Welcome back letter

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.

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.

 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