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Re-Opening: Local Plan

Date of Latest Update: 22/05/20

Phased Entry Proposed:

Designed to allow systems to be tested/ developed and safe practice to be reviewed after each

step.

Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Key Workers/ Vulnerable Children (EHCP/Social Worker)

Wk1 1st June

Wk2 8 June

Wk3 15 June

Wk4 22 June

Wk5 29 June

Wk6 6 July

Wk7 13 July

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Staffing Plan:

Week 1

Break Time (Area) Lunchtime (Hall) Staffing

Reception 10.30 (KS1 Playground and Field S1)

12noon-1pm

12 noon in Group rooms (KS1 Playground and field S1)

Seonaid Jools Sam & Maaike

Vul/KW 10.30 (KS2 Playground S1,S2) and field S3.

12.30-1.30pm 12.30pm in group rooms (KS2 Playground S1,S2,) and field S3.

Claire KS1 Matt KS2 Emma & Jacqui

Cleaning Rota

Willow, Ash, Maple classes and Hall plus communal areas. (corridors, toilets etc) As per RA doc.

After school Debbie Kiddell Tracey Marsh

All handles and surfaces

During school 11am – 1pm After school 3pm - 6pm

Debbie Kiddell Tracey Marsh

Office Rota

Group Start/End Time Entry/Exit Points Teachers/Classrooms Staff on Entry/Exits

Reception Mrs Curry

9.15am/2.30pm Main Entry/Office Bubble 1 – Willow Class Bubble 2 - Hall

Nichola Claire O’D-J

KW/ Vulnerable Mrs Keene KS1 Mr Pegg KS2

8.30 am/ 3.15pm Main Entry/Office Ash KS1 – Mrs Keene/Mrs Meletiou Maple KS2 – Mr Pegg/Mrs Barnett

Nichola Claire O’D-J

Vul/ KW Breakfast Club

Vul/ KW Afterschool Club

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Site Re-Opening Plan:

This table has been created to give all staff a detailed insight in to how our site will operate.

Once the site is re-opened, this document will become a working document and will be updated as

necessary.

The table had been created in close consultation with the following DfE guidance:

Safe Working in Education, Childcare and Children’s Social Care.

Preparing for the Wider Opening of Schools

Covid-19 Decontamination in Non-healthcare Settings

Implementing Protective Measures in Education and Childcare Settings

Managing School Premises during the Coronavirus Outbreak

Managing School Premises which are partially open during the Coronavirus Outbreak

Guidance on Shielding and Protecting Extremely Vulnerable Persons from Covid-19

Staying alert and safe social distancing

SEND Risk Assessment Guidance during COVID -19

Early Years and Childcare Closures

Actions for Educational and Childcare Settings to Prepare for Wider Opening from June 1 2020

Site Consideration (in alphabetical order)

Risk management/ Notes

Arrival and Departure • Families encouraged to bring only 1 adult for drop off/pick up on site.

• 2m social distancing enforced

• Arrival and departure timings/ protocol to be published and circulated to families before the site opens

• Staggered start and finish times

Assemblies • No physical assemblies to be held as bubbles cannot mix.

• Make arrangements for virtual assemblies or interaction on Zoom.

• Virtual School weekly assembly can be used on site

• Sing-up access for collective singing in bubbles.

Attendance • No one with symptoms, or anyone living with someone who has symptoms, should attend the setting; they should be at home, in line with the guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection.

• Fines or letters about attendance will not be issued.

• Parents will be informed of the government position.

• Unexpected absence from the setting will be followed up with a phone call and actions/ notes recorded on SIMs.

• Staff in bubbles will complete attendance registers

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• If children with social workers do not attend, Head/DSL to be informed who will then inform the relevant social worker

• Children, or staff, displaying symptoms will be sent home from the setting; this should be done only after consultation with leadership team. Medical notes should be consulted to check if a child suffers from seasonal hay-fever.

• Office staff should complete the daily data returns using the DfE portal

• Our school will not be held to account for our attendance figures during this time.

• Parents who do not intend to send their child to school during this period should inform the school so we understand why – this will be communicated to parents.

