This is where you will find all of the information that will keep you up to date with our latest events!

• Covid Update

  Fri 10 Sep 2021

  As you are aware from recent correspondence from school, the LA and Public Health England, we have been advised to have a cautious approach to the return to school and to keep several measures in place. We are thrilled
  that the children can once again learn in classroom groups and use their cloakrooms but we are mainlining consistent groupings and the one way system in and around the building.
  Face coverings: We have been advised to recommend that parents continue to wear face coverings on the
  school site when dropping off and collecting their children.
  End of the school day: Thank you for your support with our routines at the end of the school day and for maintaining a safe distance from other parents as you wait to collect your child.
  We appreciate that our site becomes very congested but please support us by moving quickly around the school
  building and not blocking the walkway. Maintaining a clear path means that classes can move safely to wait with
  their teachers and parents can collect their children and walk around the building to leave the school site.
  General controls: Please help to keep our school community safe by not sending children to school if they are
  showing coronavirus symptoms or are unwell; book a test if you or your child develop symptoms. There is no
  national recommendation for primary aged children to have regular LFT testing, however as you are aware it is
  locally recommended that all children attending a primary school also test regularly
   

• Morrisons Gardening Scheme

  Fri 10 Sep 2021

  P.E will start in school next week and we would like to remind
  you that the children should to come to school wearing their P.E
  kits on these days:

  
  Tuesday Year 3 and Year 4
  Wednesday Year 1 and Year 2
  Thursday Year 6

  
  Year 5 will be starting their swimming lesson on Wednesday
  15th September and should wear their P.E kit to school each
  Wednesday for the 10 week block of lessons. Thank you
   

• PE Lessons

  Fri 10 Sep 2021

  P.E will start in school next week and we would like to remind
  you that the children should to come to school wearing their P.E
  kits on these days:
  Tuesday Year 3 and Year 4
  Wednesday Year 1 and Year 2
  Thursday Year 6
  Year 5 will be starting their swimming lesson on Wednesday
  15th September and should wear their P.E kit to school each
  Wednesday for the 10 week block of lessons. Thank you
   

• The Walk

  Fri 10 Sep 2021

  The children have started the new year of learning by following
  the remarkable journey of Little Amal, a young refugee girl.
  Amal represents the 32 million children who have been forced
  to leave their homes and are often separated from their families and friends. Little Amal is a (not so little) 3.5 metre-tall
  puppet who is walking from the Syria-Turkey border, across
  Europe and into the UK to find her mother. Along the way she
  is stopping in cities and towns, where she will be welcomed into the communities through music, dance, drama, art
  and puppetry. Throughout this week the children have explored the themes of welcome, adventure, home, migration,
  climate and fear through creative activities inspired by Amal's
  adventure. They have considered experiences, feelings and
  values, investigating moral and ethical issues and appreciating diverse viewpoints .In addition the children have had the opportunity to consider different communities and learn about respect and equality. We look forward to welcoming Little Amal to Coventry on October
   

• Commonwealth Connections Project

  Fri 10 Sep 2021

  We are delighted to have been selected as one of six
  schools in Coventry and Warwickshire to participate in
  Commonwealth Connections - a Commonwealth Games
  project organised by the British Council and the Youth Sport
  Trust. We will work with artists on an exciting arts project
  and we will also work with professional athletes on a sports leadership initiative. In addition to this we have been partnered with a school in Zambia, giving us the opportunity to
  work collaboratively with children in Africa. We are looking forward to developing our
  global citizenship skills. Keep an eye out for regular updates!
   

• Letter from the LEA

  Sun 05 Sep 2021

  Dear parent/carer,

   

  We are pleased to be welcoming your children back to school for the start of the new school year. We continue to ensure our schools are as safe as possible, and as a city we continue to share learning and good practice across all schools.

   

  The infection rate in Coventry is currently 317 people with the virus for every 100,000 of the population and we are expecting this to increase throughout September as children and young people return to schools and as more people return to workplaces.

   

  We want to ensure we can continue to keep schools open, and children and young people engaged in onsite learning. Although children and young people under 18 are no longer required to isolate if they are a close contact of a positive case, our experience in the summer term was that we had school outbreaks where a number of pupils in a school setting tested positive. In these circumstances the Local Authority and Public Health will work with the school to put additional mitigations in place to manage transmission. Closure or partial closure of a school will always be a last resort.

