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Who is eligible for supermarket vouchers?

19th January 2021 By juliewalker

Dear Parents/Carers,
We will be ordering Supermarket vouchers to replace the food boxes as soon as our order window opens. Rest assured, as soon as there is any news regarding the progress of the vouchers, Mrs Walker will be in touch with you all. The vouchers will be available for pupils from Reception to Year 6 who are entitled to free school meals.
During normal school term time all pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are currently entitled to free meals – this is known as the ‘universal infant free school meal scheme’. However, the vouchers are only available for those children in Reception to Year 6 who qualify for free school meals under the specified government criteria. Follow this link to see criteria https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
Unfortunately, the vouchers are not available to children in nursery.
Kind regards and stay safe,
Mr Cornforth

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Free School Meal Voucher Update – Important Information

15th January 2021 By juliewalker

In response to schools being largely closed to most pupils during the current national lockdown, the Government national free school meals voucher scheme will soon be available again to provide support to families who are eligible for free school meals during term time.
As the scheme will not be up and running to order the vouchers until next week (week commencing 18th January) we will provide another food box on Monday/Tuesday to all families who received one last week.
The voucher scheme will be the same as the one in the spring/summer last year.
You can choose to collect your vouchers at school or have them delivered to your email address.
For families who are eligible you will receive a text message today asking you to confirm if you would like the vouchers emailed or if you wish to collect.
If your email address has changed or you wish to confirm please reply to the text message you receive, private message on our Facebook page or send a text message to 07766 510933 please remember to add your child’s name. PLEASE do not ring with this information.
As yet we are unsure as to when you will receive the vouchers. Please keep checking our Facebook page or website for updates. We WILL message you once they have been ordered or delivered to school.
If you do not receive school text messages or your telephone number has changed please contact us to update as soon as possible again by private messaging on our Facebook page or contacting 07766 510933.
Thank you

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SCHOOL CLOSED (Thurs 14th January) to all Key Worker and Vulnerable children

14th January 2021 By juliewalker

Due to the inclement weather and weather alerts Willington Primary School will be CLOSED today (Thurs 14th January) to ALL children both key worker and vulnerable. We apologise for any inconvenience. Online work will be available for the children to access via the usual channels.

 

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Food Packs Available for Parents/Carers Who are Eligible for Free School Meals

7th January 2021 By juliewalker

At the moment the government free school meal voucher scheme is not available for parents/carers of children who receive free school meals. However, we will be providing food packs which will contain food for 5 x lunches. The food packs will be available to collect each week from school, until then we will continue to provide packed lunches to collect each day.
The food packs will contain the following items:-
800g loaf of bread
2 x jacket potatoes
1 x cucumber
3 x tomatoes
200g block of cheese
5 portions of fruit
6 eggs
400g tin of baked beans
450g yoghurt
To order your first food pack please ring or send a message to 07766 510933, private message on our Facebook page or reply to a text message you will receive today. PLEASE NOTE TO RECEIVE YOUR FIRST PACK NEXT WEEK YOU WILL NEED TO PLACE YOUR ORDER NO LATER THAN 4PM THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY.
Thank you

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New School Phone Number – To be used throughout lockdown period.

5th January 2021 By juliewalker

If you wish to contact the school for any reason please call the following number – 07766 510933. The main school telephone number will be unavailable throughout the lockdown period.
Thank you

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Packed Lunches for Free School Meal Children

5th January 2021 By juliewalker

FAO of parents/carers who are eligible for FREE SCHOOL MEALS
In light of the current lockdown situation which was announced on 4th January 2021. If you are eligible to receive free school meals and your child is NOT in school, a packed lunch will be available for your child. If you wish to order a packed lunch please message/ring 07766 510 933 with names of children, private message our school Facebook page or reply to text you will have received. PLEASE ORDER BY 10AM to receive a packed lunch the same day. They will be available to collect from 11.15am from the dining hall doors accessed from the main yard.
Thank you

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School work for all children will be available from 10am on 5th January via Seesaw

5th January 2021 By juliewalker

School work for ALL children (including nursery) will be available to access from 10am on Tuesday 5th January via the Seesaw app. Instructions on how to access the app can be found by clicking this link.

If you require an access code please contact your child’s class teacher via Dojo.

Thank you.

 

 

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Delayed School Opening – Important Information

4th January 2021 By juliewalker

Dear Parent/carer,

I am sure that you are aware of the ongoing discussions between teaching unions, the Government and SAGE regarding the safety of opening schools in light of the current rise in COVID cases.

Schools are waiting for greater clarity from the Department of Education and are looking at how we can strengthen our risk assessments in light of the current situation. As a consequence we are delaying the reopening of our school until Monday 11th January. From Tuesday 5th January to Friday 8th January the school will be open only for the children of Key Workers and Vulnerable Children. All other children will be provided with remote learning to enable them to work from home (details to follow in due course).

We will review the situation towards the end of the week so that we can inform you on Friday of any further changes in light of the emerging picture across the country and County Durham.

I am sorry that this information has come at such short notice but I am sure you will appreciate how quickly circumstances have changed over the past two weeks; it is not a decision that has been taken lightly. This link provides information about Key Worker groups and Vulnerable children. As in the first lockdown to be eligible for Key Worker childcare, both parents must be Key Workers and have no other support bubble or childcare option. If you are a Key Worker and you meet the criteria for a childcare place; please telephone Mrs Walker on: 07766 510933 as soon as possible to let us know which day or days that you require childcare. We will then be back in touch with you later this afternoon to confirm times.

Kind Regards

Mr Cornforth

Headteacher

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Update on School Reopening on Tuesday 5th January

3rd January 2021 By juliewalker

Dear Parents/Carers,

I’m sure you will have been listening to the discussions surrounding the reopening of schools on the news in the last few days.  The government’s response to the pandemic is constantly changing and there is a great deal of speculation regarding the transmissibility of the new variant COVID strain.

Our priority will always be to minimise risk in order to make school as safe as possible for our pupils and staff.  For this reason, I will be in touch as soon as possible tomorrow regarding reopening on Tuesday 5th January.  I realise that this is very short notice but we are waiting for more information before making a final decision.

Thank you for your patience and support in these challenging times.

Mr Cornforth

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Reporting covid symptoms after the school closes for Christmas holidays

16th December 2020 By juliewalker

Dear Parents/Carers,

Our last day of term will be Friday December 18th.

If your child develops symptoms on Saturday 19th or Sunday 20th December, please get them tested and inform school if the test result is positive. You can do this by calling: 07766 510933.

When you leave your message, please include the name of your child, their class and the date that their symptoms started, as well as your own contact details.

(N.B. This messaging service will be monitored up until Thursday 24th December to allow time for test results from the 19th and 20th to be returned.)

From Monday 21st December – If your child develops coronavirus symptoms from Monday 21st December onwards, they must be tested and, if positive, follow the advice of Test and Trace. You do not need to inform the school of any symptoms which occur from this date.

We hope you all have a safe and happy Christmas.

Willington Primary School.

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Who is eligible for supermarket vouchers?

Free School Meal Voucher Update – Important Information

SCHOOL CLOSED (Thurs 14th January) to all Key Worker and Vulnerable children

Food Packs Available for Parents/Carers Who are Eligible for Free School Meals

New School Phone Number – To be used throughout lockdown period.

Packed Lunches for Free School Meal Children

School work for all children will be available from 10am on 5th January via Seesaw

Delayed School Opening – Important Information

Update on School Reopening on Tuesday 5th January

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