Behaviour Policy An updated behaviour policy which will remain in place until school opening guidance is changed or amended. Areas our school will consider in changes to behaviour policy are:

• following any altered routines for arrival or departure • following school instructions on hygiene, such as handwashing and

sanitising • following instructions on who pupils can socialise with at school • moving around the school as per specific instructions (for example, one-

way systems, out of bounds areas, queueing) • expectations about sneezing, coughing, tissues and disposal (‘catch it,

bin it, kill it’) and avoiding touching your mouth, nose and eyes with hands • tell an adult if you are experiencing symptoms of coronavirus • rules about sharing any equipment or other items including drinking

bottles • amended expectations about breaks or play times, including where

children may or may not play • use of toilets • clear rules about coughing or spitting at or towards any other person • clear rules for pupils at home about conduct in relation to remote

education • rewards and sanction system where appropriate • Identify any reasonable adjustments that need to be made for students

with more challenging behaviour.

Break Times • Field split and playground split into bubble zones with coloured cones

• Each bubble to have their own box of play equipment (cleaned after use by bubble staff)

• Children trained (staffed) to access the toilet one at a time (all external doors to toilets propped open)

• Supervising staff to maintain social distancing from children in bubbles

• Children to have their own snack; if fruit is delivered adults in each bubble can hand out washed fruit to children as needed.

• If milk delivery starts, an adult from each bubble can come and collect the amount of cartons needed for their bubble on a particular day.

• Contact sport (including football) will not be allowed because of the close proximity.

• Staff in each bubble to support children to learn team games such as four square that can be played as lower risk activities.

• At the end of play and break a bell can be rung (by an adult) and children will be called back to their class one bubble at a time.

• If lining up becomes necessary, ensure 2m distance.

• Wet play in bubble groups

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Breakfast Club (when opened)

• Office to be manned and door propped open to avoid the need to touch door handles.

• Temperature check on entry.

• Pupils to wash hands with soap in disabled toilet sink on entry.

• Signing in to be done on the screen by the same adult with the screen being cleaned before use.

• Key worker and vulnerable pupils pre-booked.

• Hall split into 3 zones (1 for each bubble)

• Adult to maintain stringent social distancing when interacting with different bubbles

• Food to be delivered to bubbles to avoid the need to line up and pop bubbles.

• Each bubble has separate equipment (3 bubbles packs of equipment created)

Catering • We will work with the Trust kitchen staff on arrangements for lunchtime.

• Children in reception and year 1 will have the option of a free meal under the universal infant free school meals policy.

• Meals should be available for all pupils in school, and these will be free of charge for pupils that qualify for benefits-related free school meals.

• We will work with the Trust kitchen staff to consider how meals will be prepared and served safely.

• See lunchtime plan for arrangements for lunch so that children do not mix

with children from other groups.

• Flexible ways of giving pupils access to lunch such that it can be eaten in

the small group setting (for example taking cold or ‘packed’ lunches to

children in the areas they are in for the day) will need to be considered.

Classroom organisation

The government recognise that younger children may not be able to adhere to social distancing so suggest the following hierarchy of risk actions to mitigate this risk:

Schools should therefore work through the hierarchy of measures set out in our guidance:

· avoiding contact with anyone with symptoms · frequent hand cleaning and good hygiene practices · regular cleaning of settings · and minimising contact and mixing Our classroom organisation guidance is intended to implement this hierarchy of measures:

• Excess tables to be removed from each room.

• Static tables and chairs should be spaced as far away from each other as possible.

• A central stock of stationary to be on display

• Excess items removed and placed in classroom stock cupboard.

• Remove soft furnishing (cushion) and cuddly toys which cannot be spray cleaned/ wiped down easily.

• Try to use toys that can be wiped or sprayed/mist cleaned.

• As much as possible, rooms should be ventilated throughout the day with windows being open and doors propped open (not fire doors which are not on magnet release system)

• Limit the need to share resources between group bubbles.

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• If equipment in shared, it should be cleaned between use by different bubbles.

• I-pads / Chromebooks to be shared amongst classes

• Staff laptop in each room.

• Children to only access the cloakroom one at a time due to very limited space; cloakroom doors to be propped open throughout the day.

• Staff should be mindful to reduce resources available to only those necessary.

• Allocate stationery to reduce sharing where possible.

• Sharing books will not be sent home during this period.

