Tuesday 23^rd February 2021

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Full opening of Fair Oak Junior School: 8^th March 2021

Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents and carers for your continued understanding and cooperation during this very challenging period. I know this has been a difficult time for all families, in particular those having to juggle work commitments and manage childcare.

This letter summarises the arrangements for the full opening of school on 8^th March 2021 and details how you can help us, by working together.

School will be open to all children in all year groups as of Monday 8^th March 2021.

1. The updated guidance states that all children are to return to school from 8^th March and in full school uniform including ties.
2. Breakfast club and after school club will run from 8^th March 2021.
3. ICON after school club will run from 8^th March 2021.
4. Following government guidance a staggered timetable will be in place for the start and end of school day:

Parents will need to be mindful of adhering to social distancing as much as possible when they are on school site especially as we are undergoing extensive building works on the site/campus. .

1. Bubbles – we will define bubbles as classes, overall, to reduce contact across year groups and reduce the number of children affected by any bubble closure. However, After School Club and ICON sports club will run as year group bubbles. By defining bubbles in this way, we are able to ensure the operational working of the school, including providing parents with Breakfast Club and After School Club allowing for wraparound care.
2. Breakfast club: Breakfast club will run from 7.45 am and children will need to arrive at the hall doors (via the main green gate). Parents/carers are not to enter the hall. When the children are in the hall, they will be split into their year group bubbles. No breakfast will be served and children will not be able to bring their own breakfast, as we haven’t got provision for the extra cleaning during this morning session.
3. After School club (ASC): ASC will take place in the hall and NOT the Music and Drama room. Parents will need to collect their child from the hall doors, which can be accessed via the main green gate. Parents must not enter the hall. Food will be provided at ASC.
4. ICON After School Clubs:  ICON will run their sports clubs as of 8^th March 2021. ICON intend to be running an outdoor after school club with this being reviewed throughout the rest of the year. ICON will be offering a football/multi sports club running from Monday through to Thursday.  This will operate on the new all-weather surface area on the school playing fields.

• Monday – Year 3 & Year 5 bubble pupils
• Tuesday – Year 4 & Year 3 bubble pupils
• Wednesday – Year 3 & Year 5 bubble pupils
• Thursday – Year 4 & Year 3 bubble pupils

1. Pencil cases: Please do not send your child into school with a pencil case. We have purchased pencil cases for all the children. Please note, that children will be able to share resources within their class (and within their bubbles).
2. Hygiene arrangements:
   1. Children will have opportunities throughout the day to wash their hands in their classrooms with soap. Please note that some children have found this difficult due to the frequency of washing. Please do speak to your child about drying their hands appropriately. You may wish to send in a small tube of hand cream.
   2. Hand Sanitisers: Each class will have hand sanitiser in it and there are a number of hand sanitiser stations around the school. Please note that our hand sanitiser has a 70/75% alcohol strength.
   3. Cleaning: We have recently purchased enhanced cleaning products which have both antibacterial properties as well as providing a coating to surfaces which will eliminate bacteria.
3. Full School uniform is required. Please do not send your child into school with a large school bag.
4. Face masks/coverings should be worn by parents/carers on the campus at drop off and collection time and at all times when on the school site.
5. School dinners: Hot school dinners are available for children to order. These will be delivered to the classrooms and children will eat in their rooms or outside if the weather is appropriate. The menu has been created and will be displayed on the school website. Please note that the menu is not the standard HC3S menu at present and that the price for lunch is £2.50.
6. Parents and visitors: Parents will not be granted access to the school site unless they have an appointment. Please contact the office (adminoffice@fairoak-jun.hants.sch.uk or 02380693195) if you wish to come onto site during the school day or to arrange for your child’s teacher to call you.
7. Parking: Only valid parking permits will enable vehicles to enter the Wyvern Campus. Due to building work on site, the gates will also be manned by Wates the main contractor on the site and if you do not have a permit you will not be allowed on site.
8. Break time snacks will not be sold at school, but your child will be able to bring in their own healthy snack.
9. PE kits will need to be worn on PE days.

Year 3: Tuesday and Wednesday (Britto on Monday and Wednesday)

Year 4: Monday and Thursday

Year 5: Wednesday and Friday

Year 6: Wednesday and Thursday

In addition to the information already shared:

• Government-recommended Posters have also been printed for each classroom
• Fire arrangements have been updated. Clear guidance for evacuation routes will be in each classroom
• New bins have been purchased for each classroom – after each use children are encouraged to wash hands or use hand sanitiser
• Children will have allocated playing zones for lunchtime and playtime
• Children will need to eat their lunches inside their classrooms, or outside in their designated playing space.
• The relationships policy (Behaviour) will be followed.
• The marking and feedback policy will be followed after a brief staggered process returning to pre COVID marking expectations after the Easter Holidays.

COVID19 Symptoms

• A new continuous cough
• A high temperature
• A loss, or change in, your normal sense of taste and smell

You MUST NOT send your child to school if they have any of the above symptoms, or if anyone in the household has the symptoms.

As per government guidance we will no longer be taking thermal temperature checks of all pupils on entrance to school. However, if children arrive at school with symptoms or develop symptoms during the course of the day, they will be isolated and parents will need to collect them. The school will also test the temperature of children returning from a period of isolation. If a child has symptoms, they (and the other members of the household) will have to follow the government’s guidance.

Please do not simply give your child Calpol and send them in.

What if my child becomes ill?

Whilst every effort will be made to prevent your child from getting ill, nothing can be guaranteed as schools often have other illnesses in addition to the current COVID19 pandemic. As much as possible, we will safeguard your child. However, if they develop symptoms at home, we ask for you to follow the COVID19 guidance. If your child (or a member of staff) exhibits COVID19 symptoms in school, they will be sent home and their household will have to begin the process of self-isolation. All staff and children who are attending school will have access to testing (through the NHS) if they display COVID19 symptoms. If the test is positive, the child’s learning group will be sent home and advised to self-isolate based on advice given to the school from the Health Protection Team. If this is the case, the other household members will not need to self-isolate unless they develop symptoms. To reiterate, if symptoms are in school, we will liaise closely with the Health Protection Team.

What will my child need to bring in with them?

• A named water bottle
• Named school uniform – remember that all children are expected to be in full school uniform
• Should you wish – your child can bring in their own hand gel, but there is no requirement to do so.
• Given the amount of hand washing your child will undertake, you may want to send him/her in with some hand cream, but also remind them to fully dry their hands.
• Lunch box if having packed lunch. Children will be able to order school dinners, but these will be Grab and Go (in food containers). For those bringing lunches into school, please remember that we are a nut free school.

What will PPA look like?

PPA will continue to take place albeit may be on a different day/time to usual. These sessions will not run in the normal rotation pattern as we need to reduce the movement of staff and crossing of bubbles. However, children will continue to receive a broad and balanced curriculum. Children will sit in rows in all class based lessons. PE where possible, will take place outside and when/if music is taught this will continue to take place in a socially distanced manner and/ or in forward facing rows. ICT will take place in the library area which has been converted into a larger ICT suite and is positioned in rows also.

Will my child be able to visit the library?

Children will not be able to access the library to borrow/share books. There will be books available within their class that they will be able to use to support reading at home.

Will there be assemblies?

Children will take part in class assemblies; and larger assemblies via TEAMS. However, there will be no mixed year group/ whole school assemblies in person until further notice.

If someone is poorly with symptoms in my child’s class, what will happen?

If a child (or a member of staff) exhibits COVID19 symptoms in school, they will be sent home and their household will have to begin the process of self-isolation. All staff and children who are attending school will have access to testing (through the NHS) if they display COVID19 symptoms. If the test is positive, the child’s learning group will be sent home and advised to self-isolate based on advice given to the school from the Health Protection Team.

How will school catch up my child’s learning?

• We have re-stocked necessary resources
• We have looked at different intervention options
• Your child will be assessed through a variety of informal methods to ensure starting points for future learning are carefully tailored and planning is in line with the needs of the class/ individual children.

However, a key priority for the return to school will be to support children and their families with their mental health and well-being and re-establishing routines and expectations of behaviour.  

Will the start and end of school look different?

Yes. The days will need to be staggered so that I can keep your child and my staff as safe as possible reducing the number of people encouraged onto site at any one time.

Have you consulted with the Infant School and Wyvern as to start and finish times?

We liaised with both the Infant School, as well as Wyvern back before the September opening and at that time tried to keep our times as similar to the normal start and finish as much as possible and will continue with our same start and finish times that have been in place since September. The two timings are windows allowing further flexibility to allow for drop off and pick-ups at other sites too, so depending on the year group of the child they can enter between 8:30 - 8:45 or 8:45 - 9 and at the end of the day 3:15 finish or 3:30 finish. We do understand that this might cause some difficulty during the return to full opening of schools but we need to ensure that we are not encouraging large numbers on to our site at one time and at all times follow the guidance given to schools. We will also be offering breakfast club and after school club, to support parents further with drop off and pick up times and have secured a reduced provision for after school sports through ICON to hopefully help increase flexibility further. 

