Deadline for Reception places approaching
Warrington's deadline to apply for a place in one of our two reception classes in Spetember is on or before Monday 17 January.
3 easy steps:
1. Drop us a line using the Live Chat on this website with your name, child's name and your contact number.
2. Select St Margaret's as your preferred school on the Warrington admission form: Admission form here
3. Complete a supplementary application form (a copy is on our admission page of this website but we can get you a copy - no problem).
If you want to have a quick look round please just contact us.
School Business Manager & English Leader Vacancies
SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER VACANCY
Permanent post: join our great staff team - need to have a 'can do' attitude, smile, skills in finance, knowledge of school life
YEAR 4 TEACHER & ENGLISH SUBJECT LEADER VACANCY TLR2A (TLR2B PHASE LEADER OPTION)
Permanent post: join our fantastic teaching team, lovely well-behaved children, passionate, enthusiastic experienced teacher that can lead a core subject.
Chromebooks Available for Home Use Y3-Y6 
Again we have launched our chromebook initiative enabling greater access for pupil;s at home. This initiative was started during our first lockdown in 2020 and we are providing the loan facility every year to support home learning.
For further details see details: https://www.st-margarets.warrington.sch.uk/wellbeingsafeguarding/onlineaccess
EVERYTHING COVID...
...what to do if symptoms, track and trace, family contacts & bubble start times, FAQs, pupils' video message
Update: 05/01/2022 - Regularly undertake a full refresh to get most up to date page.
Updated Guidance from Public Health Warrington
All adults who are fully vaccinated and children aged 5 to 18 years and 6 months, identified as a contact of someone with COVID-19 – whether Omicron or not – should take a lateral flow device (LFD) test every day for 7 days instead of self-isolating. Daily testing by close contacts will help to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Daily testing for contacts of COVID-19 will help protect education settings by reducing transmission and will also help keep pupils in face-to-face education.
Once notified by NHS Test and Trace as a close contact, all eligible staff, pupils and family members should take an LFD each day for 7 days and report the results through the Online Reporting System and to their setting if the test is positive. If they test negative, they can continue to attend their education setting.
If they test positive, they should self-isolate and order a PCR test to confirm the result. If the PCR is positive, they must self-isolate for 10 days. If the PCR test is negative, they no longer need to self-isolate but should continue to carry out the remainder of the daily tests, and only need to isolate if it is positive. If a child or pupil tests positive they may be able to end their self-isolation period before the end of the 10 full days. They can take a lateral flow device (LFD) test from 6 days after the day symptoms started and another LFD test on the following day. The second LFD test should be taken at least 24 hours later. If both these test results are negative, and the child or pupil does not have a high temperature, they may end their self-isolation after the second negative test result, and return to their education setting.
Children under five years old do not need to take part in daily testing for contacts of COVID-19 and do not need to isolate.
World Book Day 2021 - making it great wherever you are...
The Masked Reader Competition and more for World Book Day
Below are some great activities to get you 'bookish'. In case you are wondering - no costumes this year (phew!)
Tomorrow we will be joining in with the celebrations for World Book Day - a day for sharing our love of books and the extraordinary adventures that stories can take us on. Across our whole school, we will be sharing a fantastic book called 'Perfectly Norman', which encourages everyone to celebrate and love their uniqueness, rather than trying to hide it away. A range of fun activities that are linked to the story have been planned, as well as the keenly awaited 'Masked Readers' quiz! Will you gue
ss who's behind the mask?
Teachers will be sharing Perfectly Norman and the Masked Reader quiz with their class during live lessons, but to make sure parents can enjoy sharing the fun with their children, we have put links to the story, the Masked Reader quiz and the Pick 'n' Mix afternoon activities below. You will also find a link to the World Book Day £1 Book Token which can be printed off at home (paper copies will be sent out when all children return to school on Monday). These can be exchanged in participating books shops for one of the World Book Day books.
Please make sure you share any photos that you take during the day, either using your child's Google Class stream or on Tapestry or you can Tweet them on parents’ Twitter Accounts with the hashtag #smcepslovereading
VIDEO OF MASKED READERS HERE (mp4)
MASK READER COMPETION SHEET HERE (pdf) (editable one in your Google Classroom)
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Our Whole School Book
We are all using the same book to share World Book Day. You can download the SLIDESHOW FOR THE BOOK here.
Its a fabulous book - just imagine having wings!
Book Hunt - Can you find these book cards...
Click on picture to download the full list of books.
