Thank you for the encouraging messages we’ve received this week. Today’s message is a brief update and summary following yesterday’s much longer one…
Safe bubbles for key worker children
As you know, schools are closed to all children except those of key workers (officially referred to as ‘critical workers’) and some who might be classed as vulnerable in some way. We’re now operating with reduced numbers of children in school (although far greater than in Spring 2020). Thank you for communicating and co-operating with us to keep these numbers low so that we protect the children and staff who are in school.
Arrangements for home learning
Please call in to school if you’d like a Home Learning exercise book and some pencils to support your child at home.
Please contact us if you or your child is struggling to access the online learning. We can provide paper-based learning for those who need this.
Home learning sessions will begin on Friday. These will be in the form of pre-recorded presentations, each lasting around 30 minutes. We’ve also bought for all children in Year 5 and Year 6 three (for Y5) and four (for Y6) CGP workbooks – these proved popular alternatives to the online learning in the Summer last year. If you haven’t already received these, please call in to school to collect them.
There will also be a live daily ‘drop-in’ Zoom session in the afternoon. These will typically start at 2pm (although some teachers will have to arrange a different time – they’ll let you know) and will usually be with the child’s class teacher – children who are in school may also join in sometimes. The sessions will be an opportunity to review and reflect on the learning that’s happening.
Like last time, teachers are also available if you’d like to email with questions and comments about the learning, and – importantly – to share the learning that your child has done.
Yet another national lockdown is tough for us all in lots of different ways. Please stay safe (and sane), and help those around you to do the same.