Please visit our 'Information for Parents' page for information on remote learning at The South View Federation.

This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education if local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home.

Dear Parents,

I am pleased to say that no further Covid cases have been reported to me since my message the other day.  Please remain vigilant, and if any family member shows any signs of the Covid symptoms please get tested and keep your children off to isolate, until you get your results, even if they seem fine. Children often have no symptoms which makes it harder to track transmission.

Please remember that you should not be visiting other households unless they are your ONE support bubble household. You cannot have different bubbles for different reasons, and your children can't have different bubbles either. If you live in the same house you can only have one other household linked as your support bubble for childcare, or if one family consists of a single parent with children, they can have a support bubble with another family. Sadly, if these rules are not being followed, the children may not be allowed in school as they are increasing the risk of transmission due to mixing with other households, putting staff and other pupils at increased risk.

As from next week, the infant school will have 2 classes for all year groups (except nursery) due to increasing numbers. As I have said before, please be understanding of this as the teachers cannot be teaching and supporting on-line at the same time. They will check on-line learning when they can.

Finally - some lovely news - Mrs Clift, teacher in the junior school, gave birth to a healthy baby girl earlier this week. We wish her and her family many congratulations and look forward to seeing them at some stage in the future.

Please remember to ring into school if you need any support or advice.

With my very best wishes,

Stay safe,

Mrs Sheila Pape,

Executive Headteacher.

Mrs Sheila Pape

Executive Headteacher

Dear Parents,

The number of children attending school has now risen significantly in year 2, as well as year R. So, as from today, both year R and both year 2 classes are open to reduce the number of children in one room. We will continue to do this in other year groups should it be needed. As I said in my update last week, where this has been necessary, it does mean that the teachers will not be able to check the on-line learning as often as they have been, as they can't be in class and on line at the same time. Please be understanding if they are not as prompt at responding as they were previously, when one of them was purely supporting the on-line learning.

Since my update last week, many parents have responded to my request to keep us up to date about cases within the family. There has been a definite increase in cases over the last week and we have had a number of positive cases for parents, but none, as yet for any children. Please can I remind you all, that if anyone in your family has been tested due to showing symptoms, you should all be isolating until a result is received. Some parents are reporting cold like symptoms and then testing positive - so I would rather the children were kept off school until you know for certain, rather than risk transmission by sending your children to school. Test results, where they have been carried out at a walk-in test centre, do seem to be coming through very quickly at the moment - which is a good thing. If in doubt please ring school for advice. Please keep informing the school of cases and any testing, as it is helping us have a clearer picture of what is happening out in the community and I can, in turn,  update you too.

If you receive a test result at the weekend, or a family member shows symptoms and a test is being booked for them, please let us know via the school contact form on the website. This is a secure way of contacting us as it goes straight to Mrs Morton (business manager) and she passes it on to me.

Last week we had a visit from a Local Authority Inspector who looked at our provision for home learning. They were very impressed with what is being provided, the amount of work which the children are completing as well as the quality. I know how much time it takes to support your children with their learning, but by doing so, you are ensuring that your child is keeping pace with the new learning happening in school. So, when they do return to school, there is little catch up needed. Keep up the great work!

The Primary Behaviour Service have put together a comprehensive support pack for parents that may be of use to you and your families during these challenging times. For full access to the resource it is best viewed in presentation mode and is available on our 'Information for Parents' page.

It is good to hear that vaccinations are being rolled out now and hopefully that will start to help the situation further, but in the meantime, please take care and keep socially distancing.

With my best wishes

Stay safe,

Mrs Sheila Pape

Executive Headteacher

Mrs Sheila Pape

Executive Headteacher

Dear Parents,

I hope you are all keeping safe and feeling well.

I just wanted to clarify that should you qualify as a critical worker or a vulnerable family, you can ring us at any time to book your child into school should you need to. Conversely, if you feel they would be safer at home, you can keep them at home. The latest guidance from the DfE states:

Parents and carers who are critical workers should keep their children at home if they can.

A quote from Dr William Welfare, Covid response director at PHE on Friday:  

 'approximately one in three people who have coronavirus have no symptoms and could be spreading it without realising it. To protect our loved ones it is essential we all stay at home where possible. This will reduce new infections and ease the pressure on the NHS and save lives.' 

