Rockingham Junior and Infant School March 8 th

Rockingham Junior and Infant School March 8 th opening information

Spring Term Dates Monday the 8 th of March - FIRST DAY BACK - everyone back at school! Friday 26 th March - Easter Holiday Monday 12 th April - First day back after Easter Thursday 27 th May - Break up for Half Term Friday 28 th of May - Inset Day Attendance Government guidance clearly states that “Attendance is not optional. Missing out on more time in the classroom risks pupils falling behind. School attendance will therefore be mandatory. ” We would ask that if children do not attend school for any reason, parents / carers inform school before 9 am on their child’s first day of absence stating the reason for absence.

Start and finish times - Foundation Stage 1 Children in F 1 am children (Nursery) - Mrs Mc. Dermott Drop off point Pick up point Friday pick up 8. 45 am Classroom door, parents to leave via the one way system. 11. 45 am Classroom door, parents to leave via the one way system. N/A Please be reassured that all children will be safely cared for on site until collection. Thank you for your support. Children in F 1 pm children (Nursery) - Mrs Mc. Dermott Drop off point Pick up point Friday pick up 12. 15 pm Classroom door, parents to leave via the one way system. 3: 15 pm Classroom door, parents to leave via the one way system. N/A Children in F 1 Full time children (Nursery) - Mrs Mc. Dermott Drop off point Pick up point Friday pick up 8. 45 am Classroom door, parents to leave via the one way system. 3. 15 pm Classroom door, parents to leave via the one way system. 11. 45 am 12: 45 pm (30 hour children) Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any concerns.

Start and finish times - FS 2 and KS 1 Children in F 2 - Mrs Lilleyman, Miss Wood and Mrs Millward Drop off point Pick up point Friday pick up 8. 45 am Side gate, into the KS 1 Yard 3. 00 pm On the Foundation playground 1: 20 pm Children in Y 1 S - Miss Stubbs, Y 12 P - Miss Parkin, Y 2 WB - Mrs Waller/Mrs Burkinshaw Drop off point Pick up point Friday pick up 8. 50 am Side gate, into the KS 1 Yard, 1 S - Classroom door 1/2 P - Playground door Y 2 WB - Classroom door 3. 15 pm Side gate, into the KS 1 Yard, 1 S - Classroom door 1/2 P - Playground door Y 2 WB -Classroom Door 1. 30 pm Please be reassured that all children will be safely cared for on site until collection. Thank you for your support. Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any concerns.

Start and finish times - Key Stage 2 Children in Y 3 M - Mrs Marlow, Y 34 P - Mr Purshouse (Lower Key Stage 2) Drop off point Pick up point Friday pick up 8. 55 am Top Gate near Foundation 1 and leave via the bottom gate. 3. 20 pm Top Gate near Foundation 1 and leave via the bottom gate. 1. 30 pm Children in Y 5 P - Mr Parkin Y 4/5 D - Miss Darby Drop off point Pick up point Friday pick up 8. 50 am Top Gate near Foundation 1 and leave via the bottom gate. 3. 15 pm Top Gate near Foundation 1 and leave via the bottom gate. 1. 25 pm Please be reassured that all children will be safely cared for on site until collection. Thank you for your support. Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any concerns. Children in Y 6 B - Mrs Buttree Y 6 H - Mr Hanson Drop off point Pick up point Friday pick up 8. 45 am Top Gate near Foundation 1 and leave via the bottom gate. 3. 10 pm Top Gate near Foundation 1 and leave via the bottom gate. 1. 20 pm

Drop off and pick up ● ● ● ● Children to be dropped off and collected from their allocated entry point on the previous slide. Children are not able to leave at the end of the day until a member of staff has seen them off to their designated adult, this is for everyone’s safety (Except Years 5 and 6) Children to be dropped off at their allotted time slots ONLY. Please do not arrive early as we there will be too many people at the site entrance at one time Only ONE adult to accompany a child to the site (masks to be worn at all times, scarves are NOT acceptable) Everyone to adhere to social distancing when at the entrance to the site Please pass any messages on via phone or Class Dojo unfortunately staff cannot stop and chat at the gates. Parents will not be allowed to access school reception and all communication must be via telephone, Class Dojo or email. If your child is responsible and old enough to walk onto site by themselves, we would suggest they are allowed to do this as this will reduce the number of bodies on site at any one time No bikes or scooters at school for the time being If your child is in year 5 or 6 and will be walking home by themselves please pass your permission through Dojo to your child’s class teacher. If anyone is found not to be following the safety measure we have put in place they will be asked to leave and potentially not be allowed back on site. It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure everyone’s safety.

