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RVHS Bulletin Weekending Friday 9th July 2021
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Message from the Headteacher I trust that everyone in the school community is keeping well. Unfortunately, there does appear to be a rise in positive cases across Essex and as a school, we have seen increased numbers in our community. We have a number of students and staff who are currently self-isolating and unwell. Staff who are well but self-isolating are delivering their lessons from home, but this does impact on the staff supervision of students in school and our safeguarding routines. I do, therefore, need to warn parents that should this rise in cases and self-isolations continue at this current exponential rate, we will need to make decisions regarding year groups staying at home for limited periods. I will, of course, continue to communicate with you and provide details in a timely manner. On the more positive side of this situation, you would have listened to the Prime Minister announcing that the country will enter stage 4 of his road map from the 19th July. The Department for Education has now published new operational guidance for schools which can be read by clicking on this link. A summary of the most significant changes from Stage 4 of the Roadmap for schools and young people are: • At Step 4 and after the end of the summer term, it will no longer be necessary to keep children in consistent groups (‘bubbles’). This means bubbles will not need to be used for any summer provision (for example, summer schools) or in schools from the autumn term. If your school is still open at Step 4, you may wish to continue with these measures until the end of your summer term. Given that we finish school on Wednesday 21st July - it makes sense for us to continue with our consistent routines for the final 2.5 days and implement the new procedures from September. • Schools and settings will only need to do contact tracing up to 18th July 2021. From 19th July 2021 (Step 4), close contacts will be identified via NHS Test and Trace. • From 16 August 2021, children under the age of 18 years old will no longer be required to self-isolate if they are contacted by NHS Test and Trace as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case. • From step 4, face coverings will no longer be advised for pupils, students, staff and visitors either in classrooms or in communal areas. From Step 4, face coverings are also no longer recommended to be worn on dedicated transport to school or college.
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