We all learn and grow together
Please see the link below outlining where children can get flu vaccinations ( nasal ) if they missed out getting theirs at school last term . Year 4 were isolating at home on the day when vaccinations were given in school, however all primary age pupils are entitled if they didn’t get one first time round for any reason.
School will be closed to all pupils including vulnerable and children of critical workers due to heavy snow and unsafe conditions on the roads resulting in insufficient staff being able to get to school to allow safe opening .
All learning will take place online today.
School will re-open to vulnerable and key worker children on Monday. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Please find the letter from Mrs Glass below on school/home learning arrangements from Monday 4th January.
Thank you. More updates will be posted later this week, keep checking back .
Information for parents and carers 3.1.20. UPDATED.docx
Please read the government guidance below for who qualifies as critical workers and the attached application form for school places.
Completed forms should be emailed back to school at:
bowburnprimary@durhamlearning.net
Vulnerable pupils ( those with a social worker) can also attend school from tomorrow.
Thank you
Due to concerns around increases in national and local coronavirus transmission rates, teaching and support staff are taking action following advice from their unions and professional associations. School will therefore be open from Monday January 4th 2021 ONLY FOR THOSE CHILDREN OF CRITICAL WORKERS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN . All other children will move to remote (online) learning from tomorrow. This position will continue for two weeks initially.
I can only apologise for the late notification of this information , however schools and head teachers were only notified last night. I will be posting a longer letter on the school website and emailing to parents to expand on the information above later today.
Thank you.
Mrs Glass.
As the Autumn term draws to a close , I’d like to thank everyone for their hard work and efforts at making it such a success for the children: to parents and carers for bringing their children to school everyday and supporting them with settling back into routines and for helping so much with their learning, both in school and during the times when children have had to isolate at home. Your support is, as ever, really appreciated. We couldn’t do it without you !
The staff for working so hard ( in sometimes very difficult circumstances) and adapting to the new Covid landscape , while still managing to keep things as normal as possible for the children.
And last but by no means least, I’d like to praise the children themselves ! It’s been a joy to have every single one of the children back in school this term, eager and ready to learn. Children have shown resilience and determination to get back on track and make up for learning time lost during the lockdown earlier in the year. Staff have been thrilled with how hard they have worked, behaviour has been excellent and their enthusiasm hasn’t waned from the first day back in September up to today.
As a school we have worked hard to keep everyone safe and we have only had three positive cases of Covid 19 since September. But this has meant that three bubbles unfortunately have had to isolate over the term. We think we have got better at providing online learning and communicating with parents and pupils ( via Dojo and the website) to ensure that learning has continued uninterrupted. Thank you for all your support with this.
Please keep checking your email and the website and Bowburn Primary FaceBook page over the holidays incase of any updates
(including notifications of close contacts of positive cases) should they occur.
Who knows what 2021 will bring ? But we all hope, like no doubt you do, life will slowly start to return to normal!
On behalf of all the staff at Bowburn Primary we wish you all a very Merry Christmas , and a safe and happy New Year.
Please see the important letter below for parents /carers which outlines steps to take if a child tests positive over the Christmas holidays. You will need to follow these instructions so school can take part in track and trace as directed by the Government.
Reporting positive cases after school closes
You may have seen in the press that the DfE have suggested that schools close next Friday 18th December in order that they will not need to be on call to support track and trace contacting beyond 23rd December. However, schools do not have to do this if they do not want to rearrange the agreed term dates and teacher training days which will already be planned.
As a school we will therefore REMAIN OPEN up to the end of term as normal. School will close at 3pm on Friday 18th December and reopen on Monday 4th January 2021. We think that asking parents at this late stage in the term to make alternative childcare arrangements for the last day of term is unfair.
As school leaders are being asked to continue to support national efforts for track and trace , if a pupil tests positive for Covid 19 at anytime up to 6 days after the last day of teaching (i.e. up to and including 24.12.20), they will need to report this to school so that close contacts can be told to self isolate. Beyond 6 days, schools will not be called upon to engage in supporting track and trace.
Further details on how parents should contact the school during the holidays to report positive cases of Covid will be shared before the end of term, once the Local Authority provides us with advice on how best to manage this process.
Further details to follow.
Save the Children Fund Christmas Jumper Day is Friday 11th December.
Can you please make your donation by following the Just Giving link!
