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 

 

 

 

Our under 11 boys’ football team played a memorable match in the ‘KMC Sports’ league this evening. The boys braved the cold and wind to get down to Broadgreen International School in search of what would be their 8th straight win.

The game started brightly with Gradi scoring from close range, before an unforgettable moment from forward Isaac made it 2-0. Isaac was appearing in the team as a subsitute for an absent player, so his goal was scored with his very first touch for the school football team in the league!

Before half time, Gradi scored another 2 goals before year 4 Alfie scored a driven left-footed shot into the corner of the goal to see the half end 5-0!

Lister hit back well in the 2nd half, scoring 2 goals themselves, one from extremely long range! OLI stood strong and scored 2 more goals before the final whistle, a second from Alfie (his 6th of the season!) as well as a 4th Goal for Gradi.

A big well-done to all the boys, particularly to Isaac for a brilliant debut performance and to defender Luca for playing through injury at the end of the match to ensure a win.

Miss Topping’s player of the match was Gradi for stunning attacking play; Mr. Fairclough’s player of the match was Alfie for putting in a wonderful performance in spite of being our youngest player!

Parental-Controls-booklet

Please click on the link below for the most up to date advice from the  Department of Health regarding the Coronovirus. 

Coronavirus public information poster

Please click on the link below for an online magazine for parents which gives lots of advice for keeping your children safe in a digital world.

The magazine is easy to read and covers lots of issues including -Is your smartphone secure? Setting family rules around technology and phones, online security and lots more.

  Vodafone Digital Parenting Magazine  January 2020

 

Well done ! 

Dear Parents

As you are aware some of our pupils have nut allergies and as a result we are asking that parents of children on packed lunch DO NOT include any items containing nuts in their lunches.

I would also ask parents to support us in asking children not to share their lunch content with other children as many foods contain nut traces, which can cause harm to allergy sufferers.  Thank you for your support.

We all really enjoyed Bishop Tom’s visit to our school today. He shared with the children his wonderful news that he is to receive the city’s highest civic honour of freedom of the City of Liverpool.

This is to mark his many years of work serving the parishioners and wider faith communities of our city. He was also recognised for the key role he played in making sure that “Project Jennifer” overcame its many hurdles and ensured the successful redevelopment of the Great Homer Street area.

Click here to see photos of Bishop Tom’s visit

 

We are all looking forward to Bishop Tom’s visit to school on Thursday. He will start the day with a school mass for the children and staff and then he will be visiting every class to chat to the children . We will post lots of pictures on our website so that parents and families can share the day.

Bishop Tom has played a part in many family, school and parish celebrations over the years. If you have any photographs with Bishop Tom why not send them in to school so that we can share them with the children too. 

Thank you to the parents who came to the information meeting last week . We are pleased to announce that Pantry Sessions will be on Fridays 9-11 am in St George’s Church, starting this Friday.

Members (including yourselves if you wish) can sign up as a member online using the link below or in person at their first visit. For both online and in person applications members will need to bring with them to their first visit- £3.50 and proof of address or connection to either the Beacon or Our Lady Immaculate schools e.g. a school letter.

More details can also be found in the attached flier. Please feel free to pass this on to people that you know who meet the membership criteria and might benefit from becoming a Pantry member. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,
St George’s Pantry!

Click here for the St George’s Pantry website