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Keep up to date with all the news happening in school
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Easter Egg Competition
Fri 01 Apr 2022Please bring entries to school on Friday 8th April.
Any Easter egg donations for prizes please bring to office.
Thank you
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World Book Day
Fri 04 Mar 2022Thank you to all the parents and carers for the wonderful World Book Day costumes. Everyone looks great! More photos will be on the password page shortly.
All pupils will have brought home their World Book Day voucher. This can be exchanged for a free book or used as a £1 voucher. Please see link below for more details.
A local Usborne book supplier accepts the vouchers and for any orders made through them will earn books for the school too
https://usborne.com/gb/partner/the_rainbow_book_corner/
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EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSURE ALL HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS
Fri 18 Feb 2022Dear Parents and Carers
We are sorry to let you know that BWIS will be closed today following the email from our Local Authority below.
Please look on the Year Pages for remote learning. Teachers will also be emailing later on today. We hope you all stay safe
Kind Regards
BWIS
Email sent on behalf of Steve Crocker, Director of Children's Services, Hampshire County Council.
Issued: 05:00, Friday 18 February
Dear Headteacher,
We were notified, at 04.30 hours this morning, that the Met Office Weather alert status for Hampshire has been raised
to a RED alert meaning a threat to life.
Our advice to schools is that they should remain closed today and notify parents and carers as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely
Steve Crocker
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Parent Workshops
Mon 10 Jan 2022Next week we are holding online parent workshops for each year group.
Year 1 - 9.30am - Monday 17th January
Year 2 - 9.30 - Tuesday 18th January
Year R - 9.30 - Wednesday 19th January
Year R will present their annual phonics workshop which explains how we teach phonics in school and how you can support at home.
Year 1 and Year 2 will send you out a Google form giving you the opportunity to ask questions about any aspects of your child's learning. This then gives the teachers the opportunity to prepare answers and information in advance. They will also send you a Zoom link to join the session.
Do try to join us, even if you do not have any questions, as there is lots of useful information.
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Donation
Fri 07 Jan 2022Thank you to Rowans Hospice Shop in Bishops Waltham who donated us a basket of over 100 boxes of colouring pencils!
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Year R Fantastic Free Book from Book Trust
Wed 05 Jan 2022We are so excited to let all Year R children know that they will be taking home a fantastic Book Trust pack today.
Book Trust have given Bishops Waltham Infant School FREE copies of I am a Tiger by Karl Newson and Ross Collins especially for all of our reception classes.
The pack includes the book to keep and activities to enjoy including colouring in, spot the difference and questions to ask your child. You can also visit www.booktrust.org.uk/timetoread for more fun activities.
Sharing stories is also a great way to bond as a family so you could read I Am a Tiger as part of your bedtime routine.
Let Book Trust know how much you enjoyed I Am a Tiger by using #TimeToRead on social media @booktrust
Watch I Am a Tiger being read out loud by the author and illustrator.
Happy Reading!
Miss Salter English Leader
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Christmas Jumper Day Fundraising
Tue 04 Jan 2022
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Starting Back Tuesday 4th January
Mon 03 Jan 2022Dear Parents/Carers,
Happy New Year to you all-I hope you all had a lovely Christmas with your family and friends.
I understand that many of you will be concerned about the infection rates and covid spread when starting back tomorrow. Schools were issued with new advice from the DFE yesterday, addressing the difficulties this could bring about when the school re-opens. We have already faced staffing issues last term and worked our way around it, with our highly trained, excellent support staff, teachers being online and supply staff. I will do everything in my power to not to disrupt children’s learning in class.
Here is the current guidance from the DFE:
POSITIVE COVID TEST
Since Wednesday 22 December, the 10 day self-isolation period for people who record a positive PCR test result for COVID-19 has been reduced to 7 days in most circumstances, unless you cannot test for any reason.
Individuals may now take Lateral Flow tests on day 6 and day 7 of their self-isolation period. Those who receive two negative test results are no longer required to complete 10 full days of self-isolation. The first test must be taken no earlier than day 6 of the self-isolation period and tests must be taken 24 hours apart. This also applies to children under 5, with LAteral Flow testing at parental or guardian discretion. If both these test results are negative, and you do not have a high temperature, you may end your self-isolation after the second negative test result and return to your education setting from day 8.
