Coronavirus Information

Reopening School: Parent Information Booklet.

It is vitally important that all parents/carers of children who are due to attend school over the next few weeks read this booklet extremely carefully so that you know what to expect and can help prepare your child. The booklet contains vitally important information about start and finish times, routines, controls and measures and all of our responsibilities in terms of keeping everyone safe. 

You will have been sent a link to a parental agreement that must be completed by parents of all children before your child is able to attend school from Monday onwards. This contract must also be completed and returned by children who have already been attending childcare.

A vast amount of work has been put into devising a detailed risk assessment, looking at identified hazards and controls and measures to be implemented to ensure that everyone is as safe as possible and that we are following Government guidance and Local Authority advice. A full, rigorous and thorough consultation process has been undertaken with staff and Governors and the risk assessment has the full support of Governors.

Many thanks Mrs Shaw

Parental Agreement

Here is a link to the parental agreement which must be completed for any child attending school from Monday 15th June.

Many thanks for your understanding,

Mrs Shaw

Guidance to Support Reopening of Schools

The government have released some guidance to support schools, families and communities to begin planning for the safe reopening of schools - once the government feel that it is safe to do so. 
We will continue to update you as much as we can and will share all information as we receive it.
Keep safe.

https://www.gov.uk/…/reopening-schools-and-other-educationa…

https://www.gov.uk/…/coronavirus-covid-19-implementing-prot…

https://www.gov.uk/…/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-travel-guid…

Vouchers and Free School Meals Explained

The Government announced that help would be provided either in the form of shopping vouchers or food being provided for those children who are eligible for free school meals due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Unfortunately this does not mean that all children who have a free school meal will be eligible. There are 2 reasons why children under normal circumstances are able to access a free school meal:

1. Due to being classed as disadvantaged in terms of receipt of certain benefits.
2. The universal free school meals scheme for all children in reception and KS1.

Unfortunately only those children classed as disadvantaged will be eligible for the Government scheme. This means that there will be lots of families whom will be unable to receive help in this way.

Please let us know if you in real need of help and we will do our very best to help in terms of practical help and advice. Both Mrs Collins and I appreciate having to ask for help can be a very difficult thing to do, but we are here to help. Denise Brooks from the Community Centre is working tirelessly with other wonderful people from our community to put as much support in as possible for all families in real need and Mrs Collins will be keeping in regular contact with Denise. 

Contact Us:

Via our dedicated email 

safeguarding@shottonprimary.co.uk

Or phone the school office and leave a voicemail message. Messages are being checked daily and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

If you are self-isolating and have no-one to help please just let us know and we can refer you to Denise and her army of volunteers.

Keep safe and thinking of you all

Mrs Shaw

Staying at home can help stop coronavirus spreading

You'll need to stay at home if you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) or live with someone who does.

Staying at home means you should:

• not go to work, school or public areas
• not use public transport or taxis
• not have visitors, such as friends and family, in your home
• not go out to buy food or collect medicine – order them by phone or online, or ask someone else to drop them off at your home

You can use your garden, if you have one. You can also leave the house to exercise – but stay at least 2 metres away from other people.

Taking Responsibility: Effective Hand Washing

We are all following sensible Government advice- even if this means we are missing some of our learning time and break times. 

All children, staff and visitors are asked to wash their hands before they leave home and when they arrive in our school.

We are also making sure that we wash our hands for 20 seconds using soap and hot water.

There are lots of times during the day when we are learning that it is important to wash our hands. We wash our hands:

• before leaving home
• on arrival at school
• after using the toilet
• after breaks and sporting activities
• before food preparation
• before eating any food, including snacks
• before leaving school.