What do Parents and Children need to do?

 What is expected of me as a parent?

Be assured that we want to work together with you as parents to ensure your children are safe, feel secure and have the opportunity to ‘check in and check-up’ with their teachers. We need the support and trust you have always given us before to continue during this particularly challenging period. We will get through this by maintaining our positive and productive relationship and working together.

Please use the ‘return to school’ materials we have shared, or similar ones, to reduce your child’s anxiety before coming to school.

Please go through the photos we have provided and the ‘What learning looks like guidance’ we have shared, with your children so they have some idea as to what to expect when they come in.

Please assure them that we really are looking forward to see them, seeing how they are and how they have grown and to hear their lockdown stories.

Please provide your child with a water bottle each time they come to school as we are unable to do so under the present conditions. We can refill bottles at the sink but are unable to provide bottles or use the water fountains.

All parents will need to provide a snack for playtime and a packed lunch. The catering service will not be on site and no food is available.

If your child comes without a water bottle or food we will contact you to come to school to provide one. Please respond swiftly.

The weather forecast is reasonable and children will be outside as much as we can manage. Please apply sun cream to your children before they come to school. They can bring sun cream to school but will need to be able to apply it themselves and must not share it with others. It will also be a very useful to ensure they come with a sun hat / cap for protection from the sun. On days when showers or rain may be forecast a coat should be provided so we can still go outside as much as possible.

Whilst Uniform is not mandatory for this summer period, the standards are. Shoulders must be covered, no strappy tops, sensible footwear, no heals, open sandals etc please. 

The Government guidance and risk assessments that we must all ensure that:

When coming to school, all parents/guardians will be expected to observe the 2 metres social distancing whilst queuing with their child/ children on entry into the school building. 

Everyone makes use of the dots that have been be marked on the floor at 2 metre intervals so that you can identify how to keep a safe distance whilst on the grounds and where to stand.

Everyone gives way to each other at points around the school where access paths etc may narrow. This may mean some of you standing on the grass or waiting at a safe distance from the gate or path. Thank you.

Everyone must take note of the social distancing and keeping safe signage that has been placed on the perimeter fence line, on the entry doors to the building and within the school grounds.  

If you need to wait at the doors, all parents/children are to queue in single file maintaining safe distancing of at least 2 metres using the painted dots.

When on the school grounds, Parents must:

• Monitor and control your children at all times
• Maintain social distancing
• Encourage the children to use hand sanitisers on arrival
• Vacate the premises immediately after drop off and collection at the end of the day 
• All parents and guardians must assure staff that their child/ children DO NOT show symptoms of the virus before entering the school.

Please remember that other than waiting to collect your children at the end of the day, no one will be permitted to congregate on the grounds of the premises and those who are dropping off pupils will be required to leave immediately after drop off. 

If your child is unwell they should not come to school.

If you are unwell you should not come to the school.

Should any pupil display symptoms, they will not be authorised to attend the school. Should any member of the pupil’s household be symptomatic or self-isolating, you must contact the headteacher to discuss these individual cases. The headteacher will the discuss the matter with a senior member of the education team or Health and Safety for further advice and guidance.  

You are advised of the following essential information that needs to be provided to the school that includes: 

1. Are you, your child or anyone in your household a confirmed case of COVID-19/Coronavirus?
2. Do you, your child or anyone in your household have symptoms – a new continuous cough and / OR a high temperature, loss of smell or taste;
3. Are you, your child or anyone in your household in self-isolation?

Please ensure we have your most up to date mobile number.

Please ensure we have an email address so that we can contact you by email. One of our biggest problems in lockdown has been getting messages to all parents at the same time. If you share your email we can email you documents and newsletters and selected useful information. If you aren’t willing to do this please make sure that you use our website or app on a regular basis to ensure you keep up to date.

Expectations of the children

We ask the children to come in and try to be positive and open minded to the activities on offer. It’s not school as we know it but a chance to reconnect, discover and ask questions.

We ask the children to listen to the rules that we all have to follow, especially the social distancing and hand washing and we ask that they do their best to ‘do as they’re asked to’ so that we all stay safe when in school.

We ask them to listen carefully to the ‘Digital learning’ strategy and how to access digital lessons so that they can access learning when they aren’t in school.

The children must bring the food and a water bottle that they need each day.