Return to School - 8th March 2021
Please find here our letter to parents with all of the details about the children's return to school on 8th March 2021.
Zoom Link-ups
Please click here to find our guide and protocol for using Zoom for class link-ups.
Remote Learning
Please click here to find out about our remote learning provision. This information is intended to provide clarity to children and parents about what to expect from our remote education where national or local restrictions require entire year groups, bubbles or individual children to remain at home.
Information for Parents
Testing - All households with primary school age chidlren are being encouraged to start regular twice-weekly testing from March 8th. The Director of Public Health at East Sussex County Council has written a letter to parents and carers with children at school providing details of how they can access lateral flow tests.
'Heat&Eat Bexhill' Initiative - You can find out here and here about the 'Heat&Eat Bexhill' initiative led by The Pelham in partnership with the Heart of Sidley. This initiative provides support through pre-paid vouchers for food, fuel and utility meters.
Test and Trace Data Collection - You can find our information about test and trace data collection here.
Supporting Your Child at Home - You can find tips on supporting your child at home (learning through play) here. You can find tips on supporting your child at home (emotional wellbeing) here.
COVID-19 Information
March 2021
All schools are required to provide a risk assessment. You can read ours, based on the East Sussex County Council model, here.
Letter for parents about COVID-19 symptoms
Public Health England has produced a letter for schools to distribute to parents which explains when a person requires a coronavirus test and what the symptoms of coronavirus are.
The intention of the letter is to help prevent children being taken out of school unnecessarily and answer some of the questions parents may have around testing. You can view the letter here.
Test and Trace App
This week NHS Test and Trace has launched the NHS COVID-19 app. The app has been launched to help control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). It will do this by alerting people who may have been exposed to infection so that they can take action. The app is available to download on smartphones for anyone aged 16 or over. Click here for the fact sheet for parents.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
During this time, there have been many changes for families. We all cope with situations in different ways. These websites can offer support to you and your children.
Information for parents and carers:
Mind (for better mental health)
NSPCC (mental health and parenting)
Anna Freud Centre (helping children and young people to manage anxiety)
Anna Freud Centre (resources to support the return to school)
Government guidance on mental health and wellbeing
Government guidance on supporting young people's mental health and wellbeing
Information for Children
Information to help support children and their understanding of COVID-19 and social distancing.
Books and activities:
Wellbeing Journal for Kids (Outside the box) - mainly aimed at KS2
Rain Before Rainbows – a book to inspire hope from Walker Books & Save the Children
Corona Virus: a book for children
Everybody Worries: by John Burgerman - picture book for children that are worried about Coronavirus
The Book of Hopes: words and pictures to comfort, inspire and entertain children in lockdown (with contributions from more than 100 children’s writers and illustrators) - edited by Elizabeth Rundell
Social distancing resources:
Time to Come in Bear: a story about social distancing - written by Kim St. Lawrence read by Ryan St. Lawrence
How to explain social distancing to Kids: KiwiCo
Grover (from Sesame Street) and Social Distancing