• For younger children, the resources made available for child-initiated learning should be carefully considered. For example, malleable resources, such as play dough, should not be shared and consideration should be given to their safe use, depending on circumstances.

• Resources for activities such as painting, sticking, cutting, small world play, indoor and outdoor construction activities should be washed before and after use (more detailed guidance on this will be included in the guide for early years providers) and where possible, children should be discouraged from sharing these.

• Children should be taught to wash their hands frequently, but particularly after using wheeled bikes, trikes and other large, movable toys. Children should be encouraged where possible not to touch their faces or to put objects in their mouths. Sharing stories, singing and playing outdoor games will help all children to socialise.

Cleaning • Cleaning throughout the day timetabled (focus on disinfecting communal surfaces, taps, stocking hand washing, emptying bins and handles)

• Cleaners to retain stringent social distancing to avoid cross contaminating bubbles

• Cleaners on site from 11- 2pm each day (to support service and delivery of lunches.

• Before school cleaning and after school focus on deep cleans of communal areas and bubbles.

• Cleaners to ensure correct chemicals, materials, distancing behaviours and waste disposal regime being followed as directed in this government guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-decontamination-in-non-healthcare-settings

• Cleaning chemicals being used by staff in each bubble should be stored up high in store cupboard in each room; children will not be allowed in the rooms unsupervised.

• New lidded bins to be provided in each classroom

To prevent the indirect spread of the virus from person to person, regularly clean frequently-touched surfaces, such as:

• door handles • handrails • table tops • play equipment • toys • electronic devices (such as phones)

When cleaning, use the usual products, like detergents and bleach, as these will be very effective at getting rid of the virus on surfaces.

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All education, childcare and children’s social care settings should follow the Public Health England (PHE) guidance on cleaning for non-healthcare settings.

Corridor • One way system in place during the school day (9-3pm)

• Arrows taped on the floor to remind children of direction

Curriculum • The priorities for young children, as well as their mental health, at this time are re-socialisation into new style school routines; speaking and listening, and regaining momentum in particular with early reading.

• The priority for our Year 6 children will be around preparing them for transition to secondary school and supporting them with closure given none of the normal rites of passage will take place.

• Sessions which promote positive health and well-being.

• Maths sessions to follow White Rose Hub summer timetable.

• Virtual School to support planning

• Take One Art Project (Marvellous Monday) to take place in each bubble.

• Children should be encouraged to exert themselves physically, making use of supervised non-touch running games within their group. Youth Sport Trust are also offering some support to schools.

• EYFS has been disbanded to allow flexibility to respond to changes in workforce availability and children’s needs.. As far as possible, children should benefit from a broad range of educational opportunities, but this also provides schools with the flexibility to give additional focus to fundamental areas where support is required following time spent out of school, such as reading.

• For year 1, phonics and using appropriately matched reading books to practise reading should from part of the offer. Where there are small numbers significantly behind others then ensure they receive support as intensively as can be managed to catch up, and liaise where possible with parents and carers to ensure they can support too.

• Though visits to secondary schools for induction will not take place this year, some secondary schools may have capacity to undertake remote induction briefings or other types of sessions for pupils, for example to meet form tutors, heads of year, or other key staff, or have a tour of the school virtually. We should discuss the options with our secondary schools.

• Year 6 teaching during this time should focus on readiness for secondary school, including academic readiness, which could involve additional teaching in any subject.

• Staff will have the flexibility to timetable the day; some activities that require shared spaces will need to be timetables.

Curriculum Statement

‘Upon our return to school, there will be a focused curriculum planning strategy

that will aims to support the needs of our local community.

We anticipate learners returning to the classroom having had a wide range of

experiences with regards to home-schooling, domestic circumstances and of the

virus itself. To this end, our curriculum work will be entitled 'One Look Back, Two

Steps Forward.' By working with learners to take 'one look back,' we are fulfilling

the most basic of our human needs: the need for security and safety. Looking

back together will enable the learners to comprehend our most recent past,

come to terms with the changes to home, school and society and see school,

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once again, as a safe space. By taking two steps forward, the emphasis is on the

future including transition for some of our cohorts.

Our CLL work will be closely linked to our curriculum title and will be driven by a

text approach. The focus of this work will largely encompass the recapping of

basic skills, phonics, reading strategies and sentence and grammar work based

on recounts and storytelling.

