Latest News

Parentmail 10.09.2021

Fri 10 Sep 2021

Parentmail 10.9.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

So we have reached the end of the first week of term, with very mixed weather and probably quite tired pupils as we get back into our school routine. Pupils are very happy to be back at school and the staff are delighted to see them, meet their new classes and get on with this term’s exciting new work and topics.

Covid arrangements

Our Covid measures in school are working well. The children have always engaged with them and are already in the routine of regularly washing and sanitising hands, using the one-way systems and staggered break and lunch times. Windows and doors are kept open to keep the classrooms and halls well ventilated.

Thank you to parents for wearing masks on the school gates and as you come on site to collect your children. We really appreciate everyone helping to keep us all safe.

A reminder of what the guidance now is: where a pupil displays one or more of the three main symptoms of Covid (a new continuous cough, high temperature, loss of smell or taste), they must isolate at home and arrange a PCR test as soon as possible. Track and Trace have advised schools that where a pupil tests positive, the whole year group NO LONGER need to isolate. TTP will advise close contacts and the school of any action they need to take.

Clothing

As the weather starts to cool, please ensure that your child wears enough layers to keep them warm. Covid guidelines require that we have windows and doors open for effective ventilation, so it can get chilly in classrooms. Thank you.

Nut Allergies

Allergies: please do not send your child into school with any food that contains nuts as we have a number of pupils and staff who have allergies. These include muesli bars, some chocolate spreads e.g Nutella and some cakes. Please check the ingredients on food you are unsure about. Unfortunately, if your child does bring food containing nuts into school we will not be able to let them eat it. Thank you.

Medications: in the new school year, we are updating our medical register. If your child needs to take medication in school, please complete the attached form and return to school as soon as possible.

PE Days

Children should wear their PE kit to school on the day they have PE. Please see the table below for each year group’s PE day.

Year Group	PE Day
RECEPTION	Mondays
YEAR 1	Tuesdays
YEAR 2	Mondays
YEAR 3	Fridays
YEAR 4	Tuesdays
YEAR 5	Week 1: week starting 13^th September – Friday Week 2: week starting 20^th September – Weds and so on… See class page on website for full list of dates
YEAR 6	Wednesdays

Events

September

The PTA are again organising their annual Christmas Card fundraiser. For anyone new to this, all pupils create a Christmas card design in their classes. Copies are sent home for parents to order Christmas cards designed by their own child(ren). The cards are printed, returned and distributed to you well in time for Christmas. This is always a popular initiative with children, parents and wider families and a good fundraiser for the school. I always look forward to seeing the wonderful designs on the children’s cards.
Harvest celebration: week commencing 27^th September: Pupils and families are invited to donate to food banks in larger supermarkets or the Cardiff Food Bank Warehouse at Unit 5, Cardiff Bay Business Centre, Titan Road, Cardiff CF24 5EJ Mondays to Thursdays 9.30-1.30. Cardiff Food Bank also accept online orders to the above address Mondays to Thursdays 9.30-1.30. I’d love to see photos of you and your child donating, please share them with me. Thank you.

October

Friday 8^th October: Wear Yellow for World Mental Health Day. Pupils and staff are invited to wear as much yellow as possible to school on this day. We will be collecting money to raise funds for Bronwen’s Wish, a cause very close to our hearts here in Lakeside.
Tuesday 12^th October – Flu Jabs (more details to follow)
Friday 15^th October – Shwmae Day – wear red to school to celebrate the Welsh language
Friday 22^nd October - Spooks & Sparkles Dress Up Day. We know how much the children used to love to dress up for our Spooks & Sparkles Disco, so like last year, we are inviting pupils and staff to wear their best spooky or sparkly outfits on the last day of the Half Term.
Half term – Monday 25^th – Friday 29^th October

November

Monday 1^st November – INSET Day
Wednesday 10^th November – individual photo day

Best wishes,

Rachel Mitchell

Parentmail 3.9.21
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Parentmail 3.9.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

A warm welcome to the 2021-22 Academic Year to our existing Lakeside families and to our new pupils and their families! I hope that you all had an enjoyable summer break. The staff and I are looking forward to welcoming your children to school on Monday 6^th September, and hope that the children are looking forward to meeting their new class teachers.

Water bottles and sun cream

We are promised some good weather over the next few weeks; please apply sun cream in the mornings and continue to send your children into school with enough water / drinks to last the whole day.

