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Organisation for the Summer Term and Holiday Club.
Dear Parents and Carers,
We understand that this is a very strange time in all of our lives and it is difficult to make plans for the future, however we have started to think about what might happen next given current government guidance. We have thought about the end of term and the practicalities of holiday club, with the proviso that the national picture could disrupt our plans.
Class Bubbles
Last week we started the process of opening school to additional children and to start our new system of working in four small class bubbles. In keeping with our school ethos of promoting high levels of wellbeing and in line with our understanding of child development we know that it is not possible or desirable to socially distance with our young children, therefore we will keep our class bubbles small for the remainder of this term. We will continue with our upgraded cleaning schedule and strong focus on hand hygiene for staff and children. All the children have been fantastic in settling into their new routines and it has been good to see many of our families back at school.
End of summer term
As you may be aware, this school has remained open for every bank holiday and working day apart from two days since lockdown started and we have had to made key decisions to support our own wellbeing in the weeks ahead. Working with the Childcare Company we have decided to close both school and childcare on Friday 17th July 2020. We are planning safe ways of saying goodbye to our leavers and handing over your wonderful learning journals and will be in contact with you shortly.
Autumn term
School and childcare will reopen on Thursday 3rd September for the January 2020 cohort and any children already attending, and therefore already settled in school, from the Summer 2020 cohort. We will be in touch with all parents who have not yet joined school with our plans for future opening.
We anticipate that in September we will continue to work in four class bubbles; staff and children will be limited to one bubble and this will impact on the extended provision we can offer. Please contact kerry.hartwell@ripley-nur.derbyshire.sch.uk if you require either before or after school club from September as availability is limited.
Holiday Club
Holiday club and childcare will open on Monday 3rd August for 4 weeks only until 28th August 2020. We will operate in two age related bubbles; under and over 3 year olds. These places are limited so please register your interest by contacting Stacey.bradshaw@ripley-nur.derbyshire.sch.uk by Friday 19th June 2020. Holiday club will be organised by the Childcare Company and will be dependent upton interest received from parents to ensure sustainability and safe working for staff. If you are using funded hours for the holiday club please discuss with Stacey Bradshaw when registering your interest.
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Age phases |
Operating times |
Costs/day |
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Babies and toddlers |
8am - 4.30pm |
£49.30/ Babies £47.60/Toddlers |
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Over 3 year olds |
8.30am – 3.30pm |
£39 |
Any 30 hour funding queries please contact ltimmons@ripley-nur.derbyshire.sch.uk
If you have any questions please contact either Stacey Bradshaw or Kerry Hartwell via telephone or email.
For those of you returning after summer we hope you have a fantastic time with your families and we look forward to seeing you all again on Thursday 3rd September 2020.
Kind regards,
C.L.Bednal
Cathy Bednal
Headteacher of Ripley Nursery School
Home and School Agreement during the Current
Covid19 Pandemic
As a school we will:
As Parents/Carers we will:
Signed: C. L.Bednal Headteacher of Ripley Nursery School and Ripley Nursery School childcare
Signed __________________________________
Parent/Carer of ____________________________
Dear Parents and Carers,
This morning we introduced the new system of coming into school using two separate entrances and staggered start and end times of the day. We also opened our school up to a few more families in line with the current government guidance. The children, with staff support and encouragement, have all adapted brilliantly to a different working arrangement within school as they work within their class bubbles.
We have allocated spaces for other children to come back into school during this term and you and your children may begin to see some old friends as the weeks go by. As a remainder for children coming back into school; we are asking you to socially distance on arrival, to use allocated entrances and arrive on site promptly, to only attend school if you are well and to stay at home and seek medical advice if you or anyone within your household present with any symptoms of Covid 19. We will ask permission to take your temperature each day on arrival.
These are the new entrances, start times and greeters to help you and your child access our school;
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Greeting staff |
Class bubble |
Entrance |
Start time |
Finsh time |
|
Kerry Hartwell |
Hedgehogs |
Pram store door |
8.30am |
3.15pm |
|
Cathy Bednal |
Squirrels |
Garden gate |
8.30am |
3.15pm |
|
Annabel Martin |
Rabbits |
Reception |
8.45am |
3.30pm |
|
Cathy Bednal |
Owls |
Garden gate |
8.45am |
3.30pm |
|
Cathy Bednal |
Breakfast Club/ASC |
Garden gate |
7.45am - 8am |
4.30pm - 5.45pm |
Breakfast club and after school club children will all join Squirrels base for the next 7 weeks
If you require any further information please call school on 01773 745014 or email kerry.hartwell@ripley-nur.derbyshire.sch.uk.
We have produced a Home-School agreement to use at this time to ensure school remains a safe place for staff and children. Please read through the before you attend school as we will ask you to sign a copy on arrival.
Many thanks,
Cathy Bednal