Latest News
Latest News
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Lunchtime arrangements
Mon 23 Mar 2020Just to confirm that a hot meal or jacket potato is available to all children who attend, free of charge for this week.
For children who usually have a free school meal, but not attending the Hub School, a pack lunch is available to pick up and take away.
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Important information when accessing Hub Schools
Sun 22 Mar 2020Children of key workers attending the Hub School will not need to wear uniform.
Please can children wear practical, comfortable clothes and shoes so that they don't worry if we do 'messy' activities and can participate in physical activities safely.
Also, please can each child bring their own water bottle which is clearly labelled.
We are looking forward to welcoming your children, but please ensure that using the Hub School is a last resort, as isolation is the ideal scenario.
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Home Learning
Sat 21 Mar 2020Dear Parents/carers,
I will outline some guidelines to provide clarity regarding home learning expectations for both staff and families.
Teachers: will provide a range of learning experiences for children and families to choose from. These will be refreshed each week wherever possible. Staff will aim to give feedback to each pupil once a week, and for this to be possible, children will need to share their completed work by using the ‘turn it in’ icon. This may fluctuate according to staff availability, which will be impacted by the ‘shifts’ we cover working in the hub school and personal circumstances.
Pupils and parents/carers: Where circumstances allow, please aim to engage in a literacy, mathematical and physical learning opportunity each day.
For Foundation Phase pupils there are additional areas of learning e.g. Creative, Health and Wellbeing activities available which can be enjoyed over the week.
For KS2 pupils (year 3,4,5 and 6), staff have requested that children also complete the more ‘chunky’ piece of topic work over the week, in order to apply skills through a cross curricular approach.
PLEASE be mindful that if you or your child use the ‘stream’ facility for shared conversations, shared means that the teachers and whole class can read the same message so conversations must reflect this and be appropriate.
For any curriculum queries, please contact us on arwhomelearning@arwprimary.net
Happy learning…we are going to miss being with your children!
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Key worker application form
Sat 21 Mar 2020Dear Parents/carers,
I will outline some guidelines to provide clarity regarding home learning expectations for both staff and families.
Teachers: will provide a range of learning experiences for children and families to choose from. Staff will aim to give feedback
Dear Key Workers:
Below is the link to the application form. Please complete if you have no other option for childcare as we are still trying to avoid large groups in line with government guidelines.
Provision for vulnerable learners are still being discussed and will not be available on Monday. MCC continue to organise this provision and I will update you as soon as I have any news.
Proof of key worker role will need to be presented in order for your child to be accepted in the childcare provision.
I will be at Dewstow Primary School on Monday from 8:00 am in order to welcome any of our children, be a familiar face, and to support both MCC and the Hub school, and will remain on site until our children are settled.
Please see the link to the registration form for childcare for key workers:
Please check your eligibility before completing the application form
PLease take care
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Information regarding Key Wokers
Fri 20 Mar 2020Dear Parents and Carers,
Preparations to support key workers through the provision of childcare:
At the end of the school day on Friday 20 March 2020, all schools in Monmouthshire will close for the near future; we do not know when the return to school will be.
The Government has stated in its latest advice:
‘If children can stay safely at home, they should, to limit the chance of the virus spreading. That is why the government has asked parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, and asked schools to remain open only for those children who absolutely need to attend.’
From Monday 23 March 2020, we are establishing nine provisions across the county that will enable us to provide support and care for the children of key workers across the county.
This will enable those workers to continue to make their key contribution in the fight against COVID-19 and is in line with the strategic objectives of our response to the emergency. We have chosen this scope of provision because it maintains the key objective of school closures i.e. reducing the transmission of the virus.
The nine schools (selected for their size and location) will be:
- Deri View Primary School (Abergavenny)
- Llanfoist Fawr Primary School (Abergavenny)
- Dewstow Primary School (Caldicot)
- Rogiet Primary School (Caldicot)
- Overmonnow Primary School (Monmouth)
- Kymin View Primary School Monmouth
- Thornwell Primary School (Chepstow)
- Pembroke Primary School (Chepstow)
- Raglan Church in Wales Primary School (Raglan)
Monmouthshire will follow the UK Government’s definition of ‘key’ workers – this can be found here. MCC will be sharing a registration form online this afternoon and all parents presenting on Monday morning are expected to present an id of a relevant service or industry sector.
The provision will be available for children in the following school years: reception to year 8 and will be open from 8.00 (breakfast club) – 3.30.
Members of staff from all of Monmouthshire’s schools will work in these settings not only the ‘host’ school. The aim is to ensure that there is familiar face for all pupils. It is our intention, through working with the schools to establish a shift pattern to ensure that there can be a continuity of provision capable of withstanding increasing illness and self-isolation. Members of the CYP Directorate will also support these provisions and we will review our capacity and potentially look to utilise the skills and talents of our youth service.
Pupils eligible for FSM
From Monday 23 March 2020, we will also be able to provide a lunch to all of our children who are eligible for a free school meal. This will be made available from each of the schools above and will be either a hot meal or a packed lunch on a ‘grab and go’ basis. This will be available between 12pm and 2pm.
Secondary aged pupils who are eligible for free school meals and are not in one of the hub schools should collect their lunch from their normal school at the normal time.
The situation we face is challenging and dynamic, these plans, as set out above, are in place for the first week. At all times we will be reviewing the capacity of this offer to ensure that it remains suitable to meet its objectives. We have additional schools on standby to augment the service.
All schools across Monmouthshire have made proactive plans to identify all vulnerable learners and staff who are not working at these hubs will be responsible for maintaining contact with these learners during the time of school closures.
Please refer to www.monmouthshire.gov.uk for details of registration, these will be available later this afternoon.
Thank you for your patience as we have worked to develop these contingencies, as I have said we will keep them continually under review and we can develop this offer is necessary.
Yours sincerely
Will McLean
Chief Officer
Children and Young People
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Key Workers
Fri 20 Mar 2020We are currently waiting for clarification regarding who is on the Key Worker list from the Local Authority. Once we know this we will advise you of what to do next. Watch this space! -
Update
Fri 20 Mar 2020Good morning everyone! I hope that you are all well.
For your information:
Today at 5.30pm - The Minister for Education will hold a Q&A session for children and young people on twitter
Today is our last day in Archbishop Rowan Williams Primary School until further notice. It is a sad but necessary step for us all, and we will miss our children and families greatly. During this time of separation, we will endeavour to remain in touch with you as regularly as we can, but this may fluctuate according to any duties that we are required to fulfil for the Local Authority, as well as any changes in our own circumstances.
I will use our 'Latest News' section of the website to post any information that I know but please continue to email via the school website for general queries and the website set up to support learning via the google classroom. Staff are required to work as usual but this may not be at our school. I will provide further information later regarding provision for the children of Key Workers.
Latest advice on Coronavirus from Welsh Government: https://gov.wales/coronavirus
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Home Learning
Wed 18 Mar 2020Using Google Classroom at home - click here
Using Purple Mash at home - click here
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Isolation guidance provided by the Schools Nurse Team
Wed 18 Mar 2020Information taken from the Public Health Wales website.
There is a particularly useful table at the end.
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School closure update
Wed 18 Mar 2020- As it stands, we plan to remain to stay open until the end of Friday
- We are currently preparing learning for pupils and will share this with you and your children as soon as possible.
- At this moment in time, the priority is checking that your child's login details work (they will be sent home tonight) and if not, let us know. Work is not expected to be uploaded at this moment in time.