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Whilst school is currently closed for most pupils we are teaching children daily using the online learning platforms SeeSaw and Tapestry. If you have any questions around this please email the school on...
admin@thomaswillingale.essex.sch.uk.
The school office is open daily for online or telephone communication.
Parents whose child has a place offered for September are being contacted via post this week. This will outline our plans for new starters. We are looking forward to seeing you in September.
Current parents we are sending you many communications via the school APP, please ensure you have this app and check it frequently. There are both Newslines and messages including lots of information about support for you and your children during this time.
Stay Safe and well.
Thomas Willingale School and Nursery
We are very pleased to have received the following letter
Dear Mrs Phillips,
We are very pleased to inform you that at the recent Quality Assurance Group meeting, it was agreed that your school has continued to meet the criteria required to revalidate as a foundation healthy school.
Well done on maintaining your Healthy School Status. You will be invited to the Award Ceremony which is being held this Spring term of 2019. We shall be sending you an invite as soon as the date and venue has been confirmed.
Please kindly pass these congratulations to all members of your school community.
Yours faithfully,
Katie Polhill
Essex Healthy Schools and Public Health Manager
Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service
Please take the time to read our recent Ofsted report, we are proud to share phrases such as ‘Pupils blossom at the school’, The quality of teaching, learning and assessment throughout the school is strong’, ‘Pupils conduct is exemplary’, ‘harmonious learning environments’, ‘leaders are tenacious in ensuring physical and emotional well-being of children’,‘parents are overwhelming supportive of the school’.
School Development Plan 2017 – 2018 |
Dear Children, Each year we look at how the last year has gone and like you, we also set ourselves targets to improve. We do this to make your school the VERY BEST it can be. We talk about what we should do to get better with the people who work here, your parents, our Governors and most importantly you! Then we write a very long plan. I wanted to share with you the things we have decided are most important for us to work on this year. Miss Phillips and all of the staff at Thomas Willingale School and Nursery |
We want to ensure that all of the children at TWS have high aspirations and high expectations of themselves and others. This Year:
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We want to make sure that we become an even better school This year:
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We want to make sure children attend school regularly, happily and that they value education. This year:
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We want to make sure our Early Years children have access to a varied and exciting vocabulary and that they are all challenged This year:
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I am very pleased to announce that this years attendance reward for children who get 97% or above by the end of the year is 'HAPPY's CIRCUS'.
Our very own big top on the school field in September 2018!