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

There will be availability for parents to attend webinars from The ADHD Foundation.

Topics will include:

• ADHD and Treatment – AM
• Sleep and Wellbeing – PM
• Stress awareness and self-regulation – Evening

There will also be workshops on Emotional wellbeing and mental health with a focus on moving towards transition which will be held on Wednesday Evenings 7-8pm.

If you wish to attend please email school using the SEND e-mail address and your request will come directly to myself. I will then give you further details to access them.

This training is primarily for families who have accessed support from the ADHD Foundation through school; or for those families who have a child with a diagnosis of ADHD/ASC or have a child on Pathways.

send@oliprimaryschool.co.uk

Further information can be found on the SEND page of Home Learning.

Keep safe and take care, Mrs Brown

Numeracy Day 2020

https://education-static.apple.com/creativity-for-kids/index.html

Apple Education have set some great tasks for children to complete. All have full instructions. Give it a go and don’t forget to send us your creations or results.

Please find the latest newsletter on our School Closure Home Working – SEND tab.

Think U Know

Parents/ Carers and Students why not have a go at the quiz? Let us know how you get on! Remember it is important to stay safe on line!

For the attention of those families in receipt of FSM.

School is awaiting delivery today of the FSM vouchers for our families.  We will be sending these out by first class post, as soon as they are received by school.

Thank you for your patience at this time.

Ask your parents to go online to hear your favourite authors read their books. http://oliverjeffers.com is reading a story aloud each day in his ‘Stay at Home Story Time’ section.

Please click on the “extended schools” tab on the top navigation bar to find our new “School closure-home learning” pages .

You will find lots of advice and support on this page for you and your children . We have also set up age appropriate work on your child’s key stage home schooling pages which you will find on the side tabs below the “school closure-home learning” page . 

Remember to email your teachers with photographs of your work they would love to see it.If you need help or advice you can also use the key stage emails and a teacher will respond to you between 9am and 4pm .

Around 50 hubs to look after primary age children of key workers in Liverpool will open on Monday 23 March.

It follows the Government’s decision to close schools later today until further notice, as part of the response to coronavirus.

The strategically located school sites are only for primary age pupils whose parents are key workers and have no other safe childcare available to them, and will initially be open from 9am until 4pm.

Parents of primary school children who are eligible are asked to take their child to the nearest site which is convenient for them on Monday, where there will be staff available to receive them.

There will be no provision for secondary school pupils, but secondary schools are identifying vulnerable children and will be proactively contacting those parents directly to see if they need any support.

The city’s five nursery schools – Abercromby Nursery School, Chatham Place Nursery School, East Prescot Road Nursery, Ellergreen Nursery School and Everton Nursery School – are remaining open and will accept children of key workers who have no other available childcare.

Some specials will be open – Palmerston School, Princes Primary School, Hope School, Sandfield Park School, Woolton High School, Redbridge, Milstead, Abbotts Lea and Bank View – and will be in touch with parents regarding their capacity to support children.

Who is eligible?

The list of key workers is:

• Social workers, care workers, health and social care staff and those required to maintain the sector
• Teachers, specialist education professionals and nursery staff
• Staff essential to the operation of the justice system
• Staff involved in the management of the deceased
• Administrative staff in local government essential to the delivery of the COVID-19 response
• Staff delivering essential public services such as payment of benefits
• Staff involved in the distribution of food or other key goods
• Police and police support staff
• Fire and rescue staff and support staff
• Transport workers
• Utilities workers
• Probation staff
• IT staff necessary to support COVID-19 response
• Payment providers
• Waste disposal service presumably including refuse collection

In addition, other workers described include:

• Armed forces personnel
• MoD civilian staff and contractors
• National Crime Agency
• Border security
• National security staff
• Religions and charity staff
• Journalists and broadcasters

Parents working in these sectors may be asked to provide proof from their employer that they are eligible.

Dear Parent, 

Please see below the link to a letter advising of our school closure with effect from Monday 23rd March 2020.

School closure and reminder of online working arrangements for children

Dear Parents,

We are currently waiting for further clarification from the government as to the roles which are deemed to be Key Worker, but to support our planning, we have sent out a survey via our school app for parents to complete, asking them to state if they have a Key Worker Role and if they intend to send their children into school during the closure.  

We have also sent a text to those parents not yet registered on the school app, asking they contact school by phone or email to provide the same information.

At present some of roles which are designated as Key Worker are NHS employees, Emergency Services personnel, delivery drivers, Prison officers and teachers.

It is important that you advise as soon as possible if, as a key worker, you will be sending your child/children into school, so we can plan effectively our provision following this Friday’s school closure.

Please click on the link below for information from

Father Richard about the postponement of First Holy Communions this year. 

Holy Communion postponement

Thank you to all families who have kept us informed if they and their family have chosen to self isolate.

In order to support the children’s education at this time we are currently gathering together electronic resources that you will be able to access on any electronic device at home. We will also be putting downloadable children’s resources onto our school website . Using the school App and the school website we will send a letter to parents in the next few days with all of the information that you will need in order to support your child’s learning at home.

For those families whose children are in school at the moment can I assure you that we are strictly following all of the hygiene recommendations in order to keep everyone safe and well.

Mrs Catherine Sergeant

Message from Steve Reddy, Director of Children and Young People’s Services

Dear children, young people, parents/carers and families,

Following my letter yesterday the government has now announced a number of additional measures.It is important that we all continue to follow the guidance set out by the Government and DfE and make the necessary changes.

Whilst schools remain open some planned activities will inevitably be cancelled. 

Schools may well restrict all but essential visitors on to the site.

We will be speaking to Public Health England to consider the implications for children and staff with significant health needs.

Anyone who has high temperature/fever and/or new persistent cough will be required to self-isolate at home for 14 days along with anyone in their household.

We are very grateful for the continued support of all school staff, children, young people and families as we manage these difficult times.

It is important that we continue to work together and support one another.

Best wishes,
Steve Reddy
Director of Children and Young People’s Services.

We just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the help and support you have given your children to make World Book Day such a success today. The children looked amazing and we have thoroughly enjoyed listening to, and sharing books all day. As part of the ‘Liverpool Reads’ initiative we took part in a city wide ‘Drop Everything And Read’ this morning, which meant that whatever the children were doing at that point , they stopped and read! As well as reading ,activities included making book marks, creating ‘Where’s Wally’ challenges, making dens to read in ,using torches and designing and making a world book day potato for younger children in school or siblings based on characters from a book.

Some photographs have been added to the World Book Day tab in the Reading section and Key Stage photographs have also been added. (With more to come in the next few days.)

Please take a look at our Curriculum ‘examples of Geography Page’ as there are lots of lovely photographs of the children’s learning!

The UK Safer Internet Centre has published a blog offering advice and guidance to parents and carers of young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) on what content they might see online. Topics covered include: communication with others, friendships online, and information about appropriate behaviour online.

Supporting young people with SEND online

Please click on the link below for more information about how your child can celebrate world book day in school this year. 

World book day letter  2020