Dear parents,  

Today has been all about celebrating our P7 and Nursery pupils who are moving on to their next chapter. We had three joyful graduations all in one day, two for the 52  Nursery pupils and a huge one for our 83 P7 pupils, the classes of 2025!!!!

I thank our devoted staff for organising such special events. I thank our pupils for participating so beautifully and I thank you for entrusting your precious children into our care and for joining us in such a wonderful partnership on the journey. We have been very fortunate.  

Have a lovely summer and I wish you every blessing for your child’s next steps in his/her education. Thankfully for many of the nursery pupils, that will be the next phase of their St Clare’s Abbey experience, in which case I will see you at our induction events next week.

I wish you a lovely weekend and thank you wholeheartedly for your support and all the lovely memories,  

Yours in partnership,  

Mrs Monaghan  

All of our staff have to start work before 9.00 am to ensure they are in class for the children.

Increasingly I find that staff are circling the car park unable to find a car parking space.

I am aware that several of our nursery parents are parking between the 8. 45 and 9.00am drop off and this is taking up some of our very limited car parking spaces.

I remind parent that school operate a car drop off system and we do not have enough room to allow parents to wait with their children or walk them to the classes.

The only people able to do this are those who have been granted a parking permit based on their child being a 'blue badge' holder.

Please respect how difficult this situation is and work with us.

Yours in partnership

Mrs Monaghan 

I really need your help parents and remind you:

That we operate a 'drop off zone' and a one way system. We have had a few 'near misses as parents have not followed the one way system and have 'cut off' across the flow of traffic, to park in the area beside the canteen. I am very fearful that we will have an accident.

1. That you need to be so careful when dropping off children. Pupils should disembark onto the pavement- not onto the road/ car park side, where cars are busily trying to depart.
2. When driving off from your'drop off position' that you need to be mindful of other cars coming up from behind. We have had a few 'near collisions' re this.
3. That buses are being held up when some of you stay too long in your 'drop off' position. I have frequently seen the bus unable to take the bend to get to its drop off position because some of you have left your car unattended or are delaying your departure to make phone calls etc, unaware that your vehicle is blocking the way.

I know that with your support we can make the process safer for our school community.

Mrs Monaghan