Each year, as you may know, we have an annual carol concert for our pupils at St Mary's Church in Shaw. We have always managed to squeeze a few parents in. However, we have grown each year and now that we have 157 pupils with around 100 staff it will unfortunately no longer be safe to have parents attending. I know that this will be sad news for many of you, but I am sure you will understand that the health and safety of our pupils comes first.
I have, of course considered alternatives, such as using another church - however, this is our local church and it is easily accessible for all our pupils from our school and has a special place in out local community. We have also considered running two separate carol services for older and younger pupils - but we feel our pupils get something very special from everyone in the school being together at this very special time.
Of course there will be other events and shows that you will be able to come to.
We will try and video the event and make it available for parents to watch.
I thank you for your understanding,
Jon Hewitt
Headteacher
