The council finally scrapped the plans to force our children out of their classrooms and into overcrowded site conditions. Seeing our infant school remain exactly where it belongs feels like a huge weight lifted off our neighborhood. We fought for our community spaces and we won this battle.
January 23, 2013
NO! to the closure of Gaer Infants school and the amalgamation of Gaer Infants and Juniors on the Junior Site
Final supporters
We the undersigned strongly oppose the plan to amalgamate Gaer Infants with Gaer Juniors on the Junior site, as we can see no grounds or justification for such a move. Surplus spaces will not be an issue within five years, but the severe impact that this plan will have on the Gaer community is a major concern.
The Gaer community, and especially the children of the Gaer, should not be used as pawns to move around, to make space for the other school reorganisations currently planned.
There are no benefits to the Gaer from this plan, no positives that can be found. The Infant children lose all their beautiful outdoor space and community funded play equipment, as well as many of their fantastic indoor facilities, none of which are statutory requirements and therefore not to be provided for them on the new site.
The Junior children will lose their so-called 'empty' classrooms, currently housing a library, computer room, film club and safe space rooms for children struggling in the classroom, as well as a large portion of their outside space.
They will gain a wing of unspecified dimensions to house those Infants that cannot be fitted into the main school, a build-on to the school despite the fact that it is a listed building.
The Gaer nursery, currently able to accommodate up to 98 children (49 each morning and afternoon), will be cut to 64 children. Doing this will effectively remove the ability for the school to offer Gaer children a place at nursery from the term after their third birthday; instead they will have to wait until the September after their birthday. This will impact on working families as they will have to find alternative nursery space for their children until the school could take them.
Traffic has always been challenging at the Junior school entrance. It will become a nightmare for parents, staff but particularly local residents.
There are no positives sides to this proposal, and as there are no grounds to justify the plan, we ask that Newport City Council drop this proposal immediately.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 15, 2013
January 14, 2013
Seeing this level of support reminds me exactly why I refused to stay silent while our children's future is treated like a balancing act for the council. My heart is full knowing so many of you see the value in protecting our school and the spaces our little ones rely on every single day.
Reached 100 supporters
January 13, 2013
January 10, 2013
Watching the signature count climb toward one hundred shows how many of you refuse to let our school be dismantled. If you have not sent the link to a neighbor or family member yet please do it right now to push us over this first threshold.
6 Comments
My oldest went to the infants and loved it. such a shame to tear it all apart for no reason. leave our schools alone!
The junior site is already crowded enough. adding more children is just gonna make it a nightmare for everyone.
Ridiculous idea. why ruin a perfectly good school with amazing outdoor space? keep the infants where they are.
Fixing things that aren't broken again. typical council move.
Our kids are not just numbers on a spreadsheet. quit messing with their education to save a few quid.
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The council finally scrapped the plans to force our children out of their classrooms and into overcrowded site conditions. Seeing our infant school remain exactly where it belongs feels like a huge weight lifted off our neighborhood. We fought for our community spaces and we won this battle.
January 23, 2013
NO! to the closure of Gaer Infants school and the amalgamation of Gaer Infants and Juniors on the Junior Site
Final supporters
We the undersigned strongly oppose the plan to amalgamate Gaer Infants with Gaer Juniors on the Junior site, as we can see no grounds or justification for such a move. Surplus spaces will not be an issue within five years, but the severe impact that this plan will have on the Gaer community is a major concern.
The Gaer community, and especially the children of the Gaer, should not be used as pawns to move around, to make space for the other school reorganisations currently planned.
There are no benefits to the Gaer from this plan, no positives that can be found. The Infant children lose all their beautiful outdoor space and community funded play equipment, as well as many of their fantastic indoor facilities, none of which are statutory requirements and therefore not to be provided for them on the new site.
The Junior children will lose their so-called 'empty' classrooms, currently housing a library, computer room, film club and safe space rooms for children struggling in the classroom, as well as a large portion of their outside space.
They will gain a wing of unspecified dimensions to house those Infants that cannot be fitted into the main school, a build-on to the school despite the fact that it is a listed building.
The Gaer nursery, currently able to accommodate up to 98 children (49 each morning and afternoon), will be cut to 64 children. Doing this will effectively remove the ability for the school to offer Gaer children a place at nursery from the term after their third birthday; instead they will have to wait until the September after their birthday. This will impact on working families as they will have to find alternative nursery space for their children until the school could take them.
Traffic has always been challenging at the Junior school entrance. It will become a nightmare for parents, staff but particularly local residents.
There are no positives sides to this proposal, and as there are no grounds to justify the plan, we ask that Newport City Council drop this proposal immediately.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 15, 2013
January 14, 2013
Seeing this level of support reminds me exactly why I refused to stay silent while our children's future is treated like a balancing act for the council. My heart is full knowing so many of you see the value in protecting our school and the spaces our little ones rely on every single day.
Reached 100 supporters
January 13, 2013
January 10, 2013
Watching the signature count climb toward one hundred shows how many of you refuse to let our school be dismantled. If you have not sent the link to a neighbor or family member yet please do it right now to push us over this first threshold.
6 Comments
Totally against this. the nursery cut is absolutely disgusting they are taking away spots from local kids who need them.
My oldest went to the infants and loved it. such a shame to tear it all apart for no reason. leave our schools alone!
The junior site is already crowded enough. adding more children is just gonna make it a nightmare for everyone.
Ridiculous idea. why ruin a perfectly good school with amazing outdoor space? keep the infants where they are.
Fixing things that aren't broken again. typical council move.
Our kids are not just numbers on a spreadsheet. quit messing with their education to save a few quid.
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Totally against this. the nursery cut is absolutely disgusting they are taking away spots from local kids who need them.