January 2022 Arrangements
January 2022
Dear Parents/Carers
January 2022 Arrangements: updated
Happy New Year. I hope you all had a very safe, restful and enjoyable Christmas break.
This morning, the government has updated its guidance for schools to ensure face-to-face teaching can be maintained and help avoid other contingency measures. The advice has not changed greatly but does ask that all secondary aged students now wear face coverings in lessons as well as on corridors and in communal areas. We feel this is welcome advice and would ask for your support as always. This does not, of course, alter the arrangements in place for those young people who are deemed to be exempt.
As a reminder, government guidelines surrounding the return of secondary aged school children, also state that we are to run Asymptomatic Covid testing for all students in school before the start of term next week.
As per our previous communication in December, students will be offered one Lateral Flow Test (LFT) next week and, to allow for this, we have planned a staggered start and blended learning as detailed below for each year group:
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Arrangements |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
Year 12 |
Year 13 |
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Tuesday 4 January 2022 |
In-School Testing & ‘My Learning Resources’ platform from home |
Live Lessons via TEAMS from home |
In-School Testing & ‘My Learning Resources’ platform from home |
Live Lessons via TEAMS from home |
In-School Testing & ‘My Learning Resources’ platform from home |
Live Lessons via TEAMS from home |
In-School Testing & ‘My Learning Resources’ platform from home |
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Wednesday 5 January 2022 |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Testing & ‘My Learning Resources’ platform from home |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Testing & ‘My Learning Resources’ platform from home |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Testing & ‘My Learning Resources’ platform from home |
In-School Lessons |
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Thursday 6 January 2022 |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Lessons |
In-School Testing Dates/Times:
We will also ask that both students and staff continue to do twice weekly testing at home. LFTs are available from school from students' Head of Year or the SFO/Reception if they need to get more.
In the recent guidance, even if students have tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 90 days, they are strongly encouraged to take part in LFT testing once they have completed their isolation period for their prior infection.
If you have any queries relating to Covid-19 and/or the LFT testing programme, please email Emily Wintersgill at becejw@beckfoot.org.
Finally, we are very much looking forward to welcoming our students back to school over the course of the next few days. We want to do everything we can to make things as normal as possible for them, despite the latest advice. We would ask that they come fully prepared for learning with the correct equipment, full and current uniform and mobile phones switched off and in their bags.
Many thanks in advance for your support.
Best wishes
Simon Wade
Headteacher
Useful information and links:
- Should your child need a refresher about how to access live lessons, please find a video here: here
- For a reminder of how to utilise our 'My Learning Resources' platform, please find a video here: here
- The updated risk assessment can be found here
- Please log LFT results in the following two places:
- Government webpage: https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result; and
- Our school form located on our website here
- For what to expect with a Lateral Flow Test, please see our videos here.
- Remember:
- A LFT or LFD is for asymptomatic testing - in-school testing or home testing kits
- A PCR is for those with Covid-19 symptoms - https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test.
Information about Mass testing:
- Mass testing will be set up in the Main School Hall.
- Starting on Tuesday 4 January 2022, students are allocated a date/time (see above) they need to attend school to receive their test.
- It is important to note that testing for Covid-19 on students in school is voluntary.
- There are ten testing bays set up to ensure students have privacy when taking each test, guided by trained staff.
- Once students have been tested, they will be free to leave the school site.
- The tests will be processed in-house at the testing facility.
- Results will be communicated the same day via text and email to the contact named on the school system.
- Students with negative LFT tests will then attend lessons in school from the next day.
- If you didn't provide consent previously and would like to, please provide consent here.
- Please also note, students over the age of 16 can provide their own consent, therefore sixth formers are allowed to complete the consent form.
- If you would like to revoke consent, please email becejw@beckfoot.org
- Any new consents or withdrawal of consents needs to be submitted by 31 December 2021.
