A very warm welcome this morning to four special visitors. Mr Jim Beers, Mrs Gillian Hanlon and Mr Stephen Moore from the local authority’s Continuous Improvement Service will spend today and tomorrow in St Bartholomew’s to observe learning and teaching across the school. They will be joined by Mr Brendan Duffy, Head Teacher of St Mary’s Primary School in Whifflet. In every walk of life, it’s always helpful now and again to have an outside pair of eyes look at what you’re doing. We have a fantastic team of staff here in St Bartholomew’s and, as our Twitter page says, ‘children who are, quite simply, OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD!!’ The next two days gives an opportunity for the great work of St Bartholomew’s to be recognised and celebrated and, just as important, for the school to get some useful feedback on things that can be improved to make St Bart’s even better.

Please note that, due to our visitors meeting with teaching staff at the end of the day, all after school clubs have been cancelled. Our whole-school samba workshop which was originally planned for today has also been postponed until Wednesday 11th January. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Finally, please remember that the Christmas Fayre is this coming Saturday, from 10.00am onwards. Due to the setting up of the hall on Friday, there will be no hot school dinners. However, pack-a-snacks will be available for the children as usual.