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Letter from Dawn Stabb - Head of Education & Learning

Wed 22 Jul 2020

Date: 20 July 2020

Dear Parent / Carer,

As we come to the end of term and move into the Summer Holidays the government has confirmed that providers who run community activities, holiday clubs, after-school clubs, tuition and other out-of-school provision for children will be able to operate over the summer holiday with the correct safety measures in place.

The government have set out guidance for providers of out-of-school settings, like holiday or tuition clubs, that wish to operate over the summer holidays and have also released protective measures guidance to help them put measures in place to reduce the risk of infection and transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19).

When schools in the local area have closed for the summer term, children of all ages and from multiple schools may attend these settings. The Early Years and Childcare Service have put a list together of those holiday schemes that are intending to open over the summer holidays.

The list is available on Pinpoint, which includes up to date information about early years group settings, childminders and holiday clubs.

If you cannot find what you need, please complete the Unable to Find Childcare Form and click the submit button at the end. One of our team will contact you to help with finding the childcare you need over the summer holiday period.

Kind regards

Dawn Stabb

Head of Education & Learning

Join Jess for her final dance workshop

Tue 21 Jul 2020

Hello everyone!

This is it! The final instalment of this term's online workshops! I hope you have had a brilliant term, thank you for dancing and learning French with me online. I can't wait to be back in person when possible, but in the meantime, here are this week's links which are all about transitions and end of term celebrations - enjoy! All sessions from this term will remain available over the summer holidays if you fancy having a dance around or refreshing your French - for ease the links for the whole term will be sent separately.

Fabulous French for all years: https://youtu.be/7_bCPzBF-ig

Key Stage 1:

Dance Warm Up: https://youtu.be/VTK0Pxr6lB4

FINAL Session: https://youtu.be/DbIeWr7uoW4

Key Stage 2:

Dance Warm Up: https://youtu.be/rFx0lqFC3Ms

FINAL FUN Session: https://youtu.be/ZEZSg525jD4

Wishing you all a fantastic summer, good luck at secondary school Year 6 - and make sure that you wow the teachers with your fabulous French and great dance moves!

Take care, bonnes vacances!

Miss Squire

Important information regarding children returning to school in September.

Mon 20 Jul 2020

Monday 20th July 2020

Dear Parent/Carer

September 2020 Return & Recovery

From Monday 7th September I am looking forward to all children returning to school, this letter will set out the school’s arrangements for this return and the steps that will be taken to address the recovery of learning due to the school closure. A comprehensive Risk Assessment covering all aspects of the return and recovery will be published on the school website at the beginning of September following any updates and additional information from the DfE and Devon County Council during the summer break.

Class organisation

Children will be grouped in class bubbles within their classroom, there will be no mixing of classes and no whole school gatherings. Children will not be able to fully socially distance whilst within a class bubble but will be expected to avoid contact with each other as much as is possible taking into consideration the age of the children and the nature of a school environment. Desks will be arranged where possible to forward face and children will be encouraged to avoid face to face interaction. Children will have a dedicated desk space and personal stationery kit. Only essential items are to be brought into school such as a coat, book bag, PE kit, water bottle and packed lunch, other items such as pencil cases and toys are not encouraged.

Arrival and departure

There will be staggered arrival and departure times and separate playtimes and lunchtimes using different areas of the playground and school field. The table below shows the times for each class. It will be essential that children arrive and depart promptly to ensure social distancing of class groups. Reception children joining school for the first time in September will be having a phased start to school during the first week and a separate letter has gone out to Reception parents.

Class	Arrival	Departure
YR Chestnuts	0830	1450
Y1 Hawthorns	0835	1455
Y2 Willows	0840	1500
Y3 Poplars	0845	1505
Y4 Oaks	0850	1510
Y5 Beeches	0855	1515
Y6 Maples	0900	1520

On arrival to school and for departure all children will be supervised by staff on the playground and will be asked to line up using social distancing spots. Please do not come on to the playground and be mindful of social distancing at all times. Children using the school bus will arrive and depart at the usual bus times and siblings may arrive and depart at the same time, this being the time of the youngest sibling.

Handwashing/sanitising

Whilst in school children will wash/sanitise their hands on arrival/departure, after every play and lunch time, before eating food, after using the toilet and after any session involving shared equipment such as PE.

Toilets

Each class will have dedicated toilets for their class and will be appropriately supervised to avoid any overcrowding.

One way system

To avoid classes mixing and to maintain social distancing there is a one-way system around school, this is shown through signage and arrows painted on the floor.

School transport

Parents requiring school transport are asked to make direct contact to discuss needs and COVID-19 secure measures

https://www.devon.gov.uk/educationandfamilies/school-information/school-and-college-transport

Lunch arrangements

All lunches will be eaten in classrooms, either a home packed lunch or Devon Norse lunch. Children will wash/sanitise hands before eating and tables will be cleaned before and after eating.

