Headlines By James Saunders 14th May 2021
Roadmap As we look ahead to next week we look ahead to some relaxing of the national restrictions. I hope that this will provide you with further opportunities to reconnect with the important things in life. For us in school there is little change. The DfE has issued updated guidance for us to follow and by and large much of it remains the same. We must still: implement our split breaks and lunches; maintain our cohort based bubble system; have a focus on ventilation; use our one way system; maintain existing hygiene control measures; home testing. In fact everything has remained other than an update to the use of face coverings/masks. The guidance is slightly contradictory on this. But by and large it is allowing for some relaxing of this rule. At Honywood we are slightly more sceptical about removing restrictions as a cautious approach has served us well over the past year. Just yesterday I heard of another local school that has had to send home many learners to isolate because they have had a confirmed positive case.
learners should continue to always bring a clean mask with them to school every day unless they have received an exemption. We still have a healthy supply of masks to provide learners should they need another one. It is worth remembering that we are in the midst of assessments for our C11 examination classes and we are keen to get these completed before we relax Covid measures further and it is still the case that those under 40 in our workforce have not yet been offered a vaccination. Finally, we have issued the next round of lateral flow home testing kits. These will take you up to after half term. It is important that we continue to engage with this system bi-weekly as part of our community control measures. I thank you in advance for your support and cooperation. In the meantime have a lovely weekend James Saunders Timetable Rollover
A reminder that the timetable will be rolling over to the September 2021 classes and teachers after half I have met with other heads in our trust to discuss term. Cohort leaders will be writing to learners and our response to the guidance and agree on a unified families about these changes and will be using the approach. We have agreed that masks do not need opportunity to reignite the final half term. to be worn in classrooms from Monday for learners. However, at all other times indoors Thanks to: Zack Hamilton found a mobile phone in around school, in corridors and in communal areas the car park one morning this week on his way into we are still asking for masks to be worn. Some school and handed it in to learner reception. Well learners may choose to maintain the use of masks in done Zack. lesson time which is absolutely fine. Uniform Change We are not yet removing masks completely at this time, apart from in classrooms, because year bubbles Please be aware that from Monday 7th June (the mix during movement around the school and this first Monday back after half term) a change to the creates greater risk to the community. Therefore, school dress code will be implemented. Contd...