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Y6 Reopening Delayed - Update!

Thu 04 Jun 2020

Please read the following important update from Mrs Thomas:

Dear Parents/Carers

RE delayed reintroduction of pupils in years 6, 1 and F2 into school

I have met with our chair and vice chair of governors again this morning and am writing to inform you that school will remain closed to pupils until further notice.

On 29th May the local authority wrote to all parents stating that: “…we do NOT feel it is the right time to bring children back to schools” and “are advising schools run by the council through Nottingham Schools Trust that they should not reopen to wider numbers…”

At the time of writing this letter, the local authority has not changed their statement and are still advising schools that it is not the right time for reintroducing pupils into school.

Therefore, we will not be able to begin to reintroduce year 6 pupils back to school on June 8th.

At school we will continue to make plans so that we can act swiftly once we get the go ahead from the Local Authority and our governing body that it is safe to open on a wider basis. I will inform you again by next Thursday (11th^th June) at the latest of any decisions that have been made about a possible reopening to year 6 pupils only on Monday 15th June.

Our reintroduction plan remains the same and when it is safe to do so, we will operate a phased reopening of school to year 6 pupils first followed by pupils in year 1 and then F2.

I understand the frustration that this lack of clarity and uncertainty gives you. It goes without saying that we want to see our children returning to school but the safety of your child, and of our staff, remains everyone’s top priority.

We will continue to provide a school place every day (8:45am – 3:15pm) for those children whose parents are classed as key workers or are in one of the vulnerable categories. Thank you to all our families who have supported us with the changes we have made this week to our provision to ensure that we are ready for more pupils to return.

Take Care and Stay Safe

Kind Regards

Mrs Alison Thomas

Mr Mark Cotterill (Chair of Governors)

Miss Sophie Russell (Vice Chair of Governors)

Reopening of Schools to R, Y1 and Y6- Letter from Nottingham City Council

Fri 29 May 2020

Nottingham City Council

Loxley House

Station Street

Nottingham NG2 3NG

www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

29 May 2020

Dear parent/carer

Return of more children to schools, nurseries and early years settings

We are writing to you regarding the phased reopening of schools to pupils from Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 in Nottingham schools from Monday 1 June.

The City Council has been working with schools to understand how we might gradually increase the number of children while keeping them as safe as possible.

We have previously said that there was no pressure from the council for head teachers to reopen until they felt they were ready to do. We also made it clear that we would not issue fines for parents who chose not to send their children back to school.

Earlier this week, our council decided that we had growing concerns that the right conditions for a phased return might not be in place by 1 June.

Today, we would like to make it clear, unequivocally, that we do NOT feel it is the right time to bring children back to schools and nurseries on Monday.

We are advising schools run by the council through the Nottingham Schools Trust that they should not reopen to wider numbers at this time.

This is not a reflection on our schools in Nottingham. They have done a tremendous job of working towards opening to more pupils while continuing to look after the children of critical workers and those pupils with additional needs and vulnerabilities. We would like to praise them for their efforts over the last 10 weeks of lockdown.

This is as much about the right conditions being in place – for example the effective introduction of the ‘Test and Trace’ system that would give additional reassurance on how best to manage the spread of the virus.

We know this is short notice, but we have been monitoring the situation and wanted to wait until we were certain that it was not too soon to bring more children back. We want our parents to be confident that all steps are being taken to minimise the risk to their children. We know that this is the number one priority for our parents, for our schools and nurseries, as well as for the City Council.

Councillor David Mellen                                                       Councillor Neghat Khan
Leader of the Council                                                             Portfolio Holder for Early Years,
Nottingham City Council                                                         Employment and Education

FSM Vouchers

Mon 11 May 2020 Mr Pegram

FSM voucher update:

We placed an order last week for this weeks FSM vouchers for families eligible for benefits related FSM support.

As of 11am on Monday 11th May the order hasn't been completed by the company Edenred.

As soon as the order is fulfilled then vouchers will either be emailed direct or delivered by Mrs Finnie.

Kindest regards

Mr Pegram and Mrs Thomas

Thank-you children

Mon 11 May 2020 Mr Pegram

Thank-you children certificates:

This has been an incredibly challenging period for everyone and we are all incredibly proud of how amazing the children of Southglade have been at rising to the challenge of a new way of learning.

We sent out some certificates recently to reward the children and say thank-you.

Here are some pictures of the children with their certificates.

Please send in more pictures to:

admin@southglade.nottingham.sch.uk

kevin.pegram@southglade.nottingham.sch.uk

or to your child's class teacher

Happy Birthday Captain Tom

Thu 30 Apr 2020 Mr Hunter

The children in school sang happy birthday to Captain Tom. See the video in the Video Resource section on the website.

FSM Update

Wed 29 Apr 2020 Mr Pegram

Update 29.4.20

The benefits related FSM vouchers for parents who haven't given school an email address are now in school. We will be delivering them after school this afternoon and tomorrow morning.

Please remember, if you provide an email address to school you can choose the supermarket of your choice whereas the school can only choose vouchers for Asda on your behalf.

Kindest regards

Mr Pegram

FSM Vouchers Update 28.4.20

Tue 28 Apr 2020 Mr Pegram

Important Update 28.4.20

Southglade Primary and Nursery School placed an order for FSM vouchers for those entitled to benefits related FSM on Thursday 23rd April.

If you provided an email address then an e-code is in the process of being delivered to your email address from this website where you can then convert it into an e-gift voucher for a supermarket of your choice. Please check your junk mail as some parents have been reporting that the email has been delivered there.

For parents who haven't provided us with an email address, as a school we have to generate the voucher on your behalf. As of 12pm today we haven't received these codes to convert into vouchers. As soon as we do receive these codes we will convert into vouchers on your behalf and deliver them to your home. This is a delay that is out of our control as the government website appears to be struggling with the demand for FSM vouchers.

Moving forwards, it will be quicker and safer for as many parents as possible to provide us with an email address. If you would like your code to be delivered direct to your personal email then please contact Mr Kevin Pegram, Mrs Alison Thomas or Mrs Jo Rowlett on

kevin.pegram@southglade.nottingham.sch.uk

headteacher@southglade.nottingham.sch.uk

jo.rowlett@southglade.nottingham.sch.uk

Kindest regards and stay safe.