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6.4.20 Update 10:20 Free School Meal Vouchers
Following the latest news from the Government, we are processing free school meal vouchers as fast as we can.
You should receive an email in the next few days.
The website to sort this is in high demand so please be patient.
Thank you
5.4.20 Update Contents: Easter Childcare, Lunches, Additional Pupil Work and Letters to the Children
Dear all,
Easter
As we hit what would have been the Easter holidays, we remain id this new way of working. We will be open for child care for those key workers who need it. We will be one of the few schools, in South Tyneside, open over the Bank Holidays.
Good Friday – we will be open from 10am – 2pm. Please supply your own packed lunch.
Easter Monday – we will be open from 10am – 2pm. Please supply your own packed lunch.
There will be a new sign in sheet for the whole week in the main entrance. Please just initial under each day when you sign your child in and out.
There will be no Facebook event. If you are unsure or suddenly need to use the childcare, please just turn up on the day. Feel free to drop me a message the day before so I can update the team for that day.
Google Classrooms won’t be manned by staff over the Easter two weeks. We are asking them to focus on their own families and health during this time. I will continue to check into the Facebook page and to my messages but not as frequently. Thank you for supporting this.
Lunches
For children using the child care in the next two weeks, please keep Parent Pay topped up if you plan to take a school packed lunch. You are more than welcome to bring your own.
Free School Meals – packed lunches being collected will continue for now. The office is working on the voucher scheme which should start after Easter. You will be contacted directly about this.
Additional Pupil Work
Staff will release extra work after these two weeks (if still closed). Most will find this on Google Classroom whilst Key Stage 1 will have new work posted out. Please continue to exercise your own judgement to support your child academically and for their mental wellbeing.
Letters to the Children
As some of the pupils don’t have access to their class teacher, letters will be posted to the Facebook page and school website across next week. Where staff have access they may respond to any comments left, else any comments will be passed to the teacher by other means. We hope this helps continue relationships and support your children.
Stay safe!
3.3.20 Easter Child Care
Thank you to everyone who has let us know their requirements for the two weeks of Easter.
If you still need to let us know, please fill out the Google form for each child. Simply select the days you need as best you can for your work pattern.
https://forms.gle/Q6xghUfnZAeBbGHH9
Any special requirements over pick up or drop off can be communicated via Facebook or on the day.
There will be no daily Event to sign up to.
Thank you and Stay Safe.
1.4.20 Update Contents:Easter – Home Work – Free School Meals
Easter Set Up
Dear all,
The school will be open over the Easter holidays with confirmation to come regarding Good Friday and Easter Monday. As per our previous Facebook post, we would like to close but wish to ensure all families are supported. If we do open over these two days, it would be from 10am-2pm and parents will need to provide lunch.
New attendance – Rather than confirming your attendance each day on a Facebook event, we would like you to fill out the new Google Form to indicate your child(ren)’s attendance over the two-week period to help us plan activities. Please can you complete this to the best of your knowledge, ie shift patterns etc by Friday 3rd April 6pm https://forms.gle/VPorBG6TSNdTRmWh8
Please complete the form for each child. We recognise plans and work can change, but your best fit will help us.
Over these two weeks, lunches will be in the form of a packed lunch. Parents can send children with their own packed lunch if you wish.
Work from school
Teachers will not set any additional work over the Easter period but new work will be ready either via Google Classroom or posted out to you after the two-week period.
We still have no indication of when schools will reopen. Please try not to panic about your child being left behind, we will be here for them. We’d encourage pupils to do something educational each day but not placing additional stress on yourself or your child. Looking after your family’s mental health is as important as their physical health at this time.
Free School Meals
We will be switching to the voucher system as soon as we have the go ahead that they available and working. Eligible parents will be contacted. Initial information was for after Easter but they may be ready before. When we know, you’ll know! Until that point, packed lunches will continue to be collected from the school main entrance.
Thank you for your continuing support!
Stay safe!
31.3.20 Update 14:20
Dear all,
We are aware that the Government has released information regarding free school meal vouchers. Staff are working to get this sorted as quickly as possible.
There is no need to ring the school. More information will follow.
We will be in touch very soon with how you access your voucher.
Thank you for helping us.
Stay safe.
Good morning, the school is open once more, Mrs Cunningham has sent her letter for the day and Joe Wicks has led the nation once more in his ultra tidy living room.
We hope that everyone is keeping safe. We continue to monitor the service we are offering inline with local and national advice. More details to follow regarding what would have been the Easter holidays.
Please continue to confirm your attendance via the Facebook events. We appreciate this.
We know are staff aren’t front line NHS staff but the leadership team couldn’t be prouder of how they have stepped up to the challenge of this new way of working. We couldn’t be prouder to be part of the Mortimer family with the staff we have!
Whilst some schools have closed, we have sought to stay open, whilst some schools have sought to have hubs we have fought to keep our pupils in the environment they know and fee safe in. Thank you for backing us and working with us.
Stay safe, stay home.
Dear all, I hope you’ve had a relaxed weekend. The clocks went forward, so that was one less hour to social isolate!
We will be open in our now new format on Monday. The Friday team will be in place once more!
Usual process in place. Sign in from 8:50 – 9:30 and pick up from 2:45 – 3:30.
If you haven’t used the service yet, please ensure you have completed the school form and bring some form of ID to support your key worker status.
Please continue to exercise social distancing when picking up and dropping off – thanks.
Milk money – not due till after Easter.
Parent pay – continue to keep topped up if using the Mortimer childcare. Over the Easter period, it will be packed lunch provided by the school kitchen. Children can bring their own if preferred.
Thank you for continuing to look for ways to keep your children home. Our staff and their families fully appreciate this.
Stay safe!
