Dear Parents and Carers
As you will be aware, from Monday 14th September due to the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases, the Government is changing social distancing regulations from groups of up to 30 people from two households, to a new limit of six people indoors or outdoors.
Schools are exempt from this new guideline, but quite clearly there is, once again, an increasing threat to all of us from Covid-19.
I thank all parents and carers for how you have observed our systems for dropping children off in the morning and collecting them in the evening but from Monday I ask you to:
- Please wear a mask at all times whilst on school grounds when collecting and dropping off children or visiting the school office.
- Take particular care to maintain a social distance of two metres at all times.
- Move around the one-way system smoothly and please refrain from stopping and chatting to other parents.
- Children are not permitted to play on any of the school equipment, either before or after the school day. Time on the equipment is carefully timetabled during the school day and we cannot guarantee it is safe to access at other times.
- To ensure that older siblings from Mary Webb picking up younger brothers or sisters do so on their own and not in a group with their friends. A reminder, children in EYFS & KS1 (Years R-2) must be collected by an adult or a child aged 15 years or older.
- Not to use the path in front of Room 4,5 and 8 unless you child is in reception or year 1. Please use the cut grass path around the perimeter fence. There will be a new gate in the fence for room 8 pupils to use on Monday.
Please bear in mind that any child exhibiting symptoms associated with Covid-19, in particular a high temperature or new continuous cough (this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours, or your usual cough is worse than usual) may not attend school until their symptoms have stopped.
If a child with a temperature or cough receives a negative Covid-19 test result, they can return to school immediately or when they are well enough to do so. We recognise that this is difficult, both in terms of getting access to tests and because there will be the normal run of coughs and colds doing the rounds at this time of year. However, the current pandemic means we cannot keep children in school who exhibit any of the Covid-19 symptoms.
We appreciate your support during these exceptional times and your understanding that a decision to ask a child to be collected, where symptoms would not normally require this, is taken because of need to do what is right for your child, all other children and adults in the bubble, and for all our school community as we battle this horrible disease.
As always, if any have any queries, questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mr Langford