On Wednesday 16^th December, we all got into the Christmas spirit and enjoyed a traditional festive lunch. The children were served with turkey, vegetables, stuffing and gravy, followed by fancy cup-cakes and ice cream, whilst listening to some festive music.

On Tuesday 8th December, we delivered your generous donations of festive food to the Coventry City Mission. They were extremely grateful for your donations and told us that the extra treats would be distributed within the local community to top up on the usual basic food parcels. 

Please read the information below as it is a key part of ensuring our continued safety, and that we can all enjoy the upcoming Christmas holidays...

As of today, if we were to be ask any children to self-isolate, as a close contact of a positive case of Coronavirus, it would take them through to the end of term, and they would not return to school until January.  None of us want this. From the 10^th December, if we were to ask a student who was a close contact of a positive case to self-isolate it would actually cut across the 5-day National “unlocking” and would impact directly on your family plans for Christmas celebrations. This could include Christmas Day! I am sure that none of us want this. In order to continue to protect our school community, you MUST make sure that if your child is unwell in anyway, that they do not attend school.  If they have the top three symptoms of a temperature OR a new continuous cough OR a loss of taste or smell, you must self-isolate until you have taken a test and got the result.  If your child is unwell in any other way, we ask that you keep them off school, and if in any doubt, please get a test for your piece of mind and ours.

On Thursday 26th November, Year 2 took part in a virtual lesson to learn all about Carbon Monoxide safety. The children were introduced to Safety Seymour who taught them about the appliances which can release carbon monoxide. The children learned how to recognise the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning which include, headache, dizziness and vomiting and that getting fresh air is the best cure. All Year 2 families received a free carbon monoxide alarm and a leaflet informing them about carbon monoxide dangers and how to prevent any incidences in the family home.

It was wonderful to see our children (and staff) wearing odd socks to promote diversity across the community and wider world on Monday 16th November. All through the week, classes took part in activities to raise awareness of the importance of anti-bullying, whether this be physical, verbal or emotional. In UKS2, the children also nominated anti-bullying ambassadors, who have the important role of promoting positive relationships, as well as anti-bullying, across Moat House. Our anti-bullying ambassadors are: Ashanti and Hariam (5SP), Mateusz and Michaela (5SH), Junior and Vasni (6CB), Makai and Lacey P (6JK).

To date, we have still not had any positive cases amongst any of our children. If any parents or carers have not yet told us about internet availability and whether children have access to a device can you please let their teacher know asap. Also, can you please make sure that we have an up to date telephone number if your number has changed since September.