Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
Please find the new work for your child listed under the Children tab; Class pages; and then click on your specific Class icon.
We have also added some extra support and ideas under the 'Mrs D' icon that are suitable for everyone - this includes help for parents if you need it regarding structuring the day.
Thank you for the kind messages and thanks we have received here at Harrington in the light of these difficult circumstances.
Today we were visited by a kind worker from Tesco who safely brought us some supplies of tea, coffee and biscuits to help keep staff going who are running the daily child care for our key worker families. The flowers were a lovely touch too!
I would like to wish all pupils and families well and ask them to take good care of themselves over this difficult period.
Even though it has been challenging, the pupils who attended school last week (especially over the last two days) have been marvellous - a true credit to themselves.
It was a particularly poignant time for my Year 6 children - you did so well and it seems unreal that it could be last time that we all are together as our official Harrington family.
I would also like to publicly thank all of my staff, in their many roles in school, for their dedication to keep things as normal as possible and to keep our pupils safe and secure.
Until we all meet up again......keep safe, keep calm and keep healthy.
Mrs Wilmot.
The government states that 'schools to remain open only for those children who absolutely need to attend. Many parents working in these sectors may be able to ensure their child is kept at home. And every child who can be safely cared for at home should be'.
Adults and children should be at home and apply social distancing whenever possible. You do not have to send your child to school.
To identify yourself as a key worker and book school provision for your child the following details must be supplied:
1. Your name
2. Your role/job/profession
3. Where you work
4. Your child's name and class
5. What provision you need - which days and times (school provision is open 9-3:15 as usual; there is wrap around care with Panda Club before school and after until 18:00).
You need to inform us by either:
using the dojo directly to Mrs D or
emailing Mrs Wilmot at headteacher@harrington.derbyshire.sch.uk
Please do this by 18:00 on Sunday 22 March
The official list of key workers are:
* front line health and social care workers
* producers and distributers of medicines and medical equipment
* teachers and nursery staff
* members of the justice system, religious staff or funeral care
* government agencies such as the payment of benefits
* those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery
* those involved in public safety and national security including police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, 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
* those key workers who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating
* those involved in:
essential financial services provision;
the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage);
the information technology and data infrastructure sector (working to continue the service during the COVID-19 response;
key staff working in the civil nuclear and chemicals sector;
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
Other eligible criteria:
Your child may attend if:
*they have a social worker - please state the workers name
* if they have a current EHCP
To identify your child under this criteria and book school provision for your child the following details must be supplied:
1. Your name
2. Your child's name and class
3. The name of the social worker
Please use the dojo to Mrs D, email Mrs Wilmot or call the office on 0115 973 2963
The government is to create a list of key workers and their children will be offered childcare during the school closure period.
At present, this has not been officially released. We will send out the details and specifics of this provision as soon as we receive them.
UNLESS YOUR JOB/PROFESSION IS LISTED, YOUR CHILD IS INSTRUCTED TO REMAIN AT HOME. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULING.
To manage this provision, you will need to contact school to identify yourself as one of these key workers and that you require this childcare AND the days it will be needed.
You can do this by using the dojo to directly contact Mrs D (not the class teacher) or by using my email - headteacher@harrington.derbyshire.sch.uk. You will need to do this by Sunday 22nd March by 18:00.
NO CHILD WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND WITHOUT THIS NOTIFICATION.
This notification of usage will need to be updated by you on a weekly basis so that we have a register of attendees and can staff accordingly and make provision.
ANY CHILD WHO DISPLAYS A NEW, PERSISTENT COUGH OR TEMPERATURE/ FEVER DURING THIS CHILDCARE PERIOD WILL BE ISOLATED AND YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO ARRANGE COLLECTION OF THEM IMMEDIATELY.
We realise that most children will be at home over the next few months and are not able to attend childcare.
We will be updating our class pages with ideas for activities and work on a weekly basis to help you.
Under the icon 'Mrs D' we will list generic ideas and thoughts for you to access such as outdoor learning you can do in your garden, fitness ideas and exciting opportunities such as accessing Derbyshire online library (free). There is also a sample of how you can plan the day to keep your children busy.
Thank you to those parents who have supplied a bag for children to collect their possessions. If you have forgotten, please supply one for tomorrow.
On Friday afternoon, before we close, we will be sorting these items with your child so that they can bring them home - jumpers, PE kits, water bottles, lunch boxes, pencil cases etc.
For those who have children at home, we will be bagging up these items for your child and you can attend on Friday afternoon from 2p.m. to collect them if you are NOT self-isolating.There may be quite a few people in this situation, so you will need to be patient so that we can attend to you in a safe, controlled manner.
We will also be sending a pack of work home with each child on Friday. Again, if your child is at home, you can collect a pack on Friday afternoon from 2 p.m. as long as you are NOT self-isolating.
DO NOT ATTEND SCHOOL IF YOU HAVE A TEMPERATURE/FEVER OR A NEW, DRY, PERSISTENT COUGH OR ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF SELF-ISOLATING.
As you may have heard, the government is to close schools from the end of the day on Friday this week (20th March). This will be for the majority of children until further notice.
There are very few practical guidelines for how this will occur but schools are being asked to make provision for children who have parents who work in key roles - this list of roles will be provided to schools in the next few days. We will then be contacting all families to ask if you are included in this list and if you will still want your child to attend school. Some provision will also be occurring for vulnerable children (the criteria is to be outlined by the government in the next few days).
We expect this to be a small number of pupils.
I am aware this will be very difficult but we are unable to offer childcare to other sector workers.
This is a significant development and, at this time, we have very little information as to how this will work.
Harrington will be open tomorrow and Friday as usual. Panda Club will continue this week - I shall make enquiries regarding future provision.
As soon as we know more details, we will communicate this to you. Your patience is appreciated and greatly needed at the crucial, distressing time.
From tomorrow, classroom doors will open at 8:55 a.m. to allow pupils to access straight into school without the need for them or families to wait on the playground. We hope this will support families by preventing the need to gather. Please bring your child between 8:55-9:00 a.m. to make use of this.
Also, we will altering our assembly input from a whole school gathering to class assemblies and discussions. Celebration certificates will still be awarded on Fridays.
Any pupils staying at home due to self-isolation can now find work on the website.
Visit www.harringtonjuniorschool.co.uk. Use the coloured tabs and click on 'Children'.
Visit your class page for work.
The class pages will be updated weekly.