   

  We are therefore taking a cautious approach to return to school and supporting schools where they have decided to continue with some mitigations/measures in the interim, as we monitor the local and national picture throughout September. This may vary from school to school but could include staggered start and finish times and not bringing parents onto site other than for drop off and pick up. This may also mean different arrangements within the school day such as consistent groupings, not returning to full school assemblies, use of face coverings etc. We are grateful for your ongoing understanding and support with this.

   

  Attendance

   

  School attendance is mandatory for all pupils of compulsory school age and it is a priority to ensure that your child regularly attends school. We understand that you may have some concerns about this, particularly where your child has come into contact with someone who has tested positive. We want to reassure you that we are continuing to do everything in our power to minimise transmission in schools.

   

  Face Coverings

   

  We are advising all schools to recommend that parents continue to wear face coverings on the school site when dropping off and picking up children. This is in line with the government position which has removed the requirement to wear face coverings in law but expects and recommends that they are worn in enclosed and crowded spaces where you may come into contact with people you don’t normally meet. Secondary age children are also expected to wear face coverings on public transport (including dedicated school buses).

   

  Lateral Flow testing (LFT)

   

  LFT continues to be an important tool in managing infection rates and reducing transmission on an ongoing basis. It is helpful in identifying asymptomatic cases, and therefore reducing the overall number of children and young people that may be exposed to the infection and subsequently test positive.

   

  It is already in place for secondary age pupils, who will be invited to have two tests on their return to school. Following this, home testing kits will continue to be supplied for pupils to test twice weekly.

   

  There is no national recommendation for primary-age pupils to have a LFT. You will be aware, however, that we locally recommend all children attending a primary school to also regularly test and this can be accessed through community sites or home testing kits: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing/regular-rapid-coronavirus-tests-if-you-do-not-have-symptoms/

   

  General Controls

   

  There are a number of other things that you can also continue to do to help make our education settings safe. These are:

   

  • Ensuring all those eligible in your family have had both their COVID-19 vaccinations. Please see here for drop in clinics across Coventry and Warwickshire and all the sites that you can book into:

  https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccination/vaccination-drop-in-clinics/

  https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccination/vaccination-sites/

  Please note that for anyone aged between 16 and 17 years and 9 months they should follow instructions in the letter they have received to book, or attend a drop in clinic (in link above) which states it is for those aged 16 and over.

  • Not sending your child to their nursery, childminder, school or college if they are showing coronavirus symptoms, or if they are unwell.
  • Arranging a test if you or your child develops symptoms – no matter how mild – and informing the nursery, childminder, school or college of the result.
  • Taking your child for a PCR test where they have been identified as having contact with a confirmed case either in school or elsewhere
  • Reinforcing with your children how to wash hands, make space and minimise contact
  • Adhering to the current rules and guidance (including additional mitigations in relation to Lateral Flow Testing and face coverings) to help reduce transmission.
  • Supporting your schools by understanding and reinforcing with your children what is expected within the school, including wearing face covering on public transport (including dedicated school buses) for secondary age pupils
  • Ensuring you wear a face covering when you pick up and drop off students at school sites, and maintain a safe distance from other parents (including not blocking entrances, exits, or immediate areas outside of schools)

   

  If you would like any more help and advice around COVID-19, please go to

  https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

   

   

   

   

• Home visits and staggered week for the new starters

  Sun 05 Sep 2021

  Just a little reminder for our new Reception parents; this week you will be having your 'door step' visit from your child's new class teacher and next week your child will be starting school on a reduced timetable, please check your Welcome Pack documentation for times and hours. We cannot wait to meet you and your little one! 

• Coventry Pheonix Rotary

  Sun 05 Sep 2021

  Coventry Pheonix Rotary members present a certificate and prize to Libby whose Peace Garden design won a Peace Pole for Earlsdon Primary School. 

   

  The project was lead by Mrs Andrews with the red lanyard and Libby can be seen holding her award. 

  

• Summer of Sunflowers and Going Gold

  Sun 05 Sep 2021

  During the summer the staff have been very busy watering the sunflowers and we are pleased to announce that many of them have blossomed! At the front of our school by the Year 2 entrance you will see our Summer of Sunflowers and our Going for Gold for Childhood Cancer awareness month, this September.