Devon Norse lunches will be delivered to the classrooms and all waste and used crockery and cutlery collected afterwards. All crockery and cutlery will be thoroughly washed and sanitised before being used again.

Uniform including PE kit

Normal school uniform including a PE kit is expected from the beginning of term - please see the school website for school uniform requirements.

Visitors to school

If you need to come to the school office, please phone in advance, only one person will be admitted at a time and you will be asked to wait outside observing social distancing.

Wellbeing - ensuring children are ready to learn

The wellbeing of children, parents/carers and staff has been of utmost importance to me from the beginning of the school closures and will continue to be so when school returns in September. As a school, our focus when children return will be to ensure all social/emotional and wellbeing needs are identified and met before we turn our attention to meeting learning needs created by the vast majority of children not being in school for the entire summer term - ensuring children are ready to learn.

The curriculum

The school curriculum will continue to be broad and balanced. Quality first teaching will be used to identify learning needs for all children and then we will plan and teach accordingly to meet these needs. Some children may require additional support through the use of small group work or interventions and we will be looking to use the promised funding from the Government to support us with this.

Attendance

The expectation is that all children will return to school on Monday 7th September. For any family that feels their child is not able to return the school will work with them to support their child returning.

Home learning

In the event of children not being able to attend school due to self isolating or another school closure, Home learning will be used to ensure learning continues. This will follow the arrangements used throughout the Summer term of work being published on class pages and Class Dojo being used for posting work back in and for teachers to give feedback.

Extended school provision

We are hoping to restart breakfast and afterschool club in the Autumn term and further details will be sent out at a later date. To help us in our planning, please email admin@hatherleigh-pri.devon.sch. uk to indicate if you intend on using either the breakfast or after school club.

Further information

As said earlier, a comprehensive Risk assessment will be published on the school website at the beginning of September along with any further information or updates from the DfE or Devon County Council.

However, if you have any questions or require further information, please contact school

01837 810248 admin@hatherleigh-pri.devon.sch.uk

Thank you for all your support, understanding and cooperation during this challenging and uncertain time, I am thoroughly looking forward to welcoming everyone back in September.

Stay safe and well and enjoy a good Summer break.

Alan Monger

Headteacher

Join Jess for her latest dance workshops.

Wed 15 Jul 2020

Hello everyone!

This week's dance sessions are very much about having fun, and getting out and about. Well worth a go - I hope you enjoy them - and if you're at home you can even get involved with some fancy dress!

In French try to see how many words you've learnt so far - I'm sure you'll be impressed with your progress - and there are more cheesy tunes to try.

Fun French for all years

https://youtu.be/4VDzlBaFvEg

Key Stage 1

Dance Warm Up: https://youtu.be/VTK0Pxr6lB4

NEW Session: https://youtu.be/Hf18daMdGgo

Key Stage 2

Dance Warm Up: https://youtu.be/rFx0lqFC3Ms

NEW Session: https://youtu.be/YmK7dGP7t3A

Enjoy!

Miss Squire

Join Jess for her latest dance workshops.

Wed 08 Jul 2020

Hello everyone!

Miss Squire here with the latest links!

This week is Creative Arts Week and so in dance, we have a Creative Arts SPECIAL! The
dance workshops have NEW content only, a different structure, and are stand-alone, so you
can do them even if you've not tried a session yet.
KS1 follow a story through dance, while KS2 learn some dance essentials, and in French be
prepared for more cheesy dance tunes everyone (or should I say tout le monde?).
Simply click below to access the sessions:

Fabulous French for all: https://youtu.be/lW_S6BjHKWw

Key Stage 1:
Dance Warm Up: https://youtu.be/VTK0Pxr6lB4
NEW Session: https://youtu.be/t1gizWjFosU

Key Stage 2:
Dance Warm Up: https://youtu.be/rFx0lqFC3Ms
NEW Session: https://youtu.be/xyrpEZUv3O4

Best wishes
Miss Squire

Join Jess for her latest dance workshops.

Wed 01 Jul 2020

Hello everyone!

Miss Squire here - I hope you are all enjoying the online sessions so far? This week we can really have fun dancing the routines on our world tour, and focus on celebrating the progress we have made over the past ten weeks. Well done! Some videos feature special appearances from Charlie the kitten too - not to be missed! There's also a new song in French that is sure to get stuck in your head and irritate parents...

French: all years
Fabulous French for all - https://youtu.be/8mfI2jDI3uE

Key Stage 1:

Warm Up - https://youtu.be/VTK0Pxr6lB4

NEW Session - https://youtu.be/G93muzsAwwo

Key Stage 2:

Warm Up - https://youtu.be/rFx0lqFC3Ms

NEW Session - https://youtu.be/UtPRWVZiqK0

Enjoy everyone, take care, and stay active!

Miss Squire