Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Y6 Osmington Bay 2020
Tue 28 Apr 2020Please click here to read the latest information, from school, regarding Osmington Bay. -
Letter to Parents from David Kilgallon
Tue 28 Apr 2020Please click here to read the latest update from David Kilgallon, Director for Learning and System Leadership for Waltham Forest. -
Home Learning Plans and Feedback
Fri 24 Apr 2020 -
Google Classrooms
Fri 24 Apr 2020Google Classrooms will be available for Home Learning from Monday. We are quite excited about this and are looking forward to being able to see all of your hard work and give you some feedback on your learning.
To access Google Classrooms, please follow the link below where you will find information on how to log in and access our how to guide. This is a new way of working for us all so don’t worry if things don’t go right first time. If you have any problems logging in there is a contact us form that you can complete and we will get back to you.
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Video tutorials for pupils who play an instrument
Wed 22 Apr 2020Our WFMS tutors have made a series of short tutorials for pupils who usually receive instrumental lessons in school. The tutorials are a few minutes in length each and give short exercises to help pupils practice at home. To access the videos children should:
1. Go to our website at https://www.wfmusichub.org/tutorials2. Select an instrumental section eg ‘Guitar’
3. Enter the password (this will be sent via text)
4. Select a tutorial
We hope the children enjoy practicing with our tutors on screen, and ask that these videos be shared only with pupils who learn with our tutors and are not shared on social media or elsewhere.Resources for all pupils
Our new website has lots of ideas to inspire musical activities for all ages at home. Browse the site to find resources to help create music, have a singalong, play games, discover new music to watch and listen to, and much more:
https://wfmusichub.org/music-resourcesFollow us on social media for more ideas over the coming weeks:
Facebook | Twitter | InstragramWe hope you find these resources helpful and enjoy making music at home.
Best wishes,
Waltham Forest Music Service
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Home Learning Plans
Mon 20 Apr 2020 -
Covid-19 and Child Protection
Tue 07 Apr 2020Child Protection and Safeguarding: COVID-19 addendum
Role
Name
Contact details
Designated safeguarding lead (DSL)
Julia Fancett
julia.fancett@whitehall.waltham.sch.uk
Deputy DSL’s
Claire Shah – Family Support Officer
Carly Blyth – Deputy Head Teacher
Sarah Hughes – Key Stage 1 Phase Leader
Claire.shah@whitehall.waltham.sch.uk
We fully understand parents and carers concerns for their children during this challenging time, we would like to reassure families that the school’s Safeguarding Team is checking the government guidance and is following all recommendations. Although we are operating in a different way to normal, we are still following these important safeguarding principles. Our normal child protection policy continues to apply.
This addendum applies during the period of school closure, for the majority of pupils. We will still have regard to the statutory safeguarding guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education. It sets out changes to our normal child protection policy in light of the Department for Education’s guidance Coronavirus: safeguarding in schools, colleges and other providers, and should be read in conjunction with that policy.
The Department for Education’s (DfE’s) definition of ‘vulnerable children’ includes those who:
- Have a social worker
- Have a child protection plan
- Assessed as being in need
- Looked after by the local authority
- Have an education, health and care (EHC) plan
In accordance with Government and Local authority guidelines, the school’s safeguarding team are in contact with vulnerable families on a weekly basis, ensuring care and support is continuing during this time. They are also liaising with outside agencies to continue integrated working practices. Families who are vulnerable are also visited by the team and referral to the social care team may be made, should any pressing concerns arise.
Child protection meetings will continue to take place via conference calls, Skype and other means. All records will be logged under normal arrangements. Inclusion team will continue to update SLT with regular information re vulnerable families.
Fortnightly (or as needed) visits will take place with the children who are in the Deaf Provision.
Should a member of the Whitehall community have a concern regarding a child in school or a child at home they should email their concern to the member of SLT in school that day or email the concern to the Designated Safeguarding Lead: Julia.fancett@whitehall.waltham.sch.uk
We aim to have a trained DSL or deputy DSL on site wherever possible. Details of all important contacts are listed in the ‘Important contacts’ section at the start of this addendum.
Our processes for staff to report concerns about staff and volunteers who may pose a safeguarding risk remain the same.
Children who may be deemed vulnerable, but who do not meant the current criteria under the guidance, can still be flagged to the school through the same processes outlined in the main body of our policy. Anycomms, an information sharing database with in Waltham Forest, is also used to share concerns re families who may have social care involvement that has not been flagged up by the Inclusion team. These concerns are then followed up by the DSL and deputy DSL. The Anycomms and DfE daily register is submitted everyday by a member of SLT and the Inclusion Team.
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Home Learning Feedback
Fri 03 Apr 2020Feedback from last week’s home learning plans have been added to each class page. There is no home learning set for the Easter holidays, however if you want to keep busy we have put learning packs on each class page for you to use.
A learning pack for EYFS pupils can be found here.