Harmans Water Primary School

Pupils, parents, staff and other adults must not come on to the school site if they have any of the symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19). The main symptoms are:

• a high temperature (above 37.8)
• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste

If pupils, staff or parents are displaying symptoms, they must book a test and self-isolate .

If pupils staff or parents have been in close contact with someone who tests positive, or if anyone in their household develops symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) they must also self-isolate 

Anyone who has a test should inform the school of the result immediately.

School closure

In the event that we are asked to close a bubble or the whole school, home learning will be posted on DB Primary for Years 1-6, on Class Dojo in Reception and on Tapestry in Nursery. 

This will follow our school curriculum and will use a range of approaches including videos, powerpoints, use of external sites and resources as well as some live lessons and wellbeing Zooms. Our remote learning provision will provide at least three hours of learning for KS1 and four hours for KS2 each day. It will also include assemblies and whole school challenges.

Further details can be found in our Online Teaching and Learning policy here

Self isolators

If a child is self isolating whilst the school is open to all pupils, the class teacher will contact parents to explain how to access the work set. This will be a blend of our own HWPS curriculum on our virtual learning platform DB Primary and lessons from external sources such as Oak Academy and BBC Bitesize.

Some older children may also be invited to take part in live  lessons from the classroom via Zoom.

The school has a limited amount of IT that we can loan out to families who need it and this will be allocated in the first instance to children who are eligible for Free School Meals and/or the Pupil Premium Grant. If you think you might be eligible for this funding, please apply online at www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals Even if your child is currently in Reception or KS1 and receives universal free school meals, they may be eligible for Pupil Premium funding if you are receiving benefits.

At HWPS, we are spending our catch up premium on a range of resources including:

• Additional HLTA and TA time
• Additional spelling resources
• Additional licences for 'Reading Eggs and 'Nessy' to support children's reading and spelling
• Staff training

We will measure the impact of our interventions through GL testing, formative assessment and end of unit tests and quizzes.

Thanks to generous donations from parents, friends of the school and local supermarkets such as The Co-op and Morrisons, we now have a stock of non-perishable food items in school that are being distibuted to families in need.

We are also able to provide fresh food each Thursday.

Please contact Mrs Lorey our Family Support Advisor if you or anyone you know needs a bit of extra help.

All food parcels are given in the strictest of confidence.

In lockdown we supported our community in the best way we could. This is some of what we did.

• Drew pictures and wrote messages to the elderly and isolated
• Donated PPE to the NHS and social care
• Worked with a local church to distribute food parcels