Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Term 3 update again!

  Mon 04 Jan 2021

  Further to the news tonight the plans we had in place and shared with you today will stay in place for yr1-5.

  I am sorry to say that although Panda, Giraffe and Zebra were told they could all return we now know this can’t be the case. Only key worker and vulnerable children in these yr groups can attend. We know who those children are as you had already requested a place and it was confirmed by email earlier.

  As we get more information we will let you know. I am so sorry for all this change at such short notice.

  Mrs Williams

• Term 3 update

  Mon 04 Jan 2021

  Further to a meeting with staff today and addressing safety concerns that unions had raised nationally, we will be able to open Panda, Giraffe and Zebra classes as normal. Their class teachers will be in delivering lessons face to face only. We expect all children in these year groups to attend as normal.  the previous drop off and collection times will still remain. We appreciate some parents may be nervous so please contact me via email to discuss.

  Mrs Williams

   For those children in Rec, yr 6 and coming in as key workers or vulnerable children, breakfast club and OSC will be open as normal for those who have booked.

• Term 3

  Sun 03 Jan 2021

  As you may be aware from the media teaching unions have been advising colleagues on the safety of returning to school following the festive break. Following union meetings and discussions with our Chair of  Governors we will not be able to open safely for pupils at this current time. This will be reviewed on Friday 8th January.

  We have a planned INSET tomorrow, Monday 4th January, and as of Tuesday 5th January teachers will be providing learning remotely. We will be open for key worker and vulnerable children. Below is the criteria, if you feel you fit this and your child will need a place please email

  jo-marie.williams@barleyclose.org.uk by 11am on Monday 4th January saying why you need the place, we will then be in touch later on Monday.

  We will also be in touch with the FSM families. 

  I am sorry for the short notice of this but with the ever changing situation I am letting you know as soon as I had been made aware.

  Mrs Williams

   

  Vulnerable children and young people include those who:

  • are assessed as being in need under section 17 of the Children Act 1989, including children and young people who have a child in need plan, a child protection plan or who are a looked-after child
  • have an education, health and care (EHC) plan
  • have been identified as otherwise vulnerable by educational providers or local authorities (including children’s social care services), and who could therefore benefit from continued full-time attendance, this might include:
    • children and young people on the edge of receiving support from children’s social care services or in the process of being referred to children’s services
    • adopted children or children on a special guardianship order
    • those at risk of becoming NEET (‘not in employment, education or training’)
    • those living in temporary accommodation
    • those who are young carers
    • those who may have difficulty engaging with remote education at home (for example due to a lack of devices or quiet space to study)
    • care leavers
    • others at the provider and local authority’s discretion including pupils and students who need to attend to receive support or manage risks to their mental health

  Critical workers

  Parents whose work is critical to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and EU transition response include those who work in health and social care and in other key sectors outlined in the following sections.

  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 distributors of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.

  Education and childcare

  This includes:

  • childcare
  • support and teaching staff
  • social workers
  • specialist education professionals who must remain active during the coronavirus (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
  • 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 coronavirus (COVID-19) response, and the delivery of and response to EU transition
  • essential public services, such as the payment of benefits and the certification or checking of goods for import and export (including animal products, animals, plants and food), 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 coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and EU transition)
  • 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 and border

  This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the coronavirus (COVID-19) response and EU transition, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass and those constructing or supporting the operation of critical transport and border infrastructure 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 coronavirus (COVID-19) response
  • 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
  • waste disposal sectors

• Christmas Covid advice

  Thu 17 Dec 2020
  

• Positive COVID cases over Christmas

  Thu 10 Dec 2020
  

• Important Food Parcel Offer

  Wed 28 Oct 2020

  The Local Authority are pleased to offer the following:

   

  Emergency Assistance Grant Offer

  Our Primary offer to support our most vulnerable families during this half-term holiday is through our Emergency Assistance Grant funding to ensure that families in need have access to food.