Will my child have to wear school uniform?

Yes. Your child will need to wear full school uniform. Please make sure that you get your child to try on their uniform, to make sure it fits. New uniform is available online at School Kit.

Am I able to drive onto site and drop off/collect my child?

Only cars with permits will be able to access the site.

What if my child’s bubble is sent home for isolation?

With the recent introduction of TEAMS, your child will be able to still receive daily contact with their class teacher, have access to work set on TEAMS and take part in the weekly TEAMS video call. This will replace the previous arrangement whereby the office team emailed work out to those isolating. If your child is individually isolating they will still have access to all of this provision.

Can you confirm that the school will not allow any children with any symptoms, however mild, to be allowed in school?

Parents should not send children into school if they have any COVID19 related symptoms. At the moment schools have been informed officially that these are:

• A high temperature
• A new, continuous cough
• A loss, change in, your normal sense of taste and smell

If a child feels unwell for any other reason (e.g. tummy aches), we will follow our current medical guidance and procedures (which were in place before COVID19 and haven’t been superseded with anything else due to the official symptoms of COVID19). These are:

1. Child informs an adult that they are not feeling well
2. Adult monitors the child. If the issue persists for a period, the child is sent to the office
3. The office checks the child’s conditions and, depending on the severity, may call parents for the child to be collected.

If a child is poorly at home with any non-COVID19 related symptoms, parents will need to decide (as they previously did) whether the child will be well enough to come into school.

Is attendance compulsory?

Yes, whilst we understand that these are unprecedented times, attendance is compulsory and all pre COVID 19 attendance procedures will be followed in line with government guidelines.

Can I trust the Government’s scientific advice?

Each individual parent will have an opinion on the scientific advice our country has followed. All I can factually state is:

• We have successfully looked after our Key Worker children and the children who were classified as vulnerable, It is important to note that we are used to having many children in school, so, whilst there will be even more in school, children will still be in controlled bubbles and will remain with that bubble throughout the duration of the school day.
• The Government have stated that all children are to be back in school on 8^th March. Of course, if a child or a member of staff displays said symptoms, they will be sent home.

If you wish to read the school’s risk assessment (which will continue to be updated in line with new February guidance), please click here.

It may be that you have more questions. If you do, please email into the office at the address above or call into school once term starts on 02380 693195. Some of your questions may be answered in the new prospectus and handbook. Please click on the hyperlinked documents.

Thank you all once again. This continues to be an unusual and ever-changing climate, but I am looking forward to seeing all of our children back in school on Monday 8^th March.  

Yours sincerely,

Katy Layley

Acting Head Teacher

OAK BITES 3^rd March 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday!

We are excitedly looking forward to welcoming the children back to school next week but we still want to encourage all of the children to engage with Microsoft Teams whether they are in school currently or have been home schooling througout.

Going forward, Teams will be used to set homework and for the children to submit completed homework. Teams will also be used for Parents’ Evenings whilst restrictions are still in place. Please contact the school office if you need any assistance with this. Thank you.

Further to this, and as a reminder, we are re-attaching the ‘Full opening March 2021’ letter for your information.

1st March 2021

Dear Parents/ Guardians,

Parents’ Evening Meetings Thursday 18th March & Tuesday 23rd March 2021
I am pleased to provide details of our next Parents’ Evening meetings, which will take place via Microsoft Teams. These will take place on the dates above and appointments will be booked using the parents’ evening appointment booking system. This term’s meetings are for parents and pupils to have a discussion with the teacher regarding the work completed and any issues that have arisen during lockdown and how we can support going forward.

This online booking system enables you to choose exactly which time slot you book to meet your child(ren)’s teacher, giving you much greater control and we hope that you will find this beneficial. In order to use the system, you must be registered for online payments – Tucasi administer both the online payments and the parents’ evening booking system as well as our school communications tool (previously Parentmail). If you do not yet receive email communications from us or have not set up online payments, please contact the school office and we will provide you with some registration instructions. If you still are unable to use the system or have no access to the internet, please come in and talk to the office staff who will be able make an appointment for you.

The system will ‘go live’ on Wednesday 3rd March at 8am and at that time you will need to log in to your Tucasi account and at the home page, click on Parents’ Evening. Select Parents’ Evening Spring 2021 and all of your children should show with the remaining available times. Click ‘Book’ on any of the available slots and then ‘Yes’ to confirm the booking. You should then get a message saying Booking successful and your time slot will now be displayed in blue. An email confirming your appointment will also be sent to you. If you need them, these instructions are also available on the Tucasi website under the Help tab. There is also guidance if you wish to change or cancel a booking.
On the day/ time of the appointment, you should log in to your child’s Microsoft Teams account and join the meeting for that day. The teacher will admit you to the meeting at the appropriate time.

