10 June 2020

Dear Parents / Carers

I hope you are well. As strange as it sounds, we are in our final half term of the school year. With six weeks to go, we would ordinarily have been celebrating our various end of year events. Instead, we are partially open, taking lots of measures to keep the school as safe as possible and our efforts to provide a quality education for all our students continue.

In line with the updated guidance from the government, we will be inviting more students into school from Monday 15th June. This will comprise of Year 10 students (up to 25% of the full cohort) as well as continuing to supplement the provision for our children of key workers and vulnerable students who have already been attending. As per the guidance, the selected students will receive some face-to-face teaching to supplement the remote education they have been receiving.

To ensure we have taken every possible measure to make our school safe for wider opening, we have carried out a thorough risk assessment, which you can find on the school website (https://www.cumberlandcst.org/coronavirus-0). I have summarised some of these measures for your information on the attached poster.

If your child is in Year 10 and is selected to come into school from 15th June, you will receive a phone call this week. You do not need to do anything in the meantime. It is up to you if you would like your child to attend school. If your child is already attending school, you do not need to do anything.

We are coming up to our fourth month of school closures for the majority of students and this will inevitably impact on our students' learning. We will work hard to continue to provide our planned curriculum to your child via online lessons and the DPR. As of yet, we do not know what will become of exams for Y10 students. It could be that they are still required to sit their exams in Year 11, or like our current Year 11s, exams may be cancelled and teachers may be required to provide a judgement based on the evidence they have of their students. Whilst we can only speculate at this point, it is in your child's best interests to engage with the learning being provided. Therefore, I urge you to continue to encourage them to be on time to lessons, make sure they are submitting the work that is set for them and reassure them that they need not worry about their learning if they complete the work being set for them. Please let us know if you need support with this.

Finally, I am keen to receive your feedback on the quality of the online provision your child is receiving. Please complete the survey below if you have not done it already so we can look at what is working well and how best to improve our provision going forward.

Survey: https://forms.gle/fBee2A6MJkDUDuud9

Once again, I thank you for your continued efforts in supporting your child's education at home. Whilst no one could predict this end to the school year, I am not surprised by the dedication and commitment of the parents of our students.

Yours sincerely

Omar Deria Head of School

WHY CAN MORECHILDREN GO TOSCHOOL?

Year 10Key worker and

vulnerable children

Students in Years 7-9 need to

stay at home, unless invited in.

From the 15th of June, we will welcome back more students from Year 10.

School will still be open for children of key workers and vulnerable children.

It is good for

children's mental

wellbeing.

WHAT HAS CHANGED?

DOES MY CHILD HAVE TO COME TO SCHOOL?

School is the best

place for them to

learn.

It is good for children

to socialise with

other children.

WHAT ABOUT THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS?

All students should continue to

complete work on DPR and

attend their live lessons.

If your child is well and has been

asked to come in, they should

attend school.

There will be no fines if your

child does not attend school.

7 days

14 days

14 days

HOW ARE YOU MAKING SURE THE SCHOOL IS SAFE?

We will check for risks

before admitting more

students.

If a child or family

member is sick they

cannot come to school.

We will slightly alter

timings to break and

lunch.

WILL MY CHILD BE TESTED?

Yes, if your child shows symptoms of Coronavirus, they will

be eligible for testing.

WHAT IF THERE IS A CASE OF CORONAVIRUS IN SCHOOL?

School will be cleaned

regularly.

Everyone will wash their

hands regularly.

There will be less children

in a room together.

The person with symptoms must self isolate for 7 days

The people they live with must self isolate for 14 days

If anyone at school tests positive, the group they were

with must self isolate for 14 days.

WHAT ELSE MIGHT CHANGE?We will keep you posted with the latest

updates from the government and how this

affects your child.

Click this link for the latest government guidance