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• Information about Home Learning during school closure

  Thu 19 Mar 2020

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  Following the guidance from the Government, Mount Street Primary School will be closed from Friday 20^th March for the majority of children. In line with this advice, childcare places should remain available for key workers who will be carrying out essential roles during the school closure period. We are awaiting a list from the Government regarding a list of key workers and we will update you accordingly.

   

  During the period of time away from school, it is important that progress in learning doesn’t just stop. Given the exceptional circumstances, it is important that there are learning routines in place for your children. We appreciate this will depend on your family circumstances and your children, however, please find suggestions below which may help during these uncharted times.

   

  Tomorrow, learning packs will be sent home with all the children who are present at school. This contains information about work the pupils will complete, a number of worksheets and an exercise book. Those children in school have selected a couple of reading books to take home. Learning packs are also available in school for children who are not currently in school. These can be collected from reception along with reading books. In addition, all activities are available from the class pages section of the school website which can be found under Children and Class pages.  We will make packs available at the school office if you wish to collect one on Friday 20^th March.

   

  We would strongly recommend the following activities daily:

  • Reading and discussion about the book –30 minutes
  • Times tables and spelling practice – 30 minutes
  • Select Maths, English and topic from the resource list.
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  We will be updating the school website and Facebook page regularly during the coming weeks. Please look at these for any more information.

   

  We would like to reassure you that we are doing all we can to provide your child with learning opportunities at this difficult time. We thank you all for your support.

   

  Ms B. Shillaber.

• LAT response to school closure

  Thu 19 Mar 2020

  Here is our CEO's update on the Government's decision to close schools.  It reads:

   

  Thursday 19th March 2020
  Dear Parents / Carers,
  Re: Coronavirus update – school closure to most pupils

  
  Following on from my recent updates, I’m now writing to let you know that we have now been instructed by the government to close your child’s school to almost all children after this Friday 20th March until further notice. As advised by the government, we will do all we can to stay open for the children of key workers (e.g. NHS staff, police, others in frontline services) and children with certain needs.

  
  We are still waiting for the government to publish more information on what this means, but it would help us in the meantime if you could let us know if you think your child may fall into one of these categories.

  
  All other children will need to stay at home, so we ask that you do not send your child into school from Monday 23rd March onwards. Please note that this is a national closure – as you may have heard in the news – so while it is a challenging situation, we are not alone. We’ll re-open fully as soon as we can and will continue to keep you informed through email, social media and our websites.

  
  Your child’s learning is of course important to us, so we’ll continue to help your child to learn. Each LAT school is making provision for home learning and details of this will come directly from each school.

  
  If your child usually receives free school meals we will also be in touch with more information about how we will continue to provide this.

  
  Self-isolation and illness mean that our schools workforce is significantly depleted and we monitor this on a daily basis. The actions that are being taken, both locally and by the government, are being done with the clear intent of preventing the spread of the virus. As such it is imperative that to keep our children and staff safe our schools receive a thorough clean each day.

  
  This is as much as we know right now and we appreciate your continued patience with as we deal with this ever-changing situation. We understand that this latest news will have an impact on you and your family and it’s far from ideal, but we’ll continue to keep in touch with any updates as the situation develops.

  
  If you or your child feels ill and you want to know what to do next, please use NHS 111 online.

  
  Thank you again for your continued support and understanding at this difficult time.

  
  Yours sincerely,

  
  Simon Spry
  Chief Executive Officer
  Learning Academies Trust

  

• COVID-19 and the Learning Academies Trust

  Wed 18 Mar 2020

  The Learning Academies Trust would like to reassure you that our schools are still open at present in line with current government advice. This is however becoming more challenging as some of our staff are needing to self-isolate due to unwell family members or based on Public Health England recommendations. We have no confirmed cases within the schools in our Trust.

   

  You may notice that your child has a different class teacher or we are putting classes together. We are doing everything we can to stay open to support you and your children during this uncertain time.

   

  We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your cooperation during these unprecedented times and if you do have any concerns, please contact the school.