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As you will remember the COVID Winter Grant was given to all families who are in receipt of benefit related free school meals to purchase food during the school holidays.  The £60 payment for this financial year covered Christmas, February half term and the first week of Easter holidays.  We have now been informed by…

Dear Parents / Carers   RE: NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. online programme   I am pleased to tell you that this term we will be participating in the NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. online programme.  This consists of an online assembly and supporting classroom based activities.  Speak out. Stay safe.  is a safeguarding programme…

Dear Parents / Carers,   As you know we have been celebrating children’s birthdays in school this academic year as we are conscious that many of our children have missed out on their usual birthday celebrations.  Next week we will be hosting small parties in bubbles to celebrate all of the birthdays that have been…

Dear parent /carer   OOSC is planning to be open during the Easter holidays; Monday 29th March to Friday 9th April (closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday).     Uptake is currently very low.  If numbers do not increase, we will have no choice but to close during the holidays.  If you would like your…

Dear parent / carer   As different types of testing are now available to the public, we thought it would be helpful to clarify which type of test to take in which situation.  We ask that all parents / carers read the below information carefully.   PCR Test (Polymerase Chain Reaction Test) – This is…

Dear parents and carers,   Following the decision made at our Staffing and Finance committee last week about Friday afternoon childcare, I have had some feedback and some questions.  I thought it would be useful to share some information with you all.   The reason for children going home at lunchtime on a Friday COVID…

Dear parent / carer   Red Nose Day is back on Friday 19th March and this year it’s never felt more important to have some fun and support people living incredibly tough lives.  We need the power of funny to turn laughs into lasting change!   Red Nose Day is part of the charity, Comic…

Dear parent / carer   As you know, our timetabled teaching week has been organised differently since September 2020.  While the change was necessitated by COVID restrictions, it has had a myriad of benefits for our school and children as communicated to families back in July.     This organisational change involved changes to the start…

Please click on the link below to view a letter from Diane Buckle, Assistant Director, Education regarding the reopening of schools. Letter from Diane Buckle, Assistant Director, Education regarding reopening of schools