   

  Our Emergency Assistance Grant funding is available. Families eligible for free school meals can apply for a payment card by visiting our One Stop Shops, contacting their local Citizens Advice Bureau or calling the Council on 01454 868009, and successful applicants will receive a card within 48 hours with sufficient funds (£20) for meals for a week for their children that can be used in all main supermarkets and other retail outlets.  We encourage you to publicise this offer so that parents/carers are able to access this; for most families, we would suggest this will be a really good option. 

   

  Food Parcel Offer

  In addition, on Thursday and Friday of this week, we have organised across the Council area, food parcel collection points for parents and/carers that as is an alternative to the above and for where a voucher may not be their preferred option.  All parents/carers will need to do, is turn up at the collection point and they will be given a food parcel containing various products.  We are wanting to make this as easy as possible and to ensure that people feel comfortable in collecting.  Integra have worked tirelessly in conjunction with ELS and our Transport department with support from Local schools to get an offer in place.  All collection points across South Gloucestershire will be open from 11am-1pm on Thursday 29^th and Friday 30^th October.  The food parcels contain dried goods only and non-perishables. 

   

  We must once again thank Heads and CEOs for their support of the Council in putting in place this offer. 

   

  The collection points are listed below and we encourage you to highlight where you nearest collection point is. Parents and carers, go to the front entrance, they will be directed the collection point as appropriate, this will be the Drama Hall at KOA and we may update other locations on the premises in due course.  We have tried to cover the whole geography of South Gloucestershire so that we meet the needs of as many families as possible, so please see a list of schools. 

  The Castle School

  Yate Academy

  Winterbourne Academy

  Patchway Community School

  Bradley Stoke Community School

  Mangotsfield School

  Sir Bernard Lovell School

  Longwell Green Primary

  Hanham Woods Academy

  Beacon Rise Primary

  Kings Oak Academy (Drama Hall which can be accessed by car and foot half way down Brook Road on the right hand side) 

   

   

• COVID in half term

  Fri 23 Oct 2020

  Why do we need to contact different people at the beginning of half term? When Covid-19 symptoms start the person is infectious 48 hours before this and up to 10 days afterwards.  If your child gets symptoms over the weekend it may impact on others in their class. But if they get symptoms from Monday of half term onwards and then gets tested positive you won’t need to alert the school/setting.  You will need to let all those your child has been in close contact with know they have tested positive and they will need to self-isolate.

  

• FREE first aid course at school

  Thu 15 Oct 2020

  South Gloucestershire Community Learning and Skills Service

  *FREE Qualification in

  Paediatric First Aid  at Barley Close Primary School

  Every Tuesday, 9.15 – 11.15am, starting 3^rd Nov 2020 for 6 weeks

   

  (

  01454 864613

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  community.learning@southglos.gov.uk

  https://www.facebook.com/sgloslearnin

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  #sgclearn

  * For adults aged 19+ with few or no qualifications; or experiencing other barriers to work

  
  In conjunction with South Gloucestershire Community Learning and Skills service, this is an Ofsted compliant, accredited course for parents/carers at Barley Close Primary School.  During the course you will look at: 

   

  • the aims of first aid
  • resuscitation in adults and children
  • defibrillators: how they work and where we find

                                                                                                them

  • choking and how to deal with it
  • bleeding, bandages and how to treat fractures

   

  The final class will be a practical assessment, which must be completed to gain the Certificate

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  .To book your place, please contact Sam Jones on 07768 293842

• Relationships and health education in primary school

  Thu 24 Sep 2020

• Head Teacher coffee morning

  Fri 18 Sep 2020

  Topic: Head teacher coffee morning
  Time: Sep 25, 2020 09:30 AM London

  Join Zoom Meeting
  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87568172544?pwd=bjVXTlUrQmdhczRlOEJRVmpmNVI3Zz09

  Meeting ID: 875 6817 2544
  Passcode: W1D81f