Hackbridge Primary School

Autumn Term 2020

The school is currently fully open to pupils, in line with government guidance.

The safety of our school community is paramount to us. The government guidance is absolutely clear about the public health advice that schools must follow to minimise the risks of coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission. It clearly details the set of actions that schools must take in terms of prevention and response to infection and all members of our school community and their families will be required to adhere to these. This includes pupil, parent and staff engagement with the NHS Test and Trace process in every case where they are relevant.

Reception to Year 6

In order to make our environment safe, certain protective measures have had to be put in place and we know you will support us with following these. This includes the following staggered start and finish times applicable to all from the start of the autumn term.

STAGGERED STARTS AND FINISH TIMES (PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY)

Arrangements for the beginning and end of the day have had to be well thought about so that we do not have too many people on site at any one time. As per government guidance, we are staggering both drop off and pick up times: 

• The staggered start and end of each day are set alphabetically by pupil surname in order that families can arrive together, drop or collect and leave site quickly.
• If children in your family have different surnames which put them in different arrival/collection bands, then they should both arrive/be collected at the time set by your youngest child's surname.

The start and end times are:

Hackbridge Corner site

A to G surnames 8.45am - 3.10pm (Reception to Year 2) 8.45am-3.15pm (Year 3 to 6)

H to O surnames 8.55am - 3.20pm (Reception to Year 2) 8.55am-3.25pm (Year 3 to 6)

P to Z surnames  9.05am - 3.30pm (Reception to Year 2) 9.05am-3.35pm (Year 3 to 6)

Nursery Class: Caterpillars drop from 8.40am-8.45am, collect from 11.40am-11.45am

Nursery Class: Tadpoles drop from 12.15pm-12.20pm, collect from 3.15pm-3.20pm

London Road site

A to G surnames 8.50am - 3.15pm (Reception to Year 2)

H to O surnames 9.00am - 3.25pm (Reception to Year 2)

P to Z surnames  9.10am - 3.35pm (Reception to Year 2)

Nursery Class: Honeybees 9.15am-3.15pm

For both sites:

• At drop off times, it is vital that you drop off your child and leave the driveway/pavement area swiftly to avoid congestion which compromises social distancing for our whole school community.
• All adults entering the school site at drop off and collection times are required to wear a face mask.
• On both sites, Nursery and Reception children are welcomed and dismissed from their classroom doors. School staff will guide parents/carers where they can and cannot go.
• Year 1 and Year 2 children enter via the Infant gate on both sites (parents/carers do not come through this gate, as usual) and are dismissed either from their usual classroom door or from the nearest door to the playground.
• Years 3 - 6 enter via the Junior gate and are dismissed in the Junior playground, which will be supported by members of staff due to the staggered times. Parents will be guided as to where to stand and wait.

Our full Risk Assessment is available on our website – please go to the Coronavirus Update banner on our homepage and click ‘Click here for current risk assessment’.