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4 years ago
Posted on 31st Jan 2022 by

CAM mechanisms

Whilst the other class were off on a Geography trip, we had a great day of DT. The children designed, created and evaluated their own space themed CAM toys. I was really impressed by their ingenious ideas and their problem solving skills to create working prototypes today. Well done 5GB!

 

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4 years ago
Posted on 25th Jan 2022 by

Safety Online

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are really keen to support in the battle to keep children safe online. We have very many systems in school which mean we have a tight grip on what children can access. Unfortunately, this pandemic has meant that children have been couped up way more than usual over the last 2 years and for many this has meant significantly more time spent on devices. As a parent of teenagers I know how hard it is to keep control of what children do and what they access. We are aware that a significant number of our children have access to apps that have a much older age limit on them. We know from research that the age limits are very much set inline with the maturity levels of children. Miss Newport has arranged some really worthwhile training and support for parents which will be delivered by the NSPCC. We do hope you can attend.

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4 years ago
Posted on 24th Jan 2022 by

Covid update – staff shortages 24.01.2022

Dear Parents/Carers,

Just a quick message to warn everyone that we are suffering very significant staff shortages due to teachers and cover teachers testing positive.

We have managed to cover today by rejigging people, but I just want to make everyone aware that we are potentially looking at having to close a year group and moving them to online learning should we have to.

It is so hard to give much notice for this, as very often we don’t know that staff are not going to be in until the morning they test positive.

I absolutely know how inconvenient this would be for working parents and also know that children get so much more from face-to-face teaching, so we will continue to try our best to keep fully operational.

I just wanted to give parents the heads up so they can start thinking about possible childcare issues should we have to move some children to online learning.

We will of course keep you posted and in the meantime, help us by not risking sending your child to school if they are displaying symptoms and by testing regularly.

Thank you for your ongoing support during this ongoing challenging time.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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4 years ago
Posted on 20th Jan 2022 by

PE Kit reminder

Just a reminder that for P.E. children need plain black or navy shorts or jogging bottoms or plain black or navy leggings (no logos) and a plain, white t-shirt. They also need trainers and a navy blue / black jumper / fleece for outside P.E.
Thank you,
The Year 5 Team
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4 years ago
Posted on 19th Jan 2022 by

COVID-19 – Changes to self isolation rules

On Thursday 13 January 2022 the health secretary announced changes to isolation rules for people who have tested positive for COVID-19. In order that people who have had and recovered from the virus can get back to their normal lives as soon as possible, isolation time has been cut to 5 full days (from the date of their first positive test) for anyone who has recorded two consecutive daily negative lateral flow tests.

This will help to reduce the disruption the virus causes in schools for both pupils and staff.

But what will this mean in practice for children, families, schools and other education settings? Here we answer your questions.

My child has tested positive for COVID-19 – how long do they have to stay away from school/college for?

All people – including pupils parents and teachers – have to isolate for a minimum of five full days after the day of a positive test before then going back to school if they have tested negative twice.

The first full day of isolation is considered to be the day following the positive test. Following the fifth full day of isolation – on the sixth day – it will be possible for people who have received two negative LFD tests on consecutive days to go back to school.

People who have tested positive can now take two LFD tests on day 5 and day 6, and if both are negative and they do not have a temperature, they can end their self-isolation on day 6 and return to their education setting immediately.

If either test is positive, they should continue to self-isolate until they get negative results from two LFD tests on consecutive days or until they have completed 10 full days of self-isolation, whichever is earliest

In practice it means that if a child or teacher tests positive on a Saturday, that would be considered day 0. They could then take tests on the morning of Thursday (day 5) and Friday (day 6). If they tested negative on both days and did not have a temperature they would be then able to return to school on the Friday.

What about if someone else in the house has tested positive? Can my child go to school/college?

Yes – and they should. They should continue going to school but test daily. If they test positive they should isolate.

What are the rules for teachers and school staff?

They’re exactly the same. If a teacher or member of school staff tests positive they should isolate for at least 5 full days. If they have 2 consecutive daily negative lateral flow tests at that point and no temperature they can and should return to work on day 6. If someone in a teacher’s household has tested positive the teacher should test daily and as long as they are negative they should continue to go to work. If they test positive they should isolate.

What are the rules for early years settings like nurseries and childminders?

They’re the same. If a child or a member of staff tests positive they should isolate for a minimum of 5 full days. If by that point they have recorded two consecutive daily negative lateral flow tests and no temperature they can return to their setting on day 6.