Due to the short term weather forecast being snow for all day tomorrow, starting overnight, and with the current situation, we are closing the school building tomorrow for Keyworker Care. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Remote Learning will continue for all children at home.

Callum has been working very hard today and all with a big smile!

We are keeping a close eye on the weather forecast as there is snow forecast tomorrow starting tonight and going through the day.  For those children booked into Keyworker Child Care tomorrow (and staff!) please listen out on Radio Shropshire in the morning and check the school website/facebook/twitter pages as this is where we can let you know if we have to close the school.

If the school building is closed the remote learning will still take place – but I am sure there will still be plenty time to go sledging or build a snowman!

Good Morning Brown Clee!

Well we are up and running with remote learning and keyworker care, and a big thank you to all of you for engaging with us, sharing pictures, asking questions and generally just getting on with it – thank you!

The value this half term is Friendship and today I would like us to think about how important our friends are – particularly at the moment when we can’t see them.

I wonder what it would be like if we had no friends?  How would you feel?

Have a watch of the short video called “Lighthouse” and have a think about the characters in the animation….

What was the lighthouse keeper like at the beginning of the video – .what words could you use to describe him?? …….

…..I thought he was hard-working, organised, critical, grumpy, alone.

What were the villagers like at the beginning?…..do you think they were happy, jovial, sociable?  What were they doing?

Now here comes the big question – do you think the Lighthouse Keeper and villagers were friends at the beginning?

Here are some other questions to help you think about the film….

• What problem did the lighthouse keeper face?
• Do you think it would be difficult for the lighthouse keeper to ask for help? Why do you think that?
• Do you think that the lighthouse keeper was surprised when he realised that the villagers were already on their way to help?
• Do you think that this situation would make a difference to how the lighthouse keeper and the villagers got along in the future?

Sometimes we can struggle to ask for help as we think we can it all by ourselves – but sometimes we need to be able to reach out to seek help – and in order to receive help, we often need to ask for it. This means admitting that we can’t do something by ourselves. The lighthouse keeper was surprised that the people he had looked down on and criticized were the ones who were ready and eager to help him.

In Matthew 7.12, we see Jesus sitting on a hillside, teaching his new disciples the basics of living God’s way. He says to them, ‘Do to others what you would have others do to you.’

Let’s have a quiet moment of reflection and think about the importance of friendship…

• • If you want help, learn to help others.
  • If you want to be shown kindness, learn to be kind.
  • If you want to be accepted, accept other people.
  • If you want to be encouraged, encourage those around you.

Prayer of the day

Dear God,
Thank you for people who are there to help us.
Please help us never to feel like we have to manage all alone.
Please help us always to ask for help when we need it.
Please help us to be aware of the needs of others
And to offer help in whatever form that may take.
Amen.

I apologise for sending this so late. But we just want to re-emphasise to parents that we fully understand the pressures and barriers that some families have with remote learning, and that we are also trying our very best to help support our families and community with the Critical Keyworker Care that we provide.

It is so important that we work together to help get through this unprecedented situation. No one wants to be in this mess. So from the bottom of my heart, if you have frustrations, difficulties, concerns or questions, please, please contact us! Sharing your frustrations on social media does not help fix the situation….and sadly, negativity can breed more negativity.

The current situation is beyond anyone’s expectations….so can we please work together to ensure we can do everything we possibly can to care for and teach our children (to the best of our reasonable expectations within our own individual and family constraints), to help protect our families and community as well as the NHS and wider world.

These are tough times for everyone, but we need to work together to help each other.