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4th January 2021
Dear Parents and Carers
Happy New Year and welcome back to the Spring term. We would like to inform you that we are planning to open as normal on Tuesday 5th January 2021 and to also make you aware of a new safety measure we will now be conducting.
To further protect children and staff we are introducing temperature testing at the start of each day. This will begin on Tuesday 5th January. Children will have their temperature taken when they arrive at the school gate and should your child measure a raised temperature, you will be asked to take them home. Please ensure your child is aware this will take place in the morning so they are prepared for this new safety measure. Staff will also be doing this on their arrival to school.
The school will continue with a frequent timetable for hand washing throughout the day. Quality hand washing routines will be vital and so please ensure the children have washed their hands before coming to school and wash them again as soon as they arrive home. We would also encourage all children to have their own alcohol free sanitiser in school each day, which will be used at regular intervals alongside what we have in school.
As the weather is now much colder, please ensure your child brings a warm coat, jumper/cardigan and hat/scarf to school each day. It may also be useful for the children to wear a vest or undergarment to also accommodate the change in temperature. We must continue allowing air flow through our classrooms at various intervals and therefore do anticipate classrooms to be colder than normal.
Please remember the one-way system for dropping off/ collecting children and also the staggered collection times. We also ask that parents and carers wear masks/visors during the drop off and collection times please.
If you have any questions, please email the school office and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
F Robertson & J Brayley
Mrs Robertson & Mrs Brayley
Executive Head teacher & Head of School
Dear Parents/Carers
Please see important letter from The WLT today regarding updated information on procedures etc. in reference to coronavirus. This can be found under the News & Events tab then important information tab.
Kind regards
The School Office
Dear Parents/Carers
Please follow the link to see our virtual school tour made by the children.
https://youtu.be/_cJIHGpPKRM .
We hope you enjoy. If you have any questions or want to book a visit to see our school, please call the school office on 01278 760490 or email office@eastbrent.somerset.sch.uk.
Visits to school will have to be after all the children have left at the end of the day so usually around 3.30pm due to our Covid protocols. You will also be asked to complete a test and trace form and wear a face covering. Do not visit school if you have any symptoms; high temperature, a new continuous cough, loss or change of taste or smell.
Kind regards
The Team at East Brent.
Please see important letter that has been emailed today regarding returning to school on Monday under the important information tab through the News and Events tab.
Dear Parents/Carers,
As you know we are welcoming all the children back in September. Our first day of the autumn term will be Monday 7th September 2020. We are really looking forward to seeing them all.
We are planning to keep the one way system in place when we return and adopt a queuing approach for drop off and pick up.
Please queue along church path facing the school from 8.45am to drop your child/children off to a member of staff then walk away from the school using the drive. We aim to move this queue along quickly so if your child is reluctant to leave you, we will have to ask you to step aside until the queue has gone and then we can give you our full attention.
At collection time, please queue again along the church path and we will bring the children out to the playground. As you approach the gate, we will bring your child or children down and you can walk away along the drive again.
We are asking that Year 1-4 are dropped off at 8.45am and that Reception and Pre-School children are dropped off at 9am. If your reception child has a sibling in the older years, you can bring them in at 8.45am and drop them all off together. Pre-School will not have the facility for an early drop off due to the funding for hours.
Please make sure you are using the cemetery car park for parking during these times.
New reception children will come into school from 9am until 12pm for the first 2 weeks (w/c 7th and 14th September) so they leave before lunch. In week 3, they will stay for lunch and be collected at 1.30pm and then be full time in week 4. We will know more in the first week whether the start time needs to remain at 9am or can be 8.45am with the rest of the school.
We are hoping that wrap around care will run as usual in September so please email us with your requirements and we will be in touch before term starts to confirm.
Thanks you very much for your co-operation with this. A wrap around booking form has been sent via email to all parents today.
Kind regards
Mrs J Brayley- Head of School
The Wessex Learning Trust and the schools in the Trust are following Government guidelines regarding the reopening of schools. As such, schools are currently open for children in nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6. Any communication from the Trust or schools regarding reopening for other year groups is based on Government guidance and any implication that this decision came from the Regional School Commissioner is retracted. We hope to welcome children from other year groups back to our schools soon but only when Government guidelines permit this.
Dear Parents/Carers,
We have emailed a letter to all parents/carers today from Gavin Ball and Brian Kirkup following the Government announcement and plans for schools to reopen on 1st June. You will also find this under the newsletter tab on the website.
A further letter from school will follow next week for Pre-school, Reception and Year 1 parents.
Yours sincerely,
F.Robertson
Fiona Robertson
Executive Headteacher
The Public Health team have developed an e-newsletter in support of children, young people and families. You can access the newsletter using this link: