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Covid-19 Risk Assessment and Outbreak Management Plan Sept. 2021
13/11/20
The link below is for the updated government guidance including changes for the November 2020 lockdown.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-in-the-autumn-term
7/9/20 These are a few reminders:
- The gates will be open from 8:30 to avoid congestion.
- All children should be in school for register at 8:50.
- Children should go straight into their class through their fire door.
- Please do not socialise on the playground.
- Remember to stay 2 m away from other families.
- Please follow the one way systems.
- Children in Nursery, Reception, Year 5 and Year 6 should come in the main gate on Clarenden Street. Exit behind the hall and through the side gate by the kitchen.
- Children in Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 come in through the small gate in the front playground. Exit through the car park.
- Year 2 get to class by coming in the small door, opposite the car park, next their old Year 1 classroom.
- Check my previous announcement from last week (or our website Covid page) for an aerial photo showing where to go.
- Children can bring a coat, a book bag, a small pencil case to keep in their tray if they wish to do so (no sharing please) and a lunch bag.
- School dinners are available as usual.
- Hair should be tied back to avoid the spread of infection.
- If your child has Covid symptoms - see below, please do not bring them to school. Ring to let us know and arrange a test asap.
The main symptoms are:
-a high temperature.
-a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot, for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours.
-a loss or change to sense of smell or taste – this means they cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to
normal.
The link below leads to the latest government guidance for parents and carers.
Covid-19 Wider Opening Information
Check out the 'Head Teacher's Messages' Tab in the left hand column for further news, thoughts and home learning activity ideas during the Covid-19, Coronavirus Lock Down..jpg?width=1920&height=1080&scale=LIMIT_MAXSIZE)
Newsletters are found under 'Letters' in the 'Parents' tab.
Working from Home March 2020
Have you downloaded the 'Seesaw' app for home learning tasks set daily by all our teachers yet? If you can't access that there are lots of useful learning links and ideas in the 'Headteacher's Messages' tab.
Well done to everybody using Seesaw. All classes have been set up and teachers are posting work and responding each day. We are delighted with the response so far - children's messages and work are fantastic. We are so proud of you for persevering and learning this new skill. If you are struggling to access Seesaw please contact admin@burnleyroad.calderdale.sch.uk.
Phase 1 and 2 Wider Opening Including Safety Measures
Plans for Wider Opening
Updated 26/6/20
Instructions for coming into school:
1. Watch the video on homepage showing where each bubble should go.
2. Maintain social distance on Burnley Road using the yellow lines to help you.
3. Year 1, 2 and 6 enter through the small gate on Burnley Road into our front playground.
4. Keep your distance from others and walk straight into your bubble.
5. Sit where your teacher tells you.
6. Family members should leave the playground straight away - go through the staff car park.
Instructions for leaving school at home time:
1. Families may wait on the playground at home time (see times below).
2. Find a space and maintain social distance.
3. Year 1 and 2 families exit through the staff car park to Burnley Road.
4. Year 6 Bubbles 3, 4 and 5 go out through the car park.
5. Year 6 Bubbles 1 and 2 go out behind the hall/kitchen.
School Times:
- School starts for everybody at 8:55 am but the gate will be open from 8:30 am to spread out arrivals and allow for social distancing.
- Year 1 and 2 finish at 3:00 pm Mon to Friday.
- Year 6 finish at 3:10 pm Monday to Thursday and 12:30 pm on Friday.
Phase 1: - N.B.This offer has changed from 2 days a week to every day
We are offer open for Nursery and Reception from Monday 22nd June. Mrs. Holmes will lead a Reception bubble and Miss Brennan will lead a mixed Nursery/Reception bubble 9:00 - 3:00 Monday to Thursday and 9:00 - 12:30 on Friday.
Mrs. Holmes, Miss Brennan, Mrs Geoghegan and Mrs Greenwood are currently getting the rooms ready, putting up wall displays and sorting out individual resource packs for children to use. Reception class will be in the Foundation Stage and Nursery will be in the hall.
Children will need to bring a packed lunch to limit touching and the number of contacts children make. Free school meal vouchers will still be provided.
Children should wear school uniform. If they have outgrown their uniform they should wear clothes as similar to uniform as possible. They will not need a PE kit but they should wear pumps/trainers in case physical activity takes place.
Children in Nursery and Reception should be dropped off and picked up from school.
