National Thank a Teacher Day is looking to celebrate your teachers
Teachers are celebrated across the UK every year on National Thank A Teacher Day, which is on 20 May this year.
The Teaching Awards Trust, who run the event, also use this day to announce and celebrate the Silver Winners of the Pearson National Teaching Awards. This year the team are waiting for schools to reopen to all children before it officially announce the winners. In the meantime, however, it is asking everyone across the country to join together to say a HUGE thank you to their teachers for their amazing work not only in these challenging times but all year round.
How can you thank your teacher?
Do you have a STAR teacher? Do you miss seeing them every day? This Thank A Teacher Day let’s take the opportunity to say thank you to all our amazing teachers and support staff, who are doing a star job each and every day.
Share your message of thanks with the Thank a Teacher team before the 20th May, ideally in a video clip, or in an expression of your choosing. The theme this year is a star. How creative can you be? Maybe you and your school will feature as a #StarOfTheDay on social media.
The aim is to get as many messages of thanks and some great stories about the teachers who are being thanked so these can be shared with the whole country on National Thank a Teacher Day on May 20th.
More information can be found HERE. You can also email: info@teachingawards.com.
If you upload videos or messages on your own social media pages, please use the hashtags #ThankaTeacherDay #ClassroomHeroes and for Woodley residents please tag us @WoodleyCouncil so we can see the wonderful messages for Woodley teachers.
Please be aware that Wokingham Borough Council as Traffic Authority has made an Order under Section 14 (1) (a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 the effect of which is prohibit any vehicle from proceeding along:
🚫 Colemansmoor Road, Woodley between its junctions with Loddon Bridge Road and Miles Way. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Miles Way, Spitfire Way, Headley Road East and Loddon Bridge Road or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place on 18th May 2020.
🚫 Tippings Lane, Woodley between its junctions with the Duffield Road, and Headley Road East. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Church Road, Glendevon Road, Butts Hill Road and Headley Road East or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place between 18th May and 19th May 2020.
🚫 Butts Hill Road, Sonning between its junctions with Pound Lane and Ravensbourne Drive. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Glendevon Road, Church Road, Duffield Road and Pound Lane or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place on 19th May 2020.
🚫 Pound Lane, Sonning between its junctions with Butts Hill Road and Duffield Road. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Butts Hill Road, Glendevon Road, Church Road and Duffield Road or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place on 19th May 2020.
🚫 A4 Bath Road, Sonning between its junctions with A3032 Old Bath Road and Pound Lane. The alternative route for all eastbound vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via A4 London Road, A4 Crown Street, A327 Southampton Street, A329 Queens Road, A329 Watlington Street, A329 Forbury Road, A329 Vastern Road, A4155 Caversham Road, A4155 Church Street, A4155 Prospect Street, A4155 Henley Road, A4155 Hampstead Hill, A4155 Reading Road, A4130 Hart Street, A4130 White Hill, A321 Wargrave Hill and A321 High Street. The alternative route for all westbound vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via A321 High Street, A321 Wargrave Hill, A4130 White Hill, A4130 Hart Street, Thameside, Station Road, A4155 Reading Road, A4155 Hampstead Hill, A4155 Henley Road, A4155 Prospect Street, A4155 Church Street, A4155 Caversham Road, A329 Vastern Road, A329 Forbury Road, A329 Kings Road, A4 London Road. Works requiring this restriction will take place on 16th May 2020.
🚫 Pound Lane, Sonning between its junctions with Duffield Road and A4 Bath Road. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via A4 Bath Road, A4 London Road, Reading Road and Western Avenue or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place on 19th May 2020.
🚫 A4 Bath Road, Hare Hatch between its junctions with Wokingham Borough Boundary and Scarletts Lane. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Henley Road, A4130 Henley Road, A4130 Remenham Hill, A4130 White Hill, A321 Wargrave Road, A321 High Street, A321 Wargrave Road and A4 New Bath Road or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place on 16th May 2020.
