Please see the document below for our most up to date Remote Learning Agreement.
If you have any questions about any points in the agreement, please do not hesitate to contact the school or the class teacher to discuss your queries.

Please contact the school if you think you may be eligible so we can contact the companies on your behalf.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

I hope you have managed to have a good weekend and to get outside for a short while, even though it was very cold.  Thank you to all the parents who have emailed us about remote learning, we really appreciate your lovely comments. 
We are now into the second week of lockdown and everything is up and running in terms of remote learning.  For everyone, we provide two hours of live lessons plus two other tasks which the children can complete independently each day. 
The most important thing for your child is that they are safe and happy.  You know your child best and will be doing an amazing job of looking after them.  Don’t compare what you are doing to other families as everyone is different and have different circumstances.  There is no expectation that you are going to be able to recreate school at home!
We really don’t want you or your child stressing about remote learning.  The government requires us to provide the equivalent to four hours of learning every day.  There won’t be many families who will be able to complete all of the tasks set so please don’t stress if you can’t.  We know that some of you are trying to work from home while you are looking after your children, remember you can’t do everything!
It is hard for everyone so don’t feel guilty or embarrassed if you aren’t coping.  We are all feeling the pressure but we will get through this together.  We are here to help as much as we possibly can so get in touch if you need us. 
Each day we will be doing our registers at 9.30am so if possible please make sure your child is online ready for registration.  If you are unable to have your child in the online classes, please let us know as we need to account for every child every day. 
All the very best and remember, we are here to help if you need us.

Take care,

Miss Digweed

​Dear Parents, 

Well this week has certainly turned out differently to what we were all expecting!  A huge thank you to you all for being so supportive and accommodating with all these changes.  It was a shock to us too and then we were not helped by the fact that the lockdown was announced so late on Monday.  To confuse the situation even more our main system for communicating with you, Teachers to Parents, crashed as all schools were trying to use it at the same time!

All children have a log in for Microsoft Teams and I hope you have all now found your way onto our live lessons.  We are here to help if you have any problems, please just call or email the school office, office@ivjs.school.  We need to have contact with every child every day.  Therefore, if your child is not in the online lessons we will need to call you to make sure everything is alright.  The expectation, just like school, is that children are ‘in’ the lessons every day.

As I am sure you can understand, we have limited staff to look after the critical worker/vulnerable children in school.  Therefore, if you are a critical worker please only take a place if you have no other alternative and only on the days you are actually working.  This lockdown is different to the March lockdown as all teachers are online teaching and so they cannot be in school helping with the groups.  On top of this we have staff who are isolating and shielding. 

We are very aware that this is going to be a very difficult time for everyone.  Please get in touch with us if you need any help especially if you are struggling with buying food as we can help you. 

As we get into the new routine we will start to make phone calls to see how you are doing.  In the meantime please take care and don’t forget to email/phone if you need us. 

All the very best,

Miss Digweed

From tomorrow, our lower school pupils will have Microsoft Teams lessons with the teachers. We will be sending out text messages with each pupil's log in details this afternoon, please log in to Teams this evening to make sure you have time to check it all works correctly. 

Lessons will start tomorrow morning from 9.30 with the class teachers. Should you have any issues logging in, we will be available to help tomorrow morning. 

Please see the document below which gives an introduction to using Microsoft Teams.

Please see the links below to today's online learning for Year 3:

Please see the files below for the Year 4 learning for today:

Dear Parents
I am sure that by now you will have heard that the Prime Minister is closing all schools.  This means that from tomorrow we will only be able to accept children of key workers and children classed as vulnerable into school between 8.50am and 3pm.
All other children MUST stay at home.
Children will be able to attend school if one of the following is true:
·         A social worker is currently supporting your family
·         Your child has an EHCP
·         You are a key worker who must attend their place of work and are therefore not available to care for your child at home
​
To arrange for your child to attend school, you must send an email to: office@ivjs.school
Please include all of the following information:
Name of child
Class of child
Your name
Days and times of required attendance
Please remember, even if you are a key worker, if you can keep your child at home, please do so to help us keep the numbers low in school.
There is a list of key worker categories at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision
If you feel you fit these criteria, please email the school office as soon as possible, but no later than 8am tomorrow morning. Children will not need to wear uniform to school but will need to wear warm layers as we will still need to have doors and windows open for ventilation.
Tomorrow morning, we will put on our website lessons for years 3 and 4 (years 5 and 6 will continue as planned with their online lessons).  From Wednesday we hope to be in a position to offer live lessons for years 3 and 4.  

