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Woodpark Primary School Emergency Childcare Provision  Childcare provision is offered as follows:  Category 1 – Health and Care workers directly supporting COVID response, and associated staff; Health and Care workers supporting life threatening emergency work, as well as critical primary and community care provision; Energy suppliers (small numbers identified as top priority already); staff providing childcare/learning for other category 1 staff. This also includes police, fire, ambulance and prison staff. The service must only be used by those staff whose children are well and in cases where no other childcare provision can be made.  Procedure – Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March 2020 (9am-3pm) 

1. Please use the google form from our school website – http://www.woodpark-pri.s- lanark.sch.uk This allows us to anticipate how many children we are likely to have and how we can attempt to implement social distancing measures. 
2. Bring your child to the main entrance at 9am. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please ensure you have communicated the details for home time to a member of staff. There will be no access to the playground in the morning or at home time. Please take the necessary precautions of distancing yourself from others when you are dropping children off. 
3. Your child will be registered and directed accordingly. 
4. Please note that Monday and Tuesday are for childcare provision purposes rather than educational provision. However, children should bring their home learning packs with them. 
5. Children will be dismissed at 3pm from the main entrance. 
6. Your child must not bring toys or objects from home. 
7. Your child is not required to wear school uniform. 

We appreciate that this is a very challenging time for all, and life has been disrupted beyond measure. We would respectfully ask that parents pay attention to the fact that this service is currently ONLY for those category 1 workers who are providing front line service. For all other health and social care workers who do not yet qualify, please remember the authority are working on further plans and this information will be shared as and when we receive this via our school website and Twitter feed.  Free Meal Entitlement  If your child/children are entitled to a free school meal, and they are well, a lunch will be offered in the school dining hall betweeen12.30 – 1.30. Please contact the school before 9.30am to advise of attendance and to order.  Pupils should enter via the rear dining hall door. Children who are attending for their lunch are only allowed to have their lunch and then they must go back home – they will not be allowed to stay for any further school activity unless they fall into the above category of provision. Parent/carer of child attending for school lunch may also have a lunch if wished. We will continue to keep you updated via our website, school app and Twitter. Debbie MacKenna, Head Teacher 22.3.2020

Please complete this survey if you fall under key worker category and are unable to secure alternative childcare cover for Monday/Tuesday.

South Lanarkshire Council have issued a letter today stating that all SLC schools and nurseries will be open on Monday and Tuesday to children of those key workers in Category 1, who have no one at home to look after them. Category 1 key workers include: Health and Care workers supporting COVID-19 and associated staff Health and Care workers supporting life threatening emergency work, as well as critical primary and community care provision Energy suppliers Staff providing childcare for other Category 1 staff All secondary carers should be utilised in the first instance. If there is a parent/carer at home or an older sibling, then children should not be sent to school. Please note that this is a childcare cover arrangement. Educational provision will be made via our home learning packs and Google Classroom activities as advised earlier this week. Free School Meals The school will provide lunches on Monday and Tuesday of next week for anyone entitled to a free school meal. This includes all children in P1-3. This provision will be available between 12pm and 1.30pm, and will also be available to accompanying parents/carers. Please enter via the dining hall doors at the rear of the school building. If your child is coming in for lunch, please phone the school office by 9.30am each day so we have an idea of numbers and what lunch to order for your child/yourself. Please see letter from South Lanarkshire Council Education Resources – link in separate post. Lastly, to all our children and families that we may not see for a while, please stay safe, don’t forget to link in to Google Classrooms each weekday and we look forward very much to seeing you all again as soon as we can. Take care. Debbie MacKenna, Head Teacher

Please click on this link for letter from South Lanarkshire Council Education Resources.

Home learning resources collection – Could I ask that if you or another family member is able to come to the school today to collect learning packs for children currently absent from school, to come along at the following times: P6 and P7 – 9.30-9.45am P3 and P4 – 9.45-10am P1 and P1/2 – 10-10.15am P2 and P5 – 11-11.15am

Please click here to access all the information regarding Coronavirus.

Please click this link to view or download the letter that went home in homelinks today.