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Covid-19 Pandemic
Track and Trace Scheme
Schools may be required to share personal data of individuals under the Track and Trace scheme.
Personal data of those that attend/work at/visit the school may be shared under this scheme.
The scheme has a privacy notice which can be viewed on
For the attention of parents of children in year 6.
You are now able to apply for your child's secondary school place. Applications opened on Monday 14th September.
Applications can be made through the Derbyshire admissions web site.
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/admissions
Please ring the admissions team with any questions about applying online, or to request a paper application form - 01629 533190
The Derbyshire safeguarding team have asked us to share information with parents about a particularly nasty viral post on Tik Tok.
With this in mind parents may want to
are all perfectly reasonable questions for you to start conversations with.
All children in reception to year 6 are bringing home a letter this week regarding this winter's flu immunisation programme.
All St. John's children in reception to year 6, are invited by the NHS and our local Community Health Service to have their immunisation at school on Wednesday 7th October when NHS staff will be in school to immunise the children.
Parents need to opt in for their child to be immunised. No child will be immunised without parental consent. Parents need to give consent online by following the instructions on the letter. Parents do not send consent forms back to school.
St. John's does not manage or administer the flu immunisation programme, it is all managed and led by the NHS Community Health Service. If you have any questions about the programme please contact the immunisation team on the contact details on the letter.
To read an online copy of the letter on our website and find out how to give permission for your child to be immunised - CLICK HERE.
Thank you
It was lovely to see all the children back in school today. Please let them know how proud the teachers are of them for coming back to school safely and helping us all enjoy ourselves. It was fantastic to speak to so many of them and see how happy they were to be back with friends.
We are aware that the queue to get into school today was longer than anyone would want. We are sorry that this happened. Please look at the FAQ's with information about how we hope to prevent this. We won't change any start or finish times yet, but ask parents to ensure that they come to school at the start time for their children and not earlier.
All children got into school today within the 20 minutes that we had allowed. Therefore we really hope that after the first day excitement and teething problems settle that we don't have to reduce entry to single year groups at a time or further widen the opening window.
To read the FAQ's CLICK HERE.
Year 1 - Eyam Class
Mrs. Heer has been advised by her medical team not to return to school in September. This means that she will not be able to teach the year 1 Eyam class as we had planned.
I am pleased that Miss Lemon is going to teach Eyam class from Wednesday 2nd September. Miss Lemon was going to cover Mrs. Heer's maternity leave when this was due to start in October but will now be teaching from the beginning of the year instead.
Miss Lemon has written an introduction to the children on the virtual introduction class pages. CLICK HERE. You can also write any messages to Miss Lemon on the contact page. CLICK HERE.
Miss Lemon was working in our nursery last year when she covered Mrs. Gallen's maternity leave so she is a familiar face to many at St. John's already.
Reception - Castleton Class
We shared last week that Mrs. Smith's medical team have advised her not to return to work in September. Mrs. Badhan will continue to teach Castleton class in her absence.
Mrs. Smith hopes to return to work during the autumn term.
Both Mrs. Badhan and Mrs. Smith have written introductions for the children on their virtual introduction pages. CLICK HERE.
Children will bring home a copy of the school calendar in September. You can download the easy to print calendar for the fridge door online.
The online calendar for 2020/2021 has also been updated and parents can sync this calendar to their own tablets and phones.
We have published term dates for school year 2021-2022
To find the latest information regarding our plans for September 2020 and our plans for opening up for all children please use the links below
FAQ's - CLICK HERE.
Which teacher is in which year group - CLICK HERE
Meet the teachers - Virtual class introductions - CLICK HERE.
Classroom and class teacher locations - CLICK HERE
Information booklet for parents for September 2020 - CLICK HERE
We have been asked to highlight this survey that the local authority would like parents to complete by the 31st July. Please see the message below from the LA and the link to the survey.
The county council is looking at what can be realistically done to get students to and from school. To help plan for the September return the council need every parent and carer to complete a short survey. The survey asks about how your children got from home to school before the coronavirus pandemic, and how you think they will get to school in September. It also asks how your children could be encouraged to walk, cycle or scoot to school.
Updated - Friday 10th July 4.50pm
We are aware that Primarysite, the company that hosts our website, are experiencing some technical difficulties.
The 'Class Pages' site is currently password protected and some pictures are not displaying properly.
Primarysite have apologised and are working hard to address these problems and hope to have them solved as soon as possible.
I am sorry that the class pages are not available when many parents want to access the virtual introductions that teachers have published today. I look forward to when the technical gremlin is solved and the class pages are back to normal.
Mr. Averis