Let’s start the message with a few non-Covid things…
Thank you
In case you missed it, we raised £403.60 for Comic Relief last Friday. Thanks to everyone for their contributions to our Red Nose Day.
Junior leaders
Rearranged from earlier in the term, next week, we have elections for our Junior Leadership Team (our new name for the School Council, to bring this group inline with the Senior Leadership Team in school). Democracy is a key feature of life in countries such as ours. We want to promote democracy as a way for people to have a say in what goes on. Our Junior Leadership Team is one of the ways that children are encouraged to take an active part in school life.
The election process allows children to develop an understanding of one of the British Values, democracy, with two representatives from each class, chosen democratically by their peers.
Today’s whole school homework is all about the election and democracy, ready for the elections next Thursday.
We’d like to thank the current school councillors for all their contributions over the last year (remember you can stand again). Good luck to the children who choose to stand in the election.
Recruiting
Our school meals provider, Catering Leeds, are looking for staff to join their teams, working in schools within this area. They pay the Leeds Living Wage (a minimum of £9.30 per hour) and have available part-time roles which are term-time only. If you’re interested, visit jobs.leeds.gov.uk website and complete an application form.
And now, one (just one!) Covid-related thing…
Self-testing at home
Lots of families now have access to home self-testing kits – these are called lateral flow tests. These tests are useful because they help find asymptomatic cases of Covid 19. That means they can sometimes identify that someone has Covid-19, even if they don’t have symptoms.
The tests shouldn’t be used to confirm a positive or negative infection.
If your child has any Covid-19 symptoms, they should isolate at home. The rest of your household, including brothers and sisters, should also isolate. Don’t send any to school. Book a PCR (lab) test.
Negative results from a lateral flow test do not rule out Covid-19 infection. This is especially in the early stages of an infection when the viral load is lower.
Even with a negative result, if your child has symptoms, don’t send them (or siblings) to school.
Also, if doing a lateral flow test, do it carefully. The tests are good at identifying if someone has a high viral load of Covid-19. They never confirm that someone doesn’t have the virus.
And finally for this week…
Here’s the latest Families Leeds & West Yorkshire magazine…
Have a really good weekend, hopefully enjoying some sunshine along the way.