We will contact parents regarding provision for free school meals this week.

Kindest regards,

Miss Digweed

Dear Parents,

Re:  Years 5 and 6 moving to remote learning/ Years 3 and 4 return.

As I said in my earlier letter, we have been looking carefully at the number of staff we have available in the current difficult situation. After consulting with staff and with the Chair of Governors, it is with regret that I need to tell you that Years 5 and 6 will move to online learning from Tuesday 5th January. 

Years 5 and 6:
From tomorrow the majority of children in Years 5 and 6 will need to stay at home to complete remote learning.
We will still be able to offer a place at school for children who are vulnerable and for those who have parents who are key workers.  There are details at the bottom of this letter that explain how to go about arranging for your child to attend school if you feel they need to. Please do contact us if you have any queries about this.   
This change to plans has come about as a result of developments over the weekend.  We now feel we do not have enough upper school staff to open safely to years 5 and 6 due to a combination of staff acting on the advice of their union, shielding or isolating.
The situation will be reviewed weekly, but it is likely that Years 5 and 6 will be learning remotely for the next two weeks.
Remote education will be on Microsoft Teams. Please contact us with any technical queries or issues and we will do our best to assist.

Years 3 and 4:
Children in Years 3 and 4 can come to school as normal tomorrow. Please be assured that we are doing all we can to ensure that school is as safe as possible, with detailed and robust procedures to reduce risk.
A number of parents have already informed us that their child will not be attending school at the moment due to safety concerns and I completely understand their point of view.  We will do our utmost to provide learning packs for those lower school children who are at home.  If you intend to keep your child at home and have not already told us, please do so ASAP by email (office@ivjs.school) or by phone (please leave a message if you are unable to get through).

Conclusion:
I know that this letter will be met with relief from some families, but with concern and upset by others.  It is regrettable that this decision has had to be made at such short notice, and I am very sorry for the inconvenience that it will cause to some families. Local infection rates are extremely high and I understand that this is making people very nervous.  This has been an incredibly difficult decision for staff, all of whom have put their own anxieties aside to deliver the very best education to your children in the Autumn term.  Our staff have been incredible and they have my full support in the decisions that each of them has made. 
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.

Best wishes,
 
On site teaching for children who are vulnerable or who have key worker parents (Y5 and 6 children)
Children will be able to attend school if one of the following is true:
·         A social worker is currently supporting your family
·         Your child has an EHCP
·         You are a key worker who must attend their place of work and are therefore not available to care for your child at home. To arrange for your child to attend school, you must send an email to: office@ivjs.school

Please include all of the following information:
Name of child
Class of child
Your name
Days and times of required attendance for this week only

• There is a list of key worker categories at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision

Please contact us if you wish to discuss whether you are eligible. ​

Dear Parents,

As you will be aware, there has been discussions as to whether primary schools should be open or not. This has put families and schools in a very difficult position.
A number of parents have already emailed us to say their children will not be attending school for at least the next two weeks. If you are intending to keep your child at home, please let us know ASAP by email (office@ivjs.school) or by phone (please leave a message if you are unable to get through).
We are also looking at the number of staff we have available due to a number of different reasons:

• Shielding as advised by their doctor,
• Isolating due to contact with a positive case,
• Following union advice.

Please bear with us and we will update you as soon as we can. We know you will be extremely concerned about the current high rates of infection in Iver and we will do all we can to help protect our community.

Kindest regards,

Miss Digweed and Mrs Gooch