Sankey Valley St James CE Primary School

Please find below a link to information from the Government on ways in which you can support your child's mental health and well being during the Coronavirus pandemic. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing/guidance-for-parents-and-carers-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak#helping-children-and-young-people-cope-with-stress

Dear parents, carers and children, We hope you are all safe and well and enjoying the weekend. These are a few websites that can be used at home with fun activities and resources to explore and investigate in science. Some of the websites include videos and ideas for science experiments that can be carried out at home. James Dyson science and engineering challenge cards - https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/challenge-cards.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz5v8roeG6QIVwu7tCh2u1QO6EAAYASAAEgIMc_D_BwE Weekly activities for ages 5-7, 7-9 and 9-11, Plants and Properties of Materials currently available - https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/blog/explorify-during-school-closures Fun science experiments at home - https://gosciencekids.com/ If you do complete any of the science experiments or investigations at home please feel free to send a photo as a dojo message as we would love to see what you have been doing. If you have any questions or need any help with home learning please send a dojo message or contact school directly.

If your financial / employment circumstances have changed you can check your eligibility for free school meals on: https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

Please see attached information and guidance on supporting children at this time. There is information on useful relaxation techniques as well as apps and resources for learning at home.

We hope you are all well and managing to keep indoors and safe. Thank you for your photos and messages that you have been sending us whilst you've been off. We really enjoy seeing what your children have been doing. For those families whose children are not at school, we will be in touch to let you know when the new home learning packs for after the Easter Holidays will be ready. Please stay safe and follow the Government guidance.

We have just sent out information to those parents that have replied that they are a key worker who have indicated that they need their children in school. If you think you are a key worker that this applies to and you haven't received a message please let us know. Please also note that we will be re-sending the form out very shortly as we understand it is currently not allowing multiple days to be selected.

Please see attached list of key workers as published by the government last night.

We do not have any cases of the virus in our school. The guidance attached has been issued for your information only.

Please see attached invite to the Pancake Party being held at the Church on 25th February.