This week, Reverend Rich explores what happened when Jesus met a Samaritan woman at a well.
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Updated Lunch Menu
The kitchen staff have slightly revised the lunch menu.
Please see the updated menu below. We start on week 1 on Monday.
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Head Lice and Nits
Over the last few days we have had a few parents reporting that their child has head lice.
Please can you check your child’s hair over the weekend and treat if necessary. Open the link below to read the NHS’s advice regarding head lice and the best treatment methods.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/
18.9.2020 important updates
After a number of near misses and concerns raised this week please could you ensure the following from Monday 21st September:
- After collecting your child/children please leave the school site immediately, do not stand around chatting to each other.
- Children should not be on their scooters or bikes on school grounds. They should walk them to and from the bike racks until they are outside the school grounds.
- Ladybirds (Miss Shadbolt’s class) will now enter school in the morning via the KS1 entrance door, opposite the nursery playground. Miss Shadbolt will be waiting for the children at 8:40am to show them in. Collection will remain from their classroom outside door at 3pm.
- Only KS2 children should be walking through the KS2 gate and down the path to their classrooms.
- Please follow social distancing guidelines whilst on school premises.
Please could you also ensure:
- If someone else is collecting your children you contact the office so staff are aware of who they will be going home with.
- If your child is sick please leave a message on the absence line before 9:15am. You do not need to ring the school office a message will be sufficient.
Many thanks.
Should I send my child to school?
Please see below an information guide produced by Shropshire Council on illness and Covid.
Year 6 leaver’s hoody
Please return your order form for your child’s leaver hoody asap. We would like to get the order sent off early next week.
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COVID Guidelines
The challenge going forward, as we head towards winter, will be the inevitable question, ‘Is it COVID-19 or something else?’ if your child feels poorly. You are having to make that judgement at home and we are having to make it at school. We can only go on the symptoms list and on our knowledge of the individual. Hopefully with all the hygiene efforts, mask wearing when amongst the public and general social distancing, the usual bugs will be kept at bay as we hope will COVID.
If you or a family member or your child gets poorly and you suspect COVID symptoms then this quick summary may help you understand what has to happen or alternatively contact https://111.nhs.uk/COVID-19 or call 111.
- If your child has one or more of the symptoms then you MUST keep your child away from school and isolate as a household and get a test booked https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/coronavirus-in-children/
- Let the school know you are doing this so we can track your progress.
- Your child can’t return back to school until you have received your test results. If they come back negative, the child can return to school. Empower Trust policy is that we ask to see evidence of a negative test.
If you or your child are tested positive, you MUST inform the school and provide test results via email and then follow Government guidelines for length of necessary quarantine: e.g.
- If your child tests positive for COVID, they have to remain off school for 10 days
- If a family member tests positive, all members have to self-isolate for 14 days
- If within that time, your child shows symptoms and is tested positive, they have to remain off school for 10 days from the point of their positive test result comes into force.
- If they don’t show any symptoms by the end of the 14 days quarantine, then they come back to school.
The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
- a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
- a 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)
- a 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
Most people with coronavirus have at least 1 of these symptoms.
Normal body temperature is different for everyone and changes during the day.
A high temperature is usually considered to be 38C or above.This is sometimes called a fever.
Many things can cause a high temperature, but it’s usually caused by your body fighting an infection.
Important information for parents of year 6
Please open the link below to read an important letter from Steve Compton, Principal Education Improvement Adviser.
Open evening information for Y6 (2)
sQuid update
sQuid are currently having technical issues setting up new accounts for our new starters. They are working hard to try and fix the problem.
As soon as this has be rectified I will be sending out letters to let all the new starters know how to set up their account. In the meantime you are welcome to let your child have school dinners. This will show as a negative amount on your account once you are able to get on (if your child pays for lunches).
Any queries please speak to the school office.
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Friday 11th September
As another wonderful week comes to an end, we would like to share just a few updates.
Our reception children have finished their induction and will begin full time on Monday 14th. They have all had a superb induction and we are very excited to see them grow and develop whilst at St Mary’s. We have had another busy week with new children starting throughout the school and it is great to see how well they have settled and the smiles on their faces.
A huge thank you to all the parents and carers for responding to the updates from last week. The KS2 gate/entrance has been much quieter and safer this week and the new one way system onto and exiting the KS1 playground is working much better. As children are all now settled in school please could only 1 adult enter the school premises to drop off/collect and also no parents/carer should be coming through the green KS2 gate.
Have a lovely weekend, enjoy the sunshine, and we will see you next week.
