Latest News | High Oakham Primary School

Last day of term

Thu 23 Jul 2020

Last day of term 2020

Click here to view or copy and paste this link below, to hear my 'last day of term 2020' message

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xjFkYLAbc

Stay safe everyone, see you soon!

#teamHOPS #allofus

Good news Thursday!!!

High Oakham Primary School have been awarded the @YourSchoolGames award award for the work put in leading up to, and during the COVID 19 period.

Mrs Fidler has put lots of effort in supported by her fellow colleagues at school to ensure that physical development remains a priority in our children's lives. This is clear through our home learning provision, our activities at school for our priority groups and more recently, our focus sports week.

Thank you Mrs Fidler - you are a great role model to everyone in our school community. Mr Leonard and Mrs Fidler have got exciting plans for PE at High Oakham and are both well on their way to achieving great things.

If you would like to follow this exciting journey follow our PE account on Twitter @HOPS_PE

Well done to all involved!

Keeping children safe

Thu 25 Jun 2020

Guidance around keeping our children safe through this COVID 19 period has been updated today by the Government.

These are tricky times that we have found ourselves in, and testing times for families. If you are concerned for your child's safety, please get in touch or contact someone who can help.

You can get in touch with our designated safeguarding leaders at school using Dojo, by email or by phone. They are Mrs Astle, Mr Shaw, Mrs Boaler or Miss Watt. You can also speak to someone in the multi agency safeguarding team in Nottinghamshire by clicking here or you can contact the NSPCC helpline by clicking here.

Please follow the links below to read more information about keeping our children safe as parents and carers.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Keeping children safe from abuse and harm

Coronavirus (COVID-19): support for parents and carers to keep children safe online

#staysafe #reportconcerns #safeguardingasapriority #childrensrighttobesafe

Handwashing guidance

Tue 16 Jun 2020

Please click here and here for handwashing guidance.

#staysafe #workingtogether

What to do if someone in your house tests positive for COVID 19

Mon 01 Jun 2020

NHS guidelines outline action to take if someone in a household has symptoms of COVID-19, this can be accessed via; https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/what-to-do-if-you-or-someone-you-live-with-has-coronavirus-symptoms/

Update

Mon 11 May 2020

Good morning everyone,
Today, 11th May, we should be setting up for our Year 6 children to sit their first paper for their SATs however, in lockdown, we are reflecting on some similarities in what our children are going through today in relation to getting through a test period. We think about the resilience needed to stay strong through the lockdown period, the perseverance to keep going with some form of home learning, staying in and of course adhering to social distancing, the meaning of relationships and support of our closet family for our children to remain positive and determined and an awareness of what matter – which is that we are safe and well.
So, the test period we are looking to get through today is a different kind of test, one which we will remember for the rest of our lives, one which may leave an imprint on our attitudes and spirit, one which we have to tread carefully around to forge an emotionally stable exit and onwards plan.
Resilience, perseverance, positivity, friends, support, determination and what matters to us – these are all aspects that are coming up over and over again in our survey we currently have open about preparing to return to school. Please everyone try to complete it, the link is on our whole school story on Class Dojo.

And it is these aspects that we need to continue to support, nurture and celebrate.
No matter what is decided about a return to school, each child remains a priority to us – whether at home or at school - we WILL support, nurture and celebrate.
I am sure you will join with us in saying Year 6, you would have smashed it, we always knew you could do it and we are so fiercely proud of each and every one of you.

So, today my message is simple. We heard the updated news from our Prime Minister just as you all have. We are awaiting more information from government about what this announcement means for High Oakham. As of today, nothing has changed, we will continue on with home learning and opening our school while we safely can only for essential childcare for children of key workers. Further information will be provided in the coming days and weeks when we know more.

VE Day celebrations

Fri 08 May 2020

Lovely, heartwarming #VEDay celebrations at home for our HOPS

families #stayinginstayingsafe

Our key worker children - celebrities

Tue 28 Apr 2020

Check out the Nottinghamshire County Council Facebook page - so proud!!!

Children give their thanks to parents and school staff 💚 👏

Children of key workers in Nottinghamshire have said a very special 'thank you' to school staff, key workers and everyone staying home for helping to keep their parents safe during the pandemic. 🙌🏽

Thanks to the schools who helped get together this amazing series of messages, including Phoenix Infant and Nursery School, High Oakham Primary School, Samuel Barlow Primary Academy and Beckingham Primary School. 👏

And a HUGE thank you to teachers and school staff across Nottinghamshire for your efforts during this time. You are all AMAZING! 💚

#PullingTogetherNotts
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http://orlo.uk/keyworkervideo_XHR9s

Celebrating our certificates!

Tue 28 Apr 2020

#ThankOurChildren High Oakham children celebrating our fantastic certificates from Sir John Peace Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. #notts #greatlocalauthority

Our time will come

Mon 27 Apr 2020

Good morning everyone - throughout lockdown, I have heard people talk about how different everything is and what they miss. There has also been lots of deliberate talk about what people are going to do when lockdown is over.

I have missed our Monday assemblies so I put some thoughts into a poem that I have called 'Our time will come'

It is on YouTube so supervision is required - follow this link.

https://youtu.be/vN_X4nR-s-w

What are you going to do when lockdown is over? What will you NOT do?

#ourtimewillcome #inthistogether #teamhighoakham