West Cornforth Primary School

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The Go Well Heart Project

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Children from West Cornforth Primary school have received their free Go Well Heart Project resources. The Go Well Heart Project is a ran by Go Well HQ (Sedgefield SSP), and it provides 30 activity bags and workbooks to every school in the Sedgefield district, with the aim of increasing activity levels within children when they are not at school.

At West Cornforth Primary School, we have decided to try and have an impact on as many children as possible with these bags. Therefore, we have selected children with siblings also in the school to be the first to receive the bags, so that as many children as possible are being active outside of school. Our total number of children benefiting from the bags will be 61, which is an increase on the 30 bags we were given.

This year it has been incredibly difficult to exercise due to national lockdowns and restrictions. Latest statistics show that 2.3 million children are now classified as inactive. This project aims to help change habits and activity levels that may have dropped due to the pandemic over the last 12 months.

West Cornforth Library – Online

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For any parents who have a library card for themselves or their children, the library has many resources online that you can access while they are closed. They have access to Encyclopaedia Britannica, eBooks, eAudiobooks and also eMagazines. Resources can be accessed using the link below:

Library Online

If you are not members of the library, you can also join the library online using the link. The library also have activities on their Facebook page, which is @DurhamLibraries on Facebook. There are craft activities and weekly online jigsaws, and they are hoping to add more activities soon!

 

Remote Learning Feedback

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As we are now in the second week of delivering remote learning, we would like to gather some feedback about experiences so far. Please click the link below to complete the survey:

Remote Learning Survey

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey, we appreciate your feedback.

Further Information (Breakfast Club/Online Learning)

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Breakfast Club and Drop-In will be open for key worker children and vulnerable children, as normal, and children should continue to wear school uniform.

School is already fully prepared for online learning, and you will receive your child’s login tomorrow morning (4th January), if you haven’t already. However, if you have not yet given consent for your child to access Office 365 (for live lessons/pre-recorded teaching videos), then they will not have been issued with a login. If your child is unable to access online learning, there is a paper-based option available for each class.

Information Regarding School Reopening (4th Jan)

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Dear Parents/Carers,
School will be open tomorrow (Monday Jan 4th) for key worker and vulnerable children only. This is due to concerns around increases in national and local transmission rates. Remote learning will take place starting from tomorrow. I can only apologise for the late notification; however, this is due to reasons beyond my control. Please use the school email address if you have any questions and I will try my very best to answer them.
Kindest regards,
Mrs Hodgson

Early School Closure

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Dear Parents/Carers,

Following the government end of term advice for schools (received today 8 Dec) we are changing an INSET day, making Friday 18 December a non-teaching day and using the day for staff training.

It has been recommended that all schools ensure staff, parents and carers are aware of the following information and relevant arrangements regarding positive cases in the holidays:

  • Where a pupil or staff member tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), having developed symptoms more than 48 hours since being in school, the school should not be contacted. Parents and carers should follow contact tracing instructions provided by NHS Test and Trace.
  • For the first 6 days after teaching ends, if a pupil or staff member tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), having developed symptoms within 48 hours of being in school, the school is asked to assist in identifying close contacts and advising self-isolation, as the individual may have been infectious whilst in school.
  • School staff are not asked to remain on-call or conduct any contact tracing more than 6 days after the final day of teaching. Where a schools last teaching day is on Thursday 17th December, there should be no pupil contact tracing asks beyond Wednesday 23 December.

Thank you for your continued support this term. School will reopen Monday January 4th.

On behalf of the staff and governors, I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.