I for one am looking forward to February when all of the classes will be in the right places! We have
moved so much furniture around this school over the past couple of years and it will be nice to have
settled and familiar spaces. Once this is done, we can turn our attentions to other improvements.
One change that I imagine will be popular with parents and that we have been planning for a while, is
the introduction of Parent Pay which is a way of paying for all school bills online such as school
lunches, clubs or educational visits. As we are moving the school office and the difficulties with IT and
phone lines, this will start in April 2019 to coincide with the new financial year. Information about how
this system works will be sent out nearer the time.
We have many new ideas to develop our curriculum that I will share in the new year. To give you a
flavour, we are going to have a Space Camp in the school hall and we are fortunate to have access to
some amazing space related resources like a large telescope and expertise to support us. We are
aiming to achieve a Space Mark science award and I look forward to informing you of the different
activities nearer the time. On another note, I have set most of the teachers a local history challenge
which will be a great project for our children and hopefully for the town.
Montalbo Nursery and Primary School
Fairfield Road, Barnard Castle, DL12 8TN
Collaborate, Endeavour, Inspire
