Please see the latest update from South Tyneside Council regarding waste collections for this week:
Waste services will continue to prioritise grey bins this week.
Residents are being advised to present their grey household bin ONLY every day from Tuesday to Friday
Operatives are continuing to take action on non-strike day, which is contributing to some bins not being collected on residents’ scheduled collection days – or at all, due to crews not completing their rounds within the week.
Opening hours at the Recycling Village at Middlefields Industrial Estate, South Shields are still temporarily extended (now 8am to 7pm) and the number of booking slots has been increased (by more than 2,000 per week) at the Recycling Village
Anyone taking recyclable materials to the Recycling Village is reminded that these need to be separated into cardboard, glass, and plastic.
Residents with waste related queries are encouraged to visit the Council’s website at www.southtyneside.gov.uk in the first instance, where they will find further information including a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
At Biddick Hall Infant and Nursery School we are working with the Open University to develop Reading for Pleasure with our children and staff. As you can see in the OECD quote, children who read for pleasure are more likely to be successful later in life.
We read aloud to your children every day and we make time to chat about books and make recommendations. Please explore our reading spine to find out what types of books we read to your children.
Our Reading Spine
We have recently updated our reading and poetry spine. Each year group has a defined set of core texts. We have worked together to ensure our children experience a range of high quality texts and authors during their time at our school. These books are also supplemented by many other texts to enrich children’s experiences and develop their understanding.
“Great stories speak to us as individuals and some children will return to certain books again and again. Great stories also build our language because around 75 per cent of our vocabulary comes from our reading. Reading develops the ability to think in the abstract; to follow lines of thought. Schools that have a reading spine, build a common bank of stories that bind the community together. These are shared and deeply imagined common experiences.” (Pie Corbett)
We had 11 unclaimed raffle prizes. 11 tickets have been redrawn. Winning numbers are as follows:
Green 146 – 150
Green 51 – 55
Yellow 456 – 460
White 436 – 440
White 171 – 175
Blue 321 – 325
Blue 421 – 425
Blue 491 – 495
White 266 – 270
Blue 441 – 445
White 406 – 410
Please bring your winning ticket to the school office by 9am tomorrow to claim your prize. Please note prizes will not be handed out unless you can produce your raffle ticket.
Thank you.
Last week everyone was given a set of raffle tickets. The winning ticket numbers are as follows:
White 126 – 130
Yellow 466 – 470
Green 176 – 180
Green 26 – 30
Blue 311 – 315
White 191 – 195
White 226 – 230
White 231 – 235
Green 231 – 235
White 416 – 420
Blue 226 – 230
White 261 – 265
Green 31 – 35
Green 431 – 435
White 356 – 360
White 466 – 470
Green 366 – 370
Green 71 – 75
White 256 – 260
Green 491 – 495
Blue 331 – 335
Green 281 – 285
White 491 – 495
Please check your tickets and bring to the school office to collect your prize by 9am on Wednesday 20th December. Any unclaimed prizes will be redrawn on Wednesday.
Thank you
