Information and updates

 

Update 16th June

Hi

 

I hope you have had a good day. I just want to keep you updated. The government issued new guidance this week for schools. If we have staff and space we can have more groups in as long as we can keep to all the safety guidelines. Before this can happen I have emailed parents in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 to see if they will be sending their child in before we break up on 17th July as these are the year groups the government have said should be in school. I have also emailed Year 5 parents as if we have space these are the year group who will be moving on to Secondary school in just over a year and so they will have less time to catch up on missed learning. I will look at the survey for year 5 tomorrow at 5pm and based on the numbers then will look to see if we have space.

The new guidance also says if we can follow social distancing and all other measures then we can invite children in to see their teacher before the end of term; I am currently also looking at how we can do this safely so that all children can if parents want them to, come into school for a special achievement assembly with their current teacher. Once I have everything organised I will share this with you.

 

On the government update tonight the Prime minister said the government would continue the free lunches for children eligible for FSM over the summer. This was the first I heard of this and haven’t had any guidance on this yet. Once I know more I will let those parents whose children are eligible how this will work over the summer.

 

Please do contact me if you need anything.

 

Take Care

 

Mrs Morley

Update Monday 1st June

 

Update Sunday 31st May

 

Update Friday 29th May

Hi

I hope you are all well and have had a lovely day. As you will know from previous emails we will be open for more children next week-as well as keyworker and vulnerable children, children in Nursery, Reception, year 1 and Year 6 are able to return to school.

I have now organised the groups as we can only have 15 in each group. If you have not told me your child is returning please do not arrive with them on Monday morning unless I have confirmed which group your child is in and whether there is a space for them.

Please make sure your child if they are coming in has a named water bottle, named sun hat and you have put sun cream on them in the morning. Children should not bring any other bags to school other than a lunch box or for younger children a change of clothes in a named carrier bag.

The gates will be open at 8am-if you child needs to be in school from 8am there is a charge of £1. All other children can arrive between 8.30-9am-it is really important your child is no later than 9am as they must use the entrance for their group. Children can be picked up between 2.45-3.15pm. If you need to collect your child after this up to 4pm there is a charge of £2. Children will use the same entrance and pick up point every day at any of these times.

If your child is returning to school please make sure we have 2 contact numbers that you or a member of your family will be available to take a call from school if needed.

If your child has been coming into school since lockdown and they are in Nursery, Reception or Year 1 they will join their class and I will email you separately. If your child has been coming in since lockdown as either keyworker or vulnerable and they are in Year 2 they will be with Miss Hall in Year 2-please use the normal doors they come in and go home from.

If your child is in Years 3, 4, and 5 and you are a keyworker or in the vulnerable group please drop them at the Year 3/ 4 doors on the KS2 playground and collect them from there too.

I have attached the new lunch menu. If your child is in Years 3,4,5,6 and they are not eligible for free school meals then the cost is £2.40.

Please remember if your child is coming to school if they or anyone in your household has a new cough, temperature or loses their sense of taste or smell you must self isolate, book a test and let me know.

For children not returning we will deliver lunches if you normally receive them and home learning packs will be delivered over next week. Teachers will email daily challenges and will ring children not in school weekly.

I will email parents of children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 separately as well.

Please let me know if you decide to send your child to school on head@oxheywood.herts.sch.uk or contact me if you have a question or need some support.

Thank you for your continued support

Take Care

Mrs Morley

 

Update 29th May

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you and your families are well. Our fantastic Oxhey Wood
community spirit continues and I would like to thank you for the kind messages of support to our brilliant team.

As you will know school has continued to be open for children of
keyworkers and vulnerable children and from Monday children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 are
able to return to school.

All of the staff have planned and prepared for this, I have a very
detailed risk assessment that has been shared with all staff.

I have ensured all advice in the government guidance is included as well
as additional measures we have thought of as a staff team because the safety of your children, your family and Oxhey Wood staff is my top priority.

Children will be organised in small groups of no more than 15 with the same adults with them all day and every day.

