ date is Monday 10th May 2021 For your activation email, please…

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Healthy4Life Clubs – Coming Soon

By Craig Southern | April 15, 2021
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Contact with school during Easter Holidays

By Craig Southern | March 26, 2021

26th March 2021 Dear parents and carers With the current rates of COVID-19 in North Tyneside, we are asking parents to let the school know if their child tests positive for COVID-19 during the Easter break. Please note the following: Where a pupil or staff member tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), having developed symptoms more…

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Test and Trace Support Payment

By Craig Southern | March 26, 2021
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Wellbeing Award Parent/Carer Survey

By Craig Southern | March 24, 2021

Dear families, As you know, Western is currently working to achieve a wellbeing award. Your views are important in helping us understand what we are doing well and how we can do even better. Please follow the link below to complete the survey. Thank you! Evaluation submissions are valid between: 23/03/2021 – 26/03/2021. Or copy…

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Lateral Flow Tests Information

By Craig Southern | March 22, 2021

Dear families, Lateral flow device testing (LFD/LFT) is a fast and simple way to test people who do not have symptoms of coronavirus, but who may still be spreading the virus. Kindest, North Tyneside Council

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Western Wellbeing Award

By Craig Southern | March 19, 2021

Friday 19th March 2021 Dear parent/carer, We are writing to you with good news that we are relaunching the Wellbeing Award in Schools. I feel privileged to take this opportunity to continue the good work started by the team last year. You may remember back in October 2020, we sent out an online survey to…

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Wallsend Children’s Community Parent/Carer Survey

By Craig Southern | March 19, 2021

Dear families, This short survey, which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete, is a follow up of the recent Wallsend Pupil Survey and aims to understand the experiences of parents and carers in Wallsend during the pandemic. Insights from this survey will be shared with local schools and organisations for the purpose…

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FoW Easter Quiz 2021

By Craig Southern | March 19, 2021

Dear All The Friends of Western have prepared a fun quiz for children and families to do over the Easter holidays. All the answers can be found out and about in Wallsend! Quizzes are available from class teachers for a suggested donation of £1. Please can children bring their quiz money in a sealed envelope…

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