Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Friday updates
Wed 15 Jul 2020Happy Friday everyone,
We hope you are all keeping safe and well.
We are very nearly at the end of the strangest term and I would like to thank everyone for their support and dedication to keeping our community a positive and caring one.
Next week I will update you with the plans we have in place for September for the safe welcoming back of all our children. We can't wait! These plans should not be too restrictive for you as parents but will involve some changes to drop off and pick up times. We hope that with the advance warning that this will not be too much of a problem.
As mentioned we have created some challenge booklets for the children for over the summer. These are completely optional. We are happy to print these out if requested. Please let us know by Monday via your child's current teacher and we will get them ready for you to collect.
We are currently updating our Who's who page and our school prospectus.
I thought therefore it would be a good idea to just outline the senior staffing structure for your information.
Mrs Houseman Head teacher, safeguarding lead.
Mrs Tomlinson Assistant Headteacher, Deputy safeguarding lead.
Miss Aldis Lead teacher, Behaviour lead, year 5 and 6 lead.
Miss Martin THRIVE lead, SENDCo, Deputy safeguarding lead.
Mrs Norton EYFS Lead
Mrs Robinson Year 1 and 2 Lead
Mrs Cholerton Year 3 and 4 Lead
A huge thank you to The long Eaton Rugby Club who delivered a stash of pizzas for the staff on Wednesday- they were very well received -thanks also to the Sumpter family for being the pizza delivery service!
The REACH assembly is up under Mrs Houseman's updates.
Miss Martin has put some summer THRIVE activities in the THRIVE section on the website to support your child's well being over the summer. Please take a look at these as they can be really useful in peculiar times such as these.
Have a lovely sunny weekend all.
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Summer holiday food support
Wed 15 Jul 2020Good afternoon,
St John’s Long Eaton and Hope Long Eaton have funding to provide food parcels for children who may struggle during the holidays due to the impact of the lock down on earnings. The service provides breakfasts, lunches and teas for each child.
We are very aware that several families are finding themselves in a position that they would never have anticipated at the start of this year and we would encourage any family who may be struggling financially to seek the support they need from this service.
The service is completely confidential and may just lift the burden a little during these difficult times.
If you would like to make use of this service please contact vicar@stjohnslongeaton.org.uk or text 07845 803654 with your name and the number of children to book a bag.
You can also ring 0115 9463820 for more details.
Thank you to Elaine Jones-our community governor and Sawley Curate for signposting us to this service.
I have placed the leaflet under the parents tab for further information.
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Friday update
Fri 10 Jul 2020Hello and welcome to Friday's update!
I cannot believe how quickly it has come around!
This week you should have received a text telling you who your child's teacher will be for next year. If your child, or you, are unfamiliar with the teacher please check the 'who's who' on the website.
We are not in a position to do 'meet the teacher' sessions this term due to the guidance however we will hold one in September as previously informed, when we do the children's transition on the Friday.
Some parents have asked about continued access to the current learning activities over the summer. We will hold the webpages the same for as long over the summer as possible to allow children to complete any work they may need to catch up on.
We will also be posting year group challenge work on the class pages for the children over the summer. This challenge work is optional -we know it's the holidays-but some parents have suggested that as they are working they would appreciate some focus for their children and to also support their progress in time for the September return.
This will take the form of basic skill online learning activities, spellings, reading etc and will be designed for independent completion as much as possible. There will be a chart for parents to record their children's engagement. The chart will then be returned to school for acknowledgement.
If any families need printed versions please contact the school office.
Catch up sessions
As soon as all the children are back in school we will assess the children using a baseline test then teach to the gaps. We will then reassess at half term and determine which children need further intervention. You will be kept informed through this process.
There will be a parent's evening as usual in the autumn term-however it may take a different format or be spread over a number of days. But we will of course let you know the details of this.
As the school is planning for a full opening in September there will be necessary changes to ensure the continued safety of all our school community.
These will include staggered drop off and pick up times. We will inform you of these requirements in due course.
We hope you all have a lovely sunny weekend.
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Friday update
Thu 02 Jul 2020Happy Friday everyone!
Thank you for another week of positivity. We have had some lovely messages over the week and as a school community we feel very well supported. We know that you are all working hard too so really appreciate this.
Planning for September
From this week's guidance we are creating plans for September. All our plans will be driven as always by the government guidance.
It looks most likely that class groups will be in bubbles. This will hopefully mean all children in with their regular class teacher. You will therefore be given information about how this will look with drop off times etc nearer the time.
If, however, we are required to continue with set year groups and keyworker children only ( for example if there is another spike or return to full lock down) we will start the registration for this once we are directed to do so. This will mean that all Key workers will need to re register so that we can allocate spaces before taking on other year groups.
Once again I must state that much of our planning is dependant on guidance and we cannot make promises for how the school opening will look from September, as I know you are very aware that the guidance is dependant on many factors, but we will continue to keep you informed.
Class teachers
We will inform you of your child's new class teacher next week via text.
There will be a meet the teacher session either in person or virtually on Friday
4th September at 3.30. The children will have their transition days on the Thursday and Friday we start back in September as outlined in my previous update.
Contact details
If you have changed or need to change your contact details please make sure the school is kept up to date with these. This includes phone numbers, addresses and emails.
Holiday club provision
We are now taking bookings for holiday club. The deadline for registering is Friday 17th July. This should be done by contacting Bernie directly. Details under the parent's tab - WRAP around club.
Updates
I have done some safeguarding assemblies this week under my updates tab and hope that the children have been able to view them.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.