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Please see Mr Pickup's Update for a round-up of this week's school news, including who won the ACE (achievement, commitment and effort) awards.

Please see Mrs Gill's Update for a round-up of this week's school news and to find out the winners of the ACE (achievement, commitment and effort) awards.

Dear Parent/Carer

 

We have completed our first week back at Newburn Manor and it has been great having the children in and around the building again. Each and every one of them has adhered to the new procedures in such a positive manner. Their attitude and focus has allowed for as smooth as possible start.

 

We always knew that the first week back would bring its challenges and that has been the case. Each night, we have evaluated our day and made changes when necessary to ensure that the children can move around the school safely, whilst enjoying their time back at school. This has meant that we have made changes to the school’s daily routine so that things run smoothly.

 

Having evaluated our drop-off and collection procedures, we believe we need to make a small number of changes to ensure that these times are made safer for the children. From Monday these changes will include:

 

Morning drop off:

 

• Moving Year 2 drop off to the school office gates at 8.45 am (this will be policed by a member of staff and the entrance to school will be coned off to vehicle access). Parents will drop children off at the green gates at the bottom of the ramp.
• Year 5 will also now move to the school office gates at 8.45 am and line up along the wall by their classroom where Mrs Gill will meet them. Parents will drop children off at the green gates at the bottom of the ramp.  The entrance to school will be coned off to vehicle access.

 

Afternoon collection:

 

• Year 1 and Year 3 will be collected at 3.00 pm from the red gates at the front of school
• Year 4 will be collected at 3.05 pm from the tarmacked area between the school and the garden area.
• Year 5 will be collected from the school office gates at 3.10 pm.
• Year 2 and Year 6 will be collected at 3.10 pm from the red gates at the front of school

 

Can I please reiterate the importance of social distancing when dropping your children off and collecting at the end of the day, especially with the North East of England being an area of concern for COVID-19 transmission. Please leave the school site/surrounding area once you have dropped your child off to reduce the number of people at the front of school.

 

These changes will mean that the office will not be open to parents from 8.45 to 9.00 am.

 

PE will start from Monday, 14^th September. On these days, your child is to come to school in their PE kit – red/white T-shirt, red jumper, black/grey joggers and black trainers/plimsolls. PE days are:

 

Monday: Reception

Tuesday: Year 4

Wednesday: Year 3 and Year 6

Thursday: Year 2

Friday Year 1 and Year 5

 

Can I please remind parents that jewellery is not to be worn in school. We have a number of children wearing earrings. If your child has just had them pierced prior to the start of term can they please be taped up during the period, they have to be kept in. Another alternative is to buy clear plastic earrings which are suitable for school. In all other circumstances can they please be removed whilst they are at school.

 

I would like to finish by thanking you all for the attendance in school this week. We have seen 97% plus each day which is a fantastic start to the year. As I said at the start of the letter, the children have returned with a fabulous attitude and they are already back into the daily school routine. We look forward to many more enjoyable weeks.

 

Thank you for your support.

 

Stuart Pickup

Head Teacher

Many congratulations to our first group of ACE (achievement, commitment and effort) Award winners this academic year.  Since we are unable to host whole school assemblies under the current COVID-10 restrictions, our Deputy Head Teacher, Mrs Gill, personally visited Years 1 to 6 to present the children with their awards.  Well done to: Brenda, Caine, Lacole, Mia B, Talitha, Vinnie L, Asil, Layla D, Tyler M, Frankie R, James, Lani, Josh, Keiron and Helen.

 

Following information released by the Prime Minister tonight, we are waiting to receive further details from the government, Local Authority and unions about what this means for Newburn Manor Primary School. We will provide you with any further information once the guidance has been made clearer later in the week. At present, nothing has changed and the school remains closed following the guidelines we have been implementing since March. Thank you for your continued support.

 

Stuart Pickup

Head teacher.

An important notice from Gavin Williamson (Education Secretary)...

 

'From tomorrow, schools will be closed except for children of critical workers and the most vulnerable.
We must ensure NHS staff are able to access school places. Don’t take a place you don’t need.

You should only send your child to school on Monday if you have to, because your work is critical to our COVID-19 response.
If you are able to keep your child at home, you should.
Be responsible. Keep your kids at home.'

Please see Mr Pickup's Update for this week and our Coronavirus webpage with links to support parents and children with year group work during isolation, online platforms and useful websites, hygiene advice and COVID-19 updates. Please also consider joining Twitter and following us @nmpsch, where we will be posting lots of fun learning activities, ideas and boredom busters for the children.

COVID-19: guidance for education settings

What you need to know

• staff, young people and children should stay at home if they are unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature to avoid spreading infection to others. Otherwise they should attend education or work as normal
• if staff, young people or children become unwell on site with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature they should be sent home
• clean and disinfect regularly touched objects and surfaces more often than usual using your standard cleaning products
• supervise young children to ensure they wash their hands for 20 seconds more often than usual with soap and water or hand sanitiser and catch coughs and sneezes in tissues
• posters and lesson plans on general hand hygiene can be found on the eBug website
• unless you have been directly advised to close by the local Public Health England Health Protection Team, we recommend all education settings remain open

Background

This guidance will assist staff in addressing coronavirus (COVID-19) in educational settings. This includes childcare, schools, further and higher educational institutions.

This guidance may be updated in line with the changing situation.

Symptoms

The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are a new, continuous cough or a high temperature.

For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild infection.

What to do if someone develops symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) on site

If anyone becomes unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature in an education setting they should be sent home and advised to follow the staying at home guidance.

Stay at home: guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

Main messages

• if you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus illness (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started. (See ending isolation section below for more information)
• if you live with others and you or one of them have symptoms of coronavirus, then all household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill
• it is likely that people living within a household will infect each other or be infected already. Staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community
• for anyone in the household who starts displaying symptoms, they need to stay at home for 7 days from when the symptoms appeared, regardless of what day they are on in the original 14 day isolation period. (See ending isolation section below for more information
• if you can, move any vulnerable individuals (such as the elderly and those with underlying health conditions) out of your home, to stay with friends or family for the duration of the home isolation period
• if you cannot move vulnerable people out of your home, stay away from them as much as possible
• if you have coronavirus symptoms:
  • do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital
  • you do not need to contact 111 to tell them you’re staying at home
  • testing for coronavirus is not needed if you’re staying at home
• plan ahead and ask others for help to ensure that you can successfully stay at home and consider what can be done for vulnerable people in the household
• ask your employer, friends and family to help you to get the things you need to stay at home
• wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds, each time using soap and water, or use hand sanitiser
• if you feel you cannot cope with your symptoms at home, or your condition gets worse, or your symptoms do not get better after 7 days, then use the NHS 111 online coronavirus service. If you do not have internet access, call NHS 111. For a medical emergency dial 999

Congratulations to this week's ACE (achievement, commitment and effort) Award winners: Inaaya, Laila W, Odin, Ben W, Peter, Thomas H, Hayden, Madison, Shelby, Connor, Lani, Frankie, Harlie, Kian, Ellie, Karmel, Marley, Isaac, Leah and Luke.

 

Well done to this week's Key Stage Award winners too:

 

Key Stage 1

Attendance - Year 2

Punctuality - Year 1

 

Key Stage 2

Attendance - Year 5

Punctuality - Year 6

 

Well done to Year 6 who have won the Spelling Award yet again!

Please see Mr Pickup's Update for a round-up of this week's school news.