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We have had a lot of very excited children today who are looking forward to the match on Sunday. If England win on Sunday, children (and staff!!) are invited to wear an England kit, accessories, face paint or red and white clothing to celebrate on Monday!
Following the latest government announcement that Covid-19 laws and regulations are planned to end on 19th July, I know many of you will have been left wondering what school will look like for our final five days at school until we end for summer on 23rd.
As I have stated since April, we will be maintaining the routines and procedures we have had in place until the term ends. The atmosphere in school is incredibly settled, calm and positive. We have been very lucky to have suffered little disruption due to positive cases and where staff have been traced as close contacts we have been able to continue children's education with little to no interruption. We are one of very few local schools to still have all our class bubbles in school and hope to see the year out with them still all in tact. To give this some context, The number of schoolchildren with confirmed Covid infections jumped from 15,000 on 24 June to 28,000 on 1 July, while the number self-isolating because of suspected Covid contacts within school rose from 279,000 to 471,000 last week. I am pleased to say, we are not part of these statistics. This demonstrates that the plans we have in place, work!
New guidance has been sent through to explain the changes that can be put in place once we move to Step 4, and I will have to spend time familiarising myself with this thoroughly before adapting it to meet the needs of our school and our community in readiness for the start of term in September.
We are now at the point in the year where anyone outside of education assumes we are 'winding down' and wrapping up the current school year. Anyone who works in education knows that this is the busiest time of all as we continue with the day to day with the additions of writing reports, whilst thinking ahead and planning the coming year. As you can imagine, following our experiences over the past two years, this is done with trepidation!
There are some plans I can confidently commit to though. The first of these being the class structure and teaching arrangements.
Class 1 will continue to be taught by Mrs Richardson and will remain a single year group - reception - class.
Class 2 will be separated into year groups for the teaching of maths and English every morning Monday to Thursday. Mrs Turner will teach year 1 and Mrs Mills will teach year 2. Mrs Turner will teach the whole of class 2 in the afternoons Monday to Thursday and Mrs Mills will have the whole class together on Fridays.
Our key stage 2 classes will remain the same, with Mr Zisauk-Gibson and Mr Owen-Jones continuing their current roles.
It is with sadness that will be saying goodbye to Mrs Nicholson at the end of this term. She has been a wonderful addition to the staff team and has had an incredible impact on the children; showing flexibility and commitment during lockdown when she took on the role of Key Worker provision as well as stepping in, without hesitation, when Mrs Tuner was absent. We do hope to stay in touch, as she has become a real friend of the school who will be missed.
Tomorrow children who are moving to a new teacher and classroom (current reception, year 1, year 2 and year 4) will have an hour in their new setting and an opportunity to meet their new teacher. The other year groups will be taken for activities with teaching assistants during this hour.
I have carried out a risk assessment to ensure this is safe to do so and we all feel that the very small risks are outweighed by the benefits to the wellbeing of your children.
1.30 – 2.30 on Tuesday 6th July
|
Current Year Group |
Who? |
Where? |
What? Suggestion Only |
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Preschoolers |
Mrs Richardson and Mrs Petchell |
Field or Zoom if the weather is poor (in class 1) |
Teddy Bear’s picnic |
|
Reception |
Mrs Turner (Mrs Sellars) |
Class 2 |
Storytime and ‘getting to know you’ activity |
|
1 |
Mrs Mills |
Langar Room |
Storytime and ‘getting to know you’ activity |
|
2 |
Mr Zisaruk-Gibson |
Class 3 |
Storytime and ‘getting to know you’ activity |
|
3 |
Mr Hall |
Hall |
Games/ PE |
|
4 |
Mr Owen-Jones |
Class 4 |
Introductions to class 4, introducing themselves – q and a |
|
5 |
Mrs Lark |
Quiet area/ outdoor classroom |
Writing a ‘welcome to class 4 letter’ (use clipboards) |
|
6 |
Mrs George |
Library |
Completing PSHE transition activities |