Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre

Good morning, Please remember that tomorrow is World Book Day and we are inviting the children to wear a costume to represent their favourite book character. There are lots of creative ways to make your own costume, so please don't feel that you have to buy anything new. One of the easiest ways, is to decorate or draw on an old T-shirt. Also, we are pleased to be welcoming parents into school tomorrow to visit their child's class and share books and stories with the children. Parents can stay until 9.40am. Please come into school via the main entrance. One parent per family please and if possible, please do not bring small children unless this is unavoidable as the classrooms may become quite crowded. We are looking forward to a very exciting day, celebrating our love of books and stories and we hope that you can join us for part of it. Thank you.

Dear Parents/Carers, Please find attached the Newsletter. Kind regards,

Dear Parents/Carers, Please note that tomorrow is the last day to return your vote in the parent governor elections. Ballot boxes will be outside in the playground at the infants and outside the main reception at the Early Years Centre. Thank you.

Good afternoon, I am pleased to report that we have seen a significant reduction in the number of positive cases in school over the last week. For this reason, public health have advised that children who have a positive case in their household, can attend school as long as the child attending is having regular, negative lateral flow tests and is not displaying any of the three main symptoms of coronavirus. Please remember that if your child is displaying a new continuous/persistent cough, a high temperature/fever, a loss of sense of smell or taste, then they must have a PCR test, not a lateral flow test. Thank you. Ms Chaplin Headteacher

Good afternoon, Please find attached, the newsletter. Kind regards, Janice Chaplin Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers, As you may be aware, we have had rising numbers of COVID-19 cases across the school during the last two weeks - 22 cases in 10 days. There are now more cases than at any time during the last two years. It is very important that we are all vigilant and test regularly to prevent any further cases coming into school. We are working closely with Waltham Forest Public Health and have taken all the precautions that we can in school. Can I please ask you to observe the two actions for parents below that have been agreed with Public Health. 1. Today the Stay Safe Champions will be at the school gates at home time distributing Lateral Flow Tests, please test your child this evening and again on Sunday evening. Please see the letter attached for more information regarding this. 2. At the present time, following advice from Public Health, we need to ask all families who have a positive case of COVID-19 in their household to keep their children at home. This is a temporary arrangement and will be reviewed on a weekly basis. I will write to you when this advice changes, but in the meantime, please do not send children to school if you have a positive case in your household Please inform the school office and request remote learning for your child. Please see the letter attached from Public Health. Thank you for all your support to keep our school community safe. Janice Chaplin Headteacher