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Graveney Primary School
‘Learning and Achieving Together’
Latest News
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Re-opening News
Mon 11 May 202011th May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers,
I’m sure many of you will have watched the Prime Minister’s address to the nation last night.
You will have heard the Prime Minister indicating that the government believes it may be in a position to implement a phased re-opening of schools for certain year groups from the 1st June. This is part of the government’s conditional plan, which it says will remain under regular review.
I’m sure as parents, you will have many questions over this recent announcement, which will range from exactly which children may come back into school first to how we are going to keep them safe; including social distancing measures.
Unfortunately, I will be unable to answer many of your questions at this time, however I would like to reassure you that the safety and well-being of our children and the community will remain my priority.
Detailed guidance from the government is due to be published in the coming days. Once I receive this I will be in a position to define the best approach for Graveney Primary, and what a possible return to school for more children could look like for us.
In the short term, the school site will remain open for children of Key workers and we will be here to support all our other parents remotely, as we have done over the past few weeks.
I will be in touch again when I have more information for you.
Keep Safe
Alison Blackwell
Headteacher -
Latest updates on school closures from Government
Fri 17 Apr 2020https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers
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Scam Awareness Letter
Thu 09 Apr 2020https://www.kelsi.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/106733/Coronavirus-scams-awareness-letter.pdf -
Advice for Parents
Tue 24 Mar 2020 -
Letter to parents and carers - 24th March 2020
Tue 24 Mar 202024th March 2020
Dear Parents and Carers,
Last week was the most emotional one any teacher has ever experienced. Thank you to all the parents who have supported us over the past few days (which feel like an eternity), with your kind words and deeds.
This is a new dawn for education. Every year I spend many hours writing a school improvement plan with our Trustees and Staff, planning how we will make Graveney Primary a better for each and every one of your children. We are now in need of a new plan…
Please know that we are trying our best in these very hard times to ensure that your child continues to get the education they deserve. At this time, I firmly believe that your children are now in the safest place – at home with you. Please hug them and share every moment you can with them.
Every member of staff here at school has committed to supporting our Key Workers, many of our staff are also supporting charities who are trying to help our communities (food parcels and prescriptions for the elderly). Please understand that we are all working to help other and trying to support our own families.
Teachers can be contacted on their school email address, which are as follows:
Neil.murray@graveney.kent.sch.uk
Matthew.crick@graveney.kent.sch.uk
Tracey.Goodsell@graveney.kent.sch.uk
headteacher@graveney.kent.sch.uk
Please do not ask us to set extra work for your child. There are so many other more important things for them to be doing at this time. Our most important priority at this time should their emotional wellbeing – please share love. Many of them will have questions about what is happening around the world, these are difficult conversations to have with your child. If you would like some ideas to help explain this to them, please look at the following sites for some ideas.
- National Autistic Society – guidance and helpline for parents’, young people and staff: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/nas-schools/vanguard/news/2020/march/coronavirus-(covid-19)-advice.aspx
- Mencap - Easy Read guide to Coronavirus: https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/2020-03/Information%20about%20Coronavirus%20ER%20SS2.pdf
- Place2Be – Guide to helping parents answer questions from their children and to support family wellbeing: https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2020/march/coronavirus-information-for-children/
- Young Minds - Talking to your child about Coronavirus and 10 tips from their Parents Helpline to support family wellbeing: https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/talking-to-your-child-about-coronavirus/
- Carers UK - Guidance for carers: https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/health/looking-after-your-health/coronavirus-covid-19
- Covibook – an interactive resource designed to support and reassure children aged 7 and under, designed to help children explain and draw the emotions that they might be experiencing during the pandemic: https://www.mindheart.co/descargables
- Amaze - information pack for parents https://amazesussex.org.uk/faqs-about-the-coronavirus-for-parent-carers-of-children-with-send-brighton-hove/
- Public Health England have produced an easy read version of their Advice on the coronavirus for places of education. You can download it here.
Many thanks to all the parents who have given us feedback on the home learning so far. This will be developed as our new school life evolves.
If you know of any parents who are not getting emails from the school, please ask them to contact me, so that I can correct their details. This will be our main system for communication with you. Please share this in your Whatsapp groups to help me include everyone.
Please don’t forget that your children are often better at communication online than we are as adults, keep them safe and remind them about online safety.
At this time, I am not always available in school, I will answer the phone when I am there… If you have any safeguarding concerns or need our help please contact me on my mobile number 07921 462937. This is for emergencies only.
Take care and keep safe
Alison Blackwell
Headteacher
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Latest advice - School closure
Mon 23 Mar 2020 -
Coronavirus update
Tue 17 Mar 2020New guidance for households with symptoms
Yesterday, the Government introduced new guidance on whole household isolation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:
- if you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started
- if you live with others and you or another member of the household have symptoms of coronavirus, then all household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill. It is likely that people living within a household will infect each other or be infected already. Staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community
- for anyone in the household who starts displaying symptoms, they need to stay at home for 7 days from when the symptoms appeared, regardless of what day they are on in the original 14-day isolation period.
The symptoms are:
- A high temperature (37.8 degrees and above)
- A new, continuous cough
The full stay at home guidance for households with these symptoms can be found here:
The Prime Minister’s statement from Monday 16 March can be found here:
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Halloween Dress up day/Non uniform day
Thu 31 Oct 2019Come to school dressed in your Halloween costume or non uniform-Please bring a £1 donation for the new school clock.
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