Menu Home Page Latest News Home Parents Latest News Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment. Visitor Face Coverings in school from Tuesday 30th November Mon 29 Nov 2021 Dr James Dear Parents and Carers, With the finding of the new variant of Corona Virus and the measures being brought in on Tuesday, I am writing to you to let you know that from tomorrow morning and visitors will be required to wear a face covering. This includes coming into the School Office. My hope is that the planned events and the way we are working in school will continue to be possible if we take sensible measures now. However, I cannot guarantee this and will keep you updated if I need to make any further changes. Best wishes Dr James School Re-opening on Monday March 8th Mon 01 Mar 2021 Dr James School will be fully re-opening on Monday March 8th. Information will be sent to all families and be available on the website. Please see a letter from the Local Authority about this matter. Dr James School open on Jan 26th Mon 25 Jan 2021 Dr James School is open for critical worker and vulnerable children tomorrow on Jan 26th. Please remember paper packs should be collected. Dr James School closed Mon 25th Jan Sun 24 Jan 2021 Dr James Good evening Due to the weather school will be closed tomorrow. I hope this early decision gives you time to make alternative arrangements for work. Work for all children will be on Google Classroom tomorrow as normal. paper packs should be collected on Tuesday. Best wishes, Dr James Arrangements for tomorrow in school Mon 04 Jan 2021 Dr James Dear Parents and Carers I am sure you will have heard the news that we have entered a new national lockdown from tomorrow and schooling is to return to remote education for all children except those of keyworker children and children considered vulnerable. This will need a little organisation. For tomorrow teachers will be putting learning on google classroom for the day and school will be closed to all children just for one day. During the day I will email out to you further about the arrangements. This is likely to be around 11am so I can finalise plans with my senior staff. From what was said I expect this to be up to at least half term. Please try not to contact the school before I send out the email. The email will give you information about 1) vulnerable children 2) how to let us know you are a keyworker 3) Google classroom information 4) how to get a laptop if your child needs one 5) free school meals Iam grateful for your patience and we will have things sorted and ready to go for children who are coming into school from Wednesday. best wishes Dr James Thank you and see you all in September Fri 17 Jul 2020 Dear Parents and Carers Well we have reached the final day of the school year. It just remains for me to thank you for the support and flexibility you have shown during this difficult time and to wish you a good Summer Holiday. I have attached the guidance for September, in case you missed it the first time. To keep everybody safe and well we will need you to keep to the guidance. Especially important will be arriving and collecting your child at the correct time and maintaining social distance whilst you wait. It is really important that we keep the class bubbles of children separate and the start and end of the day is so important for that. Please pay your part in his. The new risk assessment for September is now on the school website. If you need anything please feel free to ring school or to email myself. Have a wonderful holiday and keep safe. Best wishes Dr James Update on school Thu 18 Jun 2020 Dr James Dear Parents and Carers As we reach the half way point of this half term I thought it was time for another update about school. Numbers have gradually increased in all groups as more children have returned to school. From Monday many year groups will be moving from part time to full time education. This means that we will have very little room to offer further places and will definitely need a week’s notice if you wish your child to return. If you are a keyworker needing to return to work we will try to do this more quickly. From Monday we will have approximately 90 children in school. The children have continued to be wonderful. There have been no issues with the children respecting the need to social distance and they continue to adapt to sitting at their own table and using only their own equipment. The daily PE lesson is also doing them good and getting them up and moving. This too is socially distanced and a little like having a personal trainer! Most staff also take part. We have had no children or staff with suspected symptoms of Covid-19. If you are taking the responsibility of home learning please keep going. For those not in school since the end of March, without your help there will be some large learning gaps when we return in September. It is really important we all work together to make sure we can be in a position to catch up when school does re-open. On the wider picture I have been asked several times about September. Unfortunately we just don’t know yet what the picture will be like. Even if social distancing reduces to 1m we could only have half the children in school at any one time. There is likely to be an announcement about possible summer school/projects from the Government soon but it is uncertain what this will look like or who it will be for. Thank you again for working with the school at this difficult time and please keep going. Best wishes and stay well, Dr James Government advice on returning to school and home schooling Wed 03 Jun 2020 Dr James The document advising families about returning to school and home schooling has been updated. A copy of it can be read at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers Dr James Report on school re-opening Tue 02 Jun 2020 Dr James Dear Parents and Carers, I thought you might like an update on how the re-opening of school to some year groups went yesterday. I know many of you are waiting to see how it works out before sending your child back. I don’t know who was happier to be back yesterday, the children or the staff! All the children have returned today so it must have been OK. The numbers are small and groups are well within the 6 or 7 children we said. As numbers grow I have additional teachers I can ask to come in so numbers can stay low to allow social distancing. The children coped well with the very different layout of the classrooms and the extra handwashing and cleaning that goes on during the day. Each child has their own desk and equipment and children are asked to wash their hands at the classroom sink at least every hour. All the children are having a short daily PE lesson and, from today, we will be using the outside and our forest for lessons as well. If you would like your child to join us now please give the office a call before the end of the school day on Wednesday and your child will be able to start on Thursday. After that unfortunately you will need to give us a week’s notice. If your child is in school I hope they are saying they are enjoying it. If not yet, please keep up with the home learning so when your child does return they are not too far behind. Work is still being added to the Langley Primary School website regularly by teachers. In the meantime keep well and safe. Best wishes, Yours sincerely A James Re-opening of school June 1st Fri 29 May 2020 Dr James Good morning Now that the Government have confirmed that the conditions are right to begin re-opening schools I can confirm that we will be beginning to re-open on Monday June 1st. If you have let a member of staff know your child is coming you will now have a start time. These are staggered to allow for children to be taught in groups of up to 7 children and to allow social distancing. Please keep to this time. we will be there to greet you. If you have told us that your child is not coming and wish to change your mind please let us know as soon as possible. After Monday you will need to give a week's notice that you wish your child to attend. The numbers at the moment mean that we can definitely teach your child in a class where the children will be as socially distanced as promised and where the hygiene and cleaning will be thorough. As you will have seen on the news, if there is an outbreak of the virus in the Sandwell area the lockdown may be started again and schools would be closed. This may happen at short notice. On the Key Information section of the website I have put the Risk Assessment for you to see if you wish. This takes you through in detail how school will be run. Finally, please remember if you have other vulnerable members of your family it is important that when your child returns home from school they wash their hands carefully. Enjoy the weekend and I look forward to seeing you back at school. 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