What you’ll need Children ● To be in school uniform: a navy blue cardigan or jumper (logo optional), white/light blue polo shirt (logo optional), grey or black trousers or skirt and black school shoes, fully named. One pair of small studded earrings and a watch are allowed - no other jewellery is permitted at school. Head wear of simple headbands and bobbles only. ● P. E. kits (black shorts, white t shirt, trainers or pumps) in school throughout the whole week and fully named. Please also send outdoor PE kit (black tracksuit) ● Appropriate coat (named) ● Book bag or small rucksack to keep home learning and home learning diary. ● Lunchbox [if having a packed lunch. Please remember no chocolate bars, crisps or fizzy drinks please] ● Completed lockdown home learning tasks to share with your class teacher Parents ● Arbor account set up - contact the school office if you are having any issues here ● Class Dojo account set up - contact your child’s class teacher if you are having any issues here School will provide ● Named water bottle ● Home school diary ● Pencil, pen, ruler - all resources that are needed in school ● Home learning book

Lunchtime We will continue to offer hot dinners when we return. Children will have the choice as to whether they bring sandwiches from home or choose from the lunchtime menu on offer (this will be available on the school website). The following organisation for lunchtimes has been put in place: Lunchtimes will be staggered Each Key Stage has been allocated a time slot for hot dinners to ensure all children eat in the designated time Each Key Stage will be allocated a space to eat their lunch in All tables and chairs will be wiped down before a new group of children use them. Outdoor playground spaces have been timetabled so that no group shares the space with another. Equipment is sanitised after use ready for the next day. The children will be supervised by the same member of staff each day, wherever possible. Please remember our healthy lunchbox policy - we ask that children do NOT have crisps, chocolate bars, fizzy drinks or sweets in their lunch boxes and that these are left as treats for when they are at home. Week one menu

Measures we have place in school ● ● ● ● Consistent groups will be kept Class/Key Stage bubbles There will be staggered start and finish times and staggered lunches so that Key Stage bubbles do not mix Contact will be minimised and wherever possible children encouraged to keep their distance Parents asked to social distance when dropping off and collecting children. One parent/carer only is asked to accompany children Any child or adult exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms must not enter the school grounds Sanitizer station at doors - member of staff to dispense and wipe down doors after use Frequent hand washing ensuring thorough drying of hands afterwards Regular cleaning of areas - wipes available in all classrooms Removing resources that are difficult to clean Supporting children to understand good hygiene practices including ‘catch it, bin it, kill it’ - bins emptied throughout the day. There will be no physical whole school assemblies, these are done virtually

Symptoms/suspected COVID 19 As stated before, in order to minimise spread of infection, if your child or any household member is displaying symptoms of COVID-19 (see NHS definition below), children from this household must not attend school (call to inform us of non attendance) and self-isolate for 10 days if the child has symptoms, 10 days if another household member has symptoms. If any household member is being tested, children from this household should not attend until the test results have been confirmed. ➔ ➔ ➔ high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature) new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual) loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal In school should anyone display symptoms: ● Any adult or child exhibiting symptoms will be sent home immediately. Children will be isolated until they can be collected by a parent/carer. ● Anyone displaying symptoms will be expected to be tested and cannot return to school unless the test is negative and school has been provided with a copy of this confirmation. ● Where the child or adult tests positive the rest of their class, or group will be sent home to self isolate for 14 days.

Please also note. . . ● ● ● Currently we will not be running breakfast clubs or after school clubs until Easter, We hope to get these back up and running straight away after the holiday and Mrs Dowell will be in contact to book places. Friday’s we will be closed following lunch time to allow for a thorough deep clean to happen. We are constantly reviewing the measures that we have in place to ensure that they are inline with the most current guidance shared. We will endeavour to keep you updated where changes occur. Thank you for your continued support and understanding for the changes that we have put in place to support keeping everyone safe during the pandemic. Please should you have any question, do not hesitate to contact school or your child’s class teacher.