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Admissions consultation
Thu 07 Oct 2021On 7th October 2021 Hucknall National C of E Primary School is going out to consultation on proposed changes to its 2023-24 admission arrangements.
Full details of the consultation and how to respond can be found on the admissions page of this website and on the SNMAT website - https://www.snmat.org.uk/admissions-consultation-2023-2024/
All consultation information is also available (upon request) from the academy office.
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Continued Provision at HNPS
Sun 22 Mar 2020Good morning,
If you are eligible to access school next week, you will have been contacted by email by the Head Teacher. Only parents who have applied and who are on our register as doing so will be able to come in to school. Please do not turn up at school and assume you can leave your children. The school has to meet strict staffing ratios for health and safety and for safeguarding purposes.
Advice from the government, medical advice and union advice is to limit the number of children in school to 20% of the normal school population. On current applications we are at that limit and only have staff to support this number. The advice from the government is to keep children at home. Many families with a parent or carer working in critical sectors are still ensuring their children are kept at home. Every child who can be safely cared for at home should be, to limit the chance of the virus spreading. The school will remain open for those children who absolutely need to attend and this should be a last resort. As a school we want to make sure that we are able to support the right children and the services that are absolutely essential to limit the spread of this virus.
This has been extremely difficult for us as a school. We are used to ensuring that all children have equal access to everything at school and to the opportunities we provide. However, it is crucial that our efforts to limit the spread of the virus are supported. I ask for your understanding and absolute support at this time so that we can all work together to limit the impact on the health and safety of our community. Everybody is being called upon to act in the interests of our whole community which makes it a difficult time for us all.
The school is still here to support every single one of you, should you need it, whether that be remotely, over the phone or in school. I can assure you all that your staff at National Primary School are working their hardest and trying their best to provide ongoing resources and help for you all.
I will be in touch later today with further information about remote learning and information for all our children staying at home.
And Happy Mothers Day to all the women doing an amazing job to support everyone around them, especially in these extraordinary times.
Kindest regards,
Sarah Barratt
Head Teacher
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Continued School Provision
Fri 20 Mar 2020The Government have released this information:
The most recent scientific advice on how to further limit the spread of COVID-19 is clear. If children can stay safely at home, they should, to limit the chance of the virus spreading.
That is why the government has asked parents to keep their children at home.
Schools are being asked to continue to provide care for a limited number of children - children who are vulnerable and children whose parents are critical to the Covid-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home.
The key principle to follow is that if children can be at home then they should be, even if only on a part-time basis. Parents should also do everything they can to ensure children are not mixing socially in a way which can continue to spread the virus. They should observe the same social distancing principles as adults.
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. You will need to complete the form attached and return by email by no later than 4pm on 20/03/20. All applications will be reviewed and prioritised by the head teacher and you will receive a phone call as soon as possible to confirm arrangements for Monday. Failure to complete application forms correctly may delay your access to provision at the school.
Can I please remind you that school staff are now being asked to educate your children on site, off site and to support the delivery of meals. Many staff will be unable to attend school due to their own health or personal circumstances and many may become ill themselves. Many are providing childcare for their own children at the same time. We will absolutely try our best to ensure services are maintained at home and at school but please can I ask that you support the staff, be kind and polite and understanding of the demands that are now in place.
List of critical workers:
Health and social care
This 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 childcare
This 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 services
This 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 government
This 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 goods
This 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 security
This 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.
Transport
This 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 services
This 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.
Vulnerable children who will be allowed to attend school will be contacted by the Head Teacher by 12 noon tomorrow (20/03/20).
May I remind you to follow the Government advice that if children attending school or any family member presents with a new, persistent cough or high temperature, then they will need to self-isolate. Children who are in school and present symptoms will need to be picked up immediately. Without these measures, the support of key workers will be pointless.
I appreciate this is short notice and does not leave a long amount of time to complete and return the form. However, we need to ensure that Staffing levels are correct and timelines have short due to the nature of these exceptional circumstances.
Please can I state again, if you can keep your children at home then you should do so. The provision at school will be limited.
Again, I will keep you updated as much as I can when we receive any further information.
Please be kind and look out for each other. As ever, you are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Kindest regards,
Sarah Barratt
Head Teacher
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Book Bake Off
Wed 04 Mar 2020Wow! We have been blown away by your amazing cake creations! Thank you so much for getting involved and showing us how amazing and imaginative our families are.
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Breakfast Bookfest
Wed 04 Mar 2020Thank you so much if you were able to join us for breakfast and a book at our breakfast bookfest. It was lovely to see so many children and grown ups reading together. The toast wasn't bad either...
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National Bedtime Story
Mon 02 Mar 2020Thank you to all the families who were able to come back to school and join us on Friday 28th March for our National Bedtime Story. At 5pm, children came back to school in their pyjamas and with cushions, pillows, blankets and, of course, their favourite books. We started off by listening to Owl Babies, read by Miss Barratt, and then watched an episode of CBeebies Bedtime Story (The Sneds and the Snoods by Julia Donaldson). Then all the children enjoyed a hot chocolate, a biscuit and shared their favourite book with an adult.
Thank you if you were able to attend and share this very special session with us.
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The Secret of Black Rock
Fri 28 Feb 2020This week, the children have started studying The Secret of Black Rock.
A strange black rock has appeared in the school hall over half term and the children will be investigating this and using the story book called The Secret of Black Rock to help them out. All the children will be writing stories based around this book which you can come in and have a look at on Friday 20th March.
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Skylarks Exploding Volcano
Fri 28 Feb 2020As part of their topic about Our World, Year 3 have been learning all about rocks and volcanoes. This week they have created a real volcanic eruption in the courtyard!
Wow!
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National Readathon Book Giveaway
Fri 28 Feb 2020The National Readathon has begun!
To celebrate the start of our two week challenge to get our children reading more, we have already given away 14 free books. That's right - 14 of our children have received a brand new book from the school, completely free of charge! Each class teacher selected one child from each class who has shown a real enthusiasm for reading and they were announced in assembly and given a free book on the spot.
All of our children can still get involved by taking part in the many activities that will be taking place over the next couple of weeks.
So let's get hooked on books!
