Issue 36 3rd July 2020

From the Gospel this weekend : 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time Cycle A

Matthew 11:25-30

Jesus prays in thanks to God, who has revealed himself to the lowly

Well done to:

All of the children listed below who will have a learning value certificate emailed home to them.

Creative Learner Marley T, Nancy T Georgina WE, Faith G Evie B, Erica P Jensen E Ambitious Learner Bertie S, Alistair T Jude G Erin R Alex C, Clara B Anicham K Abigail S Chloe V Lewis W Leon H Independent Learner Honey Jane B, Aimee M Resilient Learner James TL, Ben T Ryan D Appreciative Learner Oliver HH

Classes for 2020/21 The teachers for classes in September have been set out below. Miss Cannon is not going to be teaching one partic-ular class this year although I am sure she will be visiting them all. Miss Hibberd will be joining our staff and we are really looking forward to working with her. As is our usual practice the Reception classes have been re-set for year 1. Parents will receive a sepa-rate letter today. Please bear with us as these letters will be sent out today but they have to be emailed separately so some of you will receive them before others. Next week’s St Wilfrid’s Together topic is all about moving on. This has been deliberately chosen to enable teachers to address transition in different ways throughout the year groups. We will also set up virtual meetings for all children to have a chance to meet with new teachers.

Year Class & Teacher Class & Teacher

1 Chestnut Class

Mrs Zuniga (3)

Mrs Frost (2)

Damson Class

Mrs Gillespie (3)

Mrs Harris (2)

2 Elm Class

Mrs Barton

Receiving 1MW

Fig Class

Mrs Watson (4)

Mrs Novis (1)

Receiving 1KN

3 Holly Class

Miss Lacey

Receiving 2JL

Juniper Class

Mrs Nash (3)

Miss Bates(2)

Receiving 2SP

4 Maple Class

Miss Pell

Receiving 3EG

Oak Class

Mrs Watts

Receiving 3SB

5 Pine Class

Miss Hibberd

Receiving 4CP

Rowan Class

Mrs Parker

Receiving 4HZ

6 Silver Birch Class

Mrs Tormajer

Receiving 5LL

Willow Class

Ms Roberts

Receiving 5CW

Planning for September The guidance from the Department for Educa-tion was released yesterday and as we had hoped, schools will be able to open for all year groups in September. This news comes as a great relief to us as it means we can finally welcome all children back in to school together. There is still much planning to be done. Each school is required to work on a risk assessment specifically for their own setting and will be re-quired to follow a system of controls designed to provide protective measures and reduce the risks of infection for both children and staff. These will include:

Continuing with extra hand washing and extra cleaning

Parents and staff fully engaging with the NHS test and trace process, being willing to book a test if displaying symptoms, provide details of all close contacts if the test is positive and agreeing to self isolate for 14 days if they have been in contact with someone who has tested positive.

Ensuring that an unwell child does not attend school and sending anyone home if they start to display high temperature, new cough or loss of taste or smell

Keeping children together in consistent groups and avoiding contact between these groups.

Minimize sharing of equipment

Avoiding large group gatherings such as assemblies or use of hall during lunch time

Continuing with staggered times for drop off, playtimes, lunchtimes and collection at the end of the day.

Reducing face to face contacts by arranging classrooms where possible so that tables are facing forward

Staff maintaining distance from pupils and other staff as much as possible.

Over the next week we will seek further advice, find the best ways of complying with the re-quired measures whilst still planning for the best possible experiences in school for all chil-dren and staff. Maria Cowler