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Old Park Primary School Newsletter December 2020

As you are aware, school office staff are available from 8.15am-4.30pm (Monday-Thursday) and

8.15am-4.00pm (Fridays).

Due to Covid-19 parents/carers are unable to come

into the school office. Any queries please email

school.office@oldparkprimary.com or call 0121 526

2669. You can also message via the schoolgateway.

If you telephone the school before 8.15am and after

4.30pm, you will hear the following message and

options:-

The school office is now closed, please leave a

message or call back during our open hours or

alternatively email

school.office@oldparkprimary.com

Press 1 for the Patch Day Nursery and After School

Club

Press 2 to report your child’s absence (voicemail)

Press 3 to leave a message after the beep

(voicemail)

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who donated to our

Children in Need non-uniform day.We raised a total of £417.09

THE STAFF AND GOVERNORS OF OLD

PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE PATCH DAY

NURSERY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR

YOUR SUPPORT ACROSS 2020 AND WISH YOU ALL

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND AND

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Please can we remind parents not to allow

children to enter school directly from your car

onto the pavement outside school. This is

becoming increasingly frequent, it holds up

traffic and could be dangerous.

Please park up and bring your children to the

gates. Thank you.

We break up on Thursday 17th December for the Christmas break and look forward to seeing you all back on

Tuesday 5th January 2021.

We would like to say a big thank you to the following companies

who kindly donated prizes for our Christmas Raffle.

Sweet & Petite Cakes Galore

O’Connells Florist & Fruiterers

Aspire People Now Education

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Live Annual Calendar

Please find attached the link to access the live annual calendar for 20/21, this link is also available on the school website.

This is a live document so please check it regularly. Within this document you will find the term dates for next year. training days are also available in this document. You will also be notified any specific information for your child either via email or text message reminders.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IxaPPPmojUjel07jGEBw4M67DMXXGzCA1eWyN0CGZB8/edit#

www.oldparkprimary.com

Snowline

In the event of severe weather and a school closure we will use the following methods to inform you:

School text messaging service—if you are signed up to our schoolcomms you will receive a text message informing you of the school closure (please make sure your contact details are up to date).

School Gateway App—this can be downloaded onto your mobilephone (search for “school gateway app”), then follow the onscreen instructions.

Website - www.oldparkprimary.com

Facebook—www.facebook.com/oldparkprimary

Twitter—twitter.com/oldpark

Radio Stations—Free Radio, Smooth Radio, Capital, Radio WM and Heart FM

Please do not ring the school as staff will require to use the telephones to inform the methods above.

Nursery Applications for September 2021/2022

We will be looking at our nursery place applications for September 2021/2022 in the new year. If you or anyone you know have a child or children that would like to attend our nursery then please contact the school office to request a form, as we have limited spaces and a growinglist.

Please call 0121 526 2669 option 3 or email school.office@oldparkprimary.com

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What to do if your child displays symptoms of Covid 19

● Please call 119 or seek to obtain a test online. Your household should isolate immediately.● Contact the school and inform them that your child has symptoms.● Your child can access learning via googleclassroom. ● If your child is in receipt of free school meals you will be offered a grab bag. You will have to arrange for

someone from outside your household to collect from school and deliver.● Once your symptomatic child has been tested you need to inform us of the result as soon as possible, if this is

out of school time then email the result to school.office@oldparkprimary.com● If the test returns negative your child can return, if the test returns positive then the child will have to isolate for

10 days your household will have to isolate for 14 days from the first day of the child’s symptoms. We will ask you to forward the test results.

● If any member of your household displays symptoms then the household should all isolate and a test should be requested.

What to do if your child’s bubble closes

In the event that the school is informed of a positive test result we will seek advice from the local authority and PHE.

This will then involve 14 days isolation for those children and staff affected. If this should happen out of school time then you will be contacted asking you not to bring your affected child to school, if this is in school time then you will be contacted to collect your child asap.

