From 22 June 2020 we will be opening a Year 6 bubble and hope to accommodate all our Year 6 children who are not currently attending under the key worker offer. This will be full time Monday to Friday; details of the start and finish time will be shared later this week. If you would like your child to walk themselves to and/or from school independently please email us to make clear your wishes and to give your permission.
In order to plan for this, we need to know as soon as possible and no later than Tuesday 16 June (12 o’clock) if you will be sending your child. Please reply to a school text stating Y6 YES or Y6 NO (so we know what you are replying to).
Whilst we are trying to be as flexible as possible, if you say NO now it may not be possible to add your child in at a later date in the term. We recognise this is still a difficult decision and will accept whatever decision you make is right for your family.
If your child is already attending in a key worker bubble you need not send us a message. Unfortunately, we are not currently able to move children from their key worker bubble into another bubble. We are also not in a position to increase the days that children attending key worker care are offered.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Will children in school get additional support with transition to secondary school?
Children in school and children working at home will have access to the same transition resources. There will not be special meetings for those in school. All the transition work will be set on the school website and all children should be able to access this whether in school or at home.
2. Will work still be set for Y6s who are working at home?
Yes. All children will be working from the work set on the school website – from now until the end of term we are following the themed week work. Staff in school will support children in working through the tasks set on the website. This work will be on the Room 8 page of the website. It will not be on Google Classroom any more.
3. Will social distancing be in place in school?
Children are expected to maintain 2 metre distance from adults in school. They are sat in spaces and expected to stay at their own table throughout the week. They will have a special playtime ‘zone’ and time, which means that they do not meet up with other bubbles in school. We encourage them to maintain sensible distances between themselves and other children whilst outside at playtimes. However, the government guidance recognises that it is not possible for children at primary school to maintain strict 2m distances throughout the day.
No.
No. The current restrictions that primary and secondary schools are operating under does not make this possible.
No.
We would obviously prefer people to discuss this with their child and make a firm commitment before returning. We will be moving furniture, gathering individual resource packs and organising staffing based on the numbers we are expecting. However, we understand that these are very difficult times and a lot of people will be dealing with anxiety about returning to school.
No. We need to maintain their bubble now it is established. There is a slight possibility they may be grouped together with a different adult (e.g. the Y6s who have been with Mr Morris may become a discrete Y6 bubble with an adult) but they will not be able to mix with a newly established bubble.
We cannot guarantee this. Some of the children will work with Mrs Rowe but we cannot have all of the Y6s in one bubble. This means that some children will be in a bubble with a different member of staff. These bubbles will not mix at playtime or lunchtime.
