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Class 12 at Oak Field is temporarily closed as a result of a member of staff testing positive for Covid-19. Pupils and staff should now self-isolate at home until Wednesday 27th January.

Class 2 is temporarily closed as a result of 4 members of staff testing positive for Covid-19. Pupils and staff in this class should self-isolate at home for 10 days until Sunday 24th January.

We have taken this decision in line with government guidance. If pupils feel unwell with Covid-19 symptoms, we would urge parents to obtain a test for them (see info document). We will continue to work closely with Public Health England, the DfE, Nottingham City Council and the Nottingham Schools Trust. 

Class 2 at Oak Field School is temporarily closed as a result of 2 members of staff testing positive for Covid-19. Pupils and staff in this class should now self isolate at home for 10 days until Sunday 24th January.  We have taken this decision in line with government guidance. If pupils feel unwell with Covid-19 symptoms, we would urge parents to obtain a test for them (see info document). We will continue to work closely with Public Health England, the DfE, Nottingham City Council and the Nottingham Schools Trust. 

Re: This half term (until Friday 12 February 2021)

 

Dear Parent/Guardian(s)

 

What an interesting week this has been! Thank you for supporting us as we have needed to respond very quickly to an ever-changing national picture. Thank you also for everything you continue to do to try to reduce the spread of COVID-19 within your households and our school community – your help and support is much appreciated.

 

As you know from our website and SMS message this week, Oak Field School remains open, in line with government and LA guidance. Yesterday, the DfE published updated guidance re school attendance, which you can read here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/950510/School_national_restrictions_guidance.pdf

 

In the section about Special Schools (at the bottom of p27) the guidance includes the sentence: Special schools should continue to welcome and encourage pupils to attend full-time where the parent/carer wishes for their child to be able to attend.

 

Where you have chosen for your child to attend school, they will continue to learn in their class groups with their class staff, as appropriate. Where you have chosen for your child to access remote learning (learning at home), the class teacher will contact you early next week to discuss your child’s targets, and provide learning activities and resources for the week, in partnership with you. They will then contact you each week until half term to discuss your child’s progress with these activities and provide next steps, as appropriate.

 

We do recognise that families will be in very different personal circumstances, and that some of you will be supervising home learning with several children! Equally, you will be aware that our staff are also in very different positions, both in terms of their own health and their personal

household circumstances, and that at any moment any of us might need to self-isolate.

 

From next week, we are intending to start weekly COVID-19 self-swabbing Lateral Flow testing for staff; this is voluntary. You will appreciate that the complexity of the self-swabbing of nostrils and tonsils (without touching any other parts of the mouth) means that the pupils will not be tested at the moment. This means that if we do have a subsequently confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in school, the class bubble will be asked to isolate for 10 days, as happens now.

 

Also from Monday, we will be encouraging staff to wear a face covering or mask when going outside to collect the pupils from parents/buses in the mornings, and when they take them out in the afternoons. If you transport your child to school, please support us by wearing a face covering or mask and maintaining 2m social distancing, and by keeping all communication with staff very brief – please phone or use the home-school diaries where you can.

 

As always, if you have any questions, concerns or worries at this stage, please don’t hesitate to contact me – this is really important to us.

 

With very best wishes

 

Yours sincerely

 

Patricia Lewis

Headteacher

Class 4 and Class 6F3 at Oak Field School are temporarily closed as a result of 2 members of staff testing positive for Covid-19. Pupils and staff in these classes should now self isolate at home for 10 days until Friday 15th January (6F3) and Saturday 16th January (Class 4). We have taken this decision in line with government guidance. If pupils feel unwell with Covid-19 symptoms, we would urge parents to obtain a test for them (see info document). We will continue to work closely with Public Health England, the DfE, Nottingham City Council and the Nottingham Schools Trust. 

Tuesday 5th January 2021 Oak Field will be open to pupils, as all have an EHC plan. See .gov.uk for more info.