Phase 2
We should be able to use the other classrooms at Burnley Road from Monday 29th June. We can have bubbles of 8 to 15 depending on room size whilst allowing for 2m social distancing measures. We can offer part time places for Year 1 and Year 6 from then until 17th July.
Year 1 and 2: Miss Shields will lead a Year 1 bubble of 15 on Mondays and Tuesdays. Mrs Timson and Mrs Knapper will lead a Year 2 bubble on Thursday and Friday. We will deep clean on Wednesday. Please let us know if you would like a place for Year 1 on Monday and Tuesday or Year 2 on Thursday and Friday. Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis with a strict limit of 15. Children need to bring a packed lunch each day. Free school meal vouchers will still be provided. You must put your request in writing to Mrs Finnegan by email asap. The address is admin@burnleyroad.calderdale.sch.uk.
Year 6: We are aiming to offer most of our space to Year 6 as it will be their last three weeks at Burnley Road. This will mean using the rest of our staff and the empty classrooms. We will be open for Year 6 each day and would expect those who sign up to attend every day. Each room will be cleaned at the end of the day and we will close for children at 12:30 on Friday for a deep clean of each room. Please note children will be familiar with at least one staff member in each bubble. Please let us know if you would like a place for Year 6 on the understanding your child will be in school every day and be picked up on Friday at 12:30. Children need to bring a packed lunch each day. Free school meal vouchers will still be provided. You must put your request in writing to Mrs Finnegan by email asap. The address is admin@burnleyroad.calderdale.sch.uk.
Children will need to bring a packed lunch to limit touching and the number of contacts children make. Free school meal vouchers will still be provided.
Children should wear school uniform. If they have outgrown their uniform they should wear clothes as similar to uniform as possible. They will not need a PE kit but they should wear pumps/trainers in case physical activity takes place.
Year 1 and 2 should be dropped off and picked up from school.
Year 6 children may walk without a family member but must be encouraged to stay 2m apart from friends.
Safety Measures:
- Children will be asked to wash hands when they arrive at school, then regularly throughout the day.
- Antibacterial Hand Gel will be used between washing.
- Children will sit at separate desks 2m apart or on the floor on their own personal square of vinyl.
- Children will be allowed to play outside and equipment with be cleaned regularly throughout the day.
- The DfE guidance for Early Years makes it clear that children of that age cannot always maintain a 2m social distance. We will attempt to do so to keep everybody safe. However, we cannot guarantee that children and staff will not be in closer contact.
- DfE guidance also says Early Years bubbles can share resources as long as they are cleaned regularly.
We will make sure children have their own packs of stationery, some small toys and books on their table. However we cannot guarantee small children won't move across and touch items on another child's table.
- Any shared resources e.g Lego will be cleaned regularly.
- Books will be quarantined for 72 hours before another child uses them.
- The shared water tray will also contain washing up liquid. It will be changed regularly.
- We will always try to keep two staff members in a bubble and they will only change if a person is absent.
- Bubbles will also be allocated two lunch supervisors and they will be the same each day unless a person is absent.
-Toilets will be cleaned every half an hour. - Nursery and Reception will be closed on Wednesday for a deep clean between bubbles.
- If a child is in distress or has an accident adults will show care and provide concern. Adults will have access to masks, goggles, gloves and aprons for first aid.
- Children should not come to school if they have a high temperature, a cough, shortness of breath or if they have been sick.
- If a child develops Covid 19 symptoms they will be isolated in another area with a staff member wearing a mask, goggles, gloves and an apron; parents will be called to take their child home straight away.
- If a child or adult develops symptoms they must quarantine for 7 days. However, their whole bubble must stay away from school and quarantine for 14 days.
Safety Coming into School Grounds:
- Please keep 2m between yourselves and another family - there will be markings on the floor directing you.
- Please enter through our usual gate at Acre Villas/Westfield Terrace and follow the marked one way system to your 'bus stop style' drop off sign.
- A teacher will meet your child at this point in the playground and take them into class. Nursery will enter through the back door of the hall.
- Reception will enter through their fire door in the middle of the back playground.
- If you need to talk to the teacher please ring school - there won't be time to speak on the playground as other parents and children will be waiting.
- Please follow the one way system to the exit behind our kitchen and through the side gate
- The same system will happen at home time.
- Please don't congregate or stay and chat on the school grounds as this could lead to congestion.
I know this sounds regimented but we are responsible for trying to do our best to keep everybody safe. Thank you for your understanding.
Unit 11
We are still open for key worker and vulnerable children at Unit 11. Please email Mrs Finnegan if you would like a place.