If your child is in Year 3 or 4, please read the letter above which includes important information around COVID-19 and the closure of your child's bubble.

Thank you

Mr Steadman

Good Afternoon

Please see above an important letter regarding a COVID-19 update.  Please note that the school office will be CLOSED for the next 3 days until after half term.  If you need to contact the school, please use the following methods of contact:

Email: carlton@pioneeract.org.uk and someone will get back to you.

In Person: Start and end of the day with class teachers or senior leaders in the playground.

Planners: Leave a message (non urgent messages only) for your class teacher to get back to you.

If there is a serious incident that you need assitance with, please phone PACT House on 01226 723691 and a message will be passed on.

If we need to contact you, it may come up as an Unkown Number so please be aware of this.

We thank you for your cooperation.

Mr Steadman

03.08.2020

The Company Shop Membership offer

Please see below information of how the Company Shop are allowing you to use your Free School Meals vouchers in their stores as well as matching every £15 you spend with another £15.  You can make a temporary membership for the Company Shop by completing an application form at http://joincompanyshop.co.uk/community

10.07.2020

Please find attached a letter from the Trust and Academy.  Please note in the letter that we are closing on Tuesday 21^st July at 3.00pm for the summer holidays and not Wednesday 22^nd July as previously communicated. Next week we will be sending out the following information:

• End of Year Reports will be sent out On Thursday 17^th July via email.
• Information on September opening will be sent out by the end of next week – This will include organisation for classrooms, lunchtimes, arriving and leaving the site, start and finish times, safety measures on site, organisation of learning etc.  We are working with our Health and Safety team to ensure that all the measures that we put in place have the safety and wellbeing of our pupils and staff as guiding principles.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mr Steadman

17.06.2020

Please find below an update to the information sent out on the 5^th June. As the letter states, depending on Government guidance, building space and staffing capacity, we are continuing to look at ways to bring further groups of pupils back before the Summer Holidays. We will continue to communicate this.

Thank you

Mr Steadman

Friday 5th June 2020

Please find below some information about the work happening in school and decisions being made to reopen in a safe and responsible way.  We appreciate that there will be questions but hopefully this answers a lot of them. We will be communicating with parents for further returning year groups in the coming days.

Kind Regards

Mr Steadman

Friday 29th May 2020

Hello parents

Please find below a letter updating you all about the phased reopening of school from the 8^th June.  Please note that the opening Reception and Nursery is being planned after more recent guidance from the government.  We will notify you in due course of the timeline of this.

Regards

Alex Steadman

Friday 22nd May 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Please see below the letter to parents informing you about our ongoing plans for reopening.  We are working extremely hard to ensure that ALL safety precautions are taken into account when redesigning the site and adapting our practices in school to accommodate the government guidance.  Can I thank you for all your feedback on the survey I sent out last week and I can assure you that all your comments and concerns have fed into the Risk Assessments and Plans we are undertaking.  We will be in touch next week to give you more specific details that will be pertinent to you.  I can also assure you that with the information we will send out, you will be able to make a real informed decision on sending your child back to school. We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Kind Regards

Mr Steadman

Wednesday 13th May 2020

Please see the letter below to inform you about our CONDITIONAL plans to return to school on 1st June 2020.  

Thank you

Mr Steadman

Monday 27th April 2020

Please note the following message regarding Free School Meals Vouchers:

• Aldi eGift cards are now available for parents/carers to redeem as of today (27th April).
• McColls will be joining from Wednesday this week (29th April) and can be spent in McColls and Martin’s stores.

Thank You

Tuesday 21st April

Free School Meals vouchers

Please note that, if you are elegible for the FSM Vouchers Scheme, you should have recieved your vouchers into your inbox. Please check the junk or spam boxes as some have been delivered into their. 

Also, ALDI has been added to the list of accepted supermarkets which will give you even more choice where to spend the vouchers.

Tuesday 31st March

Free School Meals applications

The Local Authority are prioritising the assessment of free school meals but they have had an influx of claims over the past week. They have put additional resources into the team to help process claims as quickly as possible.

To help them to process the claims as efficiently as possible please can you go on line and complete the form at:

www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/children-families-and-education/schools-and-learning/free-school-meals/ 

If they are unable to go on line please call 01226 787787 opt 3 and we will complete the form over the phone.

Thank you

Monday 30th March 2020

Financial Guidance for Families

If you or anyone you know is finding it hard financially at this difficult time, then please look at the document below.  There are practical, time-saving links for you to click so that you can get to the correct information without looking through lots of different websites.  Alternatively, if there is something that you need that it isn't on the sheet, then please contact school and we will do our best to help or point you in the direction.

Mr Steadman

Wednesday 25th March 2020

Hoax Email

We are aware there is a hoax email currently being circulated that appears to have been sent from HM Government asking parents in receipt of free school meals to submit their bank details to ensure they continue to receive support.

The email is cleverly worded and states ‘As schools will be closing, if you’re entitled to free school meals, please send your bank details and we’ll make sure you’re supported’.

This is a scam and not an official communication, please do not respond and delete immediately.

Children entitled to a free school meal will continue to receive this provision in line with government guidance. Please contact the school direct to determine how to access this entitlement if you are unsure.

Thank you

Mr Steadman 

Friday 20th March 2020

Please read the letter below for more information if your child is attending school from Monday 23rd March.

Please see the letter below addressed from the Chief Executive Officer from the Academy Trust.

In light of all the information we have sent out, and in line with the new guidance released, can we stress that if at all possible, if your child can be safely cared for at home, please keep them at home during the school closures. 

Thank you 

Friday 20th March 2020

Key Workers and Vulnerable groups 

Thankyou for your patience with the key worker list.  Please use these documents to inform you of the details and some practical answers for parents. Please ontact school by 10:30am today to confirm whether you fall into either of these categories.

Thank you 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers

Thursday 19th March

Key Workers and Vulnerable Groups

Please see the letter below for information on the our priorities over the next two days.

I thank you all for your paitence and understanding at this time.

Wednesday 18th March 2020

In light of tonight's announcements from the Education Secretary, and the Prime Minister, we will endeavour to communicate what this means for us all as soon as possible. Please be aware that specific children and families will be in need of additional support, hence the need for further guidance before we can give you anymore, specific information. 

Thank you for your patience, understanding and support during this difficult time.  

Tuesday 17^th March 2020

Please use the following websites for the most up to date guidance on the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.  At the moment we are continuing to close Early Years until further notice as this is allowing us to keep the rest of school open with the staff that we have available to us.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-advice/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19

If there are any further developments, we will communicate these through the website, Twitter, Facebook, texts or letter where necessary.

Mr Steadman

16.03.2020 UPDATE:

PARTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURE

Following the latest advice outlined by the Government this afternoon, we now have a number of staff that fall into a vulnerable group and are therefore advised to follow advice to self-isolate. As a result, we are taking the decision to operate a partial closure in school from tomorrow - with provision for pupils in FS1 (Nursery) and FS2 (Reception) closed until further notice. We regret that we are also unable to offer after-school clubs effective from tomorrow , including SATS boosters, and ask that all pupils are collected from school at 3pm.

We understand that these are worrying times for us all, and can confirm that these are precautionary measures arising only as a result of staff being advised to self-isolate; there are no confirmed cases of Coronavirus associated with the school. We ask that parents/carers continue to liaise with the school office to report any illness or decisions taken within the family to self-isolate as a result of potential symptoms, in order that we can report those statistics to Public Health England in a rapidly changing situation. 

Thankyou for your continued support in these difficult times.