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

• Good Friday Community Passion Play

  Wed 27 Mar 2024

  Don't forget to attend the Community Passion Play on Good Friday - quite a few of our pupils are taking part and it would be lovely to see you there!

  

• Easter Holidays

  Wed 20 Mar 2024

  Just a reminder that it is the last day of term this Friday 22nd March and school finishes at 1:30 pm.  We also have an Teacher Training Day on Monday 8th April so school will be open again after the Easter holidays for pupils on Tuesday, 9th April.

• A visit from the author Hannah Shaw

  Sun 17 Mar 2024

  On Wednesday 20th March we are excited to have a visit from the author Hannah Shaw. She will share her stories, work with children in work shops and sign books that have been purchased. Children are also invited to come into school on this day wearing their pyjamas!

• Pixel Power - an free Educraft Event

  Fri 15 Mar 2024

  Over the Easter Holidays, Educraft we will be running a FREE event for children in the Cheltenham areas who are entitled to benefits related free school meals.  This event is funded by Gloucester Council - please see the flyer below for further information.

   

   

  

• A Visit from Bishop Declan

  Mon 11 Mar 2024

  A message from the our parish: 

  
  A SPECIAL VISITOR 

  On Saturday, 16th March, we will welcome Bishop Declan to St Thomas More Parish Centre, where he will celebrate Mass with Fr Joby and stay on afterwards for a cup of tea and a chance to speak to the parishioners.

   

  This is a wonderful opportunity for our parish to wish our Bishop well -  to pray with him and for him in the important and demanding role he fills. 

  The Mass is at St Thomas More Parish at 5pm on Saturday. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet Bishop Declan. We hope to see you there! 

• We Have Water & Heating!! 😃

  Thu 07 Mar 2024

  Great news!!  The broken mains waterpipe has been replaced today and we now have water and heating back in school.  Contractors will be back in school tomorrow to carry out the remedial work that needs to happen before school is safe to open for children again.

   

  This means that school will be able to reopen to pupils on Monday 11th March and we will finally be able to celebrate World Book Day, so please can all pupils wear their dressing up outfits to school on Monday. 😃

• School Closed Thursday 7th and Friday 8th March

  Wed 06 Mar 2024 C Johnson

  Good afternoon,
  
  We have had some good news that the test for asbestos has returned with a negative result. This means that the repairs can now be completed. However, this will take around 2 days to ensure the school site is safe for all children and staff. School will hopefully reopen on Monday 11th March. We will confirm this on Friday.
  
  We will still celebrate World Book Day in school when we reopen and will send information out as soon as we are able to.
  
  Teachers will continue to add work to class pages on the school website.
  
  Thank you for your continued support.

• Emergency Closure - Wednesday 6th March

  Tue 05 Mar 2024

  Following the flooding, we have had to have the ceiling tested to check that there is not any asbestos in the exposed area.  We are expecting the results tomorrow and this will determine how quickly we can reopen the school.  Sadly this means that school will remain closed tomorrow.  Home Learning will continue to be placed on the Class Pages of our school website. We are doing everything that we can to get school open as soon as possible, but for Health & Safety reasons we have to remain closed until the problems can be rectified.

• Free School Meals during Closure

  Mon 04 Mar 2024

  Packed lunches are available during the closure for every child registed for Free School Meals.  You will have been contacted if your child is eligible.  Lunches can be  collected from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm every day.

• Emergency Closure - Tuesday 5th March

  Mon 04 Mar 2024

  Unfortunately school will remain closed tomorrow following the flooding yesterday, as we still have no water supply and limited electricity. Please see your Class Pages for home learning. We are doing everything that we can to get school open as soon as possible, but for Health & Safety reasons we have to remain closed until the problems can be rectified.