If a bubble is closed the school will remain open for all other children and staff. If you have one child isolating due to a bubble closure then their siblings can still attend school. However, if your isolating child begins to display symptoms within that 14 day period then you must follow the advice in the box above.

Bubble Closure

In the event of a bubble closure home learning will begin, teaching staff will work from home to ensure that daily tasks are set on google classroom with each day beginning with a google meet. This learning will follow on from learning carried out in the classroom. We would encourage as many parents to support their children to access this learning so they do not miss vital learning during this two week period. We will communicate further details of these arrangement on the first day of closure.

If parents do not have access to the internet or devices then you must inform the office as soon as possible.

The main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are:

● a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure

your temperature)

● a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing

episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

● a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste

anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

To protect others, do not go to places like a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital if you have any of these symptoms.

Get a test to check if you have coronavirus and stay at home until you get your result.

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ClassNovember Star Pupil Reason

Nursery AM Isla-Beau For making lots of progress, increased confidence and a great friend to others

Nursery PM Billy For being helpful, kind, polite, hard working and being a great role model to others

RB Maria For always trying hard with everything and listening at all times.

RBT Lily B For making a great effort to make the right choices and having a positive attitude towards learning.

1B Louie For aiming high in every subject and trying his best.

1R Abby For constantly looking for ways to help in the classroom.

2T Aayat For having a positive attitude and for being enthusiastic in class.

2W Charlie For consistently working hard in lessons and making lots of progress across the curriculum.

3C Harry For consistently working hard and being polite and kind to others.

3E Eshan For keeping us entertained while we were at home with his fantastic drawings.

4H Nimrat For always trying her best and being kind to others.

4W Riley For always demonstrating a positive attitude and love of learning.

5C Olivia For always showing responsibility for her learning, keeping focused and trying her best in everything. Well done Olivia!

5P Kane For trying hard and staying positive in all subjects.

6F Chloe For a huge improvement with her handwriting and a fantastic attitude towards her lessons.

6M William Super effort in all of his lessons and great engagement in his learning.

6WS Phoebie For always being optimistic, showing a positive attitude to everything she sets her mind to.

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House Attendance - November 2020

The winners for November 2020 are: Dragons

House points will also be awarded to the House with the best attendance

Dragons 96.8%

Eagles 95.7%

Lions 95.7%

Sharks 95.4%

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Spotlight on . . . Full Name: Nicola JohnsonYear Group/ Job title: Nursery Teacher and PE & School Sport Coordinator

Favourite Subject: PE

My favourite teacher at school: Mr Zaidel - head of PE...my inspiration for me choosing to teach.

Proud Moments: Meeting the Queen three times and getting my Queen's Scout Award, Queen’s Guide Award and getting my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award

Pets: 2 dogs - a young mad dog called Melody and an old Grandad dog called Ziggy who is 16 years old!

Hobbies: Scouting, Guiding, being outdoors and singing

Favourite Film: Cool Runnings and Muppets Christmas Carol

Favourite Music: Everything!! The cheesier the better!!

Favourite TV Programme: Holby City

Favourite Book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Full Name: Jen Wyer

Year Group/ Job title: Year 2 Class Teacher and Science

Coordinator

Favourite subject: Science and English

My favourite teacher at school: Mr Parker

Proud Moments: Having my children and achieving the PSQM

Award

Pets: Two dragons - can I call them that?!

Hobbies: Spending quality time with my children, socialising

with my friends and loved ones, walking through nature, photography.

Favourite Film: Armageddon

Favourite Music: Anything by Pink!

Favourite TV Programme: Grey’s Anatomy

Favourite Book: I Let You Go by Clare Macintosh

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THE PATCH NEWS

Baby Places (6 months to 2 Years)

As you may know The Patch Day Nursery now takes babies from 6 months to 2 years. Our little acorn provision now as places available. If you would like to view the nursery or would like further information please email:

hello@thepatchnursery.com or telephone 0121 526 2669 and we can arrange a viewing for you.