Please do get in touch if you have any queries.

Yours sincerely
Katy Layley Acting Headteacher

OAK BITES 1^st March 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Monday! Please can we take this opportunity to remind our families to at all times follow social distancing rules/government guidelines inside and outside of school as we are having a number of children report to us that they are meeting up with friends and family, not necessarily in their bubbles, during the evenings and weekends. We now have light at the end of the tunnel and are close to restrictions being eased, so please work together with the government to get back to a level of normality in the coming months. Thank you.

Please see below a few key points to remember 

• We are able to operate as safely as possible by maintaining bubbles and measures in our school reflect this. We would ask all parents and students to follow the entrance and exit map (attached) and follow the one -way system of entering and exiting the Wyvern Site.
• We would like to encourage all parents and visitors to enter the Wyvern campus wearing a face mask/covering (unless exempt), especially where social distancing cannot be maintained.  Social distancing can also be maintained by arriving on time and by leaving site as promptly as possible.
• There is now a major construction site on campus with work already taking place at the Junior and Infants schools, and shortly for Wyvern College. This means that extra care must be taken when journeying to and from the Campus, and whilst on Campus.
• There can be no vehicular access to the Wyvern site unless you have a valid permit. Parents will be turned away without a valid permit displayed.

This week’s PE Challenges

Please see the attached PE challenges for this week which are themed around Book Week! 

Mrs Tottle’s Music Videos 

Lower School Music Session 1: https://youtu.be/aWLEFApBAbo 

Lower School Music Session 2: https://youtu.be/xZHM6g84-fc 

Upper School Music Session 1: https://youtu.be/OnW8nRrbarc 

Upper School Music Session 2: https://youtu.be/IHaC-ZYqen

World Book Day…Just a reminder about the Book Nook competition we are running for World Book Day this Thursday. Mrs Smith has been busy creating a scene from the book 'The Explorer', which Year 5 are currently studying. It's amazing what can be done with a cereal box, paper, glue & paint! Great fun to create. Closing date is Wednesday 10th March but children can send in photos on WBD itself.

OAK BITES 24th February 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday!

With our Teams sessions now up and running and hopefully most of the teething problems resolved, please take the time to read the attached ‘Teams protocol and expectations’ important information, which both children and staff are expected to adhere to. Thank you.

Further to this, please use the link below to view a ‘how to’ video explaining how to join a Teams meeting/completing and handing in homework etc. There are lots of helpful videos that can be viewed on the Fair Oak Junior School You Tube channel, take a look when you have a moment!

https://youtu.be/OWBPgO2coxI

World Book Day

To celebrate books on World Book Day this year, we have decided to hold a fun and creative competition to make a Book Nook. The idea is to use a card structure (e.g. a big cereal box) and create a scene from a book that your child knows well within it. The finished nook can be hidden amongst books on a bookshelf. There will be a special book prize for each year group, and we hope as many children as possible will join in, have some fun and celebrate the stories that they love. Please see the attached letter, which has pictures, and also a PowerPoint, which has ideas for construction and decoration.

Preparing for the return to school after Covid 19 lockdowns

Please have a look at the attachment with information for parents/ carers on preparing your children for returning to school after the school closure. There are also valuable story resources to share with your children and a telephone Support Line for any parent/ carer who is worried about the mental wellbeing of their child.

Junior Bake Off

Channel 4 are looking for young budding bakers between 9 -15 years old.

Filming would take place from July 2021, but our applications close on Sunday 28^th March 2021.

Interested bakers can apply online at - WWW.APPLYFORJUNIORBAKEOFF.CO.UK.

ICON SPORTS COACHING - Please find attached the updated ICON after school sports club letter. The days have been altered from the information that went out yesterday with increased opportunities for year groups to attend as was the case before the recent lockdown. Apologies for this mix up. 

Dear Parents/Guardians of all our existing children, who previously attended our Autumn Term Fair Oak Junior Outdoor After School Clubs,

Thank you for your patience and I trust your Child/Children enjoyed themselves when attending our Autumn Term Outdoor After School Club(s), which now seems such a long time ago.

I am delighted to confirm we have been given the Green Light to re-commence all of our Fair Oak Junior Outdoor After School Clubs from Monday 8^th March to Thursday 27^th May.

