Dear Parents and Carers,
Firstly, I would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding through all the very difficult and unusual times since March 2020!
Given the latest Government guidance, I can confirm we will be functioning as normal from Tuesday 7th September. We are all so excited to be planning a ‘normal’ year where we can welcome you all back into school. It will be lovely to have whole school celebration assemblies again along with our shared learning experiences. I for one have missed all the children over the holidays and cannot wait to see them all again. I am sure they will have grown over the holidays.
To enable the smooth running of the school day I have set out below the start and finish times along with the entrance your child will come into in the morning, along with some other routine guidance we need to adhere to.
This remains the same– If your child is unwell and displaying symptoms of Covid-19 you must not attend school – contact us first if you have any doubts. You MUST inform us if you have taken your child for a Coronavirus Test and you MUST inform us of the result- positive or negative. Any child becoming unwell during school hours will need to be collected from school immediately.
At the start of the school day the children will still be required to wash their hands thoroughly on entry to school. We will be insisting on the ‘Catch it, Bin it, Kill it routine too. The enhanced cleaning procedures which operate throughout the school day will continue. All classrooms will continue to be well ventilated.
School will open the doors from 8.45am (Nursery starts at 8.45am). This will allow for a steady intake of children. The official start of the school day is 8.55am. Please ensure your child is at school by this time. Children will return to the previous routine of making their own way in. Please DO NOT allow your child to come to school earlier than 8.45am to wait on the yard unattended.
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Once the children are in school the staff will ensure handwashing takes place.
Breakfast and After School care is open to all children from Nursery upwards.
Uniform rules apply. On PE days (which your class teacher will inform you of before Tuesday) - school PE kit. Please ensure girls hair is tied back once it reaches shoulder length.
The hall will be used as normal for the dining room at lunchtime. The children will be able to play with children from different classes at lunch time.
Please ensure lunches are nut-free because we have a number of children with nut allergies. This includes sandwich filling such as Nutella.
Please send your child with their own drinks bottle, this must be labelled clearly with their name and washed on a daily basis.
The safety of our pupils, staff and parents is important to us and we work hard to make sure our school is as safe as can be, whilst maintaining a welcoming and friendly environment in which to learn. If in the event of an outbreak of Coronavirus (5 cases) in school we will need to resort to more strict measures and this may include a staggered start time for your child’s class. You will be informed of such change if and when this occurs.
Once again, I would like to thank you for your support and commitment to our school community. Let’s hope that this year is smooth and relatively normal. I sincerely hope you have all had time over the summer period to enjoy some family time (without the pressure of home learning!), I know I have enjoyed seeing my own children more regularly.