Our mathematics work will target place value and operations in order that

misconceptions can be addressed in readiness for transition to new classes in

Autumn.’

Nursery/Pre-school Statement (WM and Ruishton)

‘We aim to give all children in our Foundation Stage Unit (Nursery and

Reception) an exciting, challenging and meaningful learning journey with us. We

will continue to plan children’s learning experiences in accordance with the Early

Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum guidance by focusing on School

Readiness and Supporting our children's emotional well-being - for our children

attending our settings and for children who will be remaining at home.’

Drinking • The water fountains on site will remain out of use.

• Children will be encouraged to have a drinks bottle on site.

• A stock of plastic cups will be available in each class.

• Staff in bubbles can support children with hygiene expectations around cup usage.

• Children are not to share cups.

• Cups needs to be washed in boiling water or put through a dishwasher cycle of above 60 degrees.

Fire, Emergency and Evacuation Procedure

• This will remain as published except class lines with have a social distance (2m) imposed.

• Each day the provision lead and Office staff on duty will assume the role of Fire Warden.

• Children should be briefed that arrangements for emergency evacuation (including lock down) remain the same.

Forest School • Only one bubble to access the area at a one time.

• Children to wash hands on entry and exit to the area as some larger equipment cannot be cleaned between uses

Group Sizes and Staffing.

In planning group sizes we have used these planning parameters :

• Assumed all eligible children will attend for the purposes of the first stage of planning, even though we think that is unlikely

• Determined small group sizes based on the limitations of our rooms. • Included children of critical workers and vulnerable children who are in

reception, year 1 or 6 in groups within their year group • Created small groups (maximum size of 15) for children of critical workers

and vulnerable children not in reception or years 1 and 6 • Created a staffing model where one teacher will be leading each bubble

(or 2 teachers sharing the week for existing job shares) - qualified teachers are qualified to teach any primary year group, including early years foundation stage (EYFS)

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• If we have a shortage of teachers then teaching assistants will (following government guidance) be allocated to lead a group, working under the direction of a teacher.

• It is still important to reduce contact between people as much as possible, and we can achieve that and reduce transmission risk by ensuring children, young people and staff where possible, only mix in a small, consistent group and that small group stays away from other people and groups.

• Group bubbles will be no more than 15 pupils and usually smaller than this due to small room sizes

• Pupils will stay within the same bubble consistently during the week where possible.

Handwashing / Hygiene

• Each class to have access to handwashing station stocked with soap dispenser, paper towels and a bin.

• Each classroom cupboard to have access to alcohol gels.

• Each classroom to have access to disposable gloves, a surface disinfectant and disposable clothes to use as needed to clean down touch points outside of the day time cleaning regime.

• Facilitate cleaning hands more often than usual with the children - wash hands thoroughly for 20 seconds with running water and soap and dry them thoroughly or use alcohol hand rub or sanitiser ensuring that all parts of the hands are covered.

• All children and adults on site to clean their hands more often than usual, particularly after arriving at your setting, touching your face, blowing your nose, sneezing or coughing, and before eating or handling food.

• Handwashing on entry to the site (external doors to be propped open so children can access handwashing without needing to touch a surface.

• Promote good respiratory hygiene by promoting the ‘catch it, bin it, kill it’ message.

• Encourage children to cover their mouth and nose with disposable tissues when they cough or sneeze. If one is not available, they should be encouraged to sneeze into the crook of their elbow, not into their hand. They should then dispose of tissues into a disposable rubbish bag and immediately clean their hands with soap and water or use a hand sanitiser.

• Adults to remind children about handwashing, and model

• Hand moisturiser to be available in each classroom.

• A box of tissues to be available in each classroom.

• Children reminded about not touching eyes, nose or mouth.

• Cleaning staff to empty bins throughout the day.

• Support will need to be provided for children who cannot hand wash independently.

• Timetable to include time to focus on handwashing education songs, rhymes, e-bug resources etc.

Illness What to do is someone becomes unwell with the symptoms of Coronavirus.

