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School update 31.03.2022
Thu 31 Mar 2022Dear parent / carer,
Please note the following:
- We have had a surge in Covid cases just recently and this has had an impact on our staffing. As it stands, we are managing with the remaining staff, but don’t be surprised if your child is taught by somebody else in the coming days – I fear that things may become worse in the run up to Easter. Please stay vigilant – isolation periods remain the same in schools.
- On a similar theme, please find attached a letter from the Office of the Chief Medical Officer regarding Covid-19 vaccination for children aged 5-11. This letter provides further information about how the vaccination for these age groups will be rolled out as well as links to sources of trusted information to help you and your children make an informed decision on vaccination.
- Chicken Pox – just to add to the mix, we have chicken pox circulating in the school – just a couple of cases, but I wanted to make you aware due to the implications for those of you who may be pregnant.
- I will write shortly with details of parents evenings which we will run (in person) after Easter.
Upcoming dates:
April
8th Break up for Easter
Summer Term 2022
April
25th Teacher Training Day #5
26th Children return to school
May
Mon 2nd May Bank Holiday
TBA Class Photographs
Tue 24th 1.30 Foundation Phase (R,1,2) Sports Day
Wed 25th 1.30 KS2 (3,4,5,6) Sports Day
27th Break up for half term
June
6th Children return to school
Fri 10th Teacher Training Day #6
Fri 24th (School closure in lieu of bank holiday 3rd June for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee)
July
6th ‘Move up’ day
8th School reports sent out
22nd Break up for Summer
All the very best,
SB
Simon Bates
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Relationships and Sex Education - information for parents
Thu 10 Mar 202210/03/2022
Dear Parent/Carer,
As part of the Welsh Government’s new Curriculum for Wales initiative linked to ‘Successful Futures’, there is now a requirement for maintained schools to deliver relationships and sexuality education (RSE) lessons to the children across the whole school. The purpose of this letter is to provide you with further information regarding this.
The statutory guidance relating to relationships and sexuality has been recently finalised and can be found here:
The mandatory elements of this guidance (Relationships and Sexuality Education Code) sit within the above but, for ease of access, can be found here:
curriculum-for-wales-relationships-sexuality-education-code.pdf (gov.wales)
As the guidance and code are both statutory, you do not have the right to withdraw your child from these elements of the curriculum. However, clearly, we want to make sure that you are aware of what we are teaching / discussing in order that you have an understanding of what your child is covering and may talk to you about. This approach helps massively with safeguarding the children, for example in talking about appropriate / inappropriate touch, but also means that children receive an informed and unbiased understanding of a range of sensitive issues rather than picking up often misguided ideas from friends or off the internet.
To help us to develop our approach, we have decided to use a scheme designed specifically to address issues in a structured and age-appropriate way. The scheme is called ‘Jigsaw’ and you can find more detail about it in the attached document and here:
Jigsaw-Curriculum-for-Wales.pdf (jigsawpshe.com)
Hopefully this helps to clarify how we aim to deliver this important aspect of the New Curriculum for Wales. The planning for this element of the curriculum will be shared with you in the normal way on the topic planners. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please feel to contact me.
Regards,
Simon Bates