Your Child/Children have been Auto Enrolled, securing their place(s), on the same Club(s) for our delayed Spring Term 2021 After School Club Programme, which is identical to our Autumn Term offering and please see the attached leaflet with the same 8 Clubs, costs and dates. Places are currently available for all of our After School Clubs and your child/children may wish to invite their Year Group School Friends to join them and Us from 8^th March 2021 .

On the basis they wish to continue, all you need to do is kindly arrange to make online payment to ICON Sports Coaching Ltd Bank Account 22595228, Sort Code 522118 or via Child Care Voucher Payment (if making Child Care Voucher Payment we remain registered as MLT In The Community). 25% Sibling Discount Available.

Example Ref:-    FOJS5/A Example        Please Quote Ref FOJS and include Club Number(s) & Pupil Name(s).

Thank You to everyone who has paid already and please note a Credit will be carried forward to the cost of your Summer After School Clubs, which will commence from 7^th June.

IMPORTANT:-   If your Child/Children no longer wish to attend, please reply immediately to this email and confirm “Your Child” no longer wishes to continue to attend the same After School Club(s), freeing up their place.

If “You” wish to make any amendments for the delayed Spring Term After School Clubs e.g. switch to a different ASC, please email or contact Steve and inform him of any change to your Contact Details or Medical Conditions, which will allow our Registers to be amended.,

Places are now available to join our Easter Holiday Camp at Wyvern College where we will be running from
8.30/9am Drop Off – 4pm or 5pm Collection for 9 Days from Tuesday 6^th – Friday 16^th April.
Book Online here: https://www.iconsportscoaching.co.uk/holiday-camps.htm

For those of you who haven’t attended before and would like to join, please see the attached flyer to find out more and how to sign up!

On behalf of everyone at ICON Sports Coaching, “Thank You for your continued support and see you all soon 😊”.

Very Best Wishes
Steve
Steve Phillips
Mob 07415 888851
www.iconsportscoaching.co.uk

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OAK BITES 22nd February 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Monday! We hope you’ve all had a happy and restful time over the half term week.

Thank you for everyone's patience with the transfer over to TEAMS. We have had a few teething problems which hopefully will be resolved quickly. Thank you to all those that attended the ZOOM session before half term to resolve any issues with TEAMS log ins to enable the roll out today to go more smoothly. We have also had a number of parents attend the ZOOM session today to resolve any further issues. Mrs Brown will be available for support until 3:30pm so please do attend the session using the following log on details if you are experiencing problems:

Topic: FOJS Teams Surgery

Time: Monday Feb 22nd 2021 9am – 3.30pm

Meeting ID: 807 359 2021

Passcode: Teams

Also, a quick reminder on the topic of teams, the work will be view only as before, unless it is a key assessment piece which will be editable and can be completed and submitted.

PE Daily Challenges….

Please see the attachments for this week’s PE challenges!

Mrs Tottle’s Music Fun! https://youtu.be/WOQJ7WDx-6g 

OAK BITES 10th February 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

An important reminder - please do not to use any of the parking spaces along by the main green gate to drop children off in the mornings. Whilst building work is in progress, these are the only parking spaces available to staff and even though they may be empty when you arrive in the morning, staff are also arriving all the time and having to go off site to find alternative parking when these are occupied by parents. Thank you for your support during this tricky period of time.

News for all pupils

As part of their WW2 topic, our year 6 children have been designing their own propaganda posters and have now applied their knowledge to creating their own public health poster about COVID 19. We would like to display these posters within the Fair Oak community and beyond so that the children have played a small part helping with the national effort to stop the spread of the virus.

If any of you or family members, work in a business or premises and would be willing to display the posters, please could you contact the office team via email including a contact number and (if your child is currently in school) the name of the year group and bubble teacher your child is in. We have asked for your child’s name so that we can send (via your child) the posters home to be then displayed at the premises where you work. Once the year 6 work has been collected in, we will quarantine them for 72 hours before sending them home.

If your child is being home schooled, could we kindly ask that you collect the posters, to be displayed, from a member of staff at the green gate at a convenient time to you (but within the school day). Poster will be ready for collection from Monday 1st March.

Thank you in anticipation for your help and support with this matter.

If you are happy to help us, please could you contact the admin team no later than Friday 26th February

Collection for posters (home learners only) from Monday 1st March

Kind Regards

Mrs Gowers and Mrs Burns

• If your child is a school council representative, please look out for an email in the first week back after half term inviting them to attend a virtual school council meeting altogether. If your child is in school, we will make sure that they are able to access the meeting from school so everyone can be involved. We will be completing parents evening virtually this term. The dates currently scheduled for these meetings are 18th and 23rd March. Please look out for further information on times and booking after half term.