Canbury School Newsletter 9th JANUARY 2026. ISSUE 387

Cold Weather

Please make sure you send your child in with a waterproof coat as the weather is looking very mixed over the next few weeks. Students will not be allowed out in the playground without suitable clothing, especially if it is raining/ sleeting/snowing.

Snow

We are keeping a close eye on the weather in regard to snow and although there is a chance of this towards the end of the week it looks to be very little snow fall if it does appear. In any event of the school closure due to adverse weather, you will be notified that morning via email, the WhatsApp group and on the School website home page.

Named Reusable Water Bottles

Please make sure you send your child in with a named reusable water bottle each day. Students can fill this up once empty from our water cooler by the science corridor at break, lunch times and the end of the day.

Uniform

We wanted to take this opportunity to remind you all of our expectations regarding school uniform. Maintaining high standards of uniform is an important part of our school's identity and helps to foster a positive, focused, and equitable learning environment for all students. We expect all students to be in school uniform every day. The only exception to this is when students are participating in PE or Games lessons, during which the PE/Games kit must be worn. Attached is the recently simplified uniform expectations list. As a school, we have taken the decision to buy in some new spare pieces of commonly misplaced/forgotten items of uniform that we will loan to a student on a day that they forget such an item. We will be implementing the following from the first day back in January. Please note that if a student loses or damages any loaned uniform, it must be replaced. The cost of replacement will be added to termly invoices. The only permitted items of outerwear to be worn over school uniform is the official school blazer or the official school hoodie. Any other form of jacket, or non-uniform outerwear will be asked to be removed by staff - if a student is feeling cold, they will be offered a school-owned item of uniform (e.g., a spare school hoodie) to borrow for the day. If any families have Canbury green hoodies or black V-neck jumpers that are too small for their child but are still in good, useable condition, we kindly ask you to send these items in. These donations would be greatly appreciated as they will help us build up our stock of spare items for student use. We understand that a few students have specific circumstances requiring an adjustment to the standard uniform. This communication does not affect those who have already established an agreed amended uniform agreement with the school. This will have been discussed and formally agreed upon with you already. If you would like to discuss any uniform adaptions, please contact your child's form tutor. We kindly ask for your full support in ensuring your child returns to school in January fully prepared and in the correct uniform. Please note that branded uniform is bought from Stevensons. You can buy either in person from their store or online. Our cooperation helps us to dedicate our time to teaching and learning, rather than uniform enforcement.

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