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Members of the senior leadership team at Kepier have made videos to update parents on key aspects of your children’s education during lockdown.
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please see the following letter which provides you with updates in regards to learners in Year 10 and examination information for next year.
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please see the following letter which provides you with updates in regards to learners in Year 11 and examination information.
2021-01-07 Y11 Examination Cancellation
Hi all,
Just a reminder that you should be logged on and ready to join your remote coaching session for 8.30am starting tomorrow.
If you need any guidance please see the document below which will take you through step by step how to log on for coaching and accessing our remote learning work.
Keystage 3 remote learning new
Take care
Miss Allen
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please see the following letter from the Principal in regards to arrangements for remote learning and return to school dates for all learners.
Letter to Parents _ Carers 03.01.21 (1)
If your child is eligible for free school meals, you will soon receive a voucher to use towards food
and other essential items over the Christmas school holidays.
We know that fuel needs and costs can increase also during the winter months, so additional help is
available during this time.
A £10 fuel top up is available for qualifying families accessing their fuel via a pre-payment meter.
Those eligible can claim one voucher per household (not per child).
The voucher scheme is open between Friday 11 th December 2020 and Monday 11 th January 2021. If
you would like to claim a voucher, please see the below information and follow the guidance that is
relevant to you.
If you have a fuel meter and are currently in arrears:
Please ring your local advice provider, who can speak to the energy company on your behalf to
request or review debt repayment plans or ask for additional credit, so you can benefit from this top
up now.
They will also arrange for you to be issued with a £10 top up code direct to your phone.
You will be asked to confirm you are eligible for free school meals and to provide your name and
address.
Shiney Advice and Resource Project
North, Washington & Coalfields areas
For North, Washington & Coalfields
Tel: 0191 385 6687
Email: advice@shineyadvice.org.uk
For West
Sunderland West Advice Project
Tel: 0191 514 2930 or 0191 514 2011
Email: swap@pallionactiongroup.co.uk
Citizens Advice Sunderland
East area
Tel: 0300 330 1194
Dedicated debt line on 0191 415 8998
Email: enquiries@citizensadvicesunderland.co.uk
If you have a fuel meter and are not in arrears but are struggling or worrying about winter fuel
costs:
Simply apply online at www.sunderland.gov.uk/WinterFuelSupportScheme to claim a £10 top up
code, that can be issued direct to your telephone or email.
If you are not able to access the online form, please ring 0800 234 6084 between 8.30am to 5.00pm.
You will be asked to confirm you are eligible for free school meals and to provide your name and
address.
Remember, if you are worried about your fuel energy bills or have any issues with your energy
supplier, help is always available from your local advice provider or these other organisations:
NEA (Action for Warm Homes)
Energy advice and help with fuel bills.
Website: www.nea.org.uk/advice/wash-advice/.
Telephone: 0800 304 7159
Green Doctor Service
Practical energy advice to help save money and help with fuel costs and other bills.
Website: www.thegreendoctors.org
Telephone: Julia Bentley – 07515 327 185
Email: julia.bentley@groundwork.org.uk
**Parent/Carer update for learners self isolating due to bubble closures**
Dear Parent / Carer.
Key Stage 3
Following reductions to the self isolation period from 14 days to 10 days, learners in years 7,8 and 9 who were due to self isolate up until and including Friday 18.12.20 are expected to return to Kepier from Tuesday 15.12.20. We will be closed to all learners Friday 18th December 2020 due to our planned INSET day.
Key Stage 4
Despite recent changes to the self-isolation period (from 14 days to 10 days) which should have seen most learners returning to school on Tuesday 15th December, we have taken the difficult decision that all learners in Year 10 and Year 11 should stay at home and continue with remote learning until the end of the school day on Thursday 17th December. This is due to short-term staffing issues related to COVID-19. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. Kepier will be closed to all learners on Friday 18th December due our scheduled INSET day.
This letters is for Parents/Carers of all Year 7 and 8 learners.
Please see information regarding Kepier taking part in the COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey. This is a national study that aims to help experts better understand the virus, and how it is transmitted.
Schools Infection Survey Covid-19 Letter to Parents 03.12.2020
Kepier is taking part in the COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey. This is a national study that aims to help experts better understand the virus, and how it is transmitted.
The results of this study will help protect learners and staff, and have a huge impact on the response to the pandemic across the UK so I’d like to encourage as many learners as possible in year 7 and year 8 to take part. Unfortunately, those learners who are isolating will not be able to participate during the first round of testing on 10th and 11th December, but you can still enrol now and take part in subsequent tests.
Since the study began on 3rd November, 14114 people have enrolled, and 9566 tests completed across 134 schools. By being a part of this vital national study, your participation is not only helping experts, but is also helping us to protect school learners , staff and their families. This in turn, can help reduce school closures and further lockdowns and help keep everyone safe from the virus.
For the first round of testing on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th December we are being offered an antibody only test. The antibody test is to establish if you have immunity to the virus. Results for these tests will NOT be received until the new year. The subsequent tests will be antibody and antigen which will be in late Feb/Mar 2021. The antigen test will be either positive or negative for COVID-19. The antigen test will be a quick and easy mouth swab test and not the throat and nasal test currently undertaken if someone has symptoms.
If you would like your child to take part in testing on the survey, then you can enrol online by following this link https://www.oc-meridian.com/Desktop/Portal/signup?id=cisschools&referalcode=137262 and putting in our schools unique registration number 137262
Free School Meals
If you think you are eligible for Free School Meals it’s simple to check on https://www.togetherforchildren.org.uk/families/free-school-meals
If you are eligible you will continue to receive support during the Christmas holidays. If in doubt please look into it.
