Dear Parents/Carers,
As we come to the end of another half term in lockdown, I wanted to write and thank you all again for your support and hard work. It has been a very challenging half term for staff, parents and our pupils but we have been so delighted and impressed with all the work and activities that your children have done over the term. We are also very grateful for the continuing messages of support.
Infant Classes:
As you will know children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be returning to school on Monday 22nd February. We are very aware that these are our youngest pupils and that they have been absent from school for at least two months. As a result we have organised the return to school as follows in order to ease the children in as gently as possible:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday
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Nursery |
No Nursery |
Back as usual |
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Miss Hawes |
am: half class pm: half class |
am: half class pm: half class |
am: whole class (until 12.00 noon)
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am: whole class (until 1.15pm) |
Back as usual |
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Mr Fictchett and Miss Evans |
am: half class pm: half class |
am: whole class (until 1.15pm) |
am: whole class (until 1.15pm)
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Back as usual |
Back as usual |
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Mr Bridgman and Miss Morgans Year 2 children only
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am: half class pm: half class |
am: whole class (until 1.15pm) |
Back as usual |
Back as usual |
Back as usual |
You child’s class teacher will contact you to let you know whether your child is in the morning or afternoon group as soon as possible.
School start and finish times and entry doors are as they were before Christmas. I will send a reminder of these over the next few days along with arrangments for reducing the risks of transmission of Covid 19 on school premises.
Pupils using the school bus
The school bus will run as normal from the 22nd February and your children can use it to get to school whether they are in the infant classes or in the childcare provision. However, it will only run at the beginning and end of the school day so, if your child is doing a half day in school, they will need to be brought to/collected from school by parents/carers at lunchtime/1.15pm for the first few days.
Junior Classes:
For those children in the junior classes online learning will continue as it is now. Class teachers will be splitting their time between organising home learning and being in school to supervise the keyworkers’ children and vulnerable learners. On the days they are in school messages may not be answered as quickly as they will be in class.
Keyworkers’ / Vulnerable Learners Provision:
This will move to the Junior building after half term (22nd February) and pupils will be organised into two class/year group ‘bubbles’. After half term please bring your child to the main junior door at 8.15am for Breakfast Club or 9.00am if you do not wish to use Breakfast Club.
We are very busy in this provision and are now near to maximum numbers. We are very happy to provide this service, but must ask that you only use it if you have no other option. For example: children should not be in school if you are working at home or if a partner/other parent is available to take care of the children. The reason for this is to ensure that we can offer places to all keyworkers who genuinely need it. The school reserves the right to ask for letters/keyworkers certificates from employers so that we can ensure the places are prioritised effectively.
If you are a keyworker and need childcare for your infant child in the first week after half term on the mornings/afternons they are not in school, please let the school office know so we can arrange staffing. This should only be used if you have been using the childcare provision since January.
Many thanks for your continuing support,
Mrs Woodford