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

• Routines

  Sat 12 Sep 2020

  It has taken a little while for everyone to adjust to the new routines at the beginning and end of the day, but we would like to take this opportunity to thank the children, parents, grandparents and family members for their patience over the last two weeks. As routines are becoming more established, we are all becoming more efficient at these busy times- we continue to regularly review routines and will keep you up to date if any significant changes are required. Please remember to wait away from the school site if you arrive prior to your child’s designated drop off or collection time.   Mrs Forde

  
   

• Weekly menu

  Sat 12 Sep 2020

  We are thrilled that our kitchen is up and running again and that we can offer hot and cold meals to all of the children in Reception and Key Stage 1 and a large group of our Key Stage 2 children. Due to current restrictions only the Reception children are eating in the canteen—all other year groups are collecting their hot meals/ sandwiches and returning to eat in their classrooms. To support this process, the children are being asked to pre-book their meal choice when they arrive in school in the morning. The current menu will be sent home to families so you have the opportunity to discuss meal choices with the children before school.

  
   

  

• Covid-19 Absence Guide

  Sat 12 Sep 2020
  Please visit the Covid-19 section of our website. Here you will find a document to support you in your decision making when keeping a child off from school. It supports you with what symptoms mean and what processes you can follow. This has been provided by our LEA.  

• A busy week back!

  Thu 10 Sep 2020
  As all classes have returned full time, the children have enjoyed immersing themselves in their learning and it’s fabulous being back together. 

  

• A letter from the LEA

  Tue 01 Sep 2020

  26 August 2020

  
  Dear parent/carer,
  Our city’s schools will next week re-open to all pupils and we are looking forward to welcoming your child/children back and helping them to continue with their education. In Coventry we are fortunate to have wonderful schools, with excellent and dedicated teachers and staff and we believe that all children need to return to lessons, not only so they can continue their education, but also for their own mental and physical wellbeing.
  This is as important for young children starting school and learning to play with others, as it is for our older students who are facing critical years where their hard work and exams will help them build the careers they want and deserve. If we all work together, we can make sure our children are able to return to a more normal way of life, continue their education and be reunited with friends in a setting that is as safe as possible.
   

  Thank you all for your support so far in helping our city combat COVID-19 and for all youhave done to support our schools  during your child’s/children’s education.

  
  These are, of course, very difficult and worrying times for us all – children, parents/carers, and our school staff – and we would like to reassure you that every measure has been taken to make sure our schools are as safe as possible and that all Government
  guidance has been followed. Nurseries, childminders, schools and colleges have undertaken their own health and
  safety risk assessments and have put in place increased health, safety and hygiene measures.

  
  The arrangements each school makes will be different because no school is the same and plans will differ based on size and layout, the number of pupils, teachers etc. Schools may have staggered starts, finishes, different lunch and break time
  arrangements, new hygiene routines and changes to timetables.
  What they will all have in common is that they are following the latest advice and guidance to keep everyone safe.
  Also, Public Health and the City Council have created clear detailed plans that cover a variety of issues, such as what to do if individual children display symptoms or if there is
  an outbreak within a local community or across the city. These plans follow DfE guidance and are designed to put the safety of children and staff at the heart of everything we do. As a parent or carer, you can also help make our education settings safe by:
  • Not sending your child to their nursery, childminder, school or college if they are showing coronavirus symptoms or someone within the household is showing symptoms
  • Arranging a test if you or your child develops symptoms and informing the nursery, childminder, school or college of the result
  • Ensuring children know how to wash hands, make space and minimise contact
  • Minimising mixing with other people/children.

  
  Public Health Services will also be working with schools and will notify head teachers if it becomes aware of any positive test results that affect a school. We would like to reassure you that we are working closely together in the city, and with
  regional and national organisations to make sure that all safety measures are in place and known by all staff.
  We will continue to monitor guidance closely and make alterations where necessary, and we will keep you informed.
  If you would like any more help and advice around COVID-19, there is specific guidance for the return to school in the autumn term. If your child is anxious in any way, or if you have any concerns, we encourage you to speak to your school, which will work with you to ease those anxieties and enable your
  child to return successfully. We look forward to welcoming our young people back to lessons and to another great year for our city’s schools.

  
  Yours sincerely,

  Kirston Nelson Director of Education & Skills

  Liz Gaulton Director of Public Health and Wellbeing

  
   

• Back to school staggered start times

  Tue 01 Sep 2020

  Dear Parents

  We hope you are well and have enjoyed some relaxing family time together over the summer.

  We are looking forward to welcoming the children back to school over the next few days but recognise that things may look and feel a little different. There are many new routines and lots to remember, so we thought it might be helpful to email you again with some of the key information.

  As you are aware we will be welcoming back half of the children on Wednesday and half of each class on Thursday, before all of the children return on Friday (The groups were decided alphabetically for each class - you will have received an email at the end of term with this information.)

  In line with government advice to minimise the contact children have, they will be learning and playing in year group bubbles and as such, the start and end of the day will be staggered:

  Year group:	Start of the day:	End of the day:
  Year 1	8.55am	3.05pm
  Year 2	8.55am	3.05pm
  Year 3	8.50am	3.15pm
  Year 4	8.45am	3.10pm
  Year 5	8.50am	3.15pm
  Year 6	8.45am	3.10pm

   

  Please try to arrive at these designated times to help limit the adults and children on the school site.

