Please click here to read a letter from the local authority regarding Coronavirus.

Dear Parents and Carers,

We currently have our Reception and Year 3 classes self-isolating as we have 2 separate cases of COVID-19 confirmed within our school community. I know this must be worrying but we have no reason to believe that these two cases are connected in anyway or that it is being transmitted in school. Please click here for further information which has been sent home in a letter today.

If your child is unwell please do not send them to school. If we ask you to have your child tested for Coronavirus please do so as soon as possible, please do not send them back to school until they have received a negative result. By supporting us in this way you will be helping to continue keeping everyone within our community safe.

Kind regards,

Caroline McKay (Head Teacher)

I am sorry to say that we have been notified of a positive case of COVID-19 within the school community. As a result all children in our Year 3 class must self isolate until Monday 14th December. This means they must stay at home, they cannot come to school, go shopping, be in public spaces such as parks or socialise with others during this period. For further information from the DfE about self isolation and what to do if your child becomes unwell click here.

We will be organising remote learning for these pupils; for Monday this can be found under the curriculum tab on the website. Click here for further information about accessing this learning.

From Tuesday morning learning will be available on google classroom, we will provide you with further information on Monday afternoon. If you don’t have a laptop, tablet, ipad or computer suitable for accessing this learning please contact the school as we may be able to loan you a device during the self isolation period.

If you have other children attending the school and you have no one else who is able to bring them for you please contact the school office (02088912727) and we will advise you on arrangements to resolve this.

For children entitled to means tested free school meals we will be organising food parcels and will contact you about these as soon as possible.

For all other children school is open as normal.

Unfortunately this evening we have been notified of a positive case of COVID-19 in the school community, we have identified that this affects children in Year 3 who are likely to be close contacts. Children in Year 3 will not be able to attend school and must self isolate. This means they MUST STAY AT HOME, they cannot attend school, mix with members of other households or be in public places such as shops and parks. We will arrange for your children to continue their learning remotely during this period of self isolation, further details will follow.

It is likely that they will be able to return to school on Monday 14th December provided they do not become unwell. If your child becomes unwell during this period please let us know and ensure that they are tested as soon as possible. Please let us know the result of their test, this is really important as it helps us to keep others safe.

I am sorry to say that we have been notified of a positive case of COVID-19 within the school community. As a result all children in our reception class must self isolate until Monday 7th December. This means they must stay at home, they cannot come to school, go shopping, be in public spaces such as parks or socialise with others during this period. For further information about self isolation and what to do if your child becomes unwell click here.

We will be organising remote learning for these pupils; for Monday this can be found under the curriculum tab on the website. Click here for further information about accessing this learning.

From Tuesday morning learning will be available on google classroom, we will provide you with further information on Monday afternoon. If you don’t have a laptop, tablet, ipad or computer suitable for accessing this learning please contact the school on Monday morning after 9am as we may be able to loan you a device during the self isolation period.

If you have other children attending the school and you have no one else who is able to bring them for you please contact the school office (02088912727) between 8am and 8.30am on Monday morning and we will advise you on arrangements to resolve this.

For all other children school is open as normal.

We would like to wish all of our families who will be celebrating tomorrow a Very Happy Diwali.

We have been asked by Public Health to remind everyone to follow social distancing rules during half term as COVID-19 cases locally are continuing to rise. There are an increasing number of people being admitted to hospital. Please remember that you cannot socialise with other households indoors so, during half term, children must only play with their friends outside in parks. We have been very fortunate to have only had one positive case in school this half term so thank you to everyone for sticking to the rules and keeping everyone safe. Have a safe and happy half term!

We just wanted to say a huge thank you to all our families for being so supportive this half term and making so much effort to ensure that the children are attending school regularly despite the current situation.
So far this term 3 classes have achieved 100% attendance for whole weeks. These are Mercury with 100% attendance for 5 out of 6 weeks, Apollo for 3 out of 6 weeks and Saturn also for 3 out of 6 weeks. Well done to all of you that is amazing!
Currently our overall attendance is much higher than the average for all schools across the borough and last week our attendance was 98.8% – so nearly perfect from everyone.
It has been lovely to have all the children back at school; they have settled back in so well and have worked very hard to make up for missing the summer term. Well done to everyone!
Have a lovely half term next week – keep safe and we look forward to another successful half term before Christmas.

Well done to Geeta – Year 3, Leena – Year 2, Aarave – Year 2 and Asmaa – Year 6 for the best cycle helmet design for ‘Bike to School Week’.

Thank you to all parents and carers who have been so supportive by following the new arrangements for drop off and pick up this term, despite some initial hiccups it all seems to be working fairly smoothly.

The new traffic system has also made it so much safer for everyone at the start and the end of the day, please comply with the restrictions otherwise you risk being fined. If you are driving to school and parking elsewhere on the estate please do so safely and considerately.

To keep us all safe please continue to maintain social distancing as far as is possible on the school site and outside of the school, we are beginning to see groups congregating at the gate and along the road before and after school. Some of our neighbours are reporting that they are being disturbed by noisy conversations first thing in the morning, please be considerate of them on your way in and out.

From Monday 21st September Nursery and Reception children will come into school through the playground gate used by Yr1 and 2. Please remember that the gates are open for extended times at the start and end of the day. In the mornings you have 20 minutes (8.40-9am) to arrive at school, please try not to all arrive at once. Afternoon school doesn’t finish until 3.15pm although you can collect your child anytime from 3pm onwards.

It has been lovely to see you all again and have all the children back at school, hopefully by working together we can continue to keep our community safe.