Free School Meal Entitlement

 RE: Provision in the case of a bubble/class being sent home to isolate

Dear parents/Carers,

I hope that you all had a good half term with your children and managed to do something fun and relaxing.

In the event of a class or year group being sent home due to a positive covid case, we have made arrangements with our catering company to provide food boxes to those families who are entitled to benefit related free school meals. The boxes contain food that can be used to make lunches at home, last time there was bread, potatoes, onions, cheese, pasta, rice etc. so all good produce which would enable your child to have a nutritious meal. The boxes would be available from the 2^nd day after the classes being sent home, office staff will be in touch to ask if the boxes are wanted.

In the event of singular children isolating due to family or community links then a packed lunch bag can be ordered daily from the school offices and picked up by a family member. I must remind you that children who have been sent home to isolate must not be brought to the school premises, this is to protect the rest of our school community.

Let us pray that we have a safe half term and these provisions are not necessary.

Regards

Mrs M Walsh

Headteacher

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Welcome to the autumn newsletter 2020. This year like no other has
been full of challenges, but I have been so proud of our children and
families for the positive way that everyone has responded to
returning to full school. It is a joy to see the children in school; their
resilience has been amazing. I also have to thank all the staff who
have worked so hard in the preparation, the procedures, the new
systems of working and all the time putting aside their own
concerns to keep our children safe. We are truly blessed. As the term
progresses we will continue to try our best to keep as normal as we
can, and I look forward to a full and busy next half term. Enjoy a
well-earned, socially isolated break.

Autumn 1 Newsletter 2020

Dear Parents/Carers,

A warm welcome back to school from the St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School PTFA and it is lovely to see everyone back in school learning and having fun with their friends. As I’m sure everyone is aware, face to face meetings between different parents and teachers cannot currently take place in school for our own safety and the safety of others. However, it would be lovely to touch base with all the wonderful parents/carers that have put so much effort into school events and fundraising over the past few years, as well as giving their time and great ideas in past meetings.

A remote ZOOM PTFA meeting will be taking place on Monday 12^th October At 4pm for all our members to catch up, share ideas and discuss how we as a PTFA can benefit the children in school in such challenging circumstances.

Meeting ID: 399 672 1982

All parents are welcome to chat to the PTFA committee members and spread some cheer in these difficult times.

I look forward to seeing you on the Zoom call.

Many thanks

Mr Crowther

(PTFA chair)

PTFA Zoom Call letter

Dear Parents, please find attached a letter from NHS, Track and Trace that is being issued to schools to assist them in the advice to parents regarding covid.

NHS Track and Trace letter

Dear Parents/Carers

Safeguarding Our Children in School

At St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School we strive to be a safe and caring school family and visitors regularly comment on our strong relationships with each other.  I am writing in response to a number of queries in relation to collecting children from school.  As part of our responsibility to safeguard our children in school, can I request you abide to the following:-

• If someone different from usual is collecting your child, please inform the teacher on duty in the morning or phone the school office as early as possible.  We will not allow a child to go home with an adult we do not know.
• If you have a number of children to collect you must go to each classroom/year group exit door.
• Please be patient if you have a question at the end of the day, we ask for you to wait until all of the children have been collected and stand back from the classroom door so children can leave safely.
• Our school grounds are also dog and smoke free zones.  We ask that you do not smoke near our entrance gates too.
• Masks on school grounds are compulsory, and social distancing should be practised.
• Our children follow the rule of ‘kind hands, kind words and kind feet’ we ask you to respect this as adults and refrain from using inappropriate language on our school grounds.
• Please inform school if your child is ill and therefore going to be absent from school.
• If you have a few family members/different family friends who regularly collect children, please complete the form overleaf so we can pass this information onto the class teacher.

Can I also remind families that with new local lockdown rules children should only be picked up by household members and adults from support bubbles. Official child minders are allowed to pick up as usual.

I am sure that as Parents and Carers you will realise that the safety of the children is the most important factor in any decisions taken in school.  Please take these measures as a positive that school is working hard at ensuring we reach the highest standard of safeguarding.

Yours sincerely

Mrs M Walsh

Headteacher

SAFE ADULTS TO PICK UP CHILDREN