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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Free School Meal Voucher Scheme
Thu 30 Apr 2020McColl’s joins the free school meals national voucher scheme
McColl’s has joined the list of supermarkets that will redeem vouchers secured through the free school meals national voucher scheme. Supermarkets available also include Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose, M&S, Asda and Morrisons.
Guidance on providing free school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak can be found here:
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Eligible for Free School Meals?
Thu 30 Apr 2020Some parents/ carers may think that they are eligible for Free School Meals but have not yet claimed. I have been asked by a few families, how do they claim now? There is local government guidance that will help any parent/ carer to create a Norfolk Education Online NEO account. If they have already applied for school admissions online they may already have an account which they can use They will receive an automatic response to the application and if they are eligible, the LA will confirm by email and communicate with school.
Parents/ carers who believe their child/ren are eligible for free school meals should claim online via the Local Authority using/pasting in the link below:
/https://fiso.norfolk.gov.uk/synergy/Enquiries/Citizen/FreeSchoolMeals.aspx
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Advice for parents and carers looking after primary school children.
Tue 28 Apr 2020Help primary school children continue their education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
While staying at home due to coronavirus (COVID-19), parents and carers will be concerned about their children’s education and the impact of missing school.
No one expects parents to act as teachers, or to provide the activities and feedback that a school would. Speak to your school who will be planning work for your child to do. Parents and carers should do their best to help children and support their learning.
Structuring the day
Do not worry about trying to maintain a full routine for your child like they had at school. But children will feel more comfortable and learn better with a predictable routine to the day, even if this is difficult.
When schools provide children with work they may give you advice on how to structure the day. But generally, you should try to make sure that they:
- get up and go to bed at the same time each day
- have regular meal times
- have regular breaks
- make time to be active - children are used to regular play at lunch and break times
Using digital devices
Your child’s school may set them work that can be done on a digital device such as a laptop, desktop, tablet or smartphone.
Set age-appropriate parental controls on any devices your child is using and supervise their use of websites and apps. See advice on keeping them safe online and talk to your child about online safety.
Reducing screen time
Digital devices are not the only way to learn. Manage screen time with a timer and break up screen time by getting your child to:
- use books and other printed materials that their school has provided or that you have at home
- write by hand – try asking them to complete work by hand, write a diary, a summary of things they have learned or done each day or ‘to do’ lists
- be active and get away from the screen regularly – see a selection of physical activity resources for primary school children
- stop using digital devices at least an hour before bed
see the link below or your childs class pages for more detail.
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VE Day - Friday 8th May
Mon 27 Apr 2020Just a reminder to all that Friday 8th May is a bank holiday, there will be no work set that day and Daycare for children of Critical Workers will be Closed.
We would love to see some images of the fun things you do to celebrate this day.
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Reception 2020 New Intake
Tue 21 Apr 2020Governors and staff wanted to thank families applying for all the wonderful comments included on applications, following a visit to Drake on the open days last year. A record number of applications for our Reception class 2020 (142 applications) has inevitably resulted in a high number of pupils on our waiting list. Families with children due to start in September, were informed during the holidays if they have been offered a place. if you no longer need your place, please contact Norfolk County Council admissions team as soon as possible to ensure those who are on the waiting list can join us. Once numbers are finailsed we will be writing to families and providing transition information. -
Education Library Service
Fri 17 Apr 2020Over the last week or so, the Library Service has been keeping an eye out for resources and online help for those now educating children at home; there are lots of things available, check out their newsletter on our website. -
Coronavirus (COVID-19): school admission appeals
Fri 17 Apr 2020Guidance from Department for Education
Updated 14 April 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will impact on the ability of admission authorities (that is, local authorities, academy trusts or school governing bodies, depending on the type of school) to carry out admission appeals in the usual way. This is because appeal panels must be held in person, which would break the current restriction on gatherings of more than 2 people. There may also be problems securing sufficient independent panel members and partial school openings and closures may impact on meeting certain appeal deadlines.
Parents must continue to have the right to appeal to any school which has refused their child a place. We will, therefore, be making regulatory changes that, subject to legislation, will come into force on 24 April 2020.
The new regulations will relax some of the current requirements set out in the School Admission Appeals Code 2012 and enable admission authorities to proceed with their admission appeals.
Admission Appeals has been updated 14 April 2020
please see link below
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Specialist Resource Base
Tue 14 Apr 2020We are delighted to be able to inform you that:
Proposal to establish a 16 place Autistic Spectrum Disorder Specialist Resource Base place at Drake Primary (Community) School
Notice is hereby given that Norfolk County Council approves the above statutory proposal as set out in the public notice to establish a 16 place Autistic Spectrum Disorder Specialist Resource Base, from 1 September 2020.
Sara Tough
Executive Director of Children’s Services
Norfolk County Council
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Parent Information from Norfolk County Council
Thu 02 Apr 2020Help for families who need support during the Coronavirus crisis:
The Government announced on Sunday that it would be helping thousands of people across the country who need help getting supplies of food and medicines and who may need other support.
If somebody that you live with has a serious health issue, are aged over 70 and / or are self isolating and are unable to leave the house, there is help in your community available. Help is also available if your family are eligible to receive free school meals.
This help has been in put in place to help shield people who may be at high risk to Coronavirus. Help is available to arrange deliveries of emergency food supplies, medicines and collect prescriptions for you, as well as support you in other ways such as offering parenting help.
For families in need of support, either now or in the coming weeks, please contact our phone line on 0344 8008020 or visit Norfolk.gov.uk/coronavirus and help will be provided.
Volunteering:
There are already teams of volunteers working in the community ready to help local residents. If you can volunteer some of your time to help others in your local area, we really need your help! If you run your own business and can help with services, vehicles or other resources, we would love to hear from you, as together we really can make a difference. Anyone wanting to volunteer should go to www.voluntarynorfolk.org.uk and businesses should email covidbusinessresponse@voluntarynorfolk.org.uk
Financial help:
The Government has also provided a Hardship Fund to help people who may be struggling financially. If you need financial help please visit your local council website and follow the advice. Please do not visit your council offices, you will be able to access the information and ask for assistance either online or by phone.
Help for businesses:
If you are a business in need of help, please visit the New Anglia Growth Hub website for free support Growthhub@newanglia.co.uk or call on 0300 333 6536. For updates, please visit your local council website or www.norfolk.gov.uk/coronavirus
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Easter online learning
Thu 02 Apr 2020Dear Parents/Carers,
Thank you so much for the fantastic support you have given to your children and the school staff over the last two weeks.
Please contact the school office via email if you are having problems accessing Tapestry or Google Classroom and we will try to help. Most of the problems so far have been about logins and access or saving/uploading work and these are often easy to solve. If you or your child has yet to engage with the classwork set by the class teacher, please have a look and feel free to use any of the work which has been set as it will stay on the sites but be organised by weeks.
From Monday, and over the two weeks of the Easter holiday, teachers will not set daily work or be available to mark activities or give instant feedback. They will set longer term activities, projects, experiments, investigations or research/reading tasks which can then be handed in after the break. Teachers may also provide links to relevant websites for children to keep occupied.
In the summer term, we intend to focus very much on times tables and to make sure that as many of the children in KS2 know up to x12 as possible. Accessing Times Table Rock Stars over the holidays would really benefit your child.
On Monday 20th April, Tapestry and Google Classroom will return to normal timetabled daily work with teachers again available during school hours to support.
Thank you for wonderful support, we hope you stay safe and well.
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