COVID Measures

Schools have been advised to prepare to restart mass asymptomatic testing for all secondary learners at the beginning of the autumn term. 

We will implement a staggered start to next academic year for the secondary phase:

Thursday 2^nd September - Learners from Years 7, 11 and 12 will be required to attend to take their first lateral flow test and then return home. Learners do not need to wear school uniform.

Their timings will be:

·        Year 7 – 9am

·        Year 11 – 11am

·        Year 12 – 2pm

All learners in Years 8, 9 ,10 will stay at home.

Friday 3^rd September - Learners from Years 8, 9 and 10 will be required to attend to take their first lateral flow test and then return home. Learners do not need to wear school uniform.

Their timings will be:

·        Year 8 – 9am

·        Year 9 – 11am

·        Year 10 – 2pm.

All learners in Years 7, 11 ,12 will stay at home.

Monday 6^th September – Year 7, 11 and 12 learners will attend school as normal, in school uniform, and take their second lateral flow test on this day. All learners in Years 8, 9 ,10 will stay at home.

Tuesday 7^th September – Year 8, 9 and 10 learners will attend school as normal, in school uniform, and take their second lateral flow test on this day. Year 7, 11 and 12 learners will attend school as normal.

School will be open as normal to all primary phase learners from Thursday 2^nd September

Self- test kits-Letter to parents and carers

Self- test kits- Letter to learners                

Report Results: NHS                                 

Report Results: School       

FAQs- June 2021

On return in the autumn, secondary schools and colleges do not need to re-seek consent for learners who have previously provided consent for ATS testing. 

Consent must be sought for any learner who has not previously given consent for testing, for example new entrants in year 7.

Participation is voluntary for the programme and active consent is required either by staff, pupils or students or parents/legal guardians, as appropriate.

However, if any staff member or learner does not wish to consent to take part in testing they will still be able to attend school unless they develop symptoms.

Learners aged 16 or older may consent themselves using the consent form below. Please click on the link or scan the QR code.

Consent form for new participants

After the 2 initial tests at school, secondary phase learners will be offered coronavirus tests that they should take twice a week at home. We will send further details regarding home testing shortly.

Onsite Lateral Flow testing from September - Orient Gene Swab

Data Protection -Covid testing

To enable the Covid-19 testing to be completed at Wootton Park School, we need to process personal data for staff and learners taking part, including sharing of personal data where we have a legal obligation.

Wootton Park School is the Data Controller for the data required for processing the tests and undertaking any actions which are needed by the school to ensure we meet our public health and safeguarding legal obligations. All data is processed under Section 3 of the Non-Maintained Schools Regulations 1999 for non-maintained schools. Data Controllership is then passed to the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) at the point that we transfer data to them.

Privacy Notice - WPS Covid

What do I do if my child or a member of our household has COVID symptoms?

Your child/ren must remain at home and the symptomatic person should arrange for a COVID-19 test.

COVID-19 Symptoms                     

Face coverings are no longer advised for learners, staff and visitors either in classrooms or in communal areas.

The government has removed the requirement to wear face coverings in law but expects and recommends that they are worn in enclosed and crowded spaces where you may come into contact with people you don’t normally meet. This includes public transport and dedicated transport to school or college.

Physical activity is a vital part of a balanced curriculum and essential to health and wellbeing.

This is a reminder to all parents/carers, and learners that the expectation is for all learners to arrive at school in their PE kit on the days that they have PE.

Find out who is eligible for twice-weekly testing and how to get tested if you do not have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19). This guidance is for people without symptoms.

Government Guidance

Lockdown has been a challenging period for all of us, and we’d like to thank you for your continuing support during this difficult and uncertain time.

If you or your child have any concerns about returning to school, or if you think your child might need extra support when they return, please get in touch with Mrs Macdonnell. s.macdonnell@woottonparkschool.org.uk for secondary phase or Mrs Smith, k.smith@woottonparkschool.org.uk  for primary phase. 

We’d also like to thank you for all your support in helping your child learn from home.

We ask that any families that have travelled abroad during the summer holidays follow government guidance regarding any travel isolation requirements.

Who must self-isolate

The safeguarding team are looking forward to seeing all our learners again in September. 

Our DSL is Jane Page, Senior Vice Principal. The DSL takes lead responsibility for child protection and wider safeguarding. Our DSL can be contacted on: j.page@woottonparkschool.org.uk

When the DSL is absent, the Deputy DSL, will act as cover. The Deputy DSL can be contacted on: s.macdonnell@woottonparkschool.org.uk

Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy reflects Keeping Children Safe in Education, statutory guidance for schools and colleges (2020).

There were a number of changes that were made to the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy in light of the 2020 Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance, one of the main changes is around the importance and recognition of mental and physical health.

New Definition for Safeguarding

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is now defined as:

• Protecting children from maltreatment
• Preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health development
• Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
• Taking care to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

There is also DfE guidance available on preventing and tackling bullying and mental health and behaviour, as well as Public Health England guidance on promoting children's emotional health and wellbeing. 

The mental and physical health of our learners will continue to be a prominent feature in our school curriculum when we return in September.

Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

We know that many families have really appreciated the support from our wellbeing team during our partial closure. We understand that some families may appreciate additional support on our return.

Please visit our learner wellbeing page for further details. 

Visitors' Leaflet                               

Children engaging in remote education at home who are eligible for a benefits related free school meal will be offered a food parcel.

Information on providing school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is available.

Covid_Catch_Up_Summary.pdf

Secondary Phase Parents-Learning from home letter   Remote Learning at Wootton Park School                     

Learning from home letter- Primary         

Remote Learning at Wootton Park School

Learning from home- EYFS                      

Remote Learning at Wootton Park School

• Self-regulation-when I have strong emotions
• Self-regulation-primary
• Wellbeing Newsletter Spring 2019- 2020
• Reach Out: Support and advice available
• Emotions-emoji_matching
• Positive family relationships
• Healthy screen habits
• Emotions-Self-regulation
• Five Ways to Wellbeing: Connect
• Five Ways to Wellbeing: Keep Learning
• Five Ways to Wellbeing: Be Active
• Mindfulness-Secondary
• Mindfulness-Primary
• Healthy eating - Secondary
• Healthy eating -Primary
• Take a break -Relaxation
• Sleep Help
• Relaxation
• Importance of routine poster
• Wellbeing Apps Poster
• Helping children and young people cope with stress- for parents
• 10 Tips for Coping with Low Mood
• 29.03.20- Government Guidance on supporting children & young people's mental health wellbeing.
• Wellbeing Newsletter- Advice during school closure.pdf
• Friday Fun Day 27.03.20.pdf