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Dear Parents and Carers
I thought I would remind you that the Health and Safety representative will be in school tomorrow morning early doors. She will observe the children coming in to school and have a look round the shared areas in school. She will not be in classrooms.
I asked a Bury H and S rep to visit school today to give us any advice and make sure that the systems we have put in place are robust enough. There were a small number of tips but otherwise he was impressed with what we are doing. I go into tomorrow's inspection with confidence !!
Soooo … remember your mask and remember to be 2m apart. I think we can be really proud of what we have achieved!
Keep safe and well.
Mrs. Perry
Good evening all Parents and Carers,
I hope you have had a good start to the week. I think everyone in school is really tired and looking forward to the half term, I certainly include myself in that. I know that you all must be nervous about what is going to happen in Greater Manchester as Andy Burnham tries to gain a good financial deal for all of us.
I was in a meeting today with Heads and the Local Authority and they describe it as a 'carousel of in school and out' and of 'ups and down' on an escalator. As a person who likes to generally know what I am facing on a day to day basis, I find this hard. I am trying to think of it this way - if anything happens in the day that you expected..... smile!
We need to be prepared for bubbles to be sent home and for children to be home learning. This will only be done on the advice of the local health team (who are excellent by the way). In light of this, please can you let school / your child's class teacher via the class page know if there are issues accessing home learning. We have limited access to new IT equipment via a Government scheme and I need the information to prioritise the allocation of the equipment as obviously not all children are eligible. School will explore every means of getting class work to you and this is why the information is required.
On Thursday the school will have an Her Majesty's Inspector of Health and Safety on the premises. You will see her with me in the morning as the children enter school. This is a random visit to look at our Risk Assessment and to see how it is working in practical terms. I welcome the chance to show her everything that we have put in place.
I hope that you are having a restful evening.
See you tomorrow.
Mrs. Perry x
Good afternoon Parents and Carers,
Thank you for all your support this week as all the children returned to school. We have had a good week and the children have been a pleasure to be with. Some staff remain poorly and our best wishes for a speedy recovery go to them. These are, unfortunately, the sign of the times we live in.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs. Perry. :)
My Dear Parents and Carers,
It was so lovely to see everyone today. Thank you for your patience at the end of the school day!! We had everyone back in school including our Reception children. There were queues at times. This was partly due to everyone returning, but please bear with us as we do not yet know all of the new parents and so helping the new children to find their parents took a little longer than usual. We will get better and things will become smoother over time.
We are so proud of you and the way school is dealing with this horrid situation.
From a personal point of view, thank you so much for all the lovely comments and questions about my health and that of the staff. Several staff are still unwell and cannot attend school as a result.
Keep safe and well. I will see you in the morning. Your children are a joy and are a credit to you,
Lots of love,
Mrs. Perry. :)
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you're having a lovely evening?
The staff are very keen to welcome your children back to school this week. I think that all we all want is some semblance of normality, whatever that is these days. School will try its best to reset school as smoothly as possible and staff will be on hand to greet the children as usual, so arrive at the usual staggered time at the beginning and end of the day..
I must admit that although our aim is for school to return to normal, you will know that the situation is ever changing. While school has been closed there have been a number of staff and children test positive. If this happens once the children are back, then this would lead to certain bubbles being sent home again. This would only be done on the advice of the Local Health Team.
Some of the staff are still too poorly to attend school even though their isolation period has ended. Therefore, supply staff has had to be arranged in certain areas of the school. The latest information I have from Bury Local Authority is that the number of cases is high compared with the North West and is continuing to rise. All we can all do is try our best, so please remember to wear your mask when you drop your children off and remember to socially distance as far as possible.
We really are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow or Wednesday.
Lots of love.
Mrs. Perry x