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RETURN TO SCHOOL QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Parent,

We hope you are all enjoying this beautiful weather.  We are at school currently planning for next term.  One aspect we must think about is “What happens if we have another sudden lockdown?  What will happen to home learning?”.  We know many parents have told us over the last four months that they have found difficulties in home learning, in helping children of different ages with their work and in going on-line.

We would like your help.  If you have time, we would like you to have a look through these questions and answer them as best you can.  We will then use your answers to help us prepare, just in case.

Thank you

Mr Belbin, Miss Griffiths and Mrs Beaumont

 

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Please select your response - On average, how much home learning have you been able to arrange for your child?

How helpful have you found the resources and support provided by school to assist home learning? (e.g.Maths and English workbooks)

How much extra learning material and support have you found to enhance the work provided by school? (e.g. TV programmes, websites, apps)

Overall, how happy have you been with the 'home learning' that you have been able to arrange for your child?

How easy is it for you to provide a suitable working environment for home learning? (e.g. a place for quiet study, a table to work at?)

To what extent do you (and other family members) feel able to help your child when they are stuck or do not understand their work?

Is it clear how you and/or your child can get help from school if you have a problem with home learning? (e.g. Class Dojo)

Are you worried about your child falling behind with their learning?

How do you feel now about your child returning to school?

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Parent Questionnaire

Your views are incredibly important to us, which is why we would like you to spend a few minutes completing the following questionnaire.  

Your responses will be collated and shared with the staff and governors in order for us to make changes and ensure that our school can ‘Be The Best That We Can Be’.

As always, THANK YOU!

 

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My child is happy at this school(required)

My child feels safe at this school(required)

My child is making good progress

My child is well looked after at this school(required)

My child is taught well at this school

The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved

The school deals with incidents of bullying or negative behaviour effectively

I am kept well informed about my childs progress

The school responds well to any concerns I raise

My child is encouraged to work hard and do their best

I feel there are plenty of after-school clubs for my child

I am kept well informed about what is happening in school through texts, newsletters, ClassDojo, Website and Twitter

The school meets the religious needs of the pupils

The school provides a wide variety of opportunities for the children - sports, music, drama etc.

I feel comfortable about approaching the school with any questions, suggestions or a problem

I find the school clean and tidy

The school is well led and managed

Please comment on how much homework your child receives

Would you recommend St Joseph's School to another parent?

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Staffing Arrangements for September

Dear Parents and children,

I write to let you know about leadership arrangements, classes and staffing for next year.

Teaching.

Year group Main lead
Nursery Mrs Jarka Jancarova
Reception Miss Emma Roberts
Year 1 Mrs Sarah Bibby
Year 2 Miss Rachael Griffiths Mr James Carr
Year 3 Mrs Jo Garnock-Jones
Year 4 Mrs Elena Butcher
Year 5 Mrs Louise Beaumont Mrs Nicole Dodd
Year 6 Mrs Rebecca Hamilton Mrs Rebecca Riley

 

Leadership.

Mrs Beaumont (Deputy headteacher) will be leading in Key Stage 2, while Miss Griffiths (Deputy headteacher) will be leading in Early Years and Key Stage 1.  Both will be teaching for 0.5 of the week.

Pastoral lead:  Mrs Sally Lee will be leading the team on our pastoral support for children and families, with Hayley Moorcroft.  As well as teaching Personal, Social and Health Education throughout the school, there will be increased levels of support and counselling for our children and families, as we emerge from COVID 19 restrictions.

Special Needs:  Mrs Nicole Dodd has been appointed by Governors as our new Special Needs coordinator, which she will do for two days a week.  She will also be teaching for the rest of the week in Year 5.

Finally, as regards the headship, I will remain as headteacher at school until at least Christmas, and probably beyond until the school is able to appoint a Catholic headteacher.  I will be working for four days a week, as I do currently.  On the other day, Miss Griffiths will be the headteacher.

September.

A key question you will all be thinking is “what is going to happen in September?” We are currently planning to be back, and very much looking forward to it. Following the guidance we received last week, we have spent much time looking at what social distancing in all our classrooms, corridors and toilets would look like.  We have thought of bubbles of classes and managing this.  We also have to think about lunchtimes and how we arrange that.  In our planning, we will try and avoid staggered starts, so all pupils come into class at the same time as now, as we recognise that this will not be convenient for you.  It may not be possible for parents and the younger children to walk across KS2 playgrounds and then onto KS1, however.  I hope to start the walking bus and breakfast club in September.  Having listened to your feedback, this will be open to all KS1 and KS2 children.  We will not be having any clubs, certainly for the autumn term.

All I can say is that we will continue to do the very best we can for all our children and our community.  I will of course keep you updated through the next few weeks and months, so that when we re-open in September, you know exactly how we are prepared for the new term.

In the meantime, Year 6 have been invited back to school for the last three weeks, and school reports are being written and will be sent out soon.  We are running a summer play scheme for our nursery, Reception and Year 1 children in the summer (August 10th and 17th).  We are also inviting Year 2 in for a week in August, again as a way of preparing children for a return in September.

Finally, we also have to think about how we, as a school, have handled COVID 19 in terms of children’s learning.  We also have to think about how we would continue to educate children should we ever have to go into lock down again.  Therefore, I will be sending you a questionnaire next week so that you can tell us your views.  I hope you will have time to fill these in, over the next few weeks. I will collate all the information together, then send out the results to you.

May I wish you and your family a restful summer, wherever that might be.

 

Mr S Belbin and all the team at St Joseph’s.

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