**Blog updated on 2/9/21 with extra information**

We are looking forward to welcoming the children back to school on Friday 3rd September. We hope they have had a really good summer and are excited about seeing their friends and teachers again back in school.

Staff have been working very hard all week to prepare the building alongside heating engineers and contract cleaners. It will be close, but we will be ready!

When the children return to school, we will be following the government’s latest covid-19 guidance. The guidance is considerably less prescriptive than we have become used to and is based on the following control measures:

1. Ensure good hygiene for everyone.
2. Maintain appropriate cleaning regimes.
3. Keep occupied spaces well ventilated.
4. Follow public health advice on testing, self-isolation and managing confirmed cases of COVID-19.

 

We will continue to use our ‘Rainbow Rules’, and will talk to the children about how they apply to the current situation. Please also take time to discuss these with your children.

RAINBOW RULES

• Distance – We are mindful about social distance when we are inside with adults or children not in our class 

• Cover – Cough, blow or sneeze? Catch it, kill it, bin it.

• Speak up – Tell someone if you feel poorly.

• Wash and Avoid – Wash hands or sanitise for 20 seconds and try not to touch your face.

• Personalise – Only use equipment that you share in your class.

• Wellbeing – Share your worries – whatever they are.

 

It would really help us if parents could talk to their children about hand washing and also ‘catch-it, bin-it, kill-it’ .

We would ask all parents to be mindful of social distancing and that only one parent accompanies their child onto the school grounds. Face coverings are optional but we will ask parents to wear a mask when coming into school for meetings.

Please remember that government advice continues to state that children should not come into school if they have symptoms of covid-19 or have had a positive test result. Everyone with symptoms should self-isolate and  arrange a PCR test.

What to do at the start and end of the day?

• F1 - Line up outside the gate to the EYFS outdoor area ready for a 9am start. Children who finish at 3.30 can be collected from the gate. Children finishing at lunch will be collected from the main reception. 
• F2 - Line up outside their classroom door ready for a 9am start. The children will be released from this door at 3.30pm.
• Y1 - New classroom! Go straight in from 8.50am through 'Dragon's Den' (the new Y1 classroom). The children will be released from this door at 3.30pm.
• Y2 - New classroom! Go straight in from 8.50am through the Y2 classroom door (Miss Fowell's old classroom). The children will be taken onto the back playground at 3.30pm and lined up before being released to parents.
• Y3 & 4 - Line up on front playground ready to be collected by Miss Fowell from 8.50am. Please be prompt! Children will be brought onto the front playground at 3.30pm.
• Y5 & 6 - As usual, enter through the back doors from 8.50am and exit at 3.30pm.

Mr Cresswell, Mrs King and Mrs Buttery will be oustside to help direct parents before school.

Blaize’s Reading Lair will be open from 8.30am in the dining room. Children in Y5&6 can come to Reading Lair alone, but younger children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults coming into school for Reading Lair are asked to wear a face covering when entering an leaving the building, taking it off when reading with their child.

Are you prepared for tomorrow? Your child will need:

• Labelled PE kit and water bottle
• Correct, labelled school uniform (remember, black shoes and not trainers)
• Long hair tied back
• No jewellery other than stud ear rings
• School book bag

If you have any questions about the return to school, particularly if your child has any specific health issues, please contact us on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday next week.

Best regards,

The KPNS Team

 

PS Why not get ahead and ensure your child is on teh green zone on Doodle?

 

Dear Parents and Carers, 

I contacted you on Friday to let you know that the first day back to school for children next week will now be Friday 3rd September. A copy of the blog can be found below.

I do appreciate that the last minute delays to the heating project in school may cause some families considerable inconvenience - especially those families who require childcare due to work commitments. Consequently, we have agreed subsidised childcare with Windmills that day for up to 20 children. The cost has been reduced to £15, with families of 3 or more children paying a maximum of £30. The childcare is available between 8am and 5pm and is based at KPNS - if you are interested, please email admin@windmillschildcare.com .

Please be assured that this decision to delay the children's return has not been taken lightly. Contractors have confirmed again today that the site is not safe for teaching staff to attend and that work will continue next week to ensure the building is prepared for the children's return.

Best regards,

Peter Cresswell

Click here to see pictures of the ongoing work in school

We know you have only just begun your holidays, but we thought a few reminders about September would be helpful to help with your planning over the coming weeks.

School Uniform for Keyworth Primary:

• Grey skirt or pinafore dress
• Black or grey trousers or shorts
• White blouse or shirt
• Red and white checked dress
• Red sweatshirt, cardigan or fleece
• Flat, plain black shoes that do not feature branding  (not trainers)
• If your child wears earrings, please ensure that they are only STUD earrings.

For PE:

• Black/ navy shorts
• White T-shirt (non-branded)
• Plimsolls or trainers 
• Tracksuit/ warm top for cold weather 
• Long hair must be tied back.

EARRINGS MUST NOT BE WORN FOR PE LESSONS – CHILDREN MUST BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT THEIR OWN EARRINGS, STAFF CANNOT ASSIST WITH THIS AND CANNOT PROVIDE PLASTERS.

If you are planning on getting your child’s ears pierced, please do so at the beginning of the holidays so that they have time heal.

For Swimming (Yr 3 and 4 will begin this in the Autumn Term):

• Boys- trunks (not shorts – this is very much enforced by the instructors) and a towel.
• Girls- one piece swimming costume and a towel.
• The Local Authority discourages the wearing of goggles on safety grounds. Children will only be allowed to wear them if a parent sends in a letter of permission. 
• Long hair must be tied back.

Holidays

Whilst we know that Covid restriction easing may mean that holidays in term time may be tempting, please remember that there is certain criteria for these being authorised. These being:

Exceptional circumstances could include:

1. Service personnel returning from a tour of duty abroad where it is evidenced the individual will not be in receipt of any leave in the near future that coincides with school holidays
2. Where an absence from school is recommended by a health professional as part of a parent or child’s rehabilitation from a medical or emotional issue
3. The death or terminal illness of a person close to the family
4. Out of school programmes such as music, arts or sport operating at a high standard of achievement
5. Religious observance – The Education Act 1996 S444(3)(c) states “on any day exclusively set apart for religious observance by the religious body to which his/her parent belongs”
6. A day to attend a wedding, funeral, etc

A family holiday is NOT an exceptional circumstance and school will be expected to begin enforcement proceedings in such circumstances. As such, any holidays taken in term time are likely to result in a penalty notice, and a fine, being served by Notts County Council.

Please arrange to meet with Mr Cresswell, Mrs Holmes or Mrs King if you feel that your child requires time away from school owing to any of the exceptional circumstance above. 

Wow! What a year that has been! We would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in our KPNS community for your ongoing support as we have continued to battle our way through the pandemic. We are so proud of the resilience shown by our p

Dear Parents and Carers,

You will all be aware that the covid-19 guidance in England changes on Monday. Although many schools across the country close for the summer today, most schools in Nottinghamshire will remain open next week. Schools that remain open past the 19^th July will need to continue to manage the covid situation amongst pupils and staff.

Guidance received yesterday confirms that schools remaining open after the 19^th July can retain existing covid procedures to help contain the spread of the virus, hopefully leading to fewer children needing to isolate at the beginning of the school holidays. As a result, adults on the school site should continue to wear a face covering and observe all other existing measures. Existing measures in school for pupils and staff will also be retained. As ever, your support with this is greatly appreciated and very important.

The guidance is still be clarified as this update is written, so we will update you further next week if necessary.

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the sunshine!

Kind regards,

Mr Cresswell