Author Archives: Mrs Finley

School gates open from 8.15 | 22 Nov 2021

Parent Forum had asked if school gates could be opened earlier in the mornings to avoid parents and children gathering around the gates and spilling out onto the road on Ridge Close particularly – Mr Bradley has been opening the gates 10 minutes earlier but this still hasn’t resolved the problem. Pre-Covid, school gates were …

Lovely feedback! | 12 Nov 2021

Some more lovely feedback received into school today from a local resident about the service at the cenotaph yesterday. I felt very proud to be reading it. Well done Team Tranmere! Dear Mrs Finley, the staff and children at Tranmere Park school,  It was a beautiful service yesterday at the Guiseley cenotaph. I would like to …

Armistice Day | 11 Nov 2021

We’ve just received a lovely e-mail praising our Y6 children who visited the Cenotaph in Guiseley to take part in the Armistice Day ceremony: ”Just a quick note to say how lovely it was to see the Year 6 children attend the Remembrance service at the cenotaph today. They were all very well behaved & …

Shackleton’s Journey | 09 Nov 2021

KS2 really enjoyed listening to the exciting story of Ernest Shackleton’s journey  to Antartica in Reading Assembly today. We particularly liked the names he gave to his 69 dogs!

Additional learning opportunities this term :) | 08 Nov 2021

We were really delighted that in our end of summer term assessments, many of our children were able to be assessed at a level that put them back on track for where they were forecast to be pre-Pandemic. Obviously, the last 18 months have been very disruptive for everyone, not least the children and we …

Actions from Parent Forum | 02 Nov 2021

Thanks to all the Parent Forum representatives who attended the first meeting of the school year before the half term – it’s always very helpful from our perspective and we appreciate you giving up your  time. Parent Forum minutes will be coming out soon but I just wanted to feed back on two specific issues …

Black History Month | 15 Oct 2021

October marks Black History Month in the UK. The event was officially recognised by the US government in 1976, and first celebrated in the UK in 1987. Why is Black History Month necessary? People from African and Caribbean backgrounds have been a fundamental part of British history for centuries. However, campaigners believe their value and …

For information – school telephones are out of order….. | 14 Oct 2021

The BT engineer has just left school after being unable to get our telephone service up and working – the issue is at the outside junction box, not within school. Engineers will be working on this tomorrow but our phone lines will not be available for you to call in pupil absence in the morning …

Wellbeing and The Worry Wizard | 05 Oct 2021

All classes have had a visit this week from The Worry Wizard to continue our well-being focus from last school year. We’ve all had a tricky last 18 months with the Covid-19 pandemic and our children have had to cope with lots of disruption and changes to their routine as a result of Covid restrictions. …

Useful for parents to know … | 29 Sep 2021

Just a quick ‘Head’s Up’ today but I wanted to go over a post you may have missed on the Tranmere Times in the last couple of weeks as it’s been so busy … Those families who aren’t brand new to Tranmere Park will know that our Learning Mentor, Mrs Martin, retired at the end …
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