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

Tuesday 22^nd September 2020

Dear Parents/Carers,

Over the past few weeks, we have been asking you all to wear face coverings when dropping off and picking up your child/ren to keep our school community safe. Thank you to all those parents/carers who have. Unfortunately, there are still a number of adults who are not.

As of tomorrow, if you are not wearing a face covering, you will not be allowed on site.

 If you are exempt, you must email in a copy of your medical letter/certificate or show this at the office. We will then update our records. If we have not seen this evidence from a medical practitioner, then we will not allow you on site without a face covering.

With an increase in confirmed cases in the region and local lockdown restrictions in place, it is vital that we keep our pupils, families, staff and community safe; this is our number one priority.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Miss D. Hay

Deputy Headteacher

Face Covering Letter

September 2020

Dear Parents/Guardians

Your school is working hard during these difficult times, and asks for social distancing at the school gates. Unfortunately there are a small number of motorists who continue to create problems for fellow pupils and parents from the school community.

You are being asked not to park at

• School KEEP CLEAR Markings
• Close to Junctions
• Double/Single Yellow Lines
• Double parking
• Parking in front of resident driveways
• Parking on Pavements the constant bumping up onto the pavement with doors swinging open across the footway continues to pose an ongoing hazard for pedestrians.

 It should not take enforcement for you as parents/guardians to do the right thing for your school community especially during this difficult period of a pandemic. Please find a considerate, safe legal place and park away from the school entrances even if it means having to walk a short distance.

Road Safety Team Liverpool City Council

letter for parking issues All Schools Sept 20

New ‘Food Club’ at The Joseph Lappin Centre, Mill Lane L13 5TF (next door to St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School, junior buildingl) every Tuesday 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

The ‘social supermarket’ has been set up to help the most in need in Old Swan (low waged / unemployed / disabled / pension credits / vulnerable) and replaces the emergency food hamper delivery service provided during the pandemic.   Choose 10 items for £3.50 (cash only).   Bring address ID to register.

Thank you to The National Lottery Community Coronavirus Fund and Old Swan Ward Councillors for supporting this initiative. Money each week from shoppers is reinvested and buys more stock for next week.

When visiting the Centre, please keep 2m social distance, wear a mask and sanitise your hands before entering the building.

Any questions contact communitydevelopment@josephlappincentre.co.uk

or call07563 831 223 (during office hours).

Joseph Lappin Centre – Food Club letter

Dear Parents/Carers,

If your child is sent home from school with suspected COVID symptoms (or if anybody else in the household has suspected COVID symptoms), they will not be allowed back into school before the isolation period ends unless we have seen a negative COVID test result.

What do I do if I have a negative COVID result?

office@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk

Once you have a negative result, please email a copy of this to office@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk or alternatively, you can show this to a member of our admin staff in either office. Please do not bring your child back into school unless you have done one of the above.

What do I do if I have a positive COVID result?

positivecovid@stoswaldsschool.com

If you recieve a positive result, it is extremely important that you emal positivecovid@stoswaldsschool.com straight away regardeless of the time or day. This will then enable senior leaders to communicate this with the school community appropriately and put the relevant procedures in place to keep everybody safe. Please do not email this account for any other reason.

Thank you for your continued support and co-operation.

Mrs M Walsh
Headteacher

Dear Parents,

I am writing to alert you to the worrying situation in Liverpool, where COVID-19 positive cases have been increasing rapidly and significantly in the last week. The total number of confirmed cases in the last 7 days is 303, an increase of 212 cases on the previous week.

Schools have put in place several important measures to help reduce the number children becoming infected.  These measures are based on the best available evidence and guidance, and are fully endorsed by Liverpool City Council and the Public Health department:

We ask you continue to support schools by:

• Getting your child tested if they develop COVID-19 symptoms: high temperature, a new continuous cough, loss or change to smell or taste
• Ensure your child isolates for 14 days if they have had contact with someone who has tested positive. Isolation means they must not leave the house except in an emergency. Remember you should get your child tested if they do develop symptoms. But even if the test is negative – they must still carry on isolating for 14 days if they have had contact with a positive person.
• Wear face coverings over your mouth and nose when you pick up or drop off your children at the school gate plus when social distancing is not possible outdoors and indoors. By law, you must now wear them in most indoor settings including public transport, shops, post-offices, banks, beauty salons, visitor attractions and entertainment venues, libraries, community centres, places of worship and public areas in hotels
• Even when wearing a face covering you still need to social distance at the school at all times including drop off and pick up. You must stay 2 metres away from other adults and children.
• Where instructed stagger drop off and pick up times
• Wash your and your child’s hands with soap and water after pick up from school as soon as possible. Use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water not available.
• Your child should limit group contact with friends over the weekend and when not in school.

This is an ever changing situation. As new information comes out we may need to change the guidance at short notice. Thank you for your continued support.

Stay safe,

School COVID alert letter