We need our families to return all reading folders and books to school by Thursday 15th October 2020?  Books and folders will then be quarantined safely before the October half term?

We would appreciate your support with this as we are very short of home reading books at the moment as the books were sent home with children as we went into lockdown.

Our aim is to send every child home with home reading books for the half term holiday.

Click here for more information on home reading during Covid 19 

The ADHD Foundation are offering training for our Early Years Parents, (Reception and Nursery Classes). It will be virtual training for – “Understanding and supporting your child’s early development”.

It will be held on Wednesday 21st October from 9.30 am- 2.30 pm.

This session is aimed to support any parent/carer of children in the Early Years who may have concerns with regards to potential developmental delay (early emergence of Neurodevelopmental Conditions – ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia).

If you are interested please contact Mrs Brown or your child’s teacher if you would like to access this training.

Please click on the flier below for further information.

CN3

Please find below an invitation for Notre Dame’s virtual open evening on Thursday 1st October. Attached is also the faith form they require if you wish to apply for a place in their school.

Virtual Open Evening 2020 Headed (1)

ND Supplementary Faith Form for Sept 2021

We are hoping to resolve the issue with our online reading resource soon and will keep parents posted. Children will be given new login details and passwords ASAP. Thank you for your patience.  

My Rising Stars reading website will be out of action for the next few days please patient while we update this resource. Thank you 

Dear parents,

Levels of COVID-19 in Liverpool are high and increasing every day – we all need to take urgent action. 

It is now essential that parents and carers in Liverpool wear face coverings when collecting and dropping off their children at school.   All school staff will also model best practice by wearing a face covering/visor if supervising during collection or drop off.

We hope that families will support this action at your child’s school to ensure the safety of everyone in the school community.

Those parents who refuse or cannot wear face coverings should maintain social distancing of at least 2m from children and other parents/ carers at school.

We thank you in advance for ensuring greater levels of safety at school’s and in our communities.

Many thanks,

Matthew Ashton

Director of Public Health

Please click below for our quick reference guide for parents. 

Reference guide for parents

Please take the time to read this School COVID alert letter

Please click on this link for information about PE in school this term

The Liverpool ASD Training Team are providing a series of virtual drop in advisory sessions via zoom.  They are for parent/carers wishing to talk in a private one to one setting about any questions or concerns they may have about their child. You do not require a diagnosis of ASD to book your place.

To book your place please email your choice of date and time and you will be emailed a zoom link. There are two places available for each time slot.

Monday 29th June 2020 
9.30 – 10.15
10.30 – 11.15
11.30 – 12.15
12.30 – 1.15

Tuesday 30th June 2020
12.00 – 12.45
1.0 0 – 1.45
2.00 – 2.45
3.00 – 3.45

https://asdtrainingteam@liverpool.gov.uk

On the 22nd June we are reopening for Y6 children along with our key worker families.

We are currently contacting parents of Y1, Reception and Nursery children as we make plans to welcome back these year groups. More information will follow regarding this. 

In order to ensure that we maintain social distancing with increased numbers of children on site we have reviewed the timings of the day. Each group of children will have a specific time to arrive and leave school in order to minimise contact with other groups. Siblings/families are able to arrive together and they will be taken to their year group bubbles by staff. Please check the timings that apply to your child/children.

Staggered school drop off times 

8 am -8.15 am – Key worker children who have a pre-arranged early drop off at school

8.50-9.00 am  – Key worker/Hub children 

9.15 am- Year 6 children   

Staggered end of day times 

3 pm – Siblings/family groups

3.10 pm-EYFS children

3.15 pm – Key Stage 1 children

3.20 pm- Key Stage 2 children  

3.30 pm – Year 6 children

Other information 

To reduce infection children must not bring personal belongings into school and all children will receive a school dinner/school packed lunch.

For those families who do not receive Free School Meals can I remind you that the weekly cost of a school lunch is £7.50. The cost of this has been greatly subsidised by the school.

In order to reduce the risk of infection we have been advised that we are unable to accept cash in school.

Last year we introduced SIMSPAY (previously known as AGORA) as our online payment system.If you have previously used SIMSPAY please use this method to pay for your child’s school dinners .

If you need help logging on to SIMSPAY please email Miss Chute on admin@oliprimaryschool.co.uk or ring school on 0151 260 8957 and we will support you with this process.

Liverpool Parent and Carers Forum-LivPaC

Liverpool Parent and Carers Forum (LivPaC) is a group of parents and carers of children and young people with special education needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who work with education, health and care services.

