Author: Miss White

Covid Contingency Plan

Covid Contingency Plan

Please find below information regarding our Covid Contingency Plan should whole class isolation or remote learning take place.

Remote Learning

All class teachers will provide four activities for pupils to complete Monday-Thursday which will include a spelling, reading and numeracy activity. Additional activities will be added to cover health & well-being with some across the curriculum activities too. Activities may include printable worksheets, websites, online games and activities, family learning and outdoor activities. Each class will receive one ‘live lesson’ per day.

On a Friday a family learning challenge will be uploaded for all pupils across the school to complete and used as a ‘catch up’ day for any activities which have not been completed throughout the week. All activities should be submitted daily to class teachers.

Daily activities will be scheduled the evening before to ensure families have time to prepare and organise in advance.

P1-3

P1-3 will access their remote learning via Learning Journals. All pupils will receive their log in details in advance and should access the ‘Stories’ section of the journal. P1-3 teachers will post learning activities on a daily basis for pupils to access. Completed work can be uploaded to Learning Journals for teacher feedback.

P4-7

P4-7 pupils will access their remote learning via Microsoft Teams. All pupils are familiar with the use of Teams and will continue to access their daily learning activities via the ‘Assignments’ tab on Teams. Pupils should upload their completed work via assignments for teacher feedback.

Live Interactions

Pupils will receive notification in advance of live interactions and these take many forms which may include:

  • A pre-recorded lesson by the teacher or by another teacher from out with the school,
  • PowerPoint presentation with teacher audio pre-recorded.
  • Teams live chat (P4-7)
  • VScene live chat (P1-3)

All pupils should:

  • Understand that no part of any live teaching, learning or discussion will be recorded; Pupils should also not record or take pictures of any part of a livestream / videoconference.
  • Speak with their parent/carer and agree with them before switching their camera on for live sessions.  There is no expectation that pupils need a camera or microphone switched on for any live session.
  • Only use their Glow email address for class communication.
  • Show respect for everyone in the online classroom.
  • Dress appropriately if they are using their camera, thinking about modesty and respect for others.
  • Ensure the location they log in from is appropriate i.e. give consideration to background, camera angle, privacy etc.
  • Understand and agree that no documentation stored for learning, whether it be assignments or materials shall be duplicated, copied or shared with anyone other than the pupil or school.
  • Contact their teacher and/or school immediately if there are any issues.

Inappropriate conduct by any pupil will result in the potential withdrawal of a pupil’s online account and possibly further action.

Online Applications:

The school has purchased a variety on online applications to support remote learning and learning at home. Each child has their own log in for each of these applications, please double check they are able to access these at home.

Sumdog – online tasks for literacy and numeracy.

MyMaths – supporting numeracy and mathematics.

Giglets – supporting reading at home.

Busy Things – P1-3 resource.

Please remember that learning at home is not a replacement for in class learning and there is no expectation that this should be replicated at home. The work provided by the school is a suggestion and we encourage parents/carers to access at least some of the learning provided, where possible.

Learning at home can also consist of one or more of the following:

  • Play and physical activity
  • General everyday family activities
  • Worksheets
  • Activities suggested by the teacher/practitioner
  • Food preparation and cooking
  • Curriculum related activities
  • Talking to other family members
  • Reading and sharing books
  • Learning outdoors, for example, pavement games, nature walks

Class Isolation

In the event of a whole class isolation, in the first instance, the above Remote Learning Plan will take place. Should the class teacher not be available, activities for your child’s year group can be found under the isolation tab on our website. The grid of activities should be completed and submitted on return to school.

Individual Isolation

In the event of an individual having to isolate, the learning grid activities, as mentioned above, should be completed and submitted on return to school.

Self Isolation

Self Isolation

Please find below a selection of suggested learning activities for your child to access at home should they need to self-isolate or stay at home due to being unwell. If your child is too unwell to do any work while at home there is no pressure to complete the tasks. These are here to access as you wish. Please adapt and adjust according to your individual child. You will find a 2 week grid with activity ideas for home learning and a list of online resources and websites for literacy, numeracy and other curricular areas.

Your child already has a copy of their ‘MyMaths’ and ‘Giglets’ logins and passwords at home, however if your child has forgotten theirs please contact Miss White at emma.white@eastayrshire.org.uk

If there are any difficulties or you need any support with the activities then please do not hesitate to contact us.

January 2022

Our updated Isolation Grids will be available in January. For isolation activities until the festive break, please refer to each individual class blogs for a link to a selection of activities for pupils to complete.

January 2022

Dunlop Primary School – Home Learning – Primary 1 – January 2022

Dunlop Primary School- Home Learning – Primary 2 and 3 – January 2022

Dunlop Primary School – Home Learning – Primary 4-5 – January 2022

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August 2021

Dunlop Primary School – Home Learning – Primary 1 August 2021

Dunlop Primary School – Home Learning – Primary 2-3 August 2021

Dunlop Primary School – Home Learning – Primary 4-5 August 2021

Dunlop Primary School – Home Learning – Primary 6-7 August 2021

Important Covid Information Primary 1-7

Dear Parent/Carer,

As we are now settling back into the new term, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the updated guidance we are working with in school with relation to Covid-19. I have attached the NHS Return To School Guidance previously issued and FAQ for Parents/Carers but would like to draw your attention to some frequently queried areas.

Covid Symptoms
Please be vigilant for symptoms. If your child develops any symptoms of COVID-19, they should self-isolate and book a PCR test. They should not come into school.

The main symptoms of COVID-19 are:

  • new cough;
  • high temperature (37.8 or above); and/or
  • loss of taste and smell.
  • There may be other milder, hay-fever like symptoms which can include sore throat, runny nose, headaches, vomiting and diarrhoea.

If parents/carers decide not to have their child tested, then the child must still complete the full self-isolation period as before.

PCR
PCR test results should be shared with the school. If a PCR test is negative, we ask a screenshot of the confirmatory email/text is sent to our school mailbox eaDunlop.Primary@eastayrshire.org.uk prior to the pupil returning to school provided they do not have any symptoms.

All positive cases must self-isolate for 10 days as before with no exemptions.

Close Contacts
Children and young people under the age of 18 will no longer routinely be identified as close contacts through normal school/ECC activities; they are no longer considered to be contacts of one another sitting beside or interacting with one another in the classroom. Close contact is now defined as:

  • household contacts
  • Overnight stay
  • Intimate contacts

Test and Protect will contact you if your child is considered to be a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case.
We will issue ‘warn and inform’ letters to relevant classes where a positive case has been identified.

Self-Isolation
If you are a close contact aged between 5 years to 18 years and 4 months, who lives in the household of the positive case, OR who has been identified by Test and Protect as needing to take action, then:

o You should self-isolate and book a PCR test.

  • If the PCR test is negative and you remain without symptoms, you can end self-isolation and go about your daily life, including returning to work, school or childcare
  • If the PCR test is positive, you should continue to self-isolate in line with NHS guidance
  • If you subsequently become symptomatic you should self-isolate and book a PCR test

If a close contact is aged under 5 years, then they will not need to self-isolate if they remain without symptoms. This reflects the lower risk of transmission from very young children, as well as the challenges in tolerating testing that some very young children may experience. Although a PCR test is not required for this age group before returning to usual activities (including early learning and childcare), it is encouraged. It is recognised that this will not always be possible, and parents/carers are the best judges of this.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for working closely with ourselves and the guidance we have been issued to continue to protect our community and reduce the spread of Covid 19.

Kind regards,

Laura Kelly
Head Teacher
Dunlop Primary School & ECC

NHS-Return-to-School-Guidance

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