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

• Coronavirus Department for Education Updates

  Thu 27 Feb 2020
  Please follow the below link to view the Department for Education's regular Coronavirus updates and advice. https://www.marketdraytonjunior.co.uk/letters/

• Coronavirus - Medical Advice

  Tue 04 Feb 2020

  The government is closely monitoring the spread of the Coronavirus and is taking action at home and abroad.

  The overall risk of Coronavirus to the UK remains moderate.

   

  Public Health England and the Foreign Office have issued advice for anyone travelling to the area. This can be found at:

   

  • https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/china

   

  • https://www.gov.uk/government/news/novel-coronavirus-and-avian-flu-advice-for-travel-to-china

   

  Latest information and advice can also be found at:

   

  • https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public

   

  Advice for parents/guardians

   

  You should not be unduly worried about the possibility of your children catching the Coronavirus.

   

  There is no reason why your children should not continue to attend their early years, school or further education setting as normal.

   

  We recognise that some families or children may be planning to travel to China during the forthcoming half term period. If so, please refer to the FCO’s latest travel advice via the link above.

  

• 5WJ Parent Lunch

  Sat 01 Feb 2020 S Kynaston

  Many thanks to the parents who attended Mr Jones' Parent Lunch on Friday 31st January. This is the feedback given to Miss Kynaston after their reading comprehension session with her:

   

  Do you find it hard to get your child to read at home?

  Varies - some yes, some no. Can depend on work commitments and clubs, more difficult at weekends, sometimes they always want to read the same thing, online gaming can get in the way.

   

  Do you feel more confident in helping your child with reading?

  Yes

   

  Was there a particular part of the session you found interesting?

  The comprehension section, seeing how massively their vocabulary an improve with their reading time, that they need to know 95% of a text, working through the comprehension with them, watching my child answer the questions and how much she understood, how much the children are pushed to reach a certain level, how much of an impact 20 minutes a day can have, how much they’re supposed to read in a minute.

   

  Can you think of ways to improve the session moving forward?

  At the start or the end of the day to make it easier to attend with work. Really enjoyed the session, think it works well in this format, useful to touch base with reading, maybe a bit more time.