A reminder that the closing date for ordering a Y6 Leaver hooded top is the 24th April – please email Mrs Rae if you need access details for the online shop – [email protected]
Mrs Quinn felt it important to keep you updated each week despite the school being closed. Therefore, the newsletter for this week has been emailed out. Have a lovely weekend 😊
From Tuesday 24th March 2020, cold packed lunches are available for those children entitled to Free School Meals (this is NOT the universal free school meals that Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 receive but those families receiving benefits) The meals can be collected from the school between 11.0am – 1.00pm. If you would like to take up this offer please email Mrs Quinn ([email protected]) the evening before so we can ensure they are ready for you.
Those children attending school because their parents are Key Workers and no other care is available can have a cold packed lunch provided by our catering company AiP, please let a member of staff know when you drop your child off in the morning.
Well that’s the first day of homeschooling done! How did you all get on? We’ve already had lot of great work sent to us which everyone can see on the website (Home Learning/Home Learning Gallery). I think we’re all going to be alot fitter after seeing how many of you joined in with Joe Wicks this morning!
Some children were in school today. They were kept busy too and even got most of the staff to do Joe Wicks! If you are one of the children who have to come into school this week, a free cold packed lunch will be provided ( or you can bring your own) and also if you want to, you can bring a bicycle or scooter to use on the playground.
Thank you to all parents, to those busy homeschooling, to those Key Workers who went out of their way to make alternative care arrangments and to those Key Workers whose children are in school whilst they are busy working hard to help the Coventry community.
I must also take this opportunity to thank the hard working staff team at All Souls. They all continue to work hard to make sure the homeschool information is available and relevant to the children, that the school is open, that the children in school are safe and happy, that school is clean, that there is food! So many turned up today all smiling and wanting to help look after the children. It’s a great priviledge to be part of such a fab team!
Get to bed early and let’s get ready for day 2!
We are currently still awaiting certain clarification regarding next week. There are still lots of decisions to be made and discussions to have. Please be patient with us – you will receive an email by the end of Saturday with confirmation of whether you have a place and where this will be. Thank you for your understanding.
Dear Parent / Carer
If you consider yourself to be a key worker and have requested childcare for the coming weeks, we will now require written confirmation from your employer (email / letter on headed paper emailed over to us) that confirms the following:
– That your job role is considered to be a ‘key worker’ and you are required to continue working
– Your working pattern
Please note that if you work part time, we are not able to provide childcare for your child on the days that you do not work.
Thank you
Mrs Quinn
We have been inundated with calls from parents/carers regarding their job roles.
Please note that the Government has been very clear that the school should only be used for childcare if there is absolutely no other option for your child.
Therefore, if one parent or carer who is not a essential key worker is at home you must put your child first and seriously consider leaving them at home.
There is no guarantee that your child can be cared for at All Souls’, especially if we have high numbers of families with key workers requiring childcare. It is highly likely there will be a limit on the number of children we can look after; further clarification on this is awaited.
If you think they fall within the critical categories below you should confirm with your employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, your specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.
Please remember we will be providing a childcare service and NOT education for your child.
Health and Social Care
This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers.
Education and Childcare
This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals.
Key Public Services
This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.
Local and National Government
This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits.
Food and Other Necessary Goods
This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).
Public Safety and National Security
This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defense civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.
Transport
This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.
Utilities, communication and financial services
This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications
(including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.
Children may come to school in non-uniform tomorrow. They may also bring in a toy – no electronics please. They will be brought in at their own risk so we cannot take responsibility for anything that gets broken or lost. Thank you.
