Please click the links below for the information regarding the changes for all children from 1st September 2020.
This was emailed out to all parents/carers before the Summer Holidays.
Home School Agreement
Due to the current prevalence of Covid 19, school has to organise a number of things differently to usual. Much of these things are as a result of non-negotiable Government guidance. By sending your child to school, you are agreeing to follow all procedures implemented by school. In return, we will follow the Government guidelines and school risk assessment to make sure your child is safe and happy in school.
What Parents and Families Must Do:
- Parents must not send their child to school if they, or anyone else in the household or support bubble are showing any symptoms of Covid 19. Please click the following to see the steps to take in this situation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/184Tgl3Q6iVzMk9XS4hbpP12FMJBYAXKq/view?usp=sharing
- Families must follow Government guidelines on self isolation and comply with NHS Track and Trace.
- If school determines that a child is showing any symptoms of Covid 19, we will call parents for their immediate collection. This is at school’s discretion and parents must follow the school’s instruction. Schools are required to take this action.
- Families must follow social distancing measures in and around the premises, staying two metres away from other households and staff.
- Parents should follow all signage on site with regard to safe access e.g. keeping right at gates.
- Parents may not enter the school building including the school office. Please call the office on 0191 3000490 to arrange to speak to a member of staff. Teachers will not be available during the teaching day.
- Parents should collect children promptly at their staggered finished time. For a list of times, please click the following: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_tBq1tSchwSOt1jwgv0QhcceL1ir_eki/view?usp=sharing
- Parents may not linger on the premises at drop off and collection and only one adult should accompany their child on site.
- Parents must not allow children to play on outdoor equipment at drop off and collection e.g. outdoor gym, monkey bars, seating areas etc.
- Children should be sent to school with everything they need for the school day. Parents will not be allowed to drop off additional items during the school day. This includes:
- Full school uniform
- Appropriate clothing for the weather e.g. coat
- Packed lunch (if applicable)
- Full water bottle (must be labelled with full name – any water bottled not labelled will be written on by staff in permanent marker)
- Parents should make an appointment to bring in any medication their child may need during the school day (this is only medication that must be taken four or more times a day).
- From September, children should be sent into school in full PE kit on their PE day. This includes PE t-shirt under school sweatshirt/cardigan/hoody and PE shorts under PE joggers with trainers.
What School Will Do:
- Organise children into bubbles to minimise interaction between children across school.
- Organise classrooms differently where possible.
- Promote good hand hygiene including teaching children the correct way to wash their hands and to use ‘catch it, bin it, kill it’. Children will be supervised applying hand sanitiser at key times throughout the day.
- Have rigorous cleaning systems in place.
- Promote social distancing where possible and appropriate. Please be aware that it is not practical or possible for children to always be two metres away from others (e.g. during lesson times). The Government guidelines acknowledge and accept this.
- Implement a staggered start to finish time to the school day to reduce crowding.
- Allocate different entrances to reduce children in different year groups from mixing.
- Stagger break times so less children are on the yard at the same time.
- Organise lunch times so children can eat in different areas in their bubbles and enjoy play time without the need to interact with children in other phases.
- Timetable the school day to allow up to 30 minutes of additional teaching and learning time every day. This and additional remote learning will help catch up on lost learning.
- Allocate time in the school day to support children’s wellbeing and their adjustment to the current climate.
- Organise OOSC in phase groups in different areas of the hall to minimize interactions between children across school.
- Continue to educate and care for your children as we always have. Though many things have to change, our values of happy, caring, achieving will not.