If anyone becomes unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature in they must be sent home and advised to follow the guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection. If a child is awaiting collection, they should be moved, if possible, to the medical room where they can be isolated at a distance of 2m from anyone. If they need the bathroom, they can use the facility in this room with the adult closing the internal door to protect their privacy (the bathroom should be cleaned and disinfected using standard cleaning products before being used by anyone else)

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PPE should be worn by staff caring for the child while they await collection if direct personal care is needed and a distance of 2 metres cannot be maintained (such as for a very young child or a child with complex needs). In an emergency, call 999 if they are seriously ill or injured or their life is at risk. Do not visit the GP, pharmacy, urgent care centre or a hospital. If a member of staff has helped someone who was unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature, they do not need to go home unless they develop symptoms themselves. They should wash their hands thoroughly for 20 seconds after any contact with someone who is unwell. Cleaning the affected area with normal household disinfectant after someone with symptoms has left will reduce the risk of passing the infection on to other people. Read guidance about cleaning non-healthcare settings.

Intimate Care/ First aid

• Intimate care such as first aid and toilet accidents will need to be managed carefully – staff will have access to aprons and gloves and sanitiser. A mask will be needed for these tasks- see PPE section for guidance.

• Intimate care should take place in the medical room.

• Surfaces should be cleaned down after use.

• Staff rota should take account to provision of first aid.

Isolation Room The isolation room for first aid/ illness isolation will be the medical room. See section on PPE for guidance on how to use this room.

Lunchtimes • Children to sit in bubble tables/zones in the hall.

• Only one side of the big blue tables to be used only to avoid face to face

• Four children on each table.

• Hall capacity of 34 at one time.

• Hot meals delivered to the children by adults.

• Not lining up near hot meal serving area.

• 2 hot meal sitting times in the hall; tables disinfected between sittings (12.00- 12.25/ 12.30- 1.00) – When reverted back to Hall.

• Pupils with packed lunches to each outside in their bubble zone (indoors in bubble space if needed).

• Wet play in bubble groups with bubble adults rotating supervision.

Medication • Asthma pumps and emergency medication should be kept in a known location in each bubble room

• Pupils with chronic conditions such as diabetes should not be attending the site.

• Other medication should be signed in at reception and stored in our medical cabinet (fridge if needed). Staff administering medicine should read administration form and sign to record administration- as normal.

Office • No child or non-adult access during the day as a small area.

• Staff to use hand held portable phone if needed.

• Phones/ keyboard and surfaces to be part of the daily cleaning regime.

• Staff rota so Office manned throughout the day.

Outdoor Play area • Zoned off as surface contact cleaning cannot be completed easily (mimic park equipment being closed).

• Make use of field and playground.

• Bubbles to have set allocated zones.

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• Encourage bubbles to learn outdoors when possible

Pastoral Support • Staff will provide children with opportunities for children to talk about their experiences of the past few weeks/ this offer is also available for families via Zoom,

• Opportunities for one-to-one conversations with trusted adults where this may be supportive will be provided with stringent social distancing,

• A big focus on what we provide will be around providing positive opportunities to renew and develop friendships and peer groups

• All bubbles will be expected to place a strong emphasis on planning and allowing time for activities to support pupil mental health and wellbeing.

• We are aware that there may be additional pupils, including those with SEND, who display symptoms of stress or anxiety and additional support may be needed for them.

• We will utilise a new look play therapy/ ELSA support offer from Play Therapy Room or Nurture Room (with stringent adult social distancing and equipment cleaning) school to support such pupils; this service will also be offered virtually to pupils in need. Virtual support will follow existing Virtual School Zoom Protocol.

• We will consult with local authority support (such as EP) to guide our response in extreme cases.

• The different experiences all pupils will have had at home will naturally play a large part in how easily they re-adapt to attending school and its routines. Staff will need to strike an appropriate balance between reintegrating pupils into a reassuring and familiar work ethic to support their mental wellbeing on the one hand, and identifying and taking time to address explicitly individual concerns or problems on the other.

PPE Is it needed?

