Earlsdon Primary School
Latest News
This is where you will find all of the information that will keep you up to date with our latest events!
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PE Lessons
Fri 10 Sep 2021P.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
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The Walk
Fri 10 Sep 2021The 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
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Commonwealth Connections Project
Fri 10 Sep 2021We 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!
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Letter from the LEA
Sun 05 Sep 2021Dear 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
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Home visits and staggered week for the new starters
Sun 05 Sep 2021Just 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!
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Coventry Pheonix Rotary
Sun 05 Sep 2021Coventry 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.
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Summer of Sunflowers and Going Gold
Sun 05 Sep 2021During 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.
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End of year video 'Unstoppable'
Mon 19 Jul 2021We have been busy preparing an end of year video for you to enjoy. You can find it in the Children section of our website. We are very proud of everything that has been achieved and hope this video is a great way to celebrate our wonderful children and staff team, at the end of a challenging year.
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Dates for your diary
Mon 19 Jul 2021Dates for your diary: Tuesday 20th July Last day of the Summer term
Wednesday 21st July Staff training day– Summer holidays begin for the children
Friday 3rd September Staff training day– school remains closed for children
Monday 6th September First day of the Autumn term for the children -
End of year reports
Mon 19 Jul 2021Thank you to the families who have acknowledged receipt of their child’s report by returning the reply slip. The children will be meeting their new teachers on Tuesday morning in preparation for the new academic year. We will also be arranging parents meetings for September when you can hear about the year ahead and meet the new staff team. The children will be bringing home their books on Monday—please send your child into school with a strong plastic or cloth bag. Thank you
