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Heads of Subject and QE’s senior leadership have worked together on any adaptations necessary to ensure safety - e.g. relating to the
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use of Science equipment and how performance music is structured. The PE department are following sector-specific and sport-specific safety guidance.
• LUNCH: YEARS 7-10. To help maintain the security of bubbles after the return to School, Years 7-10 will each have an allocated 30-minute slot in the Dining Hall for lunch. Year 9 and 10 will go to their designated playgrounds
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There are contractors on-site working on the construction of the new Music School. They will adhere to their own health and safety standards, and these contractors will remain separate from the rest of the School.
for the first half of lunchtime and eat in the second half. These slots will be both for those buying a meal and those bringing a packed lunch. The serving point for those buying their meal will be the main servery to the Dining Hall. Boys will not be able to queue before their allocated time. The timings allow five minutes for tables to be sanitised between sittings. These times are as follows: — Year 7: 11.30am-12.00pm — Year 9: 12.05-12.35pm — Year 8: 12.40-1.10pm — Year 10: 1.15-1.45pm
• LUNCH: YEARS 11-13. Those in Years 11-13 will have access to the Shearly Hall at the times set out below. Year 11 will use the external Tuck Shop as their service point for those buying a meal, while Years 12 & 13 will continue to use Café 1573. — Year 13: 11.30am-12.30pm — Year 12: 12.40-1.45pm (area nearest exit to the Dining Hall) — Year 11: 12.40-1.45pm (area nearest the School Shop)
• No assemblies will be held comprising more than one year group; some will be conducted using video-conferencing technology, so forms remain in their form rooms. Appendix 1 shows the current School timetable in full while Appendix 2 gives further information about playground use.
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