Covid-19 – Information for Parents (October 2021)

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS – COVID-19 (Updated October 2021)

School is currently open as normal

School is currently operating as normal for children with some additional precautions advised by the Department of Education (eg. increased ventilation). 

Testing Positive for Covid-19

We recommend twice weekly Lateral Flow testing to help pick up asymptomatic cases.

If you or your child have any symptoms of Covid-19, you must book and take a PCR test and then isolate at home until you receive the results of your test.

If anyone living in your household has received a positive PCR test result, you must get your child tested. Your child should not attend school until they get a negative test result.

Any positive test results should be reported to the School Office as soon as possible.

Remote/Online/Blended Learning Provision.

If your child is at home with Covid, but not unwell, or is waiting for a test result, we will provide them with remote education. This will start from the day after we are informed that they are at home for a Covid-19 reason, though we will endeavour to do this more quickly where possible.

Remote education may be provided in a variety of formats including:

– Online work set on Google Classroom

– Paper based learning emailed via the School Office

– Live lessons using Google Classroom

Where children do not have access to a suitable device, the school will seek to lend them a device for the duration of their stay at home.

Covid Risk Assessment

The school has a detailed Risk Assessment and Outbreak Plan. If parents wish to see a full copy, please contact the school office and one will be forwarded by email. 

Additional measures to facilitate pupil progress/Use of Covid-19 Catch Up funding

Hasmonean Primary School will receive a small amount of money (approximately £1,500) over the course of this academic year (2021-22).

At Hasmonean Primary, this money will be used to provide:

• Curriculum resources and materials that support “catch up” and mental health of pupils.
• Additional teaching & support staff hours to develop the outcomes of children who have been identified as needing “catch up” in their learning.

All children will continue to:

• Work through well sequenced, purposeful learning schemes.

• Focus on consolidation of basic skills.

The core skills which enable successful learning will be stressed throughout all year groups. These include: handwriting, spelling of high frequency words, basic sentence punctuation, times tables recall, basic addition & subtraction fact recall and reading skills relevant to age.

• Time spent on mental health, well-being and social skills development.

We will continue to develop and teach our PSHCE and RE curriculum to help look after the mental and emotional wellbeing of our pupils.