The majority of staff in education settings will not require PPE beyond what they would normally need for their work, even if they are not always able to maintain a distance of 2 metres from others. PPE is only needed in a very small number of cases including:

• Children, young people and students whose care routinely already involves the use of PPE due to their intimate care needs should continue to receive their care in the same way

• If a child, young person or other learner becomes unwell with symptoms of coronavirus while in their setting and needs direct personal care until they can return home. A fluid-resistant surgical face mask should be worn by the supervising adult if a distance of 2 metres cannot be maintained. If contact with the child or young person is necessary, then disposable gloves, a disposable apron and a fluid-resistant surgical face mask should be worn by the supervising adult. If a risk assessment determines that there is a risk of splashing to the eyes, for example from coughing, spitting, or vomiting, then eye protection should also be worn

• If a child does become unwell when on site they should be taken to the medical room.

PPE How to use in specific situations, including where the use of PPE may be required

Reference to PPE in the following situations means:

• fluid-resistant surgical face masks • disposable gloves • disposable plastic aprons • eye protection (for example a face visor or goggles)

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Where PPE is recommended, this means that: • a facemask should be worn if a distance of 2 metres cannot be

maintained from someone with symptoms of coronavirus • if contact is necessary, then gloves, an apron and a facemask should be

worn • if a risk assessment determines that there is a risk of fluids entering the

eye from, for example, coughing, spitting or vomiting, then eye protection should also be worn.

When PPE is used, it is essential that it is used properly. This includes scrupulous hand hygiene and following guidance on how to put PPE on and take it off safely in order to reduce self-contamination. Face masks must:

• cover both nose and mouth • not be allowed to dangle around the neck • not be touched once put on, except when carefully removed before

disposal • be changed when they become moist or damaged • be worn once and then discarded - hands must be cleaned after disposal

PPE How to dispose of PPE and face coverings.

Used PPE and any disposable face coverings that staff, children, young people or other learners arrive wearing should be placed in a refuse bag and can be disposed of as normal domestic waste unless the wearer has symptoms of coronavirus, in line with the guidance on cleaning for non-healthcare settings. Any homemade non-disposable face coverings that staff or children, young people or other learners are wearing when they arrive at their setting must be removed by the wearer and placed into a plastic bag that the wearer has brought with them in order to take it home. The wearer must then clean their hands. To dispose of waste from people with symptoms of coronavirus, such as disposable cleaning cloths, tissues and PPE:

• put it in a plastic rubbish bag and tie it when full • place the plastic bag in a second bin bag and tie it • put it in our locked store (shed by bins) for 72 hours

Storing for 72 hours saves unnecessary waste movements and minimises the risk to waste operatives. This waste does not require a dedicated clinical waste collection in the above circumstances.

Pre-Opening site H&S check

• Caretaker to carry out a pre-opening health and safety check prior to opening as the site has been closed for many weeks although the site has been accessed each week for maintenance and servicing.

This check should involve a visual check of all rooms, our door spaces and access points.

• Fire alarms and emergency lighting should be tested prior to the site opening and weekly testing regime reinstated.

• All water outlets (including little used outlets) should be purged to avoid risks of legionella. Water should be run into a bucket to avoid spray/ droplets being created.

• Check new room arrangements do not block fire exits.

• Check all emergency exits are fully functional

• Initial perimeter scan of premises should be vigilant for/ of sharp objects or signs of substance misuse.

• Surface clean in food preparation areas.

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A deep clean of the school site was commissioned and completed by an external company during school closure.

Reception • Tape marking on floor behind counter to ensure a 2m gaps from public to reception staff.

• Sign to say no more than one person/ family in the reception foyer at any one time

Registration • A bubble list (expected attendees) will be printed each day for each bubble.

• Staff leading a bubble should call a register morning and afternoon.

• Absence or unexpected attendance within a bubble should be reported to the Office.

• Staff take back to the Office by an adult to avoid pupil movement around the site.

Safeguarding • Normal safeguarding processes.

• On site DSL (Chris or Kim) should be consulted if a member of staff has a cause for concern. Staff may contact these staff via telephone call if easier.

• Louisa Blackmore should be contacted if neither of these staff are available and the cause for concern is urgent.

SEND pupils • It is important that our school setting remains safe for all pupils. For pupils with complex SEND needs and EHCPs we will consider their provision carefully in co-ordination with families and guidance.

• The timetable, hygiene arrangements, specific activities provided, learning environment, specialist equipment and staffing levels will all need be considered by planning provision for these learners.

• We will check with local authorities or other providers of external support services to ascertain whether or when such services will be available.

