Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School
"Brighter futures built with Ambition, Courage and Respect; filled with Love, Hope and Faith"
Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Strike Action 01.02.2023
Fri 20 Jan 2023RIBBLETON AVENUE
METHODIST JUNIOR SCHOOL
Address: Emerson Road, Ribbleton, Preston, PR1 5SN
É 01772 792083
Headteacher: Mrs F Nickson BA Hons PGCE
20.01.2023
Teachers Strike Action
Dear Parents and Carers,
You are probably aware of the pending strike action by teachers nationally. The proposed dates are Wednesday 1st February, Tuesday 28th February, Wednesday 15th March and Thursday 16th March.
At this stage, I am unable to determine how this will affect classes in our school as staff do not have to inform me of their intention to strike. If school cannot open safely to children, there may be a need for a full or partial closure. With advance warning, you may wish to think about contingency childcare plans in the event that the strike action affects your child. I will communicate any developments as soon as I am able to.
Mrs F. Nickson (Headteacher)
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Fire Safety Y3
Wed 29 Jun 2022Year 3 enjoyed a safety talk from Lancashire Fire and Rescue on Tuesday. It was a very informative and important talk about fire safety. If you want a free home fire safety check please visit https://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/contact-us/home-fire-safety/
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Commemorative coin competition
Wed 22 Jun 2022Well done to Natalia in 4R who won our competition to design a commemorative coin for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Every child in school designed a coin to commemorate this remarkable milestone and the digital leaders in Year 6 chose their favourite.
Natalia’s design is now being printed on our 3D printer as a memento of the event for every pupil. Hopefully these will be sent home over the next few weeks.
A coin has also been posted to the Queen as well! We hope she likes it too.
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Special visitor - Chris Lubbe
Wed 22 Jun 2022Yesterday Year 5 and 6 were honoured to receive a visit from Chris Lubbe, a former bodyguard of Nelson Mandela. He spoke to our children about the hardships he has faced during his life, including growing up in South Africa during apartheid and the racism, aggression and segregation he has unfortunately seen. He told the children how this inspired him to stand up for what is right and to challenge what is wrong, leading him to work for Nelson Mandela. The children learned so much and left the talk feeling truly inspired to change the world for the better! A true inspiration and we are so grateful to Chris for taking the time to come and see us. The children also did us proud with their respectful listening during the talk
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Newsletter 01.04.2022
Sat 02 Apr 2022Please find our usual newsletter but in a slightly different place for this week. I have been unable to upload the document via our normal page.
Happy reading!
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Our deepest sympathy's extended to Mr Moran and his family at this time
Fri 18 Mar 2022It is with great sadness that I share with you all, the tragic passing of Mr Moran’s beloved son Jack, on Tuesday evening.
‘Our Jack’, as he is known throughout school, has been a frequent visitor among us over the years and was a popular and well-liked member of the extended RAMJS family. With a similar personality to his father, Andy, his cheery nature regularly lifted out spirits and made us smile.
The sadness felt throughout school has been overwhelming and words can not convey the sorrow we are feeling for the loss of this wonderful young man.
On behalf of his family, Andy would like to thank the RAMJS community for their words of condolence. He is taking strength from the love and kindness he has received in recent days and knows that he remains in all our hearts, hopes and prayers.
Rest in Peace ‘Our Jack’
“Your memory is our keepsake, with which we will never part.
God has you in his keeping but we will keep you in our hearts.”
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Wear Blue and Yellow for Ukraine
Tue 15 Mar 2022The DFE have informed us of the Wear Yellow and Blue to support Ukraine Day that is taking place tomorrow, 16th March 2022.
We appreciate this is short notice but if any children want to:
- Wear blue or yellow Tshirt,socks, trousers, scarf etc
- Wear blue and yellow face paint
- Decorate a piece of paper to pin to their school jumper
We are inviting children to wear Yellow and Blue tomorrow if they wish to do so and any donations received via Parent Pay will be donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee who will use the money to support those families in crisis.
Children not wishing to take part must be in full school uniform.
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Snapchat
Thu 10 Mar 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
We are dealing with repeated incidents involving Snapchat and inappropriate content being sent throughout school. These incidents are occurring outside of school time but coming into school as unresolved incidents that staff are having to manage.
Children at times are being particularly unkind and we are experiencing an increase in children reporting feeling sad, anxious and upset following conversations that have gotten out of control.
These incidents are impacting on our pupils confidence and wellbeing so please remind your children about safe use and kind words.
I have included some information about managing Snapchat as it is an app many school staff are unaware of how to use.
Please consider the appropriateness of this app for your children as the age limit is 13+.
Snapchat deletes messages as soon as they have been seen so it is nearly impossible as a parent to see what may have been sent by your child or to your child unless it has been screenshot. We greatly appreciate your continued support.
Kindest Regards
Mrs Nickson and the RAMJS Team
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Parking
Wed 02 Mar 2022Parents/Carers,
Please can you avoid driving down Emerson Road when dropping your children off, you can park on Morrisons car park and walk through. We are having lots of complaints from our neighbours, traffic congestion and most importantly we are concerned for the safety of our children who walk to school. Thank you for your co-operation.
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Donations to support families in Ukraine
Mon 28 Feb 2022To our RAMJS Family,
I know that like the RAMJS team, your thoughts and prayers are with the people of Ukraine at this terrible time.
We have been notified that trucks in the UK are taking emergency items to the borders and we have offered our school to be a donation point. If you would like to donate any of the suggested items below please send them into school by Wednesday 3:10pm on the 2nd March where Mrs Tipton will transport the goods to the main donation point in Whalley.
SUGGESTED DONATIONS
- packed/canned food with long "use by" date (something that does not require cooking)
- energy bars
- dried fruits
- rice
- pasta
- sleeping bags
- blankets
- water proof covers and clothing
- CLEAN (!) kids clothes (this includes coats and underwear)
- formula milk for babies
- smaller size toys
- nappies (for kids but also adult sizes)
- sanitary pads
- CLEAN (!) clothes for women and man
- toothbrushes, soap, shower gels, shampoos etc,
- towels
- paper towels
- wet tissues
- facemasks
- cutlery, plates, cups etc (cutlery metal, other items plastic)
- torches
- batteries
- paracetamol or other painkillers
- bandages and plasters
- anything else that you think could be of use to those that left their homes in rush with a single bag
Polish trucks in the UK are taking back loads to the boarders to be distributed - donations will go to the Stoke centre then on to Poland.
We thank you in advance for your support and are grateful for any donation of items that you can offer at this time.
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