Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
We break up today for the Summer Holidays.
Children return to school on Tuesday 7th September 2021.
We hope you all have a lovely Summer!
Our children were inspired by the actions the community had taken to cover up the racist gaffiti on Marcus Rashford's mural in Withington, Manchester. Year 4 Beech decided to create their own wall of anti-racist positive messages. They invited me to have a look at it and the class spoke so eloquently and passionately about the world they want to live in where there is no racism.
Dear Nursery, Reception, Year and Year 2 Parents and Carers,
Unfortunately one of our kitchen staff at the infants has tested positive for Covid 19 so all the cooks in the infants are having to isolate at the moment. We wish them a speedy recovery. They should be back on Wednesday next week. The kitchen has been cleaned and the local authority catering team have sent a skeleton relief staff to makes the lunches, supported by our Junior cook and her team.
Because of the reduced staffing, on the next four school days (Thu, Fri, Mon and Tue) there will only be a sandwich option for the infants. There will be a choice of 4 sandwich fillings; Tuna, chicken mayo, ham or cheese as well as a salad pot, a vegan roll and then a cake/biscuit/muffin. Please can you talk to your children about the offer so they are ready to make their choice each day.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Best wishes
Anna Cvijetic
Headteacher
Meet your child's new class teacher by going to the Children's page on the school website, clicking the Transition 2021 link or click below:
Dear Parent and Carers,
Thank you for bearing with us whilst we finalise our plans for the end of this year and for the new academic year in September 2021. Apologies that it is such a long email but there is a lot to sort out. We are looking forward to getting back to a new normal again in September.
Transition plans
Summer works
School books
School start and finishing times and procedures
Breakfast Club
Lunchtimes
PE
Uniform and Hair
Extra-curricular clubs
School Office
If you have any further queries, please contact school and ask.
Best wishes
Anna Cvijetic
Headteacher
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has written to education leaders to thank them for their effort and work over the course of the pandemic and to break down some of the ways in which the move to Step 4 of the Government's roadmap out of the pandemic will reduce restrictions on the sector.
Thank you for the huge effort that you have put into providing face to face and remote education for children, pupils and students during the pandemic, and the incredible work of your inspirational teachers, lecturers and wider educational staff. I recognise that this has been a very challenging year and am continually impressed with, and immensely grateful for, the tremendous work in ensuring that early years settings, schools, colleges, universities and out of school settings have been able to ensure children and young people continue to receive the best education and childcare possible.
I am pleased to tell you that many of the key restrictions on education and childcare will come to an end as we move to Step 4. The Department for Education has set out more detail and published new guidance for these arrangements covering both the summer period and the autumn term (links provided below).
I recognise how much planning and organisation you have put into keeping children and students in bubbles over the last year. From Step 4, you will no longer be asked to keep these groups, which will once more enable flexibility in curriculum delivery and the provision of extra-curricular activities.
I appreciate the protective measures you have put in place over the last year. Over the summer and for the autumn term, in order to balance the risks to health and education, some of these, including enhanced hygiene and ventilation, will remain in place. However, face coverings will no longer be advised for pupils, students, staff and visitors either in classrooms or in communal areas, and social distancing will no longer be necessary.
I am also pleased to be able to say there will be no restrictions on the approach to in-person teaching and learning in higher education (HE) providers (unless students are advised to isolate or impacted by local outbreaks). We expect HE providers to offer students a full, enriching and enjoyable experience while staying as safe as possible.
I know that contact tracing has been a difficult, additional task for you this year and am grateful for all your efforts, especially at weekends and during holidays, in tracing close contacts. From the 19 July, NHS Test and Trace will take on the role of contact tracing from schools, colleges and early years settings. NHS Test and Trace will also continue the role of contact tracing for out-of-school settings. From August 16th, those under the age of 18 years old will no longer be required to self-isolate if they are contacted by NHS Test and Trace as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case. Instead, children, or their family members, will be contacted by Test and Trace, informed they have been in close contact with a positive case and advised to take a PCR test.
18 year olds will be treated in the same way as children until 4 months after their 18th birthday to allow them to have the opportunity to get fully vaccinated.
The way that secondary schools, colleges and universities were able to stand up effective on-site testing, and encourage students to test at home, is another testament to the professionalism and hard work of educational leaders and staff this year, and I am truly grateful for this. As we move out of restrictions, testing remains important.
I also want to encourage all teachers, educational staff and eligible students to get their vaccines. It is incredibly important for all adults to get the second dose of the vaccine as soon as they are eligible, so they secure the strongest possible protection against Covid-19.
In line with wider changes to isolation from August 16th, if in close contact with someone who has tested positive, fully vaccinated staff will be able to remain in their setting from the Autumn term.
We will of course continue to keep these measures under review, in partnership with health experts and informed by the latest scientific evidence and advice.
Dear Parents and Carers,
As you will be aware the Government have laid out more plans on Monday evening about lifting restrictions on 19th July 2021. They have done this knowing that many schools, colleges and universities will have started their summer breaks by then but we don't finish until 22nd July 2021. Therefore we will continue will all the measures currently in place until we break up. This includes mask wearing, etc.
When the children return in September 2021 we will have removed bubbles, staggered starts and end of the day, mask wearing and many of the other restrictions (unless the guidance changes again).
Bubbles and isolation periods will not end until the 16th August 2021, so we have to continue closing bubbles and children isolating if there is a positive case in their class until we break up. This is why we will continue our precautionary measures until we break up. From 16 August, children under the age of 18 years old will no longer be required to self-isolate if they are contacted by NHS Test & Trace as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case. Instead, children will be contacted by NHS Test & Trace, informed they have been in close contact with a positive case and advised to take a PCR test.
A useful link we have been sent to a Government page, that is for schools, parents and children, with all this information on is:
Below is a screenshot of the guidance currently on there for primary schools.
Please contact us if you have any queries.
Best wishes
Anna Cvijetic
Headteacher
A letter will be emailed out today to inform parents of the new classes for September 2021. The letter can also be found on our website under the News & Events- Letters tab.
Please note, current Reception and Year 2 children will be bringing home an enveloped letter, stating which class they will be in as these have been restructured.
Current Nursery and new to school Reception children will be receiving a separate pack informing them of their new class and further information about September, so please keep a look out for this soon.
Many thanks
We have been sent some information from the Learning, Skills and Culture team at N.Lincs Council regarding a free app for parents.
The Parent Plus eClinics, is a free app for all North Lincolnshire parents/carers of children and babies 0-5, and the 11-19 eClinic for all young people in North Lincs.
Please take a look at the flyers below for more information.
Many thanks