Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you so much for your support and words of appreciation over the past few weeks as we have all grappled with the sudden changes to our ways of life.

Whilst no decision has been made for Term 2 at this stage, we have spent this week preparing and planning to ensure continuity of learning is available for all of our students in the event we need to move to remote and flexible learning at the start of Term 2.

We have worked hard this week to plan materials you can complete at home with your child to ensure continued learning support is available if needed, while we deal with the unchartered impact that COVID-19 is having on our school community.

You will have had several phone calls from your child’s class teacher this week. These calls are to establish how best to:

• provide you with ongoing support
• ensure you can collect any physical resources, if you do not have access to online learning
• maintain contact and continuity for your child if we need to move to remote/ home learning

In the event we do move to remote learning in Term 2, we will continue to regularly “check-in” with both you and your child. We are aiming to contact you regularly via phone and email.

In addition, we will continue to post on our Facebook page – please go on Facebook and “like” our page if you have not already done so. If we move to remote learning in Term 2, we will post story readings, some fun activities and messages from individual teachers to their classes so students feel less disconnected. Please post positive messages back to us!

Managing mental health and wellbeing is very important during this time of uncertainty. Keeping physically distant but socially connected is vital for all of us. We know our students will miss their classmates, teachers, routines, favourite activities, playtime, assembly and all the little things that make up being part of a school community. We are really missing our students!

In addition, information about the range of resources available to support student wellbeing and mental health can be found on OnePortal with specific information relating to the Coronavirus pandemic available on the learning@home site.

If we do move to remote learning, resources and information packages have been collated and will be available on Monday 20^th April in either:

• a hard copy format for collection from the school transport Zone between 8:30am and 10:30am (Tables will be set up with individually named bags)

• online from our school SharePoint – log in details will be emailed to you

If you have no transportation, you will have informed staff this week and we will consider how best to deliver these materials to you on Monday 20^th April if needed.

As we navigate our way through this difficult time, please stay safe. I wish everyone a Happy Easter and look forward to connecting with you all next term.

Best wishes,

Sarah