Newsletter 05.10.2020
Lots to Celebrate!
A huge well done to Poppy who ran the Race for Life last weekend! She ran with her running group everyone is so proud of your determination Poppy and amazingly you helped the group to raise £3,000!
Please see the link below if you would like to support this wonderful cause!
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/emma-poppy-jacob-strines-runners-team
Welcome to …
After a rigorous recruitment process, we are delighted to announce that Miss Edwards will be taking over from Miss Day when she commences her maternity leave in line with current Covid-19 regulations. A huge thank you to Mr Bailey and Mrs Woodgate as Governors who dedicated their time, support and wealth of knowledge to support us in this process. We look forward to sharing more information about Miss Edwards in due course and her wide range of experiences that we are sure will enhance All Saints’ further.
Children’s Safety
As always this is of paramount importance to us at All Saints’ we fully appreciate that the current situation at pick up and drop off is not ideal. As you can imagine we have conducted and regularly revisit our Risk Assessments including discussing about allowing parents to come onto the playground. However, it is still deemed not a viable option to have all the parents into the playground/ walk round the building etc as we are currently able to maintain safe segregated outside spaces for each bubble and if we allowed this we would have the mixing of bubbles. As such we would like to reiterate again some of the rules/ requests we have put into place in order to keep everyone safe.
We need to ensure that when we release the children they are able to remain on the pavement in order get down Brickbridge Road and not have to go on the road. The easiest way to support this is to stick to the staggered pick up and drop off times. By only one adult per child arriving on time but not to early for pick up and drop off and also vacating the area ASAP once your child has been collected, this reduces numbers that are therefore making maintaining social distancing and safely leaving the area more difficult. To support this further any Year 6s who make their own way home will be escorted by School staff to John at the crossing.
Autumn Parent Drop in!
We will sadly be cancelling this event for next half term and therefore felt it is important to offer an opportunity for our families to have a conversation with their child’s class teacher before the formal appointments in the new year. Therefore, in the final week of half term 19th October, (Church Week) Teachers will call each parent for a 5 minute chat about how their child has settled back into school. You will receive a PING/ Tapestry message next week letting you know the time and day your child’s teacher will be calling you. We hope everyone will find this useful.
Nasal Flu Vaccinations
Intra Health will be coming to administer the Vaccinations on Friday 9th October at 1pm. Please note Class 4 will be having theirs when they return from swimming.
Moving over to Tapestry from PING
From start of next half term (2nd November), we will be using Tapestry as our main point of contact with our families and we will not be continuing to use PING. Parentpay will continue to be used for payments for lunches etc.
If you have not had your log in for Tapestry, please email admin@allsaints-pri.stockport.sch.uk to be set up. There is an app to download, or you can visit the website www.tapestryjournal.com to view communication from your child’s class and also contact your child’s teacher. If there is anything that you need to let us know urgently, such as change to pick up arrangements, please email us as above or call School on 0161 427 3008.
Department for Education Assessment Timetable
Please take a look if not already done so at the letter regarding assessments this academic year that was sent out via Tapestry on 29th September.
Sue Hatton Music Tuition
Please see the attached letter for how your child can get involved.
Track and Trace
Please refer to the communication sent to you last Friday about what to do if you have been asked to self-isolate and please keep School informed.
Emotional Wellbeing Support
See the attached leaflet which contains a range of services children and adults can access, such as Kooth and HOPELINEUK for young people, the Samaritans and SHOUT, alongside online platforms like Togetherall.
Similarly, parents, carers, students, and staff can find these and additional services online (https://www.stockport.gov.uk/mental-wellbeing-support-coronavirus), as well as some tips and guidance to look after your health and wellbeing (https://www.stockport.gov.uk/look-after-your-health-andwellbeing).
It is important to recognise the invaluable support system that families, friends, and colleagues provide, and if you know someone who is not feeling okay, the Every Mind Matters webpage has some helpful tips on how you can help (https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/helping-others/)
Message from Siobhan McKenna, GM Nutrition and Hydration Programme Manager (Stockport area) (AGE UK)
Malnutrition Awareness Week (MAW 2020) is here!
This year it will run from the 5th until the 12th of October.
Resources
If you would like to download any of our resources or materials, you can access them here:
www.ageuk.org.uk/salford/about-us/improving-nutrition-and-hydration/our-resources/
Webinars
Finally, we are running 2 webinars during this week:
• Raising awareness of malnutrition webinar will be held on Wednesday 7th October, 3-4pm. To book, visit:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-awareness-of-malnutrition-in-older-adults-tickets-120054834241
• Hydration, awareness and strategies to promote good hydration webinar will run on Thursday 8th October, 10-11am. To book, visit:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-awarenss-to-promote-hydration-in-older-adults-tickets-120164420015
Contact Families
Our helpline advisers are ready to help with any concerns or worries you might have about your family during the current pandemic and beyond.
Call our free helpline on 0808 808 3555
Chat to us online: http://ow.ly/973B50AsWCN
Or email us at helpline@contact.org.uk for families with disabled children contact.org.uk
Reminder
Donation for the All Saints’ as always very welcome, please see the poster below for more information about such a great and needed cause.
We hope everyone has a lovely week, Helen Morton and Hannah Gaynor