Wincheap Foundation
Primary School
Developing skills for life and celebrating individuality
Noticeboard
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Free School Meals Scam
Sat 28 Mar 2020Dear Parents and Carers,
We have been made aware that some parents in the county have been approached via text and/or e-mail in relation to Free School Meal arrangements in light of Covid-19 (Coronavirus).
We understand parents have been asked to provide their bank details and personal information about children who are eligible, including names and dates of birth, with a promise that money will be sent to them directly.
This information is not accurate.
As a school, we will continue to provide vouchers after Easter for those who are entitled to free school meals (but as previously said, this is not for those who take up the universal infant school meals). We will provide more information about this once we have guidance from the government.
Can we also take this time to remind you to be aware of anyone who contacts you either directly or via social media offering services for your family in these difficult times. Unless you can trust them, you should not be sharing personal information related to you or your family as it may not be used in the manner you would have hoped.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Yours sincerely, Nicola Dawson
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Easter Holiday Care
Thu 26 Mar 2020Dear Parents and Carers,We are currently trying to assess what provision we may be able to offer during the Easter holidays to care for children who attend Wincheap school whose parents are key workers critical to the COVID-19 response. Our staff numbers are dwindling rapidly as many are either self-isolating or have symptoms, so we are likely to have minimal staff, but would like to support where we can. We will not be able to open at weekends and during the bank holiday and cannot guarantee that we will be able to open every day.Please indicate on the form below which days childcare will be essential for you and we will try to accommodate this if we can. We would be grateful if you could return this as soon as possible, and by Friday 27th March at the latest so we are able to make arrangements. Please e-mail your completed forms to headteacher@wincheap.kent.sch.ukPlease be aware we may not have sufficient staff to open on all the days that are requested. We will not be able to provide lunch, breakfast club or after-school club.We would also like to remind you of national guidance that every child who can be safely cared for at home should be, to limit the chance of the virus spreading.Yours sincerely, Nicola DawsonHeadteacher
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Phone Calls & Visitors
Wed 25 Mar 2020Please be aware that we are operating with a skeleton staff in order to keep the school open for our critical workers’ children. This means that only essential telephone calls can be responded to. If you have a question about logins or supporting children with work, please email the home learning email address:
homelearning@wincheap.kent.sch.uk
Your query will be answered as soon as is practical.
Please also note that there will be no one to man phones over the Easter break. If your query is vital, please email:
info@wincheap.kent.sch.uk
We are also not accepting any visitors to school even if just requesting information - as recommended - in order to maintain the social distancing regulations. All requests for information must be done by email.
Thank you.
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Free School Meals
Mon 23 Mar 2020Staff will be out delivering this letter and vouchers to some of you in the next few hours...
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School Meals
Mon 23 Mar 2020For children planning to attend this week with keyworker parents.
We regret to inform you that, due to circumstances out of our control, from today onwards we are not able to offer school meals. All children will need to bring their own packed lunch.
Thank you for your understanding at this time.
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Friday 20th March 2020
Fri 20 Mar 2020Dear Parents and Carers,
As we close our doors to the vast majority of children until further notice, I would like to wish you all the very best of luck and thank you all for the amazing support and positive comments over the last couple of weeks during these challenging times. We are very sad that we will not continue to see you all regularly, but please do take care and stay well. Please keep in touch by email (headteacher@wincheap.kent.sch.uk) should you wish to. All further updates will either be on our official Facebook page or on our website (www.wincheap.kent.sch.uk) under Parents and then Latest News. This is where we will keep you updated regularly on any further guidance or information, so please do check regularly. Please also contact us via homelearning@wincheap.kent.sch.uk during normal school hours should you need to ask questions about your child’s work or request further work. Please do not send any work back to school until we reopen our doors. Thank you
For those few parents, who will still be bringing children to school following a telephone call from us today, please continue to follow all school routines:
• Children should wear school uniform as usual.
• The school day starts between 8.30 and 8.45 am and finishes at 3pm.
• All children should arrive within this time and should come into school through the office entrance, where they will be gathered in the Key Stage 2 hall at the start of each day. They will also leave through these doors at 3pm.
• Please contact the school office (01227 464134) if we are expecting your child and they are to be absent for any reason.
• School lunches will be provided as normal for those who want them.
• There will be no breakfast club or after school club/extra -curricular clubs until further notice.
• Children should keep PE kits and Forest School clothing at school so that they can access these activities when set up.
Any further information will be distributed in the usual way – ie by letter, Facebook and the website.Please remember that every child who can be safely cared for at home, should be. The fewer children making the journey to school and the fewer children in school, the lower the risk that the virus can spread and affect vulnerable individuals in wider society. Sending your child to school must be the last resort if you have no other alternative.
Once again, thank you all for your ongoing support. Our Wincheap community is wonderful and very appreciated.
Yours sincerely, Nicola Dawson
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Reminder Regarding Key Workers
Fri 20 Mar 2020Please remember that if you meet the criteria (sent previously) and it is impossible to find someone to keep your child safe at home, your form must be with Ami in the office by 1pm today so that we can cater for numbers. We will then let you know whether we can accommodate your child later today. Any child arriving at school on Monday who we are not expecting, will be sent home. Thank you.
Please remember that every child who can be safely cared for at home should be.
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Key Workers
Fri 20 Mar 2020Good morning everyone!Please find below a list of key workers. If you feel that your job fits into one of these areas, please be sure to complete a form and return to the school or phone Ami at school on 01227 464134 to discuss whether your child can continue to attend school. We will let you know as soon as we can what the arrangements are. Apologies for short notice - have only just received the list!If your work is critical to the COVID-19 response, or you work in one of the critical sectors listed below, and you cannot keep your child safe at home then your children will be prioritised for education provision:Health and social careThis includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.Education and childcareThis includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the COVID-19 response to deliver this approach.Key public servicesThis includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.Local and national governmentThis only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.Food and other necessary goodsThis includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).Public safety and national securityThis includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.TransportThis includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.Utilities, communication and financial servicesThis includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.If workers think they fall within the critical categories above they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.
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