I will be finalising groups tomorrow afternoon-there is no pressure on
you to send your child back if you currently do not feel comfortable but if
your child will be returning on Monday 1st I need to know by 12 O’clock
today lunchtime to ensure they are included. Please complete the survey
monkey or email me: head@oxheywood.herts.sch.uk

Once I have finalised the groups I will email each year group tomorrow
to let you know where to bring and collect your child from.

These are some of the details of
how we will run from Monday 1st June:

· Nobody should come to school if they, or a member their household, have
a temperature or new persistent cough, lose their sense of taste and smell – seek
medical advice, book a test and please keep in touch with school

· All children should arrive between 8.30-9am– it is really important children arrive no later than 9am so we can follow our plans effectively and to ensure the safety of everyone

·Collection time will be between 2.45-3.15pm

·Different drop off and collection points: this will be confirmed by email 

· Only 1 adult to bring and collect a child to school and keep 2m from
other parents

· Parents to drop children at the door-no parents inside the school
building

· If you need to drop your child earlier due to work commitments then they
can attend breakfast club in their class from 8am-there will be a cost of £1.50

· If your child needs to stay past 3.15pm they can attend afterschool club
(again in their class) until 4pm – there will be a cost of £2 for this.

· If you are a keyworker your child can continue just to come in for the
days that you work but they must arrive no later than 9am and be collected between 2.45-4pm

· If your child has been coming into school since we closed if their year
group is now in school, they will join their class.

· As far as possible there will be staff the children know in each group

·Children can wear school uniform or their own clothes but they MUST wear clean clothes every day

· Each group will have their own first aid bag and staff will look after children and help them if they hurt themselves

· Regular handwashing throughout the day (you can send your child in with
their own named soap and hand cream as needed)

· Tables will be cleaned regularly throughout the day, we have purchased pedal bins for every class.

· Windows and internal doors to remain open

·Break time fruit will be handed to children to reduce touching of fruit

· Lunchtime cutlery will be already in flight style plates to reduce
touching of cutlery

· Children will have their own named stationery packs and their own work
station

·Any shared resources will be cleaned after use e.g. laptops

·Outdoor learning will be planned as much as possible

·Children to bring in named water bottles that go home very night to be
cleaned (these will be kept on their individual work station)

· Children to bring in a named sun hat, sun cream applied before school

· No book bags/ other bags to be brought to school- packed lunch in a
packed lunch box which will be kept on their work space

· Resources that can’t be cleaned easily have been taken out of classrooms

· If you need to speak to the office, please ring or email or pass a
message to the adult on your child’s door in the morning or at pick up.

· No assemblies

· Staggered breaks and lunches

· Children can have a school dinner or bring a home packed lunch. If your
child is eligible for FSM or in in Reception or Years 1 and 2 there is no cost.
If your child is in Years 3-6 ( and not FSM) the cost each day is £2.40.

If your child is not returning to school:

We will continue to deliver home learning packs.( likely from Tuesday 2nd
June)

· There will be a daily challenge

· Your child’s class teacher will ring you each week.

· Please continue to send in photos of what they have been doing at home-
this can be the work set or something they have made or something they have enjoyed doing.

· If you are currently receiving school lunches we will continue to
deliver these to you. If you are not currently receiving school lunches but are struggling please let me know.

Please do contact me if you would like to discuss any of this with me or
if you feel there is something I have not covered. I hope you are reassured that we have thought very carefully about supporting your child’s potential return to school on 1st June

Thank you again for your ongoing support.

Take Care

Mrs Morley

 

 

Update 18th May 2020

 

Hi

 

I hope you have had a lovely weekend and you and your families are well. Although some measures have been lifted I know how hard it is for families and friends as we still can’t meet up- hopefully as we all keep to the updated rules the rates will continue to fall and we will be able to see them in the not so distant future.

 

I meant to say on Friday how brilliant the messages from so many children were that are on our Facebook and website pages- they had thought so hard about their message and it was great to see their happy faces.

 

I’m looking forward to seeing the work and photos of activities that Mrs Caplan has emailed you about-it will be a great way to share and to celebrate what the children have been doing at home. Please remember to add a short sentence about each picture/photo.

 

I hope many of the children will be able to take part in Rob Biddulph’s world record art attempt this Thursday at 4pm.