It was decided yesterday by the City and County of Swansea that schools across Swansea will only be opening for 3 weeks. Please see the attached letter to parents from the director of Education for Swansea.
All staff at Waunarlwydd have been working extremely hard to prepare for a 4 week opening. Today, we have managed to adapt our plans to enable pupils to return to school for 4 days over a 3 week period. Information regarding the plan for individual children will follow shortly.
A massive thank you to M&S Stores of Waunarlwydd for their very generous donation of hand wash & hand sanitiser. We are very grateful. Also, a big thank you to La
ra Sturgess for organising. Diolch yn fawr!
In order for us to plan efficiently and safely for the school to re-open, we require firm intentions from all our families. We completely respect your right to make a decision based on your own circumstances. However, I’m sure you will appreciate the need for us to have the following information from ALL our families in order to plan the way forward to the best of our ability. We would appreciate it if you could complete the attached form by 10am on Thursday 18th June.
Many thanks, Mr Evans
Please could all parents/carers follow the link below and complete the questionnaire by Wednesday 10th June 2020. Thank you.
I am sure you will have seen today’s update from the Education Minister for Wales regarding a return to school. We have begun planning for a SAFE return to school. We are awaiting further guidance from Welsh Government. We appreciate your patience at this time and can assure you that your voice matters. Further information will be provided next week. In the meantime, the following message comes from Swansea’s Director of Education:
Message from the Director of Education // Neges gan y Cyfarwyddwr Addysg
Dear Parent/Carer
We have already been working closely with schools and other partners to plan for a safe re-opening of schools in Swansea.
Now that the Minister has announced the Welsh Government’s intentions we will continue this work to finalise our arrangements and when ready, schools will be contacting parents and carers directly.
We will also be publicising our plans and will have a helpline available for parents and carers well before the planned opening date. We will have consistent guidelines and will be utilising these once they are received from Welsh Government. We will also be sharing further guidance from the Welsh Government on managing facilities and logistical arrangements.
The key points that the Minister has said are:
Since schools closed in March the majority in Swansea have been operating as emergency childcare hubs providing childcare for around 500 vulnerable young people or pupils whose parents are key workers and this will continue in the meantime.
Distance learning via the channels used by our schools during the lockdown will also continue.
Thank you for your continued support as we continue to respond to these challenging times.
Please follow the link for initial information regarding transition, including a message from the headteacher and a link to view this year’s transition booklet. More information will be available as time goes on! I can assure you that we haven’t forgotten about our wonderful Year 6 children and the fact that they have entered their last half term as Waunarlwydd pupils. Watch this space!
https://gowerton-school.j2bloggy.com/key-stage-2-key-stage-3-transition/