Newsletter 1 Spring Term 2022

Happy New Year!
It's been lovely to have all the children back in school this week after the Christmas break. I do hope that you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and any plans weren't too disrupted by Covid. 
I'm pleased to let you know that case numbers amongst our community seem to be very low and, on Friday, we only had two confirmed cases amongst students - neither of these children have been in school this week. Our new student teacher, Mr Wilkins who will be in Y4 this term, has unfortunately had a positive PCR, but we are expecting (fingers crossed) that all other staff will be in this week. 

Our latest risk assessment can be found on the website here. There are very few changes from the previous version except for the new government guidance to change the rules of isolation in the event of a positive case. Anyone who has a positive test result can now leave isolation and return to school if they have two negative lateral flow test results 24 hours apart on days 6 and 7 following infection ([providing they no longer have symptoms). Please note that day 1 is counted as the day after symptoms begin.

Please rest assured that we are continuing with enhanced cleaning, ventilation and hand sanitisation and will be doing all we can to stop any spread of infection. Please help us in this by not sending your children to school if they have any covid symptoms or are unwell in any way. Please also make use of available lateral flow tests to ensure that your and your family remain negative. 

Thank you all for your continued support. We have everything crossed for a happy, healthy term.

Lego Coding Club

Parents of children in years 2-6 will have received an email about a new coding club to be run at school by an external provider. Due to the numbers of children who were interested, I have managed to secure an additional session on Fridays. We will be in touch later in the week to let you know which session your children has been invited to (this can be swapped by arrangement if Fridays are not convenient). If you have not yet sent in the form or payment, but would like your child to take part, please return these tomorrow.

Governor Recruitment

There is a vacancy for one parent governor to join the Local Stakeholder Board at Three Hares.
Local governors are a vital part of the Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust’s connection with schools and community, and parents are an important voice within the governance structure.
To qualify as a parent governor, you must have at least one child on the roll at any school within the Three Hares hub, and must be eligible under the national governing body rules.
Nominations are now open, until close of business on Friday 27th January 2022.
All nominations will then be put forward to a parent vote, which will take place electronically.
The nomination form must be completed in full, and can be obtained by emailing the Clerk to Governors: [email protected]

For an informal chat about the role of parent governor and the responsibilities of the local stakeholder board, please contact the Chair Emma Neath: [email protected] or the Clerk to Governors: [email protected]

Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to receiving your applications

PTA News

We want to say huge thank you for all your amazing support.  Last term you raised over £4,000 which is incredible! You can see some of the great things we spent it on in the attached newsletter.

We'd like to ask if anyone received gifts for Christmas (or birthdays) that aren't quite to their taste, or if you received 2 similar gifts, please could you donate them to the PTA to use as raffle prizes in future fundraising events!

We are also collecting Christmas jumpers/tops if you are having a sort through and want to donate!

Please give all donations to the school office or to a member of the PTA!!


Our next PTA meeting is on Monday 10th at 8pm via Teams - all welcome! If you'd like to receive the link for the meeting please email us on [email protected].

Thank you so much for your ongoing support from all on the PTA.

PTA 100 Club

December was a double draw and took place at the school Christmas dinner. The following numbers won:

87 Kerry Rushton
86 Sarah Angel
59 Mark Sidaway
37 Lynne Birchall
83 Judith Smith
65 Vellette Vallance

Congratulations to the winners! Thank you to everyone who has supported the 100 club over the last term. If you would like to join the 100 club then there are still some numbers available. Please email [email protected] for more information.