We are looking forward to welcoming ALL children back to school in September.
I know that these have been very challenging times for many of you and your families; hopefully we will all begin to move on from these. At school we have really missed everyone and are looking forward to getting some sense of normality back in September. We have thought through our plans really carefully to ensure that we have done all that we can to help everyone stays safe and well.
Please take time to look through this page in detail. There is a lot of information but it should help to explain the environment your children will return back to in the new school year. You can download our Looking Forward to September guidebook by clicking here, which includes all the information on this page and more detail about some elements.
Wishing you a restful summer.
Kind Regards,
Elaine Lynch and the Staff Team.
New Resources
To minimise the sharing of resources, at the start of term each pupil will be issued with a brand new:
- Individual named water bottle.
- Toolkit – stocked with essentials including a pencil, fine liner and coloured pencils plus other classroom essentials.
- NEW for September -we will be issuing each child with a PE bag for their kit. Clean PE kits should be brought to school on a Monday and will be sent home on a Friday to be washed ready for the next week.
Changes to the school day
PLEASE NOTE – from September, the timings of the school day will be changing to the following:
RECEPTION
8.50 to 3.10 pm Monday to Thursday
8.50 to 12.10 noon on Friday
YEARS 1 – 6
8.45 to 3.20 pm Monday to Thursday
8.45 to 12.20 pm on Friday
Bags
Could we ask that children do not bring rucksacks or bags into school. No equipment is needed and children should only bring their PE kits and packed lunch boxes.
Staff are not able to take verbal messages on the playground. Instead, if you need to contact us you can:
E-mail the office
Office@huntingdonprimary.cambs.sch.uk
Call the office
01480 375113
Message the teacher
Using Seesaw
Access to school
PLEASE NOTE: Children in Reception to Year 3 may be accompanied onto site by one adult from their household. Children in Years 4 to 6 should leave their adult at the gate. Gates will all have a member of staff standing at them.
Transition details & teacher introduction videos:
Transition details: children moving up a year in September
September 2020 new starters in Early Years
Documents for reference
- Our Looking forward to September guidebook.
- An easier to read Visual Covid-19 Risk Assessment.
- Our full text Covid-19 Risk Assessment.
- Our Behaviour and Discipline Policy has been updated to reflect the new way that school is working.
- Our Safeguarding Policy has also been updated to take account of Covid-19.
Safeguarding concerns
If you are worried about anything of a Safeguarding nature you can email the HPS Safeguarding inbox safeguarding@huntingdonprimary.cambs.sch.uk
Looking Forward to September
Download our full 12 page guide to school in September which includes all the information on this page and more!
Either at home or school our children use Seesaw to create a digital portfolio of work. Since the start of the Covid lockdown we've had:
Items posted
Comments
Parent Logins
Learning happens on Seesaw
Seesaw allows you to see activities set by your teachers, submit your work for feedback, get comments and communicate with your teachers. We use it in school to share our learning and, for those of you at home, we use it for Home Learning too.
Access Seesaw from wherever you are using any device. Tablets, laptops, phones, ipods, Apple, Android, Windows, Linux. It works everywhere!