  On entry to their classrooms in the morning and at regular times throughout the school day, each child will be asked to wash their hands. Children and staff will also have access to hand sanitiser throughout the school day.

  As the children will not be using their cloakrooms/ lockers at the start of the school year, we would like to request that the children only bring their coat, lunch bag, water bottle and reading book to school. They will be storing their coats on the back of their chair and all other equipment in their classrooms, so it is important that we keep these areas as clutter free as possible.

  The children will be bringing home their books from last year on their first day in school, so sending a spare bag in their coat pocket may be helpful.

  These new routines will be under constant review and as such, we would like to thank you for your patience over the next few weeks.

  Best wishes

  Mrs Forde

   

   

• From Mrs Forde

  Fri 17 Jul 2020

  Dear Parents/ Carers

   

  We hope you are well?

  As you would expect we are busy preparing for the end of the academic year and saying good bye to the children who are in school, alongside planning for September when we looking forward to welcoming all of the children into their new year groups. More detailed information has been sent home explaining the routines for September, as well as a letter from the Local Authority- please contact us if you haven't received this. 

  There is still lots to plan and we would like to thank you in advance for your patience and flexibility- we may need to make some adaptations to routines and systems once we see how they work with all of the children in school.

   

  Farewell to our Year 6 children

  It has been wonderful to welcome groups of year 6 children into school for their transition project over the last few weeks. They have been super as it hasn't been the end of their time at Earlsdon Primary that anyone imagined. They have been incredible year 6 role models,  supportive junior leaders and wonderful ambassadors for our school at sporting events, robotics competitions and on a range of trips and visits including their residential experience at Dol y Moch. We are very proud of everything that they have achieved and wish them every happiness as they embrace all of the new challenges and adventures at their secondary schools.

   

  PTA Pre-Loved uniform sale- Monday 20th July 1pm-3pm

  The PTA have kindly offered to set up a uniform sale for families on Monday afternoon at the front of the school by the library. Please come along and stock up on the uniform you need for September. If you are passing school the PTA will also have a book collection box to gather any reading books that you have had at home during the last few months.

   

  Breakfast and After school club

  Information was sent home this week to all families who use breakfast and/ or after school club, explaining the provisional plans for the Autumn term. To prevent children from different year groups mixing, we are planning to run OSC in the year group classrooms in the first instance. As a result OSC will look and feel very different for the children and we are trying to establish new staff rotas to support this. Please ensure you return the registration forms by Tuesday 21st July to support our planning and to help us ensure that we have adequate staff for each OSC year group bubble.

   

  School reading books and class text

  If you are able to pass by school between 1pm-3pm on Monday afternoon, we would be very grateful if you could drop any school reading books that you have into the book return box next to the PTA pre-loved uniform sale. 

  If however, this isn't a convenient day or time for you, please gather together the school books and safely store them until September. We are hoping that all books will be returned at the beginning of the new term so that we have enough to use as class text and for all of the children to access as they progress through the reading scheme. There will be additional pressures on on the availability of reading books in the Autumn term as we have to set aside the books that are returned for 72 hours before they can go back onto the book shelves- we are keen to ensure that they are all returned so that we don't face book shortages! Thank you for your support.

   

  'Meet the teacher' online sessions

  Thank you to the children and families who were able to access the online transition meetings that were offered this week. We hope the children (and new reception parents) found the sessions useful and we look forward to seeing you all back in school from the beginning of September. If you were unable to attend the online session, the year group PowerPoint presentations are available to access on the school website. 

  An additional email will be sent out over the next few days, outlining the transition day for your child (either 2nd or 3rd September), prior to all of the children returning on Friday 4th September- please look out for this email.

   

  Thank you for your ongoing support during these challenging months.

  We hope you have a relaxing summer.

   

  With best wishes

  Mrs Forde

• A video of our school for the new children starting in September.

  Fri 17 Jul 2020

  We look forward to welcoming our Reception children to school in September and have made a little video for you to share with your child. We hope this gives you a sense of what the classrooms and school is like. 

   

   

   

  https://www.earlsdonprimary.co.uk/foundation-stage/

• PTA uniform sale

  Thu 16 Jul 2020

  Dear Parents & Carers,

   

  As many of us have not had access to the pre-loved uniform rail since lockdown began and our little ones have all grown lots, we wanted to give everyone the chance to buy any uniform needed for September.

   

  We will therefore be holding a pre-loved uniform sale on Monday 20th July from 1-3pm, £1 per item. Find us by the main school gates.

  To keep everyone safe, we will select items of uniform for you in the required size.

  We will have an honesty jar for you to drop money into, so please bring lots of coins along - we will not be able to give change back!

   

  A Book Amnesty box will be available for any school reading books you have finished with. These will be safely returned to the school reading areas, ready for the children in September. 

   

  A huge thank you for all your help and support this year, it hasn't quite gone as planned, but we hope you are all well and wish you a lovely summer break,

   

  Stay safe!

   

  Earsldon Primary School PTA 

   

  

• Meet your NEW TEACHERS

  Thu 16 Jul 2020
  A big thank you to all of the parents and carers that have enabled their children to log on this week to meet their new teachers and teaching staff. For those of you that could not attend or were unable to login, we will endeavour to put up the power points on the new year group class page so that you can share the power point with your child / children. For example, if your child is in Year 5 the power point that they would need would be on the Year 6 Class Page.