URGENT UPDATE COVID-19 WHO SHOULD COME TO SCHOOL
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20 th March 2020 Dear Parents/Carers URGENT UPDATE COVID-19 If you have put your name on the Key Worker list and you are eligible which we must presume you are, please be aware of the following guidance from the Government. WHO SHOULD COME TO SCHOOL The key principles are EVERY CHILD WHO CAN BE SAFELY CARED FOR AT HOME SHOULD BE to enable everyone to follow the Government advice on social distancing as far as possible to reduce the spread of the virus. Please do not be offended if we ask if you can safely care for your child at home, as we really do need to care for our absolute critical workers children. We need to be mindful that if our staff have to self-isolate then the provision will stop and we are trying desperately not to allow this to happen which means that everyone has to do their bit during this national emergency. ALL PARENTS SHOULD USE THE SCHOOL ONLY AS AN ALTERNATIVE AND NOT THE FIRST CHOICE AS WE MUST ALL TRY TO SOCIAL DISTANCE TO BEAT THIS VIRUS. The school office will be manned from 7.30am to 4.15pm for urgent telephone calls and the booking of places moving forward. Do not worry about Monday morning, as we know that some key workers from the list will have to just bring their children to school, as we do not have the time to organise anything differently at this late stage. Vulnerable children, which means those who have a named social worker who require care in school and children who have an EHCP plan, will have provision from 9am to 3.15pm only. Children whose parents are key workers will have provision from 7.30am to 4.15pm. The provision at school will also include a meal, which you must pay for in the normal way, if you currently pay you must pay, if your child currently has a free school meal they will receive a free school meal. Your child can bring a packed lunch if you want them to. CHILDREN USING OUR CARE SERVICE SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL UNIFORM FREE SCHOOL MEAL ENTITLEMENT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS FOR CHILDREN AT HOME If your child is entitled to a free school meal NOT UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL MEAL, as these are not covered in this emergency, you will be provided with a weekly lunch pack. This will include basic items to prepare an adequate lunch for your child. If you wish to take one, please go to the School Kitchen entrance on Monday 23 rd March between 10am and 11am ONLY. The kitchen entrance will be signposted from the main school office. This service will run again on Monday 30 th March at exactly the same time at the same place. IT WILL NOT RUN DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
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20th March 2020
Dear Parents/Carers
URGENT UPDATE COVID-19
If you have put your name on the Key Worker list and you are eligible which we must presume you are, please
be aware of the following guidance from the Government.
WHO SHOULD COME TO SCHOOL
The key principles are EVERY CHILD WHO CAN BE SAFELY CARED FOR AT HOME SHOULD BE to enable
everyone to follow the Government advice on social distancing as far as possible to reduce the spread of the
virus. Please do not be offended if we ask if you can safely care for your child at home, as we really do need to
care for our absolute critical workers children. We need to be mindful that if our staff have to self-isolate then
the provision will stop and we are trying desperately not to allow this to happen which means that everyone
has to do their bit during this national emergency. ALL PARENTS SHOULD USE THE SCHOOL ONLY AS AN
ALTERNATIVE AND NOT THE FIRST CHOICE AS WE MUST ALL TRY TO SOCIAL DISTANCE TO BEAT THIS VIRUS.
The school office will be manned from 7.30am to 4.15pm for urgent telephone calls and the booking of places
moving forward. Do not worry about Monday morning, as we know that some key workers from the list will
have to just bring their children to school, as we do not have the time to organise anything differently at this
late stage.
Vulnerable children, which means those who have a named social worker who require care in school and
children who have an EHCP plan, will have provision from 9am to 3.15pm only.
Children whose parents are key workers will have provision from 7.30am to 4.15pm.
The provision at school will also include a meal, which you must pay for in the normal way, if you currently
pay you must pay, if your child currently has a free school meal they will receive a free school meal. Your child
can bring a packed lunch if you want them to.
CHILDREN USING OUR CARE SERVICE SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL UNIFORM
FREE SCHOOL MEAL ENTITLEMENT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS FOR CHILDREN AT HOME
If your child is entitled to a free school meal NOT UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL MEAL, as these are not covered in
this emergency, you will be provided with a weekly lunch pack. This will include basic items to prepare an
adequate lunch for your child. If you wish to take one, please go to the School Kitchen entrance on Monday
23rd March between 10am and 11am ONLY. The kitchen entrance will be signposted from the main school
office. This service will run again on Monday 30th March at exactly the same time at the same place. IT WILL
NOT RUN DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS
We know that we will be providing the same school care service from 7.30am to 4.15pm every weekday during
the Easter holidays for all of our Key Workers. We do not know if our vulnerable children or those with an EHCP
plan will be offered this provision at this time and we will have to let you know as the information comes in
from the Government.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE
Like you, we do not know what will happen moving forward and so predicting what our service will look like
after the Easter break is quite difficult. We are not currently sending homework packs home before Easter but
as this situation develops, we will look at a longer term on line learning plan. In the meantime, Miss Gallagher
has sent a good list of websites/resources for you to use for the next 2 weeks.
We will continue to provide updates during this closure via our websites and you should check the site daily
under the tab CORONAVIRUS.
We have also set up an email dedicated to come directly to the Head Teachers on each site and will be
monitored daily so that we can answer your queries as best we can.
The email addresses are:
Once again can we thank everyone for being so patient and understanding as we try to deal with this
unprecedented situation.
Yours sincerely
Mrs Helen Stocking Miss Suzanne Rawlings Miss Kelly Sherrell
CEO of the Trust Deputy CEO of the Trust Executive Business Manager
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