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• School Closures letter from Mrs Kelly

  Wed 07 Mar 2018 Mrs Kelly

  Dear Parents

   

  First of all may I extend my thanks to you all for your support and understanding regarding the school closures last week. I sincerely hope that this is it now for another five years but just in case it isn’t I thought I would write with some pointers.

   

  At St Joseph’s we will always take each day as it comes. Because weather reports are so unreliable it is impossible to make long term decisions. The situation at our school will be assessed on a day to day basis and it is extremely unlikely that we will ever announce closures for days at a time. (See how I never say never though!!) Last week Mrs Barker (our cleaner) ensured that our school site was safe every day – and if the council had been as thorough in their gritting regime, St Joseph’s would very likely have been open every day.

   

  Decisions regarding St Joseph’s school closures will always come from St Joseph’s. Difficulties last week were further compounded for our parents by well-intentioned friends and neighbours passing on information that they had received from other schools regarding Headteacher ‘joint decisions’ and Headteacher ‘reviews of the situation’. Unfortunately this information was inaccurate. There were no joint decisions – in fact there were not even any joint discussions regarding the situation of school closures. We would never base our decision on what other schools had decided to do - so please only take note of the messages sent to you via our school.

   

  Finally, although we will do everything we can to open the school in these situations, the final decision about whether it is safe for you to get your child here is your decision.

   

  Thank you once again. Your support and understanding is, as always, greatly appreciated.

   

  Yours sincerely,

   

  Mrs Kelly

  Executive Headteacher

• School Closed

  Fri 02 Mar 2018
  School is closed today - Friday 2nd March

• Message from Mrs Maguire

  Thu 01 Mar 2018

  School is closed today, our protocol is to always reassess each morning, so closures for tomorrow will be announced in the morning if deemed necessary. We thank you for your understanding. Closing a school is never an easy decision- we must weigh up ‘every day counts’ and staff, pupil and parent safety in travelling to and from school. We are lucky to have so many local staff; be assured if they can get in safely they will. I have asked teachers to upload ‘snow-days’ homework to the school website to allow the children to learn from home today. Stay safe and warm...Mrs Maguire.

• Important message from Mrs Kelly

  Thu 01 Mar 2018 Mrs Kelly

  Some of you may have seen or heard about a message posted on one of the local schools app/website saying that Harwich schools had made a joint decision to remain closed in the hope of making school sites safe until Monday. Can I just assure you that:

  · St Joseph’s is still in Harwich

  · No joint decision was made

  · Our wonderful cleaner, Theresa, made sure our school site was safe every day!

  I am sure that you will all want to join me in thanking her for all the hard work she has put in this week ensuring that the school site is safe.

   

• SCHOOL CLOSED

  Thu 01 Mar 2018
  Due to worsening conditions the decision has now been made to close the school. Thank you for your support.

• Opening at 10am

  Thu 01 Mar 2018
  School will open at 10am