Year 6 children:

Year 6 your teachers have been very proud of you this week: the team work you have demonstrated has been exceptional and your positive attitude and behaviour has been recognised.  I think the experiences you have had this week have given you great training for Arthog!

I’d like to thank ‘Team Arthog’ for the walk to Lilleshall: Mr Moody, Mr Jones, Mr Lawson, Mr Yates, Miss Smith and Mr Leonard.  The Year 6 team for the visit to Greggs, the Wildings, Beech’s Base etc. Mrs Kerr, Miss Bold, Mr Jones, Mrs Humphries, Mrs Henderson and Mrs Breen.

Thank you also to Mrs Askin and Mrs Sullivan for offering us use of the Wildings and activities to complete whilst there: everyone enjoyed their day.

Well done Year 6!

We’ve come to the last day of our fun-filled week. The children opted to not have another day of getting cold and wet again! So similar clothes as Thursday please. The children do not have to wear school uniform but we ask that they are dressed in old, warm clothes that they don’t mind getting paint or mud on.

See you all tomorrow for our last Non-Arthog day!

Dear parents,

Tomorrow the year 6 children need to come to school dressed in non school uniform. We are planning a fun day of art in the morning and a film in the afternoon. Please make sure that their clothes are old and ones that you don’t mind getting paint on.

We’re looking forward to yet another fun filled day!

See you tomorrow.

Please find attached information about the plan for the Year 6 alternative Arthog week. We have planned lots of exciting activities for the whole of Year 6. There are consent forms attached which we need back by Monday please.

Y6 alternative Arthog week letter

Y6 Lilleshall Trip Letter

letter re arthog cancellation

Please find attached an urgent letter regarding Arthog.

We will talk to the children this afternoon as a team.

I’d like to thank the staff team: they have worked incredibly hard to this point to prepare for this visit.  With the disappointment of today’s news they have worked with a huge commitment to your children to prepare some activities for next week that we hope will help the children with the news.  I am very proud to be part of such a committed team.

Thank you for your support.

Mrs M

Dear 6J Parents and Carers,

I hope you are well.

I am emailing to make you aware that we now have three positive cases in 6J. We send our best wishes to those affected.

I want to reassure you we are working closely with the Health Hub. We have reviewed measures that continue to be in place to reduce transmission: the school is operating in bubble groups, hand hygiene, good ventilation, cleaning regimes and vigilance around symptoms for example.

The Health Hub have asked me to communicate with you the advice that all 6J staff, pupils and their siblings should take a PCR as soon as possible: selecting “Advised by the Local Authority” as the reason for testing. The pupils would not need to await the results before returning to school. The advice is that following the PCR the affected group take daily LFDs for 7 days.

Please can you send copies of PCR results to nicola.moody@taw.org.uk

Thank you for your support.

Take care all

Mrs M

Just a quick note to let you know that there has been a positive COVID-19 case within Year 6.

You do not have to do anything, and your child will not have to self-isolate and can come in to school as normal, but you may be contacted by Test & Trace if your child is identified as a close contact. If they are, the advice you will be given on behalf of your child is as follows:

“Even if you do not have symptoms, you will be advised to have a PCR test as soon as possible. Children aged 4 and under will not be advised to take a test unless the positive case was someone in their own household.

You should not arrange to have a PCR test if you have previously received a positive PCR test result in the last 90 days, unless you develop any new symptoms of COVID-19, as it is possible for PCR tests to remain positive for some time after COVID-19 infection.

Even if you are vaccinated, you can still be infected with COVID-19 and pass it on to others. If you are identified as a contact of someone with COVID-19 but you are not required to self-isolate, you can help protect others by following the guidance on how to stay safe and help prevent the spread. As well as getting a PCR test, you may also consider:

• limiting close contact with people outside your household, especially in enclosed spaces
• wearing a face covering in enclosed spaces and where you are unable to maintain social distancing
• limiting contact with anyone who is clinically extremely vulnerable
• taking part in twice weekly LFD testing

This advice applies until 10 full days after your most recent contact with the person who has tested positive for COVID-19.

If you develop symptoms at any time, even if these are mild, self-isolate immediately, arrange to have a COVID-19 PCR test and follow the guidance for people with COVID-19 symptoms.”

You may wish to follow this advice in any case, but we would certainly ask that you are vigilant for symptoms and if your child does develop symptoms, keep them off school and get them PCR tested using the following link: : https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

Take care

Mrs M