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Wed 30 Sep 2020

Childcare Online Booking (CoB) for Before, Afterschool & Holiday Clubs

Tue 22 Sep 2020

Little Pirates Childcare are happy to announce that their new online booking system, Childcare Online Booking (CoB) is now ready to go live. Please see the link at the end of this letter to access the system. Hopefully this will simplify the process for when you are booking your childcare and/or Before/After school & Holiday clubs. The system will not allow bookings to be made without a form of payment. The new system has been introduced to save time for both parents and staff and to introduce a system that does not allow debt to accumulate.

Please note you will not be receiving an invoice for October fees. You will need to book for any sessions required in October on the Childcare Online Booking (CoB) system.

We thought it might be helpful to explain the system in further detail:

Every parent/carer whether you are new to the setting or have been attending for a while will all need to register their details and children’s details. It is a very simple process and will not take very long. You will be emailed a verification email to verify your account so please look out for this as it may go into your junk folder.
Please also ensure that you complete as much information as possible, including Emergency Contacts, Medical Details and Additional Information.
Every parent/carer will be able to go in and edit the information at any time making it easier for all information on your child to be kept up to date, eg: health and mobile details.
Please do not presume that if you have been attending prior to the 1^st October that your session will be automatically secured.
For bookings to be valid and allow your child to attend they require payment to be made upfront and payment of any existing debt to be cleared. Your child’s place will be at risk of being withdrawn. Payment plans may be set up, please contact the Little Pirates office to discuss your options.
Childcare vouchers will still be able to be used.
Bookings can be made up to 1pm the day before you wish your child to attend any Daycare sessions or Before/After school clubs. Please do not ask the office to book after this time.
Booking deadlines ensure that staffing is correct and lists can be sent to the classrooms to ensure safeguarding.
Please note that when booking less than a month in advance there may not be a place available.
One months notice of termination of contract is required in writing.
If this notice is not given parents/carers will be charged for the session booked for the month regardless of whether the child attends.
All charging policies currently in place have been updated.
Please read the full terms and conditions on CoB.

We understand there may be teething problems with CoB or that you may have questions. Please email your questions to littlepirates@drake.norfolk.sch.uk or call the office 01842 762055.

All sessions can now be booked on our new childcare online booking system.

Please log on to https://little-pirates.childcare-online-booking.co.uk

To register your child and you will be able to book the session you would like your child to attend.

All places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Translation of guidance for parents and carers

Tue 22 Sep 2020

The Government has translated their guidance for parents and carers with children in nursery, school, or college in the autumn term.

The guidance is now available in the following languages:

· Arabic

· Bengali

· Chinese – traditional

· Chinese – simplified

· French

· Gujarati

· Polish

· Portuguese

· Punjabi

· Romany

· Somali

· Turkish

· Urdu

PE Timetable for all classes

Tue 08 Sep 2020

PE Timetable

Day	Classes
Monday	Hadid
Tuesday	Stephenson, Merian
Wednesday	Attenborough, Erikson, Maathai
Thursday	Darling, Merian, Zheng
Friday	Earhart, Tabei, Kahlo, King, Stephenson Yr 5 - swimming lesson is PE this term

Welcome back letter

Thu 03 Sep 2020

Thursday 3^rd September 2020

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome to a new term at Drake Primary School. We will be very pleased to see you all return in due course. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there have been some changes and this letter will explain a few of them. Please check the website for all the latest information and risk assessments. More detailed information will be coming through from class teachers in the form of class/year group newsletters which will be delivered by ParentHub and/or email.

School Apps

As well as the website, school uses two apps to ensure smooth communication. These are Parent Hub and the Pupil Asset Parent App. Please make sure you have both of these up and running for the new school year. Instructions are available on the newsletters page.

Arrival and departure

Please see table below. All gates will be labelled with the gate name, year groups and times so you know where to be and when. Parents need to remain outside of the gates.

Year Group	Gate	Start Time	End Time
Reception	Forest School gate (KS1 field)	various	various
Year 1	Forest School gate (KS1 field)	8.50	3.00
Year 2	Frederick’s gate (main field)	8.55	3.00
Year 3	Main school gate (to staff car parks)	8.55	3.00
Year 4	Frederick’s gate (main field)	8.45	3.15
Year 5	Main school gate (to staff car parks)	8.45	3.15
Year 6	Stag gate (playground)	8.45	3.15
SRB	Forest School gate (KS1 field)	8.45	3.15
Little Pirates	Postern gate (opposite office)	various	various

Lunches

Children will be eating lunch in their classrooms. The school kitchen will be providing a hot meal and a packed lunch option. If you would like your child to have a packed lunch from home, this can be in a packed lunch box with a water bottle. (We are not asking children to bring lunch in disposable containers). The menu is available on the website – https://www.drake.norfolk.sch.uk/school-meals/

For children in Year 3 and above, lunches will need to be paid for in advance by using the Pupil Asset Parent App. The minimum payment is £10. Each school meal costs £2.30.

Fruit and Veg Scheme

The free fruit and veg scheme for children in Key Stage 1 is re-starting next week. This is where all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 receive a free piece of fruit/veg daily, so there is no need to provide a morning break snack. However, we cannot guarantee that the delivery will arrive in time for snack on Monday so please bring something for the first two days of term. Children in Years 3-6 can bring a fruit/veg snack from home if they wish.

PE

Children having PE need to arrive in their PE kit. They will stay in their PE kit for the day. Teachers will be issuing newsletters via ParentHub and/or email that will contain more details on which day PE will be happening and what to bring/wear.

Forest School

Children who are having Forest School need to arrive in their forest school clothes with their wellies and a change of clothes in a separate bag.

Reception will not be having forest school for the first two weeks. Instead Year 5 will have one session each – Curie on Tuesday 8^th and Tereshkova on Tuesday 15^th.

Day	Year Group	Class	Starting from
Monday	Reception	Attenborough	21^st September
Tuesday	Reception	Darling	22^nd September
Wednesday	Year 1	Merian	9^th September
Thursday	Year 1	Stephenson	10^th September
Friday	Year 3	Zheng	Every other week starting 11^th September
Friday	Year 3	Hadid	Every other week starting 18^th September

Sports Clubs provided by 4ward Sports

More information will be provided on this in due course. If you do have any before or after-school childcare needs, please contact Little Pirates who provide a breakfast and after-school club.

Music Lessons

We are waiting to hear more from the Norfolk Music Hub and will give you more information as soon as we can.

All additional clubs will be risk assessed and the documents will be made available on the website.

If you have any additional queries, please email the office on office@drake.norfolk.sch.uk

The latest government guidance on returning to school

Thu 03 Sep 2020

Please follow the link for the latest guidance on what parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges in the autumn term -

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-in-the-autumn-term

Back to School campaign

Wed 02 Sep 2020

On Tuesday 25th August Norfolk County Council launched a campaign – Let’s Get Back to School – to encourage parents to support their children’s return to school, following nearly six months of partial school closures.

There is a new webpage www.norfolk.gov.uk/backtoschool with lots of useful information and advice for parents. It includes information on school transport; test and trace; attendance; starting school and emotional well-being and transition support.

The Norfolk Safeguarding children partnership have also created a return to school video ‘Return to School’ Video - #RTSnorfolk

The Norfolk ‘Return to School’ video has just been released! The locally created film has been designed with young people to answer their specific questions, worries and concerns about returning to school. With the help of local teachers and Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership, the video gives practical, honest advice in a colourful and easy to understand format. The video is available online: www.JustOneNorfolk.nhs.uk/return-to-school

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