Anyone unable to take Lateral Flow tests will need to complete the entire 10 day period of self-isolation.
CLOSE CONTACTS of COVID-19
People who are fully vaccinated, or children aged between 5 and 18 years and 6 months, identified as a close contact of someone with COVID-19, should take an Lateral Flow test every day for seven days and continue to attend their setting as usual unless they have a positive test result or develop symptoms at any time.
Children under 5 are not being advised to participate in daily testing of close contacts. If a child under 5 is a contact of a confirmed case, they are not required to self-isolate and should not start daily testing. If they live in the same household as someone with COVID-19, they should limit their contact with anyone at higher risk of severe illness if infected with COVID-19 and arrange to take a PCR test as soon as possible. They can continue to attend an education or childcare setting while waiting for the PCR result. If the test is positive, they should follow the stay-at-home guidance for households with possible or confirmed COVID-19 infection.
The current requirements on remote education continue to remain in place
As pupils return to schools following the holiday period, the current requirements for remote education continue to remain in place.
The Department for Education recognises that the high rates of COVID-19 may cause difficulties with the availability of staff. Our priority is to keep the school open and for pupils to continue with face-to-face education. Where workforce issues do arise, we will continue to do our best to use existing teaching, temporary and support staff more flexibly where required to ensure our school remains open.
What does this mean for BWIS?
-We will continue with the control measures we put in place last term in preparation for the rising cases.
-If your child is displaying any covid symptom (continuous cough, high temperature, loss of taste /smell) DO NOT send them to school, until they have had a negative PCR result. In young children at our school, children who have tested positive have also said their throat felt ‘scratchy’/headache/vomited. We are asking that parents continue to be vigilant about these symptoms too. If any child has/develops any covid related symptom when in school, they will be immediately isolated in our medical room and parents will need to come to collect ASAP and arrange for a PCR test. Please ensure at least one of your named emergency contacts are available to pick your child up in school hours.
- School clubs, lunch procedures and playtimes will also continue as usual - for the time being.
-Early Birds and TreeTops will run as normal from the Forest Room, at the moment.
- Staff and visitors will continue to wear FACE COVERINGS in communal areas of the school building and grounds. All parents are required to wear a face covering on site, when dropping off and picking up.
Thank you for your continued support and understanding.
VOLUNTARY REQUEST
In line with Bishops Waltham Junior School request today, we are asking parents to consider administering a Lateral Flow test for their children before we start back tomorrow. This is a voluntary request, and we will not be asking for evidence of any result. We understand they are in very short supply, so you may not have one at home. If you do and could do one, we would really appreciate it to try to limit the infection rates in our school.
Thank you for your continued support. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to call tomorrow morning after 10am.
Kind Regards
Mrs Riches
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Our Christmas Film
Fri 17 Dec 2021Our Christmas Film is available to watch on our 'Password Protected Page' under PARENTS until January 4th 2022
https://www.bwis.org.uk/parent-password-page/
We hope you enjoy watching it, as much as we enjoyed making it! We wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Best Wishes
Everyone at BWIS
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IMPORTANT NOTICE-UPDATED GUIDANCE
Fri 17 Dec 2021Dear Parents and Carers
Schools have been advised to develop contingency plans for January, and update our COVID Risk Assessments and remote learning. We have updated everything this week, and they are all available to see in our COVID section in Key Information (please click link below).
The government stated they will do everything they can to keep schools open, and we have everything crossed that this will be the case. We will be watching events closely during the school holidays and will keep you updated (we find out the same time as the nation during the public announcements).
Our advice to all parents is the same as it has been throughout the pandemic; please take your child for a PCR test if displaying COVID symptoms, and if a child displays COVID symptoms in school, we will isolate them from the class and expect parents to come and collect them as quickly as possible.
We know it is a worrying time, especially if you are seeing more vulnerable family members this Christmas break and we hope everybody manages to celebrate with their family and friends
Best wishes
Everyone at BWIS