“Alone, we can do so little.  BUT together we CAN do so MUCH”

Through their participation and co-production, they work to create a culture across all services which places need of families at the centre of the decision making.

Below is a link to LivPac which holds a wealth of resources which may provide useful in supporting your child and your family. 

As Parenting Co-ordinator for Liverpool City Council, I am proud that we can offer parents across the city a platform to share their stories whilst offering resources from across a wide spectrum of organisations to support parents on their journey.

It has been a privilege to pull these SEND blogs and information together and I would like to thank the parents, LivPac and our partners for their support and assistance in piecing this jigsaw of information together. Chris Cavanagh

Produced by LivPac & Chris Cavanagh (LCC Parenting Co-ordinator)

SEND Parenting

Following the advice from Steve Reddy, Director of Children’s Services and his team our school will be open to Y6 pupils on 22nd June 2020. (See below)

Children should arrive at school at 9.15 am in their uniform. They will not be able to bring in any personal items from home and all children will receive a school hot dinner or a school packed lunch. For those families who are not in receipt of free school meals can I remind you that school dinners cost £7.50 per week.   The children can be collected from school at 3.30pm so that we can ensure social distancing.

We look forward to seeing the children back in school on Monday.

STEVE REDDY – UPDATE ON WIDER RE-OPENING OF SCHOOLS
As of 11th June, almost all schools are open to children of key workers and vulnerable
children. The return of Year 6 children was initially planned for 15th June but this was
paused until 22nd June.
Having consulted with Cheshire and Merseyside Directors of Public Health 1, they now feel able to support schools to progress their plans for a phased return of Year 6, if deemed safe to do so on 22nd June.
 This will be based upon the individual context of each school and will be dependent upon the size and layout of the building, circulation around the site and availability of staff. Places will be allocated until a school reaches its capacity as determined by its individual risk assessment. Once again, the stage at which
schools are able to open for these pupils will vary from school to school.

Liverpool City Council
Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1AH.

Following recent information about the virus rate and advice from public health, school’s have been advised by Steve Reddy the director of Children’s Services Liverpool, NOT TO OPEN for Y6 on the 15th June 2020 as planned.

We will continue to work with the local authority, school staff and governors to ensure that we meet the needs of as many children as possible. More information will follow for our Y6 children and families and we will continue to risk assess for a wider school reopening as we move forward throughout the summer term.

Catherine Sergeant

Head Teacher 

Dear Parents/Carers,

This is to inform you of an app that has come to light this week. The app is called Sweet Snap and there is an upgrade called Sweet snap lite.

This is a dangerous app to download. If downloaded it has been reported to also download additional software to your phone siltently. There have been instances of student’s photos being uploaded from the phone silently too. There are multiple adults accessing the chat and trying to talk to the chilldren in a sexual manner.

This has been reported to the Police but please can all parents/carers check their child’s phone and remove this app if they have it.

Please can you speak to your child about online safety.

If you would like additional resources to support this, then click the link below.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/

If you have any concerns regarding any apps or online safety, then please inform the Police and school.

How we will keep safe in school- summer 2020

Please read all of the information below

Returning-to-School-Letter-26.5.20

Week beginning 1^st June – KEY WORKER FAMILIES ONLY

We are currently on our 2-week half term holiday however staff from school have kindly volunteered their time so that we can continue to support our key worker families.

I have been in touch with key worker families who accessed the OLI Hub to plan for their childcare needs however if you think that your child comes under the key worker category and you require childcare for the week beginning 1^st June 2020 please email admin@oliprimaryschool.co.uk. You will need to provide details of your employment and shift patterns so that we can ensure that we don’t exceed staff- pupil ratios. The full list of key workers according to the Government can be found at this link

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision

Week beginning 8th June 2020 –KEY WORKER AND VULNERABLE FAMILIES ONLY

If your child falls  into the vulnerable category set out by government they will also be able to attend school from the 8^th June 2020 . If your child has already attended a childcare hub we have planned for these children however if you have not attended a childcare hub and you feel that your child comes under either category please email admin@oliprimaryschool.co.uk outlining your childcare needs. A member of staff will be in touch.

Steve Reddy – Letter to parents –

Please read this letter from Steve Reddy the Director of Children’s Services . We are planning in school towards a safe reopening and I will be in touch this week with more information . Please be assured that the safety of your child, your family and our staff is our utmost priority.

Mrs Sergeant