Schools have already had positive cases with their bubbles of vulnerable children and children of critical workers so you do need to be aware that having your children in school may mean they will have to isolate for 10 days should a case be reported. Obviously if this did happen I would let you know immediately. Even if your child is not in school, but you have a positive case within your household, please do let us know as it helps us build a picture of what is happening in our school community although these cases are not officially reported. 

We have rising numbers of children attending in year R and year 3. We can accommodate anyone who needs a place in these year groups but you do need to be aware that these numbers do increase the likelihood of a case being reported in those year groups.  

However, on the positive side, yet again the children are adhering to the expectations within school very well.

The staff have been organised so that in each year group, one teacher is teaching in school, whilst the other sets and marks the home learning. The work in school and the home learning are following the same curriculum so the children are accessing new learning whether at home or in school.

If there is no work posted on line by a child, or there has been no communication with the family, we will be ringing to check you are all well. If no contact is made within a week, our Parent Support Advisor will make a house call to check all is well and see if there is any further support needed. Please do not hesitate to ring in if you need help or guidance. When staff ring you regarding home learning, or for a welfare call, it may be from their own phone and show as 'No caller ID' so please answer!

Once again we will be providing supermarket vouchers to those pupils who are eligible for free school meals.  We will be ordering the vouchers through Wonde, the same company we used to distribute vouchers for the Christmas holiday.  We select those eligible for vouchers through our Management Information System (SIMs) and once a voucher is assigned, parents will instantly get a text and /or email message asking them to select their supermarket of choice.  As the school is paying for these vouchers there may be a delay of a few days while the order and payments are processed, but once this is done the vouchers will be sent directly to parents.  It is therefore very important that we have your latest mobile and email details on our system.

If you are not sure if we have your most up-to-date details please go to the email update form on our website:

https://www.southview-jun.hants.sch.uk/infant-and-nursery-school/

https://www.southview-jun.hants.sch.uk/junior-school-2/

Each voucher will be worth £15 per week per child. They will be sent out every 2 weeks.  These are only for children who are registered as eligible for FSM and not currently in school. If your child is only attending part time we will look at these cases individually to decide on the value of the voucher to which you are entitled.

If your circumstances have recently changed and you feel you may now be eligible to claim FSM please visit our FSM page to check the criteria and apply:

https://www.southview-jun.hants.sch.uk/apply-for-free-school-meals/

Once this is done please use the ‘Notification of entitlement to Free School Meals’ online form to update us.

For further guidance on Wonde vouchers please visit the FAQs on their website.

http://help.wonde.com/en/articles/3843162-faqs-for-parents-supermarket-voucher

And finally…..

Coming soon …….. The South View Federation School App !!!

We are excited to announce that, to improve communication with our entire school community, we will be launching a smartphone app which is free to download and works with iPhones and Android phones.

As a school, we believe it is essential to work in partnership with parents and carers and part of this is achieved by ensuring that you receive clear, relevant and regular communications. 

Benefits of the app for Parents and Carers will be: 

• The app is secure; you set up a PIN/ Touch ID to access on your phone
• The app is powered by our school website which means that when you download it, you will have a single place to receive and access important messages along with calendar events, newsletters, latest news and all information pages within the school website. 
• It will reduce need to go searching for letters at the bottom of school bags
• Messages appear in your inbox; you will receive secure individual and group messages as well as whole school notices 
• We can be certain that you have received the message
• And …..there are no character limits!!!

The main benefits of the app for the school will be that we will be able to reduce costs, as unlike texts, messages we send are free of charge, and it will reduce our admin time by keeping all communication tools within one place.

As you can see there is lots to be excited about!!

As always, stay safe and if you need advice or support - just call us.

With my very best wishes,

Mrs Sheila Pape

Executive Headteacher

Mrs Sheila Pape

Executive Headteacher

For further information on critical workers please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision

For information regarding how you can get informal childcare for anyone under 14 from friends and family you do not live with by making a childcare bubble with another household please visit:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-childcare-bubble-with-another-household