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Relationships and Sex Education
Parent Consultation ending on 16th October 2020

As part of your child’s educational experience at Nettlesworth Primary School, we promote personal wellbeing and development through a comprehensive taught programme of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education that gives children and young people the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and practical skills to live healthy, safe, happy and fulfilled lives, both now and in the future.

As you may already be aware, the Department for Education has announced changes to relationships and sex education following nationwide consultation. These changes have come into effect from September 2020 but full implementation in schools has been delayed due to the current covid19 situation. All schools will be required to comply with the updated requirements by the summer term 2021. The statutory guidance can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education

The new guidance focuses on healthy relationships and keeping children safe in the modern world. It also covers a wide range of topics relating to physical and mental health, wellbeing, safeguarding and healthy relationships.

Learning about the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up will give children and young people the information, skills and positive values to have safe, fulfilling relationships and help them take responsibility for their own well-being.

From September 2020, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), along with Health Education, will be statutory, and form part of the National Curriculum.
In preparation we have been reviewing our RSE curriculum and policy so we can be sure our RSE provision is appropriate for our pupils based on their:

• Age
• Physical and emotional maturity
• Religious and cultural backgrounds
• Special educational needs and disabilities

As part of our curriculum review we would welcome your views, via email : d.lee103@durhamlearning.net , on:

• Our draft policy for Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
• When and how certain content within this subject is covered.

What is taught, and how, is ultimately a decision for the school and consultation does not provide a parental veto on curriculum content as schools are legally required to teach the National Curriculum. The right to withdraw children from some lessons is explained in the policy.

As a school community, we are currently in unprecedented times which make it a little more challenging to consult with you. In order to help you to understand the curriculum requirements, we have added further DfE guidance and also our draft Policy for Relationships and Sex Education on the School website. Please read them first before sending emails.

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Relationships and Sex Education Policy 2020

Home learning support – information for parents & carers

 

When will my child need to learn from home?

• If your child has to self-isolate because of coronavirus – either individually or as part of their class
• If there’s a local lockdown and the school is advised to partially close or your child has to shield

What is my child expected to do?

We’re determined to make every effort to keep our pupils on-track and make sure no one falls behind if they need to learn from home because of coronavirus.

We want to make sure your child can learn as much as possible at home. The following guidelines will explain what we’d like your child to do while learning remotely, and how we plan to support you and them.

 

When providing remote learning, teachers must be available between 9am-3pm on their working days

If they’re unable to work for any reason during this time, for example due to sickness or caring for a dependent, they should report this using the normal absence procedure.

When providing remote learning, teachers are responsible for:

 

Setting work –

 

• Teachers will provide learning for their current class. The amount of work they need to provide is daily Maths and English lessons plus 3/4 lessons for foundation subjects each week. Daily phonics lessons will be planned for KS1 and SPAG lessons for KS2.
• Teachers will use resources provide by the Oak National Academy, White Rose Maths and BBC Bitesize, as well as other resources identified by school curriculum leaders.
• The work will be set daily.
• Teachers will print out weekly learning packs. The packs can then be printed by staff who are on site, ready for parents to collect or staff can deliver to homes.
• Teachers will outline the work daily via their class activity page.

 

• Providing feedback on work –

Pupils can email work to their class teachers. All work submitted will be acknowledged by the class teacher. Feedback will be given for English and Maths on an individual basis. Feedback will be age appropriate.

 

• Keeping in touch with pupils who aren’t in school and their parents –
• In the case of a national or local lockdown, Teachers will call pupils/parents at least every 3 weeks. Any concerns should be recorded and Head teacher alerted. In the event of a self/class bubble isolation, communication will be via email. If there has been no communication from either a parent or child via by day 3 of lockdown/self-isolation period starting, teacher or SLT member will call parents/pupils on day 4.
• Vulnerable pupils will be called weekly – CP/EHCP/identified pupils, this will be done by SENCO/DSL.
• Emails received from parents and pupils are to be checked between 9am and 3pm, Mon- Fri. Teachers should respond to pupil/parent emails within 48hours.

 

 

What support will our school provide? 

• Regular contact with teachers through telephone calls/email
• Regular feedback via telephone calls and email so your child knows how they’re doing
• Resources

What can I do to help my child?

Create a positive environment for your child to learn at home, for example:

• Distinguish between weekdays and weekends, to separate school life and home life
• Designate a working space if possible
• At the end of the day, have a clear cut-off to signal school time is over
• Create and stick to a routine
• Put a timetable up on the wall
• Make time for exercise and breaks throughout the day to keep your child active

 

• Reinforce the importance of children staying safe online.
• Be aware of what your child is being asked to do, including: sites they will be asked to use and school staff your child will interact with
• Emphasise the importance of a safe online environment set age-appropriate parental controls on digital devices and use internet filters to block malicious websites. These are usually free, but often need to be turned on.

 

 

Website Resources

 

 

 

BBC Bitesize  www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize -A range of revision materials and online daily lessons

 

Oak Academy https://www.thenational.academy- A range of virtual lessons have been produced on various topics.

 

Remote Learning 2020

Please see attached Government Symptoms and Procedures Guidelines we must follow if your child displays symptoms of COVID 19.

Symptoms and Procedures

 

Getting back in the classroom is vital for your children’s education and wellbeing.

Here’s how we are helping get them #BackToSchoolSafely http://gov.uk/backtoschool

Schools are ready to welcome children and pupils back for a new term.

Here’s information on how we are getting kids #BackToSchoolSafely

👉 gov.uk/backtoschool

We have had lots of fun exploring our new sensory area.

Matthew has been awarded a trophy in football for his super work. Well done, we are so proud of you.

baby boy

 

2^nd September 2020

 

 

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

We are delighted to share with you Mrs Aspinall’s exciting news. She and her husband Chris are expecting their third baby in January. Mrs Aspinall will begin her maternity leave after the Christmas holidays, when her baby boy is due.

Until then, she will continue you to be there for her class up until her maternity leave. I am sure parents and carers will join me in wishing her the best over the coming months. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you again for your continued support.

 

 

Donna Lee

 

Head Teacher

 

Welcome Back

Wednesday 2^nd September 2020

 

 

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

I hope you have all had an enjoyable summer. The staff and I have all been very excited to welcome you all back to school today.

It has been such a long time since we were all together in school enjoying our learning, seeing and chatting to friends, and taking part in all the school activities. School is such an important part of all our lives – most importantly for children – and it is wonderful that we can all get back to it.

As you are aware through the communications we have shared, and the wider national and local public information, life in school will not be exactly the same as it was before lockdown. We have put in place robust measures to help protect all children, staff, and parents from Covid-19. These have been shared with you through our school parent mail and on the school website. It is critical that we all work together as a school community to fully adhere to all the safety rules and new ways of doing things to help keep everyone safe.

The school Risk Assessments, resources, videos, information about returning to school is on our website. This may continue to help answer any questions or concerns you have. We will keep this under constant review.

It is vital that we have all up-to-date parent/carer contact information for the school, and very importantly for the NHS Test and Trace if required. To ensure we have this information, forms will be sent out to all families soon.

I would like to thank all the staff who have worked over the summer, ensuring we are ready for opening and supporting families during the summer break. I am very proud of how committed the staff have been throughout this pandemic to help, guide and support all our families. I know this has been very much appreciated by all our school community.

 

Best Wishes

Donna Lee

 

Head Teacher