St Margaret's CE Primary School

Deadline Approaching for Breakfast Club Bookings and Uniform

Deadline of 14 August is now approaching for all Breakfast Club Bookings for September (see the Link Club page of the 'Communiucations' section) and for New Uniform Orders (see Uniform Order page under the 'Pastoral Care' section of this site).

Confirmations of breakfast club bookings will be given week begining 17 August.

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Google Classroom 'Closed for Refurbishment!'

Our online Google classroom is being closed for 'refurbishment' by teachers and technical staff.

Your child's login is being upgraded for September and will therefore not work as before.

Other 'third party' online resources such as Reading Plus etc are unaffected.

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Chromebook Laptop Hire Scheme

In September we re rolling our a scheme for parents/children to have on loan a school Chromebook for £30 non-returnable deposit a year. Priority given to Year 5 and Year 6.

Keep your eye on this page for more details to follow shortly.

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Breakfast Club and After School Club Booking Form

The bookings form is now live on the Link Club page of the 'Communiucations' section of this site.

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Classroom Based Vacancies

We are now advertising on the vacancies page of this website for a Teaching Assistant and a classroom based apprentice. If you are interested please see the webpage (under Information section) and contact the school.

TA 2 with QTS ---> https://www.st-margarets.warrington.sch.uk/information/vacancies

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School Uniform Order Form - Click & Collect

A new school uniform order form is now available from the Uniform Order page under the 'Pastoral Care' section of this website. After orders made they will be either paid for via credit/debit card using contactless/card reader or telephone payments. During COVID outbreak we will not be accepting cash. Collection will be on Wednesday morning or on September INSET day.

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New Reception Starter E-books & Revised September Start Sessions for Reception

New E-books are now on the reception starter induction pages.

Please also note the revised start sessions in September (to make them in-line with new COVID guidance for early years).

All reception families are receiving a special letter by post explaining the change.

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Return to School in September

Please ensure you have read the latest newsetter that outlines our approach. Newsletter available HERE.

To make our school as COVID secure as possible, we are operating 6 gates, three start times and two end times. The staggering is essential.

Some children to arrive between 8.45 to 8.55am, others 9.00 to 9.10am (see chart below for your child). Gates will close between 8.55 to 9.00 to distinguish between the different entrance times of groups. There is no need to queue outside the school if you time your arrival to happen during you allocated 10 minutes. But please note that if you are late you cannot go in with the next cohort, you will have to wait for all nursery and reception children to have gone through Gate A2 and then go to the front entrance - Do Not Use Any Other Gates.

Below are the groups, the classes and the subsets. We have deliberately put children in subsets according to family groups so as to minimise the potential for whole school shut down if there is a local outbreak. This may mean children will be working with other children in the year group different from their previous class. We are prioritising public health Pupil groups/classes will not be changed.

You will be sent a text today informing you of your childs NEW subset for September. Note subsets A, B and E are together and C, D and F are together (yes the lettering is correct!)

Signs will be up showing which Gate, for which class, at which time.

Parents will not be allowed onto the main playground in the morning and must be prompt both drop off and pick up to prevent bubble mixing.

YEAR GROUP	CLASS/SUBSET	START TIME	PICK UP TIME	GATE	FACT SHEET (to be published)
Nursery	All Nursery	8.50am		Gate A2 (in), one way, Gate C (out)	Nursery
Reception	Class RC: AR, BR, ER	8.45-8.55am	3.10pm	Gate A2 (in), one way, Gate C (out)	Letter posted home
	Class RD: CR, DR, FR	9.00-9.10am	3.25pm	Gate A2 (in), one way, Gate C (out)	Letter posted home
Year 1	Class 1L: A1, B1, E1	8.45-8.55am	3.10pm	Gate C (in and out) - wait along fence side	Factsheet Class 1L
	Class 1M: C1, D1, F1	9.00-9.10am	3.25pm	Gate C (in and out) - wait long wall side	Factsheet Class 1M
Year 2	Class 2B: A2, B2, E2	8.45-8.55am	3.10pm	Gate C (in and out) - wait along fence side	Factsheet Class 2B
	Class 2J: C2, D2, F2	9.00-9.10am	3.25pm	Gate C (in and out) - wait long wall side	Factsheet Class 2J
Year 3	Class 3S: A3, B3, E3	8.45-8.55am	3.10pm	Gate D (In and out) - wait along housing side	Factsheet Class 3S
	Class 3T: C3, D3, F3	9.00-9.10am	3.25pm	Gate D (In and out) - wait along fence side	Factsheet Class 3T
Year 4	Class 4C: A4, B4, E4	8.45-8.55am	3.10pm	Gate D (In and out) - wait along housing side	Factsheet Class 4C
	Class 4L: C4, D4, F4	9.00-9.10am	3.25pm	Gate D (In and out) - wait along fence side	Factsheet Class 4L
Year 5	Class 5T: A5, B5, E5	8.45-8.55am	3.10pm	Gate A1 (in and out)	Factsheet Class 5T
	Class 5M: C5, D5, F5	9.00-9.10am	3.25pm	Gate A1 (in and out)	Factsheet Class 5M
Year 6	Class 6M: A6, B6, E6	8.45-8.55am	3.10pm	SMILE Centre Entrance (in and out)	Factsheet Class 6M
	Class 6C: C6, D6, F6	9.00-9.10am	3.25pm	SMILE Centre Entrance (in and out)	Factsheet Class 6C

It is hoped that over time we will be able to close the gap between the pickups at the end of the day.

This is likely to run till December and we will keep our arrangements under review.

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Pupils' Video Message for Return to School

This video is to help prepare children for the return to school following the COVID lockdown. It emhasises the importance of social distancing and handwashing. Parents are encouraged to sit with their child and watch it together, discussing also the factsheet below.