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Dear Parents/Carers,
Christmas Nativities 2022
Please find below details of our upcoming Christmas performances.
EYFS Nativity (Nursery and Reception)
Monday 12th December at 2:15pm
Wednesday 14th December at 9:30am
Key Stage One Nativity (Year One and Year Two)
Tuesday 13th December at 9:30am
Thursday 15th December at 2:15pm
Lower Key Stage Two Nativity (Year 3 and Year 4)
Wednesday 14th December at 2:15pm
Upper Key Stage Two Nativity (Year 5 and Year 6)
Thursday 15th December at 9:30am
We hope to see you all there to celebrate and enjoy all the children’s hard work.
Yours sincerely,
Miss M Michael
Headteacher
Dear Parents/Carers,
School Reopening Monday 28th November 2022
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support with the sudden and unexpected closure of school this week. As I said in my letter notifying you of the closure this was a very difficult decision to make as I knew that it would cause inconvenience across the school community at incredibly short notice.
We have been humbled as a school by the support of all our families and are delighted that so many children have been able to continue their learning, either on line or via the work packs that have been collected.
We are going to fully re-open school to all children on Monday 28th November 2022 but I feel it only right that I share with you that Public Health are continuing to monitor the respiratory infection rates within our school. We are incredibly hopeful that the infection rates have dropped dramatically but should they remain high or increase again in the near future we may sadly face further periods of closure.
The re-opening on Monday includes the re-opening of Breakfast Club and all Booster Clubs, Phonics Clubs and the After School Club. Details of all clubs are as follows:
We are also planning for the pantomimes at Bury College and Manchester Sings to go ahead as planned next week.
We sincerely hope that all the children who were unwell have made a full recovery and we look forward to welcoming them back into school on Monday. However, whilst we want all children back in school we must ask that if your child is unwell, or has a high temperature that you keep them off school until they are well again and the temperature has passed. In school we will continue to encourage extra handwashing and sanitising and will be increasing ventilation throughout school.
Once again I wish to extend my sincere thanks to you all for your support and understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Miss M Michael
Headteacher
School staff are still on site today and tomorrow and we are here to help with any queries you may have.
If you have a query about the work your child has been set on class dojo, please contact the teacher via class dojo.
If you have any welfare or safeguarding concerns, our safeguarding team are on site and can be contacted via the school number 0161 764 4988 or school email address stlukes@bury.gov.uk.
If you have a general query, our office staff are available via the school number or school email.
If there are any changes to arrangements we will be sending messages via parent hub, school email, twitter and class dojo.
School Closure – Thursday 24th November 2022 and Friday 25th November 2022
Towards the end of last week school started to see a dramatic increase in the number of children absent from school due to illness. This has escalated incredibly quickly with us seeing numbers of children off in excess of one hundred each day this week. The majority of absences are due to the same symptoms - high temperatures and coughs. We have also had an increase in staff absence, as well as children being sent home throughout the school day.
In light of the above we contacted Public Health Bury on Monday who in turn have liaised with the UK Health Security Agency. All absences of staff and children were reported to them and today they came back to us with further advice this afternoon based on this being identified as a respiratory outbreak.
Based on the recommendations given by UKHSA and Public Health Bury, Miss Michael with the full approval and support of the Chair of Governors, has had to make the very difficult decision to close school for the next two days to try to halt the rapid spread of illness we are currently seeing.
This decision has not been made lightly as we appreciate and fully understand that the short notice and suddenness of this decision will cause inconvenience across the school community but we have to prioritise the health and safety of our children and staff and try to stop the spread of illness.
Staff are working to setup work packs and online learning ready for tomorrow. Work on Class Dojo will be available by 9:30am tomorrow morning with work packs available from 11:00am for those unable to access Class Dojo from home.
The school kitchen will be preparing packed lunches for all those children entitled to benefit led free school meals. We will send a message out to let families know when they are available for collection.
I extend my humble apologies for this change in education provision.
Yours sincerely,
Miss M Michael
Headteacher
A huge thank you to everyone that donated on Friday for Children in Need! We raised £254!!!!