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Dear Parents/Carers
I have been informed tonight of a positive result from a member of our school community. As this is a positive result from a lateral flow test we are awaiting confirmation from a PCR test. This affects children in Miss Foster's reception class and Mrs Lucas' Year 1 class. Children in both classes need to isolate as a precaution until we receive the PCR result. Children in both classes should not attend school tomorrow and should follow the guidance for isolation. As soon as we receive the PCR result we will be in touch.
Miss Fawcett's reception class and Miss Howe's Year 1 class can attend as normal.
Thank you for your support.
Mrs Darby
Please see updated Risk Assessment below to include sporting events in school.
Over the past few weeks, your children have accessed TTRS a lot more. We have made positive developments in school to provide more opportunities for them and many of you have established effective routines at home to get them playing often. As a result, progress has accelerated.
To further improve this, we need to work together to understand and eradicate the barriers that are preventing some children from accessing TTRS at home. If you are struggling to establish a routine at home for TTRS (for whatever reason), please access our support:
Over the next week (14.6.21 - 21.6.21), we will be tracking the amount of time each child spends playing on the 'Garage' game in TTRS. We would like this to be a minimum of 3 minutes per day (research proves that a little bit every day is the most effective way of learning times tables). We will provide feedback on the results of this in the coming weeks.
Well done to those who have experienced success with this - the hard work is worth it! We are looking forward to hearing from those who are struggling so, together, we can make this possible for all of your children!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask your child's teacher or Mr. Robinson (I'm on the school gate most mornings and on the yard at home time).
Thank you!
The Kingsley Maths Team.
KS2 – Thursday 10th June 2021
KS1 + Reception – Friday 11th June 2021
Please ensure that your child comes to school dressed in their PE kit/sports clothes. Looking at the weather forecast it is going to be warm so please ensure your child has a sunhat and is wearing sun cream. We may change timings on the day depending on the weather. Children will be taking part in the activities in their class bubble and equipment will be sanitised after each event. It is a shame we can’t run our sports day in the normal way but at least our children can still experience a sports afternoon in school.
Can we take this opportunity to remind parents, that unfortunately no parents/guardians can spectate at all as we continue to follow Government guidance.
Thank you for your understanding and support. We hope all the children enjoy the afternoon.
Sports afternoons- Important information
Change of date
Thursday 10th June pm – Key Stage 2
Friday 11th June pm – Key Stage 1
Children to come to school dressed in sports clothes on the morning (no crop tops or vest tops). Please ensure your child has a sun hat and is wearing sun cream. Children will use their school water bottle as normal. Unfortunately, we are unable to invite parents to spectate due to COVID restrictions. However, we will be taking plenty of photographs for the website. Please collect children as normal at home time (KS1 – 3.10pm and KS2 3.20pm).
Any questions, please see a member of staff on the gate or your child’s class teacher.
COVID-19: Important message for parents
Last week, we contacted parents in Mr Fear’s class following a positive case in school.
We would like to remind parents of the importance of self-isolating if your child has been identified as a contact. We know that the Indian variant is circulating in the North East and that any new cases could be linked to this.
As we said last week, we appreciate it is very inconvenient to have to isolate over the half term holiday, however we have been asked to remind everyone that it is a legal requirement for those identified as contacts to remain in isolation for 10 days.
Hartlepool residents unable to work whilst self-isolating – or caring for a child that is self-isolating – can apply for help from the Government’s Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme.
You can find out more at www.hartlepool.gov.uk/test-and-trace-payments-info
In the last week – cases of VOC-21APR-02 which was first detected in India – have increased significantly in England.
As Public Health England continues to monitor new variants, please remember that the best way to protect against the virus is to continue following the professional advice:
· Remember hands, face, space and fresh air
· Socialise outdoors
· Work from home if you can
· Get vaccinated and take up the offer of regular testing
· If you are told to get a test, if you have any symptoms at all or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive, please make sure you get tested too
· By law, if you test positive or are instructed by the Test and Trace programme, you must self-isolate
For updated guidance on Coronavirus restrictions please see www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do
The current locations of the COVID-19 testing centres in Hartlepool is as follows:
For people WITH symptoms, there are two local (PCR) testing centres:
· The Hartlepool Waterfront site (TS24 0XN).
· The Sandy Car Park (former coach park) at Seaton Carew (TS25 1DD).
Testing at these centres is only available for people with one or more of the COVID symptoms - a high temperature, a new continuous cough, or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.
Tests are free and must be booked in advance at www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or by calling 119. Both centres are open seven days a week.
For people WITHOUT symptoms (and who have not been told to isolate), the testing centre is:
· The COVID Test and Collect Centre in Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, just along from WH Smith and directly opposite the Vodafone shop. The centre is open Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) from 9am to 5pm.
If you are aged 18 or over and live or work in Hartlepool, you can use the COVID Test and Collect Centre to:
Get a free test
Tests must be booked in advance online at www.hartlepool.gov.uk/covid-test-and-collect or by calling (01429) 523330 during normal office hours.
Collect a free kit to test yourself and your family for COVID at home
You can collect up to 2 packs of 7 tests – no booking is required, just drop in. The staff at the centre will advise you on how to use the testing kit safely and to avoid a false result. The tests are not suitable for pre-school and primary school aged schoolchildren and should not be used for these age groups.
If you are tested at the COVID Test and Collect Centre you will get your result by text within 24 hours - and in most instances within an hour – together with instructions on what to do next if you test positive. If you test yourself at home, the testing kit will give you the result.
If you test positive from a test at the COVID Test and Collect Centre or from a home testing kit, to confirm the result you must then arrange to get a further, different type of test (called a PCR test) at a PCR testing centre by booking at www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or calling 119.
All adults without symptoms are being encouraged to get tested twice a week - even after they have been vaccinated - to help the country on the path back to normal life.
Thank you again for your understanding and support.