Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Book fair 2022
Tue 11 Jan 2022Scholastic travelling book fair will be delivering book cases into school from Wednesday 19th January. Your children will be bringing home a wish list of books they would like to purchase. Please support school with this as every book you buy gives the school money to spend on books for our classrooms! A letter with the full details has been emailed and is in the letters section of the website.
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Children's Christmas Raffle
Thu 23 Dec 2021Thank you to everyone who joined in our Children's Christmas Raffle. This has been drawn this afternoon.
The winners, as shown in the photographs below are:
1st prize- £50 Smyths Toys Voucher: won by Olivier from Nursery
2nd prize- Children's hamper of toys, activities and goodies: won by Mia from Year 4
3rd prize- Loom bands kit: won by Grace L from Y5.
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Children in Need 2021
Tue 23 Nov 2021WOW!!! Thankyou so much for supporting our Children in Need day last week. I am so pleased to inform you that we raised a grand total of £321.48. This is incredible and we are extremely grateful for your continued support. Have a look at some of the pictures of our 'spotty and dotty' children!
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Crusader Assembly
Mon 22 Nov 2021Today, we awarded several children with Crusader status (mini - crusaders, crusaders and even super - crusaders). Every child in our school works hard to follow the Crusader Code and these children have impressed staff with their efforts. We enjoyed hearing about all their achievements and why they have been chosen to be Crusaders. See the Crusader page for more information.
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Remembrance Day
Mon 15 Nov 2021On Friday 12th November, All the children from Reception to Year 6 took part in our annual Remembrance commemoration at Pleasley cenotaph. The children lay poppy wreaths, took part in a 2 minute silence, sang a song and were fortunate enough to meet people from the armed services. This is always one of the highlights of our year and the children showed respect and genuine interest in the reasons for Remembrance day.
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Y5 Pupil Writing Award!
Fri 12 Nov 2021We are very proud to share that Isabelle, a Year 5 student, has received a writing award for a poem she wrote in class. The staff in Year 5 have been extremely impressed with the poem's of all children with Isabelle's being particularly moving. Isabelle's mum entered her poem into a competition and received the letter and certificate in the photographs below. A copy of the poem is also there so you can see why she was awarded!
Weld done, Isabelle!
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Halloween Themed Day
Fri 22 Oct 2021Our term has ended on a fantastic high. It has been wonderful to see all the children and staff dressing up today and the effort this year has been the best I think I have ever seen! Thank you, from each and every one of us, for your help in making this day so special.
We have been overwhelmed with the donations of sweets, biscuits, buns and scary creations for us to sell to the pupils. We received more than plenty for everyone which has helped make today a fantastic fundraising event as well as making children very happy.
The imagination and effort demonstrated by parents has been incredible. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Our face painting team have worked incredibly hard all day and the finished results looked amazing, Well done all!
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New gate times
Mon 04 Oct 2021Staff will wait on the gate for 5 minutes only so please ensure your child is on time. Equally, please ensure children don’t arrive earlier than 5 minutes before their allocated time.
Nursery-Middle gate near Nursery
AM pupils- 8:30am-11:30 am
30 Hr- 9:00am-3pm
PM pupils- 12:30pm-3:30pm
Reception-Middle gate near Nursery
8:35am-3:05pm
Year 1 and Year 2- Top gate near the kitchen
Y1 and Y2 queue separately- one class at each side of the gate (Y2 queue down the hill-towards the school/Y1 queue up the hill-towards the village)
8:45am-3:10pm
Year 3 and Year 4- Main entrance/Reception red gate
Y3 and Y4 queue separately- one class at each side of the gate (Y3 queue down the hill-towards the car park/Y4 queue up the hill-towards the village)
8:45am-3:10pm
Year 5 and Year 6- Middle gate near Nursery
Y5 and Y6 queue separately- one class at each side of the gate (Y5 queue down the hill-towards the main Reception gate/Y6 queue up the hill-towards the kitchen gate)
8:50am-3:15pm
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COVID Q + A September 2021
Tue 07 Sep 2021Covid Parent Questions and Answers - September 2021
National Guidance States: People who have been fully vaccinated, those that cannot be vaccinated due to a medical condition and those under 18 years and 6 months of age no longer need to self-isolate if they are a contact of a positive case.
However, at Anthony Bek, we are asking Parents to support us with these additional measures after conducting our own risk assessments. We therefore ask for the following covid guidance to be followed, some of which goes further than the national guidance to protect our pupils, staff, families of both and the wider community.
We hope to avoid any outbreaks and ask families to support us in the approaches. Please read this guide carefully.
If my child has symptoms, can they come to school?
No. They should remain at home. The child with symptoms should get a PCR test. (Please ensure this is a PCR test- not an LFT test as the LFT tests are not as sensitive and therefore could show negative even when a child is positive).
