What primary schools will look like when pupils return in September
THE FIRST TERM WILL BE ABOUT ‘RECONNECTING’ WITH THE SCHOOL
HULL primary schools have outlined what pupils can expect in September when all children are back in class.
For some pupils, returning to the classroom in September will be the first time they have been at their school since Friday, March 20, when schools closed to help fight the spread of coronavirus.
Since then, only key worker children, and more recently children in reception, Year One and Year Six have been able to return, leaving those in Years two, three, four and five at home.
But parents of children at the Ebor Trust, which includes a family of schools across Hull and the East
Riding, have been assured that the ethos in the first half-term will be all about “reconnecting children with their schools” and returning to a structured education environment. A letter sent to parents says: “We have now been able to consider the government guidance for a return to school in September for all pupils.
“Many of the details are still being worked upon by schools who have the flexibility to adapt the guidance – much of which is non-statutory – according to their own circumstances.
“This means that while our schools will follow the same general principles, individual schools will be in touch directly with their own specific information.
“The first half term in September will be all about reconnecting children with their schools and the return to a more structured education environment.”
The Trust went on to say that “quality support” would be provided for everyone, and there would continue to be a focus on hygiene and “bubble groups.”
The trust said: “Every child has missed learning and missed their friends and we want to reassure parents and carers that both pastoral and academic considerations will be of utmost importance.
“We will provide quality support for everyone. There will remain a focus on hygiene, and bubble groups will be organised to help minimise risks.
“We will be implementing a system of controls to prevent infection alongside the need to provide a broad and ambitious curriculum.
“Guidance also recommends what we have been steadily implementing anyway, in terms of bolstering the use of IT and remote learning.
“Therefore should a child not be in school, for whatever reason, remote learning will help bridge the gap. Much effort is being put into ways this can be effected quickly, as necessary.
“Parents are reminded they can help by working collaboratively alongside their school and not sending their child to school if they, or any members of their household, are showing any symptoms of Covid-19.”