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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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IMPORTANT PARENT NOTICE - SCHOOL CLOSURE
Mon 19 Jul 2021Dear Parents,
We have taken the decision to close the school for the summer holidays at hometime today (Monday 19th July 2021).
Over the weekend we have been informed of positive cases for both children and parents. This has also impacted on the availability of staff.
We look forward to welcoming children back on Friday 3rd September 2021.
In the meantime, if you are celebrating Eid, we hope you enjoy this special time.
Wishing you all a happy holiday,
Mrs. J. Edwards
(Head Teacher)
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Letter from the Director of Public Health (Birmingham) Dr Justin Varney
Fri 09 Jul 20215th July 2021
Dear parents/guardians and staff,
Schools continue to work closely with Public Health England and Birmingham City Council to follow national guidance and promote a COVID-secure environment within their school. Your school is in an area of enhanced support at the moment, this means that there is lower uptake of testing, rising case rates and low levels of vaccination, which puts us all at risk of ongoing outbreaks.
We must all take individual responsibility to do everything we can to enjoy the extra freedoms we have, while remaining cautious and following the ‘Hands, Face Space and Fresh Air’ guidance when mixing with loved ones and socialising.
This is most important as the city of Birmingham is now under government enhanced support due to increasing numbers of people getting infected with the Delta variant which is more infectious.
It is important for all staff, pupils and families to continue to follow all coronavirus safety measures and guidance to minimise the risk of spreading infections across the staff and pupils in the school. The safety measures include testing, isolation, vaccination, good hand hygiene, wearing face coverings, social distancing, good ventilation for all person regardless of whether they have had their coronavirus vaccines.
Testing
We are aware that some parents are sending children to school without carrying out their twice weekly Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests. Please remember that all secondary school aged children, staff and their households should be testing twice a week using the rapid Lateral Flow home testing kits. Even if you have had both doses of the vaccine or have mild symptoms, it is important to keep testing to help identify anyone who is infected with coronavirus as the vaccines reduce the risks of becoming seriously ill or dying from the virus.
Ordering a test is simple. Please follow the 3 options below:- Individuals can order 1 pack of Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests (contains 7 kits) per household per day or by calling 119 (open 7am-11pm). Delivery is within two days.
- Find a pharmacy where you can collect Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests
- Find a local site where you can collect Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests
Your school is also happy to help to support you with getting tested, please do speak to the staff.
Isolation
There are some children who continue to come to schools when they should have been isolating. Sometimes, we know that people are unaware of the reasons to isolate which are due to displaying COVID-19 symptoms or if you are a contact (e.g. part of a household or school bubble) of someone with symptoms or confirmed coronavirus infection. It is also important that if you test positive for COVID-19 after taking an LFD test, you self-isolate immediately and request a PCR test, which gives a more accurate result to confirm if someone has COVID-19. There is an isolation support pack to help households access the correct information to enable them to choose rightly and remain at home to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Please use the isolation pack here:
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/downloads/download/4207/self_isolation_support_pack
Vaccination
It is also important that people take up the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you are invited to do so. Please use our local vaccine toolkit to inform yourselves about the COVID-19 vaccines facts and also use trusted NHS websites here:
- https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/covid-19-vaccine-toolkit-download
- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination.
Parents and guardians should continue to remind their children to follow the guidance provided in school even when they are outside school, to help everyone remain safe and enjoy the end of the school term.
Your school can offer ongoing support to any pupils and staff and local public health and education partners will continue to liaise with the school and provide advice when needed.
Thank you for your continued support and cooperation throughout this difficult period.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Justin Varney
Director of Public Health (Birmingham) -
School Raffle - Tickets Available
Thu 08 Jul 2021Good morning everyone! I have attached two photographs so you can see the lovely prizes that have been donated to our school to help us to raise money for our school roof.
We are going to sell raffle tickets from tomorrow, 50p each, and the raffle will be drawn on Friday 16th July. We also have some Build-A-Bears which the children seem to like! Each bear has a name sealed in an envelope. For £1 a go, the children can choose a name from the list which they think the bear is called. On Friday 16th July, the envelopes will be opened and whoever has chosen the correct name, will win that bear.
We will send you a message next week telling you the time for our special assembly, which also includes prizegiving. A zoom link will then be put on Dojo just before the assembly so you can join us if you would like to.
Mrs. Hennessy will go round to each class from tomorrow and see if children would like to buy raffle tickets or name a bear.
Thank you for all of your support.
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School Telephones
Thu 01 Jul 2021We currently have a temporary fault with our school telephones. If you need to contact the school please call our temporary number of 0121 461 5511. We will advise parents when our school number is working again. Thank you.
