Dear Parents/Carers,
Thank you so much for your support and help in preparing your children to return this week. Most children in Years 2, 3, 5 and 6 are now in school and have settled in really well. As we move forward, we will continue to review our procedures to make school as safe as possible for everybody. We appreciate any feedback you can give to make everything even safer.
We look forward to seeing children in Years 1, 4 and our new Reception children on Monday.
Here are some clarifications:
Pick-up and drop off of children
This morning, we opened the front area of school. We did this so some groups could congregate before coming into school. The hope was that this would give more space for social distancing and enable parents and children to wait off the road. We also were concerned that parents and children lining up were blocking the pavement for those walking by and felt opening up this space would help.
However, we did find that waiting at distance in this way was very difficult to manage and from Monday we will be returning to the system where children and parents line up, at a social distance on the pavement. Can everybody line up in a single file, so that there is enough space for pedestrians to walk by.
This means that we will revert to the following, until further notice:
To ensure parents do not gather outside the school building and can follow social distancing guidelines, each group will have a different start and finish time. Please stick to the time your child is allocated, as groups of children are not to come into contact with each other:
- To make the start of the day as safe as possible, when children enter and leave the school, we will be using two entrances:
- The main entrance
- The black door next to the kitchen (near the school hall)
- 2 metre markings will be on the fences outside of school, for parents and children to wait by.
- If at all possible, just one parent/carer to drop and collect children.
- If possible, do not bring younger siblings in buggies.
- Children must not bring bags – just their packed lunch in a plastic box or disposable bag, water bottle, sunhat and suncream, if necessary. We expect to have children bringing in bags for essentials like reading books soon - we will let you know when.
- Please stay outside the school gates and please pass on any concerns or queries via the office email address or phone.
- IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL CHILDREN ARRIVE ON TIME, AS WE HAVE PLANNED CAREFULLY TO ENABLE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
Pupil Places Available
The school is almost full but we do have some space available in Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 4. If you know somebody who might need a school place, please ask them to contact the school office.
Food Allergies
WE HAVE CHILDREN STARTING OUR SCHOOL WITH FOOD ALLERGIES. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE FOOD CONTAINING NUTS IN THEIR PACKED LUNCHES. MANY THANKS.
Medication for Children
Please ensure your child has any medication in school which they would usually take and that it has a label with their name printed on it and is in-date.
Returning reading books and bookbags
Once all of the children have settled back into school, we will be asking for all reading books to be brought back in. Therefore, from Wednesday 9th September, children will need to bring in their school reading books in their book bag so that we can start the process of changing them.
Please can all books that have been borrowed from school be returned to the child’s class teacher.
Dates for Diaries
- End of Term 1- Friday 23 October 2020.
- Term 2 Monday 2 November 2020 to Friday 18 December 2020.
- Term 3 Monday 4 January 2021 to Friday 12 February 2021.
- Term 4 Monday 22 February 2021 to Thursday 1 April 2021.
- Term 5 Monday 19 April 2021 to Friday 28 May 2021.
Yours sincerely
Matt Condon
Headteacher