Dear Parents/Carers of Year 10 Learners
We are committed, in these very difficult times, to ensuring that any impact of the disruption to courses of study is kept to a minimum. To this end, we will be starting to introduce a range of Booster Classes in some subjects over the coming weeks to help learners who are behind where they need to be in terms of their knowledge, classwork and coursework assignments.
These classes will be aimed at learners who are identified by their teachers as lacking key knowledge that is essential for success in exams. Booster Classes will be compulsory for identified learners to attend and will take place afterschool from 3.00-3.45pm. They will run on a fortnightly timetable. The timetable is outlined below:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Week A | Business Studies (211) | Health and Social Care (220) | BTEC Sport (220) | Hospitality and Catering (GO3) | Creative I Media (220) |
| Week B | History (213) | Geography (Main Hall) |
Learners will be informed by their subject teachers if they are required to attend a Booster Class. It is essential that those learners attend every session that they are asked to attend and failure to attend will result in lunch passes being revoked or lunchtime detentions for the next day. Learners will also be required to catch up on the work they miss in their own time.
Once again I thank you for your support in ensuring that your child attends whichever classes are assigned to them and I hope that we can work together to ensure learners get caught up on any lost learning during what has been a very difficult time.
Mr A Warkman
Assistant Principal
As from Monday 16th November 2020, we will be reducing the lunchtime by 10 minutes and the staggered exit of learners will start from 2.30pm. This will be reviewed following Government advice at the end of the National Lockdown. If you need your child to be supervised until 2.50pm, please contact your Year Manager.
Miss Sood set a Poetry competition for KS3. A poem was provided and learners had to create an illustration based on the poem.
Year 7 winner: Willow and Year 8 winner : Liam
Both captured the essence of the poem and used only a pen/pencil to create something memorable.
Well done!
Dear Parent/Carer,
Changes to Lunchtime Arrangements from Thursday 5th November
As you will be aware, from Thursday the Government will be introducing a National lockdown. Our priority is to keep learners and staff safe as possible. Therefore, due to the National lockdown, we cannot continue with our previous plans. We intended to half the year group bubbles to ensure we kept as many learners in school as possible. We now cannot allow KS4 learners (Y10 and Y11) to visit Houghton at lunchtime. As a result, we have had to revise our lunch time plans in order to reduce the risk of whole year groups being sent home.
Therefore, the following measures will be in place from Thursday this week:
KS3 Learners (Y7, Y8, Y9) will remain in their Coaching rooms for lunchtime. In doing so, we significantly reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19 to the rest of the year group. Learners can order water, sausage rolls or pop chips during their Coaching session to be delivered at break time. Learners can also pre-order food for lunchtime (including hot food) using the Fusion Mobile Food App. This will be delivered at lunchtime. We can only accept orders via the app.
Y10 Learners will remain in School and use the canteen and outside pod area and can access hot and cold food from the canteen serving hatch. Learners do not have to pre-order food but must have enough money to pay for food on their Parent Pay Account.
Y10 can also order water, sausage rolls or pop chips during their Coaching session for break time.
Y11 Learners will remain in School and use the hall and back yard. Y11 Learners can access hot and cold food in the hall and from the serving hatch situated in the back playground. Learners do not have to pre-order food but must have enough money to pay for food on their Parent Pay Account.
Y11 can also order water, sausage rolls or pop chips during their Coaching session for break time.
I understand this situation is not ideal, but in order to keep everyone as safe as possible, this is the best solution in what are very difficult circumstances for everyone.
Thank you for your support and if you have any issues or queries, please contact your child’s Year Manager in the first instance.
This year sees the second Halloween Pumpkin Carving Competition at Kepier! We invite you to create a carved masterpiece! There will be prizes awarded in each year group. Kepier staff will also be demonstrating their pumpkin carving talents!
Your name and year group must be written on a slip of paper next to your creation, photographed and then emailed to art@kepier.com. The deadline for entries is Monday 2nd November.
We look forward to seeing your seasonal masterpiece!
Sophie and Emily were reading about the space information after doing this topic in science, but then went on to look at global news at lunchtime.
Dear Y10 Parent/Carer
To support us with minimising the amount of KS3 learners being sent home due to mixing at lunchtimes, we are proposing to allow certain Y10 learners to leave the
School site at lunchtime. In doing so, we can increase the available space for other year groups, effectively halving the existing bubbles in Y7, Y8 and Y9.
Only learners who have a good Class Charts record and whom Mrs Brown as well as the SLT agree to, will be given this privilege. Learners will still have the option of remaining in School during lunchtime if they wish to do so.
The Y10 lunchtime would be different from Y11 to avoid the mixing of these two bubbles.
Learners will need to abide by the rules and regulations concerning the wearing of face coverings in shops and their conduct will be monitored by staff and Covid officials from Sunderland Council. If, for any reason, we are not happy with the response from the community, we may need to withdraw this solution.
If the majority of parents/carers are happy with this arrangement, we hope to implement this after half term.
Please complete this short survey by following the link below.
Well done to Layla and Georgia for wining prizes in the Doodle Competition organised by Miss Sood.
**YEAR 11 – PARENT LETTER AND REMOTE LEARNING GUIDANCE MONDAY 19TH**
Dear Parent/Carer
Please find further information regarding self isolation dates for the learners, Information regarding logging on to coaching, and guidance on how to access the remote learning.
Please see a video to help you log on to Real Smart and google Classrooms – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNLDkd7yn64&feature=emb_logo
If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us
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