So hopefully with the amount of communication we put out you were fully aware that we brought Year 10 and Year 11 into school today for testing. These two year groups will then arrive on Monday at 08:40 ready for Form Time to begin at 08:45 and follow the ‘normal’ non-covid Week B Timetable.
On the morning of Monday 8th March, we begin to bring Year 7 back into the building for their test and then straight into lessons once their results are known. If you completed our consent form online, you should have a text to confirm the time of the test. The chart to the right also details when each form should arrive for school whether they are testing or not.
On Tuesday we bring back the final two year groups, 8 and 9, back into school for testing and teaching. The chart to the left gives you time slots for when each form should arrive.
Separate to this information each Head of Year has prepared a detailed ‘Return To School’ PowerPoint detailing a reminder of our Ready, Respectful and Safe expectations, uniform requirements and general information about being back in school after such a long period away.
Hopefully you also know that schools must do three supervised tests with children and by the week ending Friday 19th March all three tests should be completed. In terms of Home Test kits, there has been a very recent change in some of the guidance which we want to double check and make sure we understand what is being asked of us and then we will confirm how the Home Testing regime should work, who gives them to who and how you report results once the test is done.
Currently we think that as part of the government requirements in tracking positive, negative and void results for Home Tests we need to help you with a way of recording those results so that we can share information with NHS and give accurate return figures to the DfE, again we just need to make sure that we have understood the current guidance about this properly as it has changed before we confirm with you how our procedure will work.
In terms of our expectations when children are in the building, we always aim for Disruption Free Learning and in all lessons. Every child in the academy has the right to learn in a calm and supportive environment and therefore our young people are expected to be ready to learn, respectful of themselves and others whilst behaving in a safe manner.