Stainforth Kirton Lane Primary School

Dear Parent/ Carer and members of our community,

It is with great sadness that our school is closed to the majority of pupils as of 6th January. We are still open to the children of critical workers and vulnerable pupils. I want to take this opportunity to highlight a few key points and say that I hope you and your family take care and stay well during this difficult time. 

Remote learning

As you know, we have sent out and will continue to send, weekly booklets for your child to complete at home. These can be found also on our HOME LEARNING page. Please encourage your child to complete the daily Maths, English and Topic activities created by their teacher.

All year groups also have daily Microsoft Teams lessons; your teacher will send an invite to your email. If you are having any difficulties in accessing the lessons, please contact your teachers on their class email or contact the office on 01302 842092 or email admin@kirtonlaneprimary.co.uk 

If you do not have the technology to access the lessons, please get in contact and we will help where we can.

Food packages

As a recognition of this very difficult time, we are offering a fortnightly food box to ALL our families (including our free school meal families, our universal infant free school meal families and nursery). Please let school know by midday on the 8th January if you would like the food box. To view the contents of the box please click on the link: https://www.morrisons.com/food-boxes/box/cupboard-essentials-box

Wellbeing and health

If at any point during this period of closure, your child is struggling with home learning, their emotional and mental well being or in any other way, please get in touch. We can arrange for a member of staff to make a video call with them if appropriate or help in a different way. Also, if you or your family are struggling in general at any point, please let us know by phoning 01302 842092 or email admin@kirtonlaneprimary.co.uk and we will help you in anyway we can. Below there are links to various organisations as well that can help with food, money and mental health

Take care and stay safe, 

Mr Foster

Remember to check and monitor your child's daily online activity, to ensure they are safe. Remember to tell them it is ok to talk about any online worries

COVID - 19 update 

If you need to contact us with any concerns, worries, questions or change in circumstances, please email admin@kirtonlaneprimary.co.uk or telephone 01302 842092. Emails are checked regularly and we will respond when we can and where appropriate. We will always help in anyway we can. 

Doncaster CAMHS service are offering a free app for all young people in Doncaster

Discuss any mental health related issues

Email address:

Rdash.doncastercamhs@nhs.net

Click on the picture to go directly to their website - 

https://camhs.rdash.nhs.uk

Doncaster's Community Hub - 

Anyone who needs help and has no other support can ring the Helpline or email the Hub 7 days a week from 8am to 8pm. 

• HELPLINE: 01302 430300
• EMAIL: enquiries@dncommunityhub.org.uk

If you or somebody you know needs more support with food, here are the details of some of our local food banks

Dn7 community food bank

 St Mary's Church, Community Hall, Field Road, Stainforth, DN7 5AQ

Every Friday 10:30 - 12:30

Thorne and Moorends Community Food Bank

Thorne Rugby Club, The Ruby Clubhouse, Church Balk, Thorne, DN8 5BU

Every Wednesday 09:00 - 12:30

Charge of £2, proof of circumstances and proof of address required

General notices 

When my child comes to school

When your child’s bubble returns to school, we will bring in even more measures to try and lower the risk of any further spread. I ask that you help and support us in the below:

• Please do not bring your child to school if they are unwell or if they have symptoms. Please ring school if you are unsure if they can or not. We can also help you by providing a test, in case 119 or the COVID websites say you are not eligible for a drive-in test.
• Adults must wear face coverings on school premises when dropping off or collecting your child, unless you are exempt according to government guidance. Even though our staggered drop-offs have meant you have lots of space to socially distance in our outdoor areas, we hope this will make you feel slightly safer when coming to school
• Ensure your child has extra layers and a coat, we will continue to have the windows open as ventilation is important in diluting the aerosols in a classroom but the temperature is falling as we move in to winter

Please also continue to:

• Please make sure you are sticking to your staggered times, these help us to ensure there are not large numbers coming to school at once – this keeps you safer
• Ensure you keep at least a 2m distance from others at all times on site
• Only having one parent/carer drop off and pick-up to keep numbers on site low.
• Follow national guidance in terms of house to house contact and mixing.

What to do if your child develops symptoms of COVID 19

 If your child develops symptoms of COVID-19, they must not come to school and should remain at home for at least 10 days from the date when their symptoms appeared. Anyone with symptoms will be eligible for testing and this can be arranged via https://www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test or by calling 119. 

 All other household members who remain well, must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. This includes anyone in your ‘Support Bubble’.

 Further information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

 The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill.

 Household members should not go to work, school or public areas and exercise should be taken within the home.

 If you require help with buying groceries, other shopping or picking up medication, or walking a dog, you should ask friends or family. Alternatively, you can order your shopping online and medication by phone or online.

 Household members staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community

 If you are able, move any vulnerable individuals (such as the elderly and those with underlying health conditions) out of your home, to stay with friends or family for the duration of the home isolation period.

 Symptoms

 The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of:

• a new continuous cough
• a high temperature
• a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)

 For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness.

If your child does develop symptoms, you can seek advice from the nhs.uk website at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/check-if-you-have-coronavirus-symptoms/. If you are concerned about your child’s symptoms, or they are worsening you can seek advice from NHS 111 at https://111.nhs.uk/ or by phoning 111.

How to stop COVID-19 spreading

 There are things you can do to help reduce the risk of you and anyone you live with getting ill with COVID-19

 Do

• wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds
• use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available
• wash your hands as soon as you get home
• cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze
• put used tissues in the bin immediately and wash your hands afterwards

Further Information

Further information is available at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

 Welcome and thank you for taking time to read about our school.

I hope it will give you a clear picture of life at Kirton Lane Primary School.

If your child is to join us for the first time, we welcome you as parents/carers and look forward to a happy and successful partnership over the coming years. If you already have a child here, we hope you will use this site to keep up to date with what is happening in school. We want all our children to enjoy learning and be excited by the things they do in school. We involve children in their own learning through setting targets and sending work home which complements their work in school. We encourage you, as parents/carers, to become involved in your child’s learning through informal and formal meetings, supporting their work in the classroom and supporting your child with home learning.

Our school encourages our children to take part in a range of extra-curricular activities throughout the year including: football, athletics, art, drama, keep-fit and homework club. If you have any further questions or would like to visit the school, please do not hesitate to contact me.

We are very proud of our school and I would be pleased to show you round.

Yours sincerely,

Mr T Foster

Head Teacher

Vision and Mission Statement

Our school mission statement is 'All will achieve' we try to  accomplish this by working in partnership with parents and carers to achieve the very best outcomes for each individual in our learning community.

Our vision for the school is to work with our 'Keys to Success' formulated with the children and parents .

They are:

Try new Things

Understand Others

Improve

Work Hard

Concentrate

British Values

At Kirton Lane Primary we fully endorse the DfE strategy which aims to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and
mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.  More information can be found on our Curriculum page.

Please Note:

If you require any of the information given on the website in a different form or have any queries, please contact Miss Birkett in the office.