Headteacher Update 04/09/2020

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Birkrig, Skelmersdale, Lancashire WN8 9BN. Telephone: 01695 724730.

www.bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk Headteacher:

Mr IJ McDonald

Headteacher Welcome Back Update 04/09/20 Dear Parents/Carers, Introduction Thank you so much showing such a huge amount of trust and support in the school in sending your children back at the start of the new school year! It’s so lovely seeing all of you again and hearing the school full of the voices of happy children engaged in their learning! Home time Arrangements I wrote to you all last week about the arrangements regarding children returning to school, and one of the details was pupil collection at the end of the day. I want to avoid crowding and allow parents to collect their children in a safe, responsible and socially distanced way. This is why we opened the top school gate for KS2 pupils (with no KS1/EYFS siblings) and slightly staggered dismissal times between 3:05pm and 3:10pm for different classes. I would like to thank you all for bearing with us and being patient as we ourselves get used to these new systems. However, after observing end of the day pupil collection yesterday and today I would like to inform you all of the following: What school will do from Monday to help improve home time:  

EYFS/KS1 will still be dismissed from the main gate KS2 will still be dismissed from the top gate (unless they have siblings in EYFS/KS1 and then they will be brought to the main gate)  The staggered times will be extended to 2:55pm to allow greater social distancing on the site:  2:55pm (Years 1 and 2 at the main gate. Years 3 and 4 at the top gate)  3:05pm (Years 5 and 6 at the top gate)  3:10 (Nursery and Reception at the main gate)  If you have multiple children in the school they will all be dismissed at the latest sibling classes time (eg: a family with children in Y5 and Y1 would collect both children from the main gate at 3:05pm)  I can assure parents that classes with earlier collection times are not missing out on learning and getting the additional 10/15 minutes elsewhere in the school day What you can do to help us make collection safe for everyone: 

Only come at your child’s allocated collection time. Please do not come earlier because we will be dismissing other classes to parents at those times and we want to avoid crowding around the gates as much as possible


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