Hello again everyone, in response to questions that have come from some people, I am giving a further update on our plans for a wider opening of school.
In my last blog post I indicated that we were working towards a possible date of 8th June; we are now looking at the possibility of week beginning the 15th June.
It is going to take more time than we anticipated to be able to put in place the measures outlined in the guidance from the Government.
We are working on a plan to try and welcome children from Nursery, Reception and Year 1 back into school as long as we can get the very strict measures into place and secure the necessary resources we require to be able to do this.
There is currently no plan to bring Year 6 back into school nor to open up school fully to all year groups before the end of the summer term. We are hoping to be able to find a way to meet with our Year 6 pupils before the end of the term if possible, but at this stage we cannot guarantee that will happen.
If there is a change of national policy regarding the wider opening of schools, backed by the science and does not compromise on safety, we will then look to plan for an even wider opening of school to pupils.
If we are able to go ahead with the 15th June, then we will have to close for a few days in the week before in order to get everything ready. Once we have a clear picture we will let you know.
As with your good selves, we are responding to an ever changing national picture and doing our best to do what we can. We do understand that this must be very frustrating for you all and we do appreciate your continued patience and support as we do our best to try and get back to some form of normality.
If you want to discuss this, please do leave a comment below and I will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible.
As always, stay safe.
M Mackley
Comments
Sabbir Patel
6 June 2020
Thank you for the update we did not get a text or email to view this but we believe the steps you are taking make sense. We are not sure to send in our year one son as we have an autistic child and elderly parents we have contact with. Will there be any support over summer to continue online schoolwork? Concerning my son in year 6 he would appreciate someway of saying goodbye and was looking forward to some of the leavers activities. Maybe there is an online way to do this if a last day at school is not possible. Thank you.
Mr Mackley
9 June 2020
Thanks for getting in touch and thank you for your support. It is a very difficult and challenging process we are following to try and begin to open up the school more widely to our children.
At the moment, school is focusing on trying to bring the children back into school on a phased approach, there are no current plans for summer 'school'.
We are aware that Year 6 need some form of gathering to finish their time here and we are looking into seeing what we can do. As soon as we have a plan, we will be in touch!