🚫 Little Glebe, Sonning between its junctions with Pound Lane and Garde Lane, The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Garde Road, Glebe Lane and Pound Lane, or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place between 12th May and 13th May 2020.
🚫 Walton Close, Woodley from its junction with Grays Crescent for its entirety. Works requiring this restriction will take place on 13th May 2020.
🚫 Bruce Road, Woodley between its junctions with Wheble Drive. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Bruce Road and Wheble Drive, or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place between 13th May and 14th May 2020.
🚫 Wallace Close, Woodley from its junctions with Fairwater Drive. Works requiring this restriction will take place between 15th May and 16th May 2020
🚫 Rosewood, Woodley from its junction with Linden Road Works requiring this restriction will take place on 16th May 2020.
🚫 Linden Road, Woodley from its junction with Nightingale Road. Works requiring this restriction will take place between 16th May and 17th May 2020.
🚫 Austin Road, Woodley between its junctions with Vauxhall Drive and Colemansmoor Road. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Vauxhall Drive and Colemansmoor Road, or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place between 17th May and 18th May 2020.
🚫 Redwood Avenue, Woodley between its junctions with Oak Drive and Holly Road. The alternative route for all vehicles affected by this restriction shall be via Oak Drive, Spruce Road and Holly Road, or by this route in reverse. Works requiring this restriction will take place on 18th May 2020.
VE Day 75 celebrations cancelled but there are ways to celebrate at home
As you will know from the announcement made by HM Government on 16th April 2020, the Coronavirus lockdown has been extended by at least a further three weeks. This means that the community event organised by Woodley Town Council and Woodley Town Centre to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday 8th May can no longer go ahead as originally planned.
However, the organisers of VE75 hope that some aspects of this important anniversary could still take place on 8th May in ways that allow people to celebrate the VE Day anniversary, while following the essential social distancing advice that ensures everyone remains safe.
Woodley Town Council and Woodley Town Centre would like to encourage its residents to participate in a ‘Stay at Home Party’ while adhering to the social distancing rules. Why not host a picnic in your garden or lounge and decorate your home red, white and blue? Here are some suggestions from the official organisers – don’t forget to join in with the National Toast at 3pm and make this an unforgettable celebration from the safety of your home.
Please do share your images with us on our social media pages (@WoodleyCouncil for Facebook and Twitter and @WoodleyTCMI on Twitter) or by emailing: communications@woodley.gov.uk.
Please also share your BBC Radio Berkshire bunting on social media using the hashtags #GreatBritishBunting and #VEDay75 – don’t forget to tag @WoodleyCouncil and @WoodleyTCMI too!
Friday 8th May
2.55pm: The playing of the Last Post
Buglers, trumpeters and cornet players might like to consider playing the Last Post from the safety of their front or back garden, outside their front door or from their balcony or window. We would ask you not to play in an area that could attract a group of people however.
3pm: The piping of Battle’s O’er and VE 75 Years
As with playing the Last Post, individual pipers could play these two stirring marches from their front or back garden, at their front door or from their balcony or window. It is extremely important to adhere to the Government’s restrictions so bands will not be able to play together and individual pipers should not perform in areas that might attract people.
3pm: The Nation’s Toast to the Heroes of WW II
We would very much like to encourage you all to still take part in the Nation’s Toast from the safety of your homes to pay tribute to the many millions in the United Kingdom and overseas who sacrificed so much to secure the freedom we have today. We would invite you stand at 3pm and raise a glass or cup of refreshment of your choice and undertake the following toast: “For those that gave so much, we thank you.”
6.55pm: The Cry for Peace Around the World
Town criers and others who wish to take part can perform the Cry for Peace from their front or back garden, at their front door or from their balcony or window. The words can be found on the Download page of the VE Day 75 website – www.veday75.org. Please don’t perform it from a place that might encourage people to gather.
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