If positive, they will need to self-isolate for a full 10 days which starts the day after the test or symptoms. If negative and they are well, they can then return to school.
If someone else in the household has symptoms can my child come to school?
Legally- yes BUT we are asking parents to support the school in the following way:
Keep your child at home until the household member gets their result. We will code this absence as authorised COVID so it won’t affect your child’s attendance. If the test is negative, they can return straight to school, even if the result is received in the middle of the day. If the household member tests positive, see below.
Please note: This is an enhanced measure based on the school risk assessment to protect pupils, staff and their wider families.
If someone in the household tests positive, can my child come to school?
Legally- yes BUT we are asking parents to support the school in the following way:
Keep your child at home and arrange for them to be tested (Track and Trace will also recommend all close contacts are tested). Please ensure this is a PCR test- not an LFT test as the LFT tests are not as sensitive and therefore could show negative even when a child is positive. We will code this absence as authorised COVID so it won’t affect your child’s attendance. If the test is negative, they can return straight to school, even if the result is received in the middle of the day.
Please note: This is an enhanced measure based on the school risk assessment to protect pupils, staff and their wider families.
If my child is identified as a close contact from the community/through track and trace (not a household member), can they come to school?
Yes, if they do not have symptoms. The child should still get a PCR test straight away (this will be advised by Track and Trace). The child can continue coming to school, although parents may prefer to keep the child off until the PCR result comes back. Again, we will code this as authorised COVID absence so it won’t affect your child’s overall attendance.
If someone in the class has symptoms what happens?
The child will be sent home and must get a PCR test and self-isolate while waiting for the results. The other children in the class will continue to attend school.
If someone in the class tests positive what happens?
That child will self isolate for 10 days starting the day after symptoms or the test and the family should receive a call from NHS test and trace to identify close contacts.
At Anthony Bek Community Primary, we are adding the following enhanced measure:
Staff will identify ‘high risk contacts’; these are children who have had very close or prolonged close contact with the child who has tested positive. This is likely to be children who the positive case sits next to on a daily basis or in the case of younger pupils, those they always choose to play with. We will ask these parents to organise a PCR test (not LFT) and again we would ask for them to remain off school while waiting for the result.
All other children in the class can continue to attend school. Parents will be informed that there is a positive case in the class and should remain vigilant to any developing symptoms for their child.
Please note: This is an enhanced measure based on the school risk assessment to protect pupils, staff and their wider families.
Does my child need to take regular lateral flow tests?
No, this is not a requirement for Primary schools, however, if those over 12 years would like to do this then that is fine. We would encourage all adults to take regular (twice a week) lateral flow device tests to help identify early onset of COVID.
What happens if lots of children at school tests positive?
If this happens, we will involve our local health protection team and they will advise us if any additional action is required, such as implementing elements of our outbreak management plan. This may include wider testing or targeted closures of certain groups or classes.
What happens if a staff member tests positive?
The staff member will self-isolate for the full 10 days . They children will either be taught by a cover member of staff or supply teacher; If the teacher is well enough, they may be able to teach some activities remotely into the classroom but their main focus will be on rest and recovery.
If my child is self-isolating, will they get work?
No, not in all cases. If the child has tested positive they will be recovering from Covid and as such should be looked after and they should not be worrying about work. However, if a child has tested positive but with having no impact from the virus, Parents will be able to use our website for activities to engage their child. Details of the topics being taught in the school are also published on the website. If Parents need help, they will be able to contact their child’s teacher.
Will children be in bubbles?
Although no longer a requirement, we are keeping children in class bubbles for most of the for the first two weeks at least. Our plan will be to mix bubbles outside after this period (starting with 2 classes) because the risk of transmission is greatly reduced. We will then build on this throughout the term, depending on the number of COVID cases.
Will school let us know if there is a positive case?
We will aim to keep parents informed if the positive case has been in school 48hrs prior to testing positive and therefore could be a potential risk. We will directly contact any parent of a child which we would identify as a HIGH risk contact as described above.
If a parent has been a close contact and is not required to self isolate (double vaccinated) can they still bring children to school?
Yes, but be we would ask that you take some additional precautions.
As well as getting a PCR test, we ask that you:
- Wear a face covering
- Keep physical distance from other families and staff
NHS suggest:
- limiting close contact with other people outside your household, especially in enclosed spaces
- wearing a face covering in enclosed spaces and where you are unable to maintain social distancing
- limiting contact with anyone who is clinically extremely vulnerable
- taking part in twice weekly LFD testing
This advice applies while the person who tested positive with COVID-19 is self-isolating.
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Rewards
Thu 22 Jul 2021Our Rewards Ceremonies took place on the school playground in the glorious sun. It was a lovely celebration for all of the children in our school. We are incredibly lucky teachers. The videos are on OneDrive:
