Greenhill Primary School
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Letter from Ms Jones regarding the week begining 14/12/20
December 7th 2020
To parents/guardians of Greenhill pupils
The Chief Education Officer has announced that Caerphilly schools will switch to a blended learning approach on Thursday December 17th and Friday December 18th. She has also stated that INSETs may need to be rescheduled. As you are aware, Greenhill has two INSETs scheduled for these days. Therefore we will switch to blended learning for Tuesday December 15th and Wednesday December 16th. This means the last ‘on-site’ day for Greenhill pupils will be MONDAY DECEMBER 14th.
As the Chief Education Officer also states, staffing is becoming an issue in a number of schools across the borough. Supply teachers are in great demand due to the number of staff across Caerphilly needing to isolate and there have been occasions when schools are unable to secure a supply teacher or teaching assistant. If this happens, the affected class may have to move to ‘blended learning’ (learning linked to classwork that the children to complete at home) at very short notice. We are not in this situation yet in Greenhill, but I think it is only fair to warn you that this may be a possibility one day.
Also, please remember that the requirement to isolate your child if they are in contact with a positive case is still in force over Christmas. Isolation is for 14 days and therefore if your child is contact with a positive case from Friday December 11th onwards, they will need to isolate on Christmas Day. I feel it is important to let you know this so you can make an informed decision, and will not be taken by surprise if you are asked to do this.
As always, please contact us with any questions.
Take care
Lisa Jones
Headteacher