Spring Terms 2021
Following the announcement of a new national lockdown, our school will be closed from Tuesday 5th January 2021. Provision for children of critical workers and vulnerable children will start from Wednesday 6th January.
Further details of who qualifies for this provision can be found here:-
Provision for children of critical workers and vulnerable children
A booking form can be accessed here and this should be completed and forwarded to the school office through the enquiries@aldermaston.w-berks.sch.uk address.
Reporting cases of Covid-19 during the Christmas holidays
If your child tests positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), having developed symptoms more than 48 hours since being in school, the school should not be contacted. Parents and carers should follow contact tracing instructions provided by NHS Test and Trace.
If your child tests positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), having developed symptoms within 48 hours of being in school, the school should be informed by e mail (enquiries@aldermaston.w-berks.sch.uk) so that we can assist with contact tracing.
Covid-19 Autumn Term 2020 arrangements
Some things look a little different but, by and large, children should find that things are pretty normal in school. To allow for social distancing and avoid congestion, we have staggered start times across two entry points to the school.
|
Class |
Drop Off |
Collection |
Location |
|
Kingfishers |
08:45 |
15:15 |
Field gate |
|
Owls |
08:55 |
15:25 |
Field gate |
|
Class |
Drop Off |
Collection |
Location |
|
Robins |
08:45 |
15:15 |
Main playground gate |
|
Starlings |
08:55 |
15:25 |
Main playground gate |
|
Wrens |
09:05 |
15:35 |
Main playground gate |
Other new measures introduced over this recent period to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection will continue including careful handwashing routines, extra cleaning and keeping children in separate bubbles during the day. You’ll find more details in our updated parent information sheet (here). Thank you for your support in following these safety measures.
We know that every child will have had a different experience of these last few months. Our recovery curriculum in the Autumn Terms (what we teach and how we teach it) will focus on two things. The first is the emotional wellbeing of every child and helping them get used to being back with their friends and teachers and to readjust to school routines. The second, is finding out where they are with their learning and making sure that we plan lessons to help them with any gaps and effectively build on where they are with their knowledge and understanding. We know that our children enjoy lots of different subjects at school, so whilst we will do some extra reading, writing and mathematics to ensure they are confident in their key skills, we will not be narrowing the curriculum or teaching fewer subjects.
Thank you for all you have done to support learning at home. If you have any particular concerns about your children’s learning or need to let us know about events or experiences which have affected them, please do get in touch. Class teachers will be happy to speak with you by telephone at the start of term to share information.
Getting tested
Anyone with coronavirus symptoms can get a test.
Coronavirus symptoms are:
- a high temperature
- a new, continuous cough
- a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste
Information about testing and 'Get a test' link here.
Larks Club
In response to the temporary closure of Playzone’s breakfast club, we have organised short term provision for those families where parents will struggle to attend work without morning wraparound care. We initially arranged for this club to run up until Friday 9th October, but have now taken the decision to continue this provision until Friday, 18th December. We will review the need to continue further after Christmas in due course.
Larks Club will be run from 8.15am every day, Monday to Friday. Please note that children attending will not receive breakfast and will need to have eaten before they are dropped off at school. There will be a charge of £2 per session per child in order to cover running costs.
The club will be run in accordance with our current Covid 19 school risk assessment measures. Children attending will be allowed to share tables and activities with other children in their bubbles but mixing between bubbles will be minimised as far as possible.
If you would like your child to attend, please complete and return the booking form (also attached to this e-mail and available through our website) to our enquiries@aldermaston.w-berks.sch.uk e-mail address. You will receive an e-mail confirming that you have been allocated a place. Please note, there are limited places available.
Larks Club Booking Form here.
Remote Learning
Our school has plans in place for remote learning.
If a small number of children require access to learning resources while isolating in accordance with government guidance, this will be provided through our existing school home learning pages. Details of weekly lessons, including links to high quality video resources, are published at the start of every week on the school website. Children who cannot attend school are signposted these resources and teachers welcome any completed work sent in electronically for feedback.
If there is a national or local lockdown, or a whole class of children are required to isolate, we will move to providing remote learning through Google Classrooms. Each child will be given their own unique logins. They will be expected to 'attend' one live session with their teacher every day and will receive classwork and return completed assignments for feedback and assessment throught the google classroom platform.