Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment. This area is currently being updated and news items will be added as needed.
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Remember to get your applications in!
Tue 12 Oct 2021
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Where to find our latest news
Mon 11 Oct 2021To keep up to date with the latest events in school we will email parents, send text messages and also post information on our facebook and twitter pages.
https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-RC-Primary-Osbaldeston-106242277816131
https://twitter.com/St_Marys_Osb
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Update about school pick up and drop off
Mon 21 Sep 2020Matt Hancock announcement 16:00hrs on 21.09.20:
Grandparents and others who provide informal childcare will be exempt from coronavirus rules in local lockdown areas, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Mr Hancock acknowledged the "concerns" about the impact of local lockdown on families' childcare arrangements
If this still leaves complications then another option is:
If it is a single parent family then it is no change as they can have support bubble from family members (see below)Support Bubble: from the guidance:
What a support bubble is
A support bubble is a close support network between a household with only one adult in the home (known as a single-adult household) and one other household of any size.
This is called making a ‘support bubble’.
Once you’re in a support bubble, you can think of yourself as being in a single household with people from the other household. It means you can have close contact with that household as if they were members of your own household.
Once you make a support bubble, you should not change who is in your bubble.
So it could be that the 1 grandparent is the single adult household to the family and have set up a "support bubble".
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Uniform sale
Thu 17 Sep 2020
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LCC update
Wed 19 Aug 2020County Councillor Phillippa Williamson published this letter to parents and carers this week, outlining some of the work completed behind the scenes to reopen schools in September. You can read the letter below:
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/coronavirus-updates/schools/letter-from-councillor-williamson/
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DFE update
Sun 19 Apr 2020https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-major-package-to-support-online-learning
Disadvantaged children across England are set to receive laptops and tablets as part of a push to make remote education accessible for pupils staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak.
Devices will be ordered for children in the most vital stages of their education, those who receive support from a social worker and care leavers.
The government will also provide 4G routers to make sure disadvantaged secondary school pupils and care leavers can access the internet – where those families do not already have mobile or broadband internet in the household.
The country’s major telecommunications providers will make it easier for families to access selected educational resources by temporarily exempting these sites from data charges.
In addition, to support the hard work of schools in delivering remote education, the Oak National Academy is due to launch on Monday 20 April. This brand-new enterprise has been created by 40 teachers from some of the leading schools across England, backed by government grant funding. It will provide 180 video lessons each week, across a broad range of subjects from maths to art to languages, for every year group from Reception through to Year 10.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said:
I want to thank all the teachers and staff who are working so hard to ensure vulnerable children and those of critical workers are supported at this time.
Schools will remain closed until the scientific advice changes, which is why we need to support the incredible work teachers are already doing to ensure children continue to receive the education they deserve and need.
By providing young people with these laptops and tablets and enabling schools to access high quality support, we will enable all children to continue learning now and in the years to come. We hope this support will take some of the pressure off both parents and schools by providing more materials for them to use.
Schools and colleges will be able to keep their laptops and tablets once they have reopened. This means that they will play a crucial role in enabling children to learn while schools and colleges are closed, and will also continue helping children learn in the future.
Oak Academy joins a broad range of support and resources available for schools and parents. This includes a list of high quality resources recently published by the Government, as well as the existing tools and resources schools use to provide remote education. Many suppliers are making resources, both online and hard-copy, available to schools for free.
This week (Monday 20 April) the BBC is launching its own education package across TV and online, featuring celebrities and some of the best teachers – helping to keep children learning and supporting parents.
This is alongside new guidance published today (Sunday 19 April) for parents on how best to support their child’s education and development.
While families stay at home to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, some children and young people may face increased risk of abuse or neglect at home - or from strangers online.
The Government will make funding worth £1.6 million available immediately for the NSPCC to expand and promote its national helpline for adults.
While schools and social workers remain at the forefront of work to protect vulnerable children, including by supporting them to attend school, expanding the NSPCC Helpline will mean many more adults know how and where to raise concerns and seek advice or support about the safety and wellbeing of any children they are worried about.
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Latest government advice
Mon 06 Apr 2020
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Some more online resources that may help at home
Thu 26 Mar 2020For those of you who like a bit of structure in your lives; here's what various celebrities are offering you and your kids for free daily to help with their education while schools are closed:
9.00am - PE with Joe Wicks https://youtu.be/6v-a_dpwhro
10.00am - Maths with Carol Vorderman www.themathsfactor.com
11.00am - English with David Walliams https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
12.00pm - Lunch (cooking with Jamie Oliver) https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cooking/
1.00pm - Music with Myleene Klass https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh2wgJ5tOrixYBn6jFXsXQ
1.30pm - Dance class live https://twitter.com/diversedancemix/status/1241098264373592065
2.00pm - Live Q&A with Steve Backshallhttps://twitter.com/SteveBackshall/status/12431079371633254403.00pm - The Great Indoors - https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/
4.00pm - Home Economics with Theo Michaels (Mon/Wed/Fri) https://www.instagram.com/theocooks
For your older kids, here are 50 free revision resources for 11+, GCSEs and A-Levels:
http://www.eparenting.co.uk/education/50_free_revision_resources_for_gcse_a_level_11_plus_and_sats.php -
CONTROL
Wed 25 Mar 2020Things you can control
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Financial support available
Fri 20 Mar 2020The Chancellor has set out a package of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support public services, people and businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19.
This includes a package of measures to support businesses including:
- a Statutory Sick Pay relief package for SMEs
- a 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England
- small business grant funding of £10,000 for all business in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief
- grant funding of £25,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with property with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000
- the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank
- a new lending facility from the Bank of England to help support liquidity among larger firms, helping them bridge coronavirus disruption to their cash flows through loans
- the HMRC Time To Pay Scheme
