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Dear Parents and Carers,
We are very pleased to be welcoming your child back into school on 1st June. We would like to provide you with more specific details about the provision that will be available, how we will ensure the school is the safest possible place for your child and make clear the processes that will be in place which are not the ‘normal’ you would usually expect from school.
School will be open on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We will shut every Wednesday for a ‘deep clean’. The school day will begin at 8:55am and end at 3:20pm. Your child has been assigned to one of two groups.
Group 1 is the EYFS group which has a total of 7 children.
Group 2 is the Y1 and Y6 group which has a total of 6 children (3 Year 1 children and 3 Year 6 children). Each group will have two adults responsible for them on any given day with a member of the Senior Leadership Team overseeing each group. Please see below for further details:
Group 1:
Senior Leader – Mr. Appleby
Monday – Ms. Lilley and Mrs. Wray
Tuesday – Ms. Lilley and Mrs. Wray
Thursday – Miss Defty and Mrs. Kirkwood
Friday – Miss Defty and Mrs Kirkwood
Group 2:
Senior Leader – Mr. Churchill
Monday – Miss O’Neil and Miss Hall
Tuesday – Miss O’Neil and Miss Hall
Thursday – Mrs. Appleby and Mrs. Scarr
Friday – Mrs. Appleby and Mrs. Scarr
Please see below a detailed overview of how the school day will look for each group.
Group 1:
Arriving at school:
Children in Group 1 will enter school through the SIDE GATE. Parents will bring children onto the yard and stand in a designated space (these will be marked on school yard) and wait for a member of staff to come onto the yard. PARENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER SCHOOL UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO DO SO BY A MEMBER OF STAFF. The designated Teaching Assistant for Group 1 (Mrs Wray or Mrs Kirkwood) will come to the top of the yard and ask children ONE AT A TIME to enter school. The child will enter through the MAIN ENTRANCE where they will put hand sanitizer on and then proceed down to the classroom where their teacher (Ms. Lilley or Miss Defty) will be waiting.
Playtimes and Lunchtimes:
No packed lunches will be allowed into school. The only items children are allowed to bring in from home are a water bottle and a jacket/coat. A hot lunch will be provided by the school each day. Children in Group 1 will go for their lunch at 12:00pm. They will collect their lunch from the school hall and eat it in their classroom with a member of staff. Group 1 will have their playtime and lunchtime on the SCHOOL YARD and in the MUGA.
Home time:
Parents must arrive promptly when collecting children and wait in one of the marked areas on the school yard. Children will exit the school from the MAIN ENTRANCE. Children will be dismissed one at a time and brought from the classroom to the parent/carer by the Teaching Assistant. As a result of this, home time will take a little longer than usual but I’m sure you understand our reasons for doing this.
The Curriculum:
Children will be completing work set by Oak National Academy (a link went out to all parents regarding this earlier today). They will also be completing other activities set by the class teacher. Children will be social distancing in the classroom setting, with desks being place two metres apart. Children will not be allowed to bring in any stationary from home. Each child will be provided with the following from school to use in lessons. They will not be sharing these items with any other child.
· Pencil
· Pen
· Pencil sharpener
· Rubber
· Coloured pencils/pens
Group 2:
Arriving at school:
Children in Group 2 will enter school through the MAIN GATE IN THE CARPARK. Parents will bring children onto the yard and stand in a designated space (these will be marked on school yard) and wait for a member of staff to come onto the yard. If children are walking to school by themselves then they must wait in the designated space. PARENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER SCHOOL UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO DO SO BY A MEMBER OF STAFF. The designated Teaching Assistant for Group 2 (Mrs Scarr or Miss Hall) will come to the top of the yard and ask children ONE AT A TIME to enter school. The child will enter through the SIDE GATE NEXT TO THE MUGA and go round straight into Mrs Appleby’s classroom, putting hand sanitizer on before entering. Their teacher (Mrs Appleby or Miss O’Neil) will be waiting in the class to greet the children.
Playtimes and Lunchtimes:
No packed lunches will be allowed into school. The only items children are allowed to bring in from home are a water bottle and a jacket/coat. A hot lunch will be provided by the school each day. Children in Group 2 will go for their lunch at 12:15pm. They will collect their lunch from the school hall and eat it in their classroom with a member of staff. Group 2 will have their playtime and lunchtime on the SCHOOL FIELD.
Home time:
Parents must arrive promptly when collecting children and wait in one of the marked areas on the school yard. Children will exit the school from the SIDE GATE NEXT TO THE MUGA. Children will be dismissed one at a time and brought from the classroom to the parent/carer by the Teaching Assistant. As a result of this, home time will take a little longer than usual but I’m sure you understand our reasons for doing this.
The Curriculum:
Children will be completing work set by Oak National Academy (a link went out to all parents regarding this earlier today). They will also be completing other activities set by the class teacher. Children will be social distancing in the classroom setting, with desks being place two metres apart. Children will not be allowed to bring in any stationary from home. Each child will be provided with the following from school to use in lessons. They will not be sharing these items with any other child.
· Pencil
· Pen
· Pencil sharpener
· Rubber
· Coloured pencils/pens
Cleaning and PPE:
As previously mentioned, school will be closed every Wednesday up until July 17th for a deep clean. School will also be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected every morning and every night. Staff will not be wearing PPE during the school day, however there are occasions that a member of staff may need to wear PPE. Please see below:
· If they need to administer First Aid to a child
· If a child is feeling unwell or is showing any symptoms of COVID-19.
In any of the above cases, the child will be taken by a Teaching Assistant to the Isolation Room (school library). If a child is unwell or showing symptoms of COVID-19 parents will be contacted immediately and the child must be collected from school as soon as possible. If a child does test positive for COVID-19 then the child and the rest of the group and staff working with that group must self-isolate for 14 days.
Children and staff will be washing their hands frequently throughout the day, especially when they reenter the school from being outside. The children will soon get used to this and it will simply become part of the school day.
Children should attend school in a clean set of clothes each day therefore school uniform is not essential.
Summary:
The two groups of children will NOT come into contact with each other at all during the school day and neither will the adults working with each different group. The idea is that each group is in a ‘bubble’ and work with the same group of adults to minimise risk of infection.
School will undoubtedly be different but we will do all we can as a staff to ensure it is still as welcoming and warm as possible for our children. The staff have missed the children greatly and I know are very excited to get back to school and some kind of normality.
I hope all of the above is clear. If you are unsure on anything at all or need anything clarifying, please do not hesitate to get in touch and I will get back to you as soon as possible. We have worked through various Risk Assessments over the past weeks to ensure our school is as safe as possible for children, staff and parents from the 1st June 2020.
Take care and God bless.
Mr. Appleby and Governors
