Dear Parents,

Happy New Year!

We look forward to welcoming the children back to school tomorrow morning, Wednesday 5 January, providing they are well.

Covid-19 cases are rising rapidly, but we are trying to do all we can to keep our school community safe.  Please do not send your child into school if they have a cough, high temperature or loss of taste or smell. We will ask you to book your child a PCR test, and keep them at home until you receive the result.

You may be aware that the Government have altered the rules around self-isolation following a positive Covid-19 test. Your child may now be able to end their self-isolation period before the end of the 10 full days. They can take an LFD test from 6 days after the day their symptoms started (or the day the test was taken if they did not have symptoms), and another LFD test on the following day. The second LFD test should be taken at least 24 hours later. If both these test results are negative, and your child does not have a high temperature, they may end their self-isolation after the second negative test result.

You should report the LFD test results for your child online after taking each test, and you will then receive either a text message or email confirming the negative result for each day. BOTH negative test results must be emailed to the school office before your child returns to school. 

If you are unable to provide the school with the proof of both negative results, your child will need to complete the full 10-day isolation period as before.

We hope you understand the reasons behind us being this cautious, it is done with the best interests of all the children and staff in school and the wider community.

Kind regards,

Mrs Kang

Proposed changes to the school day - Conclusion

In June 2021, we informed parents that we were considering changing the school timings to finish early on a Friday afternoon.  This proposal WILL NOT be going ahead, but the information regarding the proposal can be seen by clicking on the link below.

Monday 10 May 2021

We are pleased to announce that the school will re-open tomorrow, Tuesday 11 May, to all children. We look forward to welcoming them back and apologise for any inconvenience today's closure has caused.

To read the letter in full from Mrs Kang and Mr Boelman please see the document below.

Saturday 8 May 2021

We regret to inform you that the Infant School will be closed on MONDAY 10 May, due to a fault with the school's fire alarm system. We apologise for the inconvenience we know this may cause, but the health and safety of the children must be our main priority.

Due to the unexpected closure children will be set work on Google Classroom at 9.00am on Monday morning for them to complete that day.

We hope to reopen on Tuesday 11 May, but we will keep you updated.

To read the letter from Mrs Kang and Mr Boelman in full regarding the closure, please click on the document below.

Monday 26 April 2021

The parent consultation period for the implementation of the Relationships and Health Education curriculum has now ended. The deadline was 4.00pm today.

We would like to thank everyone who completed the questionnaire for their responses and input, and we will be reporting back to parents in due course.

All of the information regarding RHE and how it will be taught has been uploaded under the 'Parents' tab of the website in a specific section named 'Relationships and Health Education Curriculum Information'. You can click on the link below to take you there.

Monday 12 April 2021

Today children in the Infant School brought home a letter regarding the implementation of the Relationships and Health Education curriculum due to take place in the second half of this year's Summer term.

All of the information regarding RHE and how it will be taught has been uploaded under the 'Parents' tab of the website in a specific section named 'Relationships and Health Education Curriculum Information'. You can click on the link below to take you there.

We would encourage you to read through all of the information available, before completing the Parent Consultation Questionnaire (Link for this is available on the website).

Year Group Lockdown Letters

To view letters from your child's Year Group teachers, click on the link and select the relevant year group -   

https://www.williamaustininfants.co.uk/year-groups/

Click on the link below to take you to our latest Newsletters:

To contact the school: 

• For all Special Educational Needs enquiries:   office@williamaustininfants.co.uk FAO Mrs Barltrop
• For any safeguarding concerns: office@williamaustininfants.co.uk    FAO Mrs Kang/Mrs Cullen or call 07788 474241
• To contact a teacher about your child’s learning at home: Go to the Home Learning section, select your child's year group and use the contact form at the bottom of the year group page 
• General enquiries: office@williamaustininfants.co.uk or call 01582 595198