• For pupils with education health and care (EHC) plans, it may not be possible to provide the full range of provision set out in the plan, and it may be necessary to make different arrangements if some of the support services are not available in their usual form from the start of June. If this is the case you should work with the local authority and parents, and confirm what special provision can reasonably be provided.

Site Security • Office staff to open and close gates as normal before and after drop off times.

• Breakfast and after school clubs are to use the front entrance as normal.

• Side gates to be locked throughout the day.

• Bubble staff to check external gates are locked before working with a group in the school grounds.

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Social Distancing The current government guidance makes this statement in relation to social distancing in schools: “We know that, unlike older children and adults, early years and primary age children cannot be expected to remain 2 metres apart from each other and staff. In deciding to bring more children back to early years and schools, we are taking this into account. You should, therefore, work through the hierarchy of measures set out in implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings:

• avoiding contact with anyone with symptoms • frequent hand cleaning and good respiratory hygiene practices • regular cleaning of settings • minimising contact and mixing

It is still important to reduce contact between people as much as possible, so children, young people and staff where possible, should only mix in a small, consistent group and that small group should stay away from other people and groups. If you can keep older children within those small groups 2 metres away from each other, you should do so. While in general groups should be kept apart, brief, transitory contact, such as passing in a corridor, is low risk. For primary schools, classes should normally be split in half, with no more than 15 pupils per small group and one teacher (and, if needed, a teaching assistant). Vulnerable children and children of critical workers in other year groups should also be split into small groups of no more than 15. Where desks are used, they should be spaced as far apart as possible.”

Staffing • If possible, each bubble to be staffed with 2 members of staff who can remain socially distanced from each other.

This will allow staff to respond to emergencies effectively, promote adult interaction and support staff welfare, allow for staff to relieve each other for breaks, allow for tasks such as getting resources or interacting with office staff/ leaders to be possible.

• Central risk assessment to be completed by all staff to allow sense of on-site availability and guide staff deployment options.

• Staff will be required to work with all age groups.

• Where possible, staff are deployed throughout the day, and on subsequent days to the same group of children.

Staff Absence Staff should inform the leader on duty if they are unable to come to work as planned- this should be done as soon as possible Possible approaches to managing a shortfall in staffing include:

• Bringing additional teachers in to help from other schools within the Trust. • Asking suitably experienced teaching assistants who are willing to do so

to work with groups under the supervision of a teacher • Using some senior leadership time to cover groups

Staff Attendance/ Deployment

The guidance on implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings contains information about clinically vulnerable and clinically extremely

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vulnerable adults. This has informed the staff risk assessment that all staff have been asked to complete. Clinically extremely vulnerable individuals are advised not to work outside the home. We are strongly advising people, including education staff, who are clinically extremely vulnerable (those with serious underlying health conditions which put them at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus and have been advised by their clinician or through a letter) to rigorously follow shielding measures in order to keep themselves safe. Staff in this position are advised not to attend work. Read guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable for more advice. Clinically vulnerable individuals who are at higher risk of severe illness (for example, people with some pre-existing conditions as set out in the staying at home and away from others (social distancing) guidance) have been advised to take extra care in observing social distancing and should work from home where possible. This includes pregnant women. Education and childcare settings should endeavour to support this, for example by asking staff to support remote education, carry out lesson planning or other roles which can be done from home. If clinically vulnerable (but not clinically extremely vulnerable) individuals cannot work from home, they should be offered the safest available on-site roles, staying 2 metres away from others wherever possible, although the individual may choose to take on a role that does not allow for this distance if they prefer to do so. If they have to spend time within 2 metres of other people, settings must carefully assess and discuss with them whether this involves an acceptable level of risk. If a member of staff lives with someone who is clinically vulnerable (but not clinically extremely vulnerable), which includes those who are pregnant, they can attend work. If a staff member lives in a household with someone who is extremely clinically vulnerable, as set out in the guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable, it is advised they only attend work if stringent social distancing can be adhered to. If stringent social distancing cannot be adhered to, we do not expect those individuals to attend. They should be supported to work at home.

Staff room • Staff room door to be propped open to avoid staff needing to touch handle

• Only 4 adults in the staffroom at any one time.

• Only 1 member of staff to be at the drinks making station at any one time.

• Encourage staff to use the same mug throughout the day.

