30 June 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

I hope you and your families continue to stay well.

It is so lovely having more and more children in school.  It is great hearing their voices around the building and in the school grounds. I only wish we had the capacity to enable more children to return.  

However after hearing the news this morning  about the city of Leicester going back into lockdown after a huge rise in coronavirus cases,  I wanted to make a plea to you.

We are desperately keen to keep the school open for children until the end of term.  It is particularly important that we are able to say a proper goodbye to our year six children. However for this to happen we all have to make sure we strictly follow the government’s guidelines around hygiene and social distancing.  I know that with many of the Covid restrictions being relaxed this weekend there are going to be greater opportunities to socialise and mix with more people.  However we all need to be cautious as the last thing we want is the infection to be brought into school thus forcing us to close.

You have all been brilliantly supportive throughout these past very challenging few months. 

Can I please ask that you continue to work with us so that we can successfully remain open until the end of term.

Dear Parents and Carers

I hope you and your families are all keeping well and beginning to start to enjoy the easing in lockdown.  We have welcomed more children into school today in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6. I am really sorry that we have not been able to invite children into the other year groups but unfortunately, by following the government’s guidance around social distancing, we do not have the staffing capacity or enough classrooms to accommodate anymore children.

Can I remind parents whose children are now coming into school that we have the same expectations re attendance.  Children should only be absent  from school if they are unwell.  We are expecting really hot weather over the next few days so could you ensure that you apply sunscreen to your child and they bring a hat and water bottle to school.

Please note that school will close for the end of term on Friday 17 July and will open again on Thursday 3 September. The school will not be open during the summer holidays.

You no doubt will have heard the news that the government would like all children to return to school at the beginning of the Autumn Term.   This is something we all sincerely hope will happen.  I would like to reassure you that we are working extremely hard in preparation for September, despite the lack of guidance from the Government. Without this guidance we are planning and preparing for those things we know we can put in place. Once we have heard from the DfE we can adapt our planning accordingly. We will ensure that you have as much information as possible so that you can prepare your children for their return to school.

Unfortunately we will, in all likelihood, still be social distancing in September so will not be able to run Breakfast Club or After School Clubs. At the current time we do not know if Simply Out of School will be offering their after school provision in September. As soon as I hear anything I will let you know.

I understand that it is really tough continuing to juggle home learning with your children as well as all your other commitments. However, as I am sure you do, we want your children to be in a good position to return to learning when we get back. So please, as a minimum, can I encourage you to continue reading daily, practising those times-tables and taking some physical exercise. I know that many of you have been doing some other amazing activities with the children during lockdown and this will have equipped them with excellent skills which they can share with us when they return to school.

Please make sure that you open any emails that we send from school as a lot of information will be coming to you over the next few weeks. Several parents have been missing important deadlines as they have not been reading their emails.

Finally  I am delighted to inform you that Mrs Rookley has given birth to a healthy little boy Oliver Antoine. We are looking forward to celebrating with Mrs Rookley when we all return to school next term.

Keep safe.

Mrs Ejdowski