SNOW WEEK
We hope you are all enjoying the half-term break. The days are getting longer and the temperatures are improving…yet only a short while ago our everyday routines ground to a virtual halt due to the heavy downfall of snow. A ‘will they or won’t they’ scenario developed throughout the week, as communities across the county awaited to hear if schools would be open or closed. As people hit the internet by the second and radio DJs read out the ever growing long list of school closures, the met weather watch became the head teacher’s new best friend! Due to the erratic and variable fall of snow across the region, taking the decision to close school was not always an easy one to make; despite what we may all think. Fortunately, most schools made the right one, leaving those of us at home to take advantage of the snow by dusting off our sledges, taking to the hills and perfecting our snow-building techniques!
For all schools and colleges, the issue of health and safety was first and foremost a priority; especially for those children and staff travelling into school via transport. This in turn, reinforced the importance and urgency of how to communicate to people whether schools would be open or not. By the second day, Woolgrove was able to post up-to-date information on the home page of the website, as to the school’s position. In addition, transport staff were notified personally by telephone. We are currently looking into alternative methods of how we can communicate with everyone more effectively than we already do so. As soon as these changes are in place we will notify you. In the meantime, there is at present a link on the Woolgrove home page, which gives information on local radio stations, their frequencies, website addresses and telephone numbers.