• Staff to load their own items into the dishwasher.

• 2 m distancing to be retained.

• Remove chairs from room if necessary to promote distancing.

Temperature Checking

The government guidance states the temperature checking on entry is not necessary as it not an accurate way of diagnosing cases. However, we believe it will be reassuring to staff and pupils so we will endeavour to test each child and staff members temperature on arrival.

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Toilet Usage • All external doors to children’s toilets be wedged open so children do not have to touch push plates to enter/ exit.

• Cleaning of contact points throughout the days.

• Cleaning staff to ensure soap dispensers stocked.

• No more than 1 child using playground toilets. If waiting children line up outside (2m apart) to minimise cross bubble contamination.

Testing • Access to testing is already available to all essential workers.

• This includes anyone involved in education.

• Education settings, as employers, can book tests through an online digital portal.

• There is also an option for employees to book tests directly on the portal.

• By the time settings open to wider cohorts of children and young people, all children, young people and other learners eligible to attend their education or childcare setting, and all children in social care settings, as well as their households, will have access to a test if they display symptoms of coronavirus.

• If they develop symptoms, they should be tested. If they test negative, they can return to their setting and their fellow household members can end their self-isolation. If they test positive, education and childcare settings should follow guidance on implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings.

Transport • Ensure staff and parents are aware of the guidance on how to travel to and from education settings carefully. Read the Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer travel guidance for passengers

• Encourage families to walk or cycle to school where possible.

Uniform • Non- school uniform for all pupils. This will support our expectation for pupils to have a change of clothes on each school day and support families if children have grown out of uniform.

• Adults can wear casual clothes with the same emphasis on clean clothes.

• Shower to be available for staff use should staff wish to shower and change before returning home to families.

Visitors on site • No adults are allowed into the building without and appointment or in consultation with SLT

• Meetings to be conducted virtually were possible.

• Meetings in person to be held in Head’s office and number limited to one adult (plus interpreter if needed) to ensure social distancing possible.

• All adults arriving on site to come through front entrance and use handwashing facilities in disabled toilet.

• Supplies being delivered should be left outside the reception foyer (under covered area). These will then be cleaned and carried into the site by a member of school staff.

• No reading/ adult volunteers on site.

What happens if there is a confirmed COVID-19 case in our school?

When a child, young person or staff member develops symptoms compatible with coronavirus, they should be sent home and advised to self-isolate for 7 days. Their fellow household members should self-isolate for 14 days. All staff and students who are attending an education or childcare setting will have access to a test if they display symptoms of coronavirus, and are encouraged to get tested in this scenario.

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Where the child, young person or staff member tests negative, they can return to their setting and the fellow household members can end their self-isolation. Where the child, young person or staff member tests positive, the rest of their bubble within their childcare or education setting should be sent home and advised to self-isolate for 14 days. The other household members of that wider class or group do not need to self-isolate unless the child, young person or staff member they live with in that group subsequently develops symptoms. As part of the national test and trace programme, if other cases are detected within the cohort or in the wider setting, Public Health England’s local health protection teams will conduct a rapid investigation and will advise schools and other settings on the most appropriate action to take. In some cases a larger number of other children, young people may be asked to self-isolate at home as a precautionary measure – perhaps the whole class, site or year group. Because we are observing guidance on infection prevention and control, which will reduce risk of transmission, closure of the whole setting will not generally be necessary.

Things to consider still :

Need to make more door wedges.

Organise Virtual Staff meeting

Plan INSET briefing and site preparation team.

PPE ordered? (Check)

9 Thermometers ordered ? (Check)

Cleaning products ordered ? (Check specific)

Lidded bins recommended in classrooms

Seek guidance on First Aid Qualifications

Order floor marking tape?

Staff workload expectations?

Tissues/ bin bags to be ordered

Check with Tim this guidance wording: “Before resuming normal operation, commission a water treatment specialist to chlorinate and flush the complete system for all hot and cold water systems (including drinking water) and certify the water system is safe before the buildings are reoccupied. Allow sufficient time for this activity, approx. 1 week before opening if possible.”

We normally run breakfast and after school clubs as part of our ‘wrap-around’ provision. Are we required to re-start them? No, you are not required to do so. You should only run such provision if you are able to keep children within the groups they are in during the day or safely distanced