Covid-19 News & Updates – September 2020 to March 2021
Posted 08.03.2021 – Risk Assessment
Please find attached our March Updated Risk Assessment
Posted 05.03.2021
Please find attached information for parents and carers regarding the return of students to the classroom.
Posted 26.02.2021
Please find attached information for parents and carers regarding the return of students to the classroom.
Posted 25.01.2021
Please find attached information for parents and carers regarding provision for remote education at Notre Dame.
Posted 21.01.2021
Please find attached the latest letter from our Headteacher, Mrs White regarding Coronavirus and the School
Posted 15.01.2021
Please click below for an information video on Covid-19 testing in our school
Risk Assessment
January Updated Risk Assessment
Posted 06.01.2021
Please find attached a letter to parents from Mrs White which includes details of online learning, mock exams and Critical Workers’ children supervision
Posted 31.12.2021
Please find attached a letter to parents from Mrs White which has an update on coronavirus and the school.
Posted 25.11.2020
Please find attached a letter to parents from Mrs White which has an update on coronavirus and the school.
*Please note: The two documents below (School Opening Action Plan and Risk Assessment) are live documents and may be changed or updated regularly.
School Opening Action Plan
Risk Assessment
November Update Opening Risk Assessment
September Risk Assessment
Overview of Reopening Plans
Posted 22.10.2020
Please find below a link to Mrs White’s most recent letter to parents with reminders about Covid-19 and other school matters.
https://ndonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/41.-Letter-to-Parents_Covid-19_Letter-28_Update1.pdf
Posted 29.09.2020
Please find below links to:
A Guide for Parents to Covid-19 Related Absence – https://ndonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/40.-Covid-Related-Absence-Guide-for-Parents.pdf
Factsheet for Parents, Carers and Over 16s on the NHS Covid-19 App – https://ndonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/40.-NHS-Covid-19-App_Factsheet-for-Parents-Carers-Over-16s.pdf
Posted 24.09.2020
Please find attached a letter to parents from Mrs White which has an update and overview on coronavirus and school.
The link below is to a letter from Public Health England re: testing and symptoms.
https://ndonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/39.-PHE-Letter-to-Parents_23rd-September.pdf
Posted 16.09.2020
Message from PCC re: COVID-19 and Testing
Please read the letter below by clicking the following link:
Plymouth City Council have written to parents/carers regarding Covid-19 Testing. It is important that you read the letter in full.
Thank you.
Update: 03.09.2020
Back to School/Face Covering Guidance
Yesterday we wrote to all parents and carers to advise them that following government guidance on 28th August, face coverings (masks or visors) will be compulsory for all students and staff in corridors and communal areas. This is an extra measure to ensure that we are protecting others in our community.
We realise some students and staff will be exempt on medical grounds from wearing face coverings. The government have outlined who this exemption applies to, those who:
cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment or disability
speak to or provide assistance to someone who relies on lip reading, clear sound or facial expression to communicate
SEND and pastoral staff will liaise with families to establish which students fall under these categories for exemption. A hidden disabilities lanyard, also called the “sunflower lanyard” because of its appearance – a strip of green with a pattern of yellow sunflowers, will be issued to these students to act as a discreet sign for others in our community that they are exempt from wearing a face covering.
Please ensure that your child is equipped with a face covering to wear:
- To/from school if they are travelling on public transport
- At school in communal areas and corridors and in classrooms where they cannot be forward facing
- Students should wash their hands before and after touching their mask – including to remove or put them on – and the safe storage of them in individual, sealable plastic bags between use. Disposal of temporary face coverings should be into a ‘black bag’ waste bin (not recycling bin). Reusable face coverings should be placed into a plastic bag when not in use.
The government guidance in full can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools
Click the link below to read the full letter:
Posted 02.09.2020
Dates of return for Year Groups in September
- New Year 7 and Year 12 will return to school on Friday 4th September and will have a day in school getting used to one way systems, hand washing and sanitising, social distance queueing and their Year group zones within their new timetables.
- New Years 8, 9 and 13 will return to school on Monday 7th September and will join 7 and 12, learning the new systems and following their new timetables.
- New Years 10 and 11 will return on Tuesday 8th September and will join all other years so that all students will be in school from Tuesday 8th September.
Face Covering Guidance
Following government guidance on Friday 28th August, face coverings (masks or visors) will now be compulsory for all students and staff in corridors and communal areas. This is an extra measure to ensure that we are protecting others in our community.
Please ensure your child is equipped with a face covering to wear to/from school if they are travelling on public transport, at school in communal areas and corridors and in classrooms where they cannot be forward facing (Art and Technology). Students should also have a plastic bag to keep their mask in at times when they are not wearing it for hygiene purposes.
On days when students have P.E timetabled, they can arrive at school wearing their P.E kit and remain in their kit for the duration of that day.
Please click the below link to read the full letter:
Posted 17.07.2020
September Opening Plans
Please find below a link to Mrs White’s letter to parents/carers outlining the September Opening Plans.