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Friday 26th February 2021
Dear Parents / Carers,
We hope you are all safe and well and managed to get outside for some walks / bikes rides during half term.
We are looking forward to welcoming all the children back to school on Monday 8th March. Measures have been put in place to ensure the safe arrival and exit of all pupils and parents. There will be a one way system on the path and the drive, which will be clearly sign posted, for you to follow the correct route for your child's class. Staff will be visible to guide you around our one way system to keep everyone safe.
Please be patient with us in the coming days, as we have to get 250 children into school and parents off the premises as safely as possible. We will rise to the challenge! For the system to work we will need all parents to adhere to the exact drop off and pick times as this will avoid congestion and the number of parents on site at one time. Please find this information on the table below:
|
EYFS ENTRANCE |
|
Drop Off Time |
Collection Time |
Enter and Exit via… |
|
OAK |
8.55 |
3.20 |
PATH |
|
|
LILAC |
8.45 |
3.10 |
PATH |
|
|
WILLOW |
8.45 |
3.10 |
PATH |
|
MAIN ENTRANCE |
|
Drop Off Time |
Collection Time |
Enter and Exit via… |
|
HAWTHORN |
8.55 |
3.20 |
DRIVE |
|
|
YEAR 5 |
8.45 |
3.10 |
DRIVE |
|
|
YEAR 4 |
9.05 |
3.30 |
PATH |
|
PLAYGROUND ENTRANCE |
|
Drop Off Time |
Collection Time |
Enter and Exit via… |
|
YEAR 6 |
8.45 |
3.10 |
DRIVE |
|
|
YEAR 3 |
9.05 |
3.30 |
DRIVE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you have more than one child at the school, you can choose which time would be best to drop your children off and collect them. Please contact each of your child’s class teachers’ via email so they can have your children ready for collection.
Can all parents/carers ensure that they wear a mask when dropping and collecting children off at school, unless exempt from wearing one. Also can you ensure that you are mindful and adhere to the social distancing rules.
What we do believe is that our community – staff, children, parents, grandparents and carers will be happier now that children are back with their friends and with their teachers.
Many thanks,
Mrs Perry
Dear Parents and Carers,
It is World Book Day on March 4th. The children usually come dressed up as a character from a book. This year the day will be deferred until all the children have returned, so that no one misses out.
Mrs. Perry
:)
Dear Parents and Carers
It is with much relief that we will welcome our children back on March 8th. I am sure that you are as relieved as we are!! All the children will return on that day. School will be re-instating the systems that were in place in the Autumn Term with some, what we hope will be, improvements. (More information to follow by the end of the week.)
Having said this, COVID is still with us and the disease has seemed very close to home in this latest lockdown. Many of us, both in school and at home, have experienced COVID close at hand. Therefore, we still have to take great care. Our Risk Assessment will be reviewed and will be put on the school website before March 8th. It will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
Smarties will remain closed until I am satisfied that our Risk Assessment is working well and that our children have returned safely. Clearly this will be as soon as possible.
I look forward to seeing all the children back on March 8th.
Keep safe and well.
Mrs. Perry
Dear Parents and Carers
I hope that you have all had a restful half term holiday?
I have received an email from Bury's Director of Children's Services, March 8th is still the date from which schools will start to re-open. That is how things stand at the moment, but there is no detail about what this will look like. Therefore, I am unsure whether all the children will be able to return or whether the return will be phased as it was in June. The hope of all the staff is that we can all return and be together.
When the Prime Minister gives more detail later today, we will know more.
In light of this, until March 8th, school will continue with remote learning twice daily. We have increased the number of Zoom sessions to two following requests from a significant number of parents. However, school recognises the pressures on working parents. The work for the day is on your child's class page each morning. If a second Zoom each afternoon is not feasible within your working day then clearly school would not wish to put any further pressure upon you. The pressures on all of us are already significant. Complete what work you can in whatever way is best for your family.
If a second Zoom gives more structure to your child's day then this is what school was hoping to achieve.
If one Zoom is sufficient to meet your needs then this is also what school has always hoped to achieve.
School will re-open to children of critical workers and to those who are vulnerable on Tuesday 23rd Feb. Today, I will be consulting with Miss Glover and Miss Gaff to further identify how best to support our youngest children.
Keep safe and well.
Mrs. Perry x
Dear Parents and Carers
I would like to say how proud I am of our school community this half term. I know what a struggle remote learning has been for many of you. Staff have worked very hard to provide good online learning for the children. It has been a steep learning curve for all of us.
Teachers will be putting on two Zoom sessions from the 23rd February. (Monday 22nd is a PAD day and staff will be in school for training.) The morning session will be at the same time and will include registration and the explanation of the morning's work. The session at 1pm will also be a registration session with an explanation of the afternoon's work so children now need to attend. Parents from across the school, have asked for more structure to their child's day so this change is in response to your request.
We look forward to what the Government has to say about schools re-opening on February 22nd and really hope that all children will be able to return very soon.
Can I wish you all a very happy half term. I think that it has come at the right time!!
Keep safe and well.
Mrs. Perry.