It feels strange writing my blog in my school office because I have not done that for a very long time – it makes me feel that everything is back to the way it was although we are still far from that.  Since Monday we have had more staff and children in school which is great. We have all had to get used to the new ‘Covid 19‘ measures that are now in place but everyone appears to be doing very well with this. Parents have also been very good in following these although can I remind parents who do have children in school that they are only allowed on the school premises by invitation and if they do have any queries they should contact the school by email or telephone. School staff will bring children to the school gates at the end of the day so parents do not need to come onto the site to collect them. I know the staggered start and finish times can take a bit of getting used to but in a couple of weeks it will feel like we have been running school like this forever. May I also remind you that if you have not reserved a place for your child in school and they are in one of the eligible year groups to attend you must contact the office before you bring them in and we will then let you know when we have made the necessary arrangements to allow them to return.

For the children who still cannot come into school I hope they are still getting on well with their home learning. Now they have been doing that for a while I am sure they are getting used to learning in this style. If a good routine for carrying out the learning has been established I know that children will be accepting of this as their ‘new norm’. All the teachers will all be carrying out more ’Zoom’ sessions with the children next week so it will be good if all of the children can have some learning to share with the teachers on this so the teacher can support them personally with their learning.

At the moment there are no plans to have any more year groups return to school so I think we will be continuing as we are for now but who knows how things are going to develop –there are so many reports and guidance out there that it is difficult to know what is the best course of action. We will keep you up to date though of any new notifications that we receive.

I hope you have a good weekend. The weather is not as good as it has been but as we do need rain we should not complain –we do not want to have to deal with a water shortage on top of everything else.