St James E-News

4th February 2022

Welcome to the St James Primary School's E-News, a weekly roundup of the latest goings on at the school.

Latest Headteachers Blog

Dear Parents,

One of the most important ways parents can keep their children safe is by creating a safe environment to talk about being online, to discuss the positives and the negatives of the internet, and what the children need to know in order to keep safe.

We will be focusing on keeping safe online with the children during our Internet Safety Week next week. Follow the link to see the useful resource for parents on our Keeping Safe Online web page. There are additional safeguarding resources for parents on our Safeguarding web page.

Best wishes for a lovely weekend,

Valerie Elliott

School Notices

Changes to our new St James Primary School App - Greenhouse have rectified a problem with our new app for users of Android phones. Users may have noticed that links to individual letters on the app would not open. The app that is now available in the Google Play Store no longer has this problem and Android users need to uninstall the app from their phones and reinstall the updated app. Details for setting up the app and the passcode are available when you click on this link to the webpage . Further instructions on how to personalise the app to receive the notifications are available here.
Missed Flu Vaccinations - enquiries regarding missed vaccinations are dealt with by the School Nursing Team, part of Child and Family Health. Please click here for further information and contact details.
PTA Online Pub Quiz - this Saturday, 5th February from 8.30pm – 10pm. If you would like to take part, please email Kayte Burns kayte_burns@hotmail.com to register your interest and she will provide you with a link to join the quiz. Entry is free! We will encourage donations to the PTA during the event.
Prior’s Field Open Day - this event has been postponed from this weekend until Saturday 26^th February. Further details about the day are on the Advertising Hub.
Additional Financial Support for Families - We are aware that some families may be experiencing additional financial challenges at the moment. If you are in this situation, we may be able to help you access some financial support. You can email our Home School Link Worker Helen Owen - hslw@st-james-elstead.surrey.sch.uk with regards to this.
Bikeability Cycling Instructor Vacancies - The Cycle Training Team at Surrey County Council are recruiting for Bikeability Cycling Instructors. Please click here for more details.

Letters This Week

The following classes have had letters uploaded to the Parent Portal this week. Note: You will need to login to view this area.

Penguins
Woodpeckers
Kestrels

Covid-19 Information

Please remember; if your child (or a member of your family) has Covid-19 symptoms please do not send your child to school - Please immediately arrange a PCR test for your child, if symptomatic, and inform the school office as soon as possible. Please do not send your child to school at least until you receive the test result and not before they are well.

From Monday 17 January, people who are self-isolating with COVID-19 have the option to reduce their isolation period after 5 full days if they test negative with a lateral flow device (LFD) test on both day 5 and day 6 and they do not have a temperature. For example, if they test negative on the morning of day 5 and the morning of day 6, they can return to their education or childcare setting immediately on day 6.

The first test must be taken no earlier than day 5 of the self-isolation period, and the second must be taken the following day. All test results should be reported to NHS Test and Trace. If the result of either of their tests is positive, they should continue to self-isolate until they get negative results from two LFD tests on consecutive days or until they have completed 10 full days of self-isolation, whichever is earliest. Anyone who is unable to take LFD tests or anyone who continues to have a temperature will need to complete the full 10 day period of self-isolation.

Further information on self-isolation for those with COVID-19 is available.

Whilst Government guidance no longer requires members of the household of someone testing positive to isolate for ten days, we would ask that you keep your child at home for the period of isolation to give a further level of protection to the physical and mental health of all members of our school family.

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