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Dear Parents/Carers,
I want to start by thanking you for your support during what has been an eventful week.
I realise for many of you the thought of returning to home learning was not a happy one. I want to reassure you that we are not expecting miracles. We know that being a parent and trying to be a teacher is hard.
We know its difficult trying to juggle the demands of different aged children in different classes or schools.
I just wanted to point out a few things;
· Our online lessons are recorded so your children can complete them whenever it works best in your house.
· If you are under pressure on a particular day you can complete the lessons on a different day, (just do them in order).
· If you or your child are struggling you can email for help.
· Lockdown is hard for everyone so try to do some fun things too. E.g. films, baking, crafts and walks.
· If you need to let your child play on a game for half an hour so you can have a break, don’t worry (that’s why we have a staffroom)
In summary please just do your best. If you have collected the pack from school and logged on already that is great, if not please try to collect the pack as soon as you can and get logged on.
If we can help with anything at all please just ask. The office is open everyday and if we can help we will.
Despite it being very hard on everyone right now, your child's education must be a priority. We all need to do everything we can to ensure they don’t fall too far behind. We have been given strict guidance from the government that all children must complete home learning, if they are not in school. As a result we have to monitor how many children are logging on and trying to complete work. If we see your child has failed to complete their home learning we will be contacting you to see what the problem is.
We appreciate the effort you are putting in to help us help your children.
Stay safe everyone
Mrs Darby
There is currently no crossing patrol for school so please take extra care when crossing the road.
Thank you
Please see updated Risk Assessment link below for partial opening.
Dear Parents/Carers
Thank you for your patience while we deal with the new lockdown arrangements. Everyone who needed one should now have had a phone call back from staff within school. If you are expecting a call and we have missed you, please call back tomorrow and we will get back to you.
Packs for home learning have been put together today and are available for collection from the school office tomorrow. They include information re online learning and some paper resources.
E-mail contact with teachers continues to be available, we can also now provide some tuition for pupils who are struggling with aspects of the online teaching. All of the information is in the packs.
We are still working on providing free school meals for pupils who are entitled and we will be in touch to discuss your requirements later this week.
If we can help with anything during lockdown, please get in touch with school and we will do our best. I appreciate this is a difficult time for everyone but if we continue to work together and support each other we will get through it.
Mrs Darby
Home Learning
Dear Parents/Carers,
We have a number of laptops available for children to borrow to access home learning.
If your child struggles to complete home learning due to limited or no access to a device or only limited access via a mobile phone please contact the school as soon as possible to discuss the possibility of loaning a laptop.
If you require any equipment such as pencils, paper, pencil sharpeners or additional work sheets please contact the school office.
Thank you for your continued support.
Dear Parents / Carers
As Mrs Darby explained in her message previous, school, nursery and Little Gems will be open as normal for parents who are key workers and for the children who are classified as vulnerable. If you believe you or your child fall under these categories then bring your child/children to school at the normal time and speak to member of staff on the yard. Breakfast club and kids zone will be on for families who need this for work purposes only and normal fees will apply. Normal school dinner arrangements will be in place and children are expected to wear uniform. (Children can still wear extra layers)
Thankyou
Mrs Barrass
Dear Parents / Carers,
Please see link below from HBC
Thank you.
Hartlepool Borough Council Covid-19 Update