L’hebdo 29/05/2020

PMS Pod School

Dear Families

I hope that you have had a good week and managed to enjoy some of the sunshine?

From Monday work will be back on the VLE for Y5,7 and 8 and any Y6 students who are not in school. Please be

aware though that many staff will now be in school so may not be able to answer questions quite as promptly as

before. The Help desk will still be available for technical difficulties.

This is a new situation for all of us so I thank you all for your understanding as we get used to another new ‘normal’.

We may tweak arrangements over the first few days if we need to.

Students coming into school (Y6 or Key worker/ Vulnerable):

Students should walk or cycle if they can and if you think it is safe for them to do so. Obviously, if they don’t want to

walk on their own, parents can walk with them but please do not come onto the school site. We unfortunately do

not have enough staff to be out and about in the village and there will not be a crossing person but Mr Meredith will

stand outside the gate, greeting students and helping students to cross safely whilst Mr Grocutt will man the internal

crossing on the school car- park and I will take temperatures with a contactless device.

The grass area opposite the carpark has been split into sections and teachers will be there to great their pod groups

with a sign saying the pod name on them.

Please see further details of timings below:

Can I also take this opportunity to say that it has been a real privilege to be Headteacher of PMS, with such lovely

families, during this strange time and I thank you all for your support and understanding.

Have a great weekend; I will post a short video on Facebook outlining the above on Facebook later.

Love Mrs Frost x

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Penkridge Middle School-1st June 2020 Plan for Re-Opening School

TIME OF DAY ACTION

8.00-8.30am (if can’t make this time then arrive after 9.30am)

Key Worker Pupils arrive through main school entrance

8.30am School Staff to arrive at school no later than 8.30. Those in before will be required to go straight to POD Classroom.

8.40am All Year 6 Pod 1 Staff (1 per group) To meet children on grass at bottom of school drive in designated area

8.45am Year 6 Pod 1 pupils arrive at school and are encouraged to walk or cycle where possible.

8.55am

6AG-Pod 1 to enter through Year 6 entrance after walking around school perimeter. Washing hands 2 at a time in Year 6 toilets and into Room 63. 6AP- Pod 1 to enter through Year 8 after walking around school perimeter. Washing hands 2 at a time in Year 8 toilets and into Room 82. 6CA-Pod 1 to enter through Year 7 entrance after walking around school perimeter. Washing hands 2 at a time in Year 7 toilets and into Room 73. 6TG- Pod 11 to enter through main school entrance. Washing hands 2 at a time in Year 5 toilets and into Room 53. Mix Pod 1- Group wash hands 1 at a time in PE changing rooms and into Music Room Mix Pod 2- Group wash hands 1 at a time in PE changing rooms and into Hall

8.55am All Year 6 Pod 2 Staff (1 per group) To meet children on grass at bottom of school drive in designated area

9.00am Year 6 Pod 2 pupils arrive at school and are encouraged to walk or cycle where possible.

9.15am 6AG-Pod 2 to enter through Year 6 after walking around school perimeter. Washing hands 2 at a time in Year 6 toilets and into Room 61. 6AP- Pod 2 to enter through Year 8 after walking around school perimeter. Washing hands 2 at a time in Year 8 toilets and into Room 83. 6CA-Pod 2 to enter through Year 7 entrance after walking around school perimeter. Washing hands 2 at a time in Year 7 toilets and into Room 72. 6TG- Pod 2 to enter through Main school entrance. Washing hands 2 at a time in Year 5 toilets and into Room 51.

9.30am NB-POD 2 groups are likely to be 15 mins behind this schedule due to entering school later and finishing later

‘Lesson’ to begin.

10.45-11.00am Pod 1 Break Time 4 pods to be guided to playground and asked to stay in their quarter of the playground before returning to their room washing hands on the way in their designated toilets Mix Pod 1-To spend their break on field in designated area with staff leaving through changing room doors

11.00-11.05am Change over time to support social distancing.

11.05-11.20am Pod 2 Break Time 4 pods to be guided to playground and asked to stay in their quarter of the playground before returning to their room washing hands on the way in their designated toilets. Mix Pod 2-To spend their break on field in designated area with staff leaving through changing room doors.

11.30am ‘Lesson’ Resume.

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12.30pm Lunch Time (Pod 1 inc. Mix Pod 1) 5 Pods asked to wash their hands before they eat their lunch inside their classroom for 30 minutes. (Pod 2 inc. Mix Pod 2) 5 Pods to be guided to the field to their designated area for outside lunch time.

1.00pm (Pod 2 inc. Mix Pod 2) 5 Pods asked to wash their hands before they eat their lunch inside their classroom for thirty minutes (Pod 1 inc. Mix Pod 1) 5 Pods to be guided to the field to their designated area for outside lunch time.

1.30pm ‘Lessons’ resume.

3.15pm End of day for Pod 1 pupils (inc. Mix Pod 1) Staff to walk their Pod down drive and to designated area as per morning. Pupils to leave site via parents, walking or biking.

3.30pm End of day for Pod 2 pupils (inc. Mix Pod 2) Staff to walk their Pod down drive and to designated area as per morning. Pupils to leave site via parents, walking or biking.

3.30pm-4.00pm Mix Pods to remain in school if being collected

4.00pm Staff to leave site

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Penkridge Star Cooks Only a few entries this week, but they all still look as delicious as ever. Thank you for continuing to send us your

photos, either via the VLE or Class dojo, it’s great to see what the pupils have been cooking at home. We will be

continuing with Star Cooks next week, but entries received on a Thursday or Friday will go forward to the next week,

to allow staff time to judge the entries and create the L’hebdo article. Please do keep up your cooking skills, they are

very important and you are helping your families as well. Well done to all who have been cooking at home.

Year 5

This week Year 5 have still been the busiest cooks. Lilly-May Crawford-Giles has baked a dairy free flapjack, beautifully

decorated with chocolate and Alfie Haynes has cooked tempting star and heart-shaped shortbread. Poppy Briggs has

kept herself busy with chocolate concrete cake and cheese omelettes for her family.

Year 5 Star Cook

Ben Simpson has cooked his socks off recently with Vanilla and chocolate swirled cupcakes with sweets hidden inside,

a beautifully decorated birthday cake for his Mum, a cheesecake, brownies, granola breakfast, a couscous salad and a

croque monsieur (Year 5’s will remember doing this one in lessons). What an impressive effort to feed his family and

keep up his cooking skills. Well done Ben.

Year 6

Chloe Glover-Smith has made mouth-watering cupcakes decorated with jaffa cakes, how yummy! Noah Ralph has

prepared a cheesey jacket potato and crunch fresh salad for his family this week.

Year 6 Star Cook

Grace Hamplett has tempted us with many delicious dishes in previous weeks such as quesadillas, but this week she

has tried her hand at a chicken and broccoli lasagne. It sounds delicious and very healthy. Well done Grace, we’re

glad you and your family are eating healthily during this time.

Thank you to all our cooks this week, looking forward to seeing more entries from Year 7 and Year 8 as well next week.