Ripon Cathedral School Update
Week ending Friday 13th March 2020
Getting Physical for Sports Relief
Sports Relief
Super Singers - Big sing at the cathedral
exploring the Vikings
Year 4 and Year 5 Inter-School netball
Coronavirus
As you will be very aware the spread of coronavirus has increased in the United Kingdom over the last couple of weeks.
In school we do get regular updates from the Department for Education (DFE) and have implemented Public Health England’s advice with regards to hand washing. We are aware that in a minority of cases some children have developed sore hands. We are happy if parents and carers wish to send children with named, small bottles of hand lotion which they can apply themselves to alleviate any soreness.
In order to ensure the on-going safety of children and adults, we have decided to cancel all events in the lead up to Easter which involve parents and carers coming into school, such as welcome worships, our Superstar Worships, the school disco and also the Geography Inspire event that we had planned for Monday 23rd March.
The government does have plans for delaying the virus, which could result in schools being closed. If this occurs we will provide children with an exercise book and will email work and suggested learning tasks via Teachers2Parents that children can complete at home. We will also post information on the class pages of the school website to provide guidance for parents to support on-going learning. If we do have to close we will use the usual forms of communication, text and email, to ensure that you are aware of what is happening.
I am sure you all realise the difficulties that such a pandemic can cause. At school we are maintaining a positive approach, ensuring that the children know the importance of good hygiene.
Thank you for your understanding and on-going support
Oscar's
A polite request please: in order for children to start lessons on time, if your child would like to eat at breakfast club, please can they arrive by 8.15am. You are welcome to drop off children at any point from 8am (assuming you've booked and paid!), but if they require breakfast, we really need enough time for them to eat it without rushing. Thank you.
Booking is open for the Easter Holiday Club. Login to our online booking site using the link below.
Dates for your diary......
Monday 30th March - Easter Egg Competition, hall 9am
Friday 3rd April - Easter Holiday, school closes 2pm (Friends' Easter Egg Hunt 2pm)
Tue 7th to Thu 9th April - Oscar's Easter Holiday Club 9am to 5pm in school
Monday 20th April - School opens for the summer term (NOT A TRAINING DAY)
MESSAGE FROM THE FRIENDS
Well what a long week it has been. We do hope everyone is keeping well.
At last week's Big Friends & Family Quiz the friends raised £60! We'd just like to thank everyone for coming along and supporting the event and we hope you all enjoyed it too.
As some of you were aware on Friday 20th March we were supposed to be having our Spring term school disco. But to follow the advice given to the school we have decided to postpone the disco. When we have a new date we will let you know soon.
Have a great weekend.
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