Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

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• CoronaVirus Workspace

  Tue 24 Mar 2020

  Hi Everyone,

   

  Work is beginning to appear in our CoronaVirus Workspace.  It will back-up all your paper-based activities.  There are links to other areas of the web and things to download and do.

   

  We hope you are keeping safe and being good at home.

   

  Take care :-) 

• SCHOOL IS CLOSED

  Fri 20 Mar 2020

  We are now closed to all except critical workers' children.

   

  We are unsure when we are going to re-open, but we will try to keep you updated along the way.

   

  It is a very critical time for the virus spreading in the community and our strongest advice is that you MUST keep your child at home.  This will stop the spread around the local area and to your vulnerable loved ones.

   

  School is NOT the safest place for your child during this time...your home is.

   

  If you can arrange childcare at home then please do so to protect yourself, your vulnerable loved ones and our staff at Bidston Avenue.

   

  Be safe and we'll be in touch regulalrly.

• Coronavirus COVID-19

  Mon 16 Mar 2020

  As you will know, the Prime Minister has indicated that there will NOT be a nationwide closure of schools AT THIS TIME. 

   

  This announcement has not stopped us from preparing for such a closure in the future.  We have begun preparing work/activities for children to complete at home (paper-based and online), so we can reduce any possible learning loss, if it is forced upon us. 

   

  However, some very clear advice has been issued:

   

  IF YOUR CHILD SHOWS SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 (A PROLONGED COUGH OR HIGH TEMPERATURE), THEN THEY ARE TO STAY AT HOME FOR SEVEN DAYS.  

   

  What else are we doing in school?

   

  • We will send any child ‘showing a temperature or coughing’ home for seven days, as per Government guidance.  We will use screening measures if we are concerned about high temperatures (thermometers).
  • School standards of cleaning are good, but we have upped the frequency of cleaning of handles, push plates and other touched hard surfaces.
  • Whole school assemblies will stop until further notice to reduce large indoor gatherings of children.
  • We have reduced/stopped children sitting on floor surfaces.
  • We have increased the frequency of hand-washing (coming into school, after PE, after Computing, after touching iPads and laptops, before and after lunch and playtimes, to name a few).
  • We will not arrange any additional events where large numbers of children are gathered in indoor spaces.
  • We are looking into changing where children exit our building (social distancing).  This will increase the space for parents/carers when collecting children, so they are not in close contact (or can avoid close contact) with other adults.

   

  Your child’s health and the health of school workers and the wider community is always of paramount importance to us.  We endeavour to do whatever is necessary to keep us all safe. 

   

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