Covid arrangements

Though Covid restrictions have been relaxed in recent weeks, we are advised that we must continue to remain vigilant at school to protect our staff, children and families. As such, we are committed to the following safety measures:
- regular hand-washing and sanitising
- enhanced cleaning regimes throughout the day
- good ventilation
- one way systems
- staggered break and lunch times
Where a pupil displays one or more of the three main symptoms of Covid (a new continuous cough, high temperature, loss of smell or taste), they must isolate at home and arrange a PCR test as soon as possible. Track and Trace have advised schools that where a pupil tests positive, the whole year group NO LONGER need to isolate. TTP will advise close contacts and the school of any action they need to take.

As per the summer term, please avoid sending pencil cases and equipment into school from home. We will provide all that is needed for pupils.

DROPPING OFF AND COLLECTING YOUR CHILDREN

Below you will find details of drop-off and collection arrangements as we revert to previous start and finish times for the school day. Also, we have attached a map that may help and there will be signs and staff around to help in the first few days of the new term. Please can all parents exit the site as quickly as possible once you have dropped off or collected your children – thank you.

The road outside the school is closed between the hours of 8.30am and 9.30am, and then from 3pm to 4pm.

We politely ask that you please wear masks when dropping off and collecting your children, both outside the gates and on school premises. Thank you.

For the safety of pupils, parents/carers and staff we will continue to operate a one-way system for drop-off and collection. The following arrangements are also intended to reduce interaction and overcrowding as far as possible.

As always, our dedicated office staff and I will be available on the gates each morning and at the end of the day for any queries.

NURSERY DROP-OFF AND COLLECTION

Nursery times: am: 9.00-11.30; pm: 12.45-3.15

Morning and afternoon Nursery pupils: enter via the blue gate to the side of the main gate (FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE). Follow the path around to the right, then go past the Nursery building on your left. At the end of this building is the NURSERY GATE – enter this gate and the Nursery door is on your left. Staff will collect your child from you here. If you have a child(ren) to drop off in Reception or Year 1, please carry on through the Nursery playground. If you do not have other FP children to drop off, please go back through the Nursery gate, turn left and exit the school grounds via the lower gate (FOUNDATION PHASE EXIT GATE) onto Woolaston Avenue, according to the one-way system.

Nursery pupils are collected from the same door as they are dropped off – under the canopy. Enter via the FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE, follow the path around to the right, past the Nursery building and in through the Nursery gate. The Nursery entrance is immediately on the left. After collection and if you do not have other child(ren) to collect from either Reception or Year 1, please go back through the Nursery gate, turn left and exit the school grounds via the lower gate (FOUNDATION PHASE EXIT GATE) onto Woolaston Avenue, according to the one-way system. If you have a child(ren) to collect from KS2, you will need to walk back around to the main school gates. Slightly different finish times allow for this.

RECEPTION DROP-OFF AND COLLECTION

Doors open between 8.45 and 8.55am

Enter via the blue gate to the side of the main gate (FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE). Follow the path around to the right, then go past the Nursery building on your left. At the end of this building is the NURSERY GATE – enter this gate and go under the canopy to the decking area. Pupils in RD are to be dropped off by parents at the decking which leads to the RD ENTRANCE. Pupils in RS to continue through to the far gate and up the stone steps to the RS ENTRANCE GATE. After drop-off, all parents to exit the school grounds via the lower gate (FOUNDATION PHASE EXIT GATE) onto Woolaston Avenue, according to the one-way system.

3.15 finish

Enter via the FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE. Follow the path around to the right, past the Nursery building. Parents of pupils in RD please enter the NURSERY ENTRANCE GATE, walk under the canopy and wait in the area at the bottom of the decking steps for the children to be handed over to you. Parents of pupils in RS please go round the outside of the Nursery playground and wait near the stone steps leading to the main entrance for your children to be handed over to you. After collection unless you have another child(ren) to collect from Year 1, please exit the fenced playground and leave school grounds via the lower gate (FOUNDATION PHASE EXIT GATE) onto Woolaston Avenue, according to the one-way system.

YEAR 1 DROP-OFF AND COLLECTION

Doors open between 8.45 and 8.55am

Enter via the blue gate to the side of the main gate (FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE). Follow the path around to the right, past the Nursery building. All Year 1 pupils to go up the main steps to the decking and into their classrooms from there. All parents to exit the school grounds via the lower gate (FOUNDATION PHASE EXIT GATE) onto Woolaston Avenue, according to the one-way system.

Finish time 3.25

Enter via the FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE. Follow the path around to the right, past the Nursery building, round the Nursery playground and wait in the playground below the decking where the Year 1 classes are. Your children will tell their teacher that they’ve seen you and will then be allowed to come to you from the decking. Please immediately exit the fenced playground and leave school grounds via the lower gate (FOUNDATION PHASE EXIT GATE) onto Woolaston Avenue, according to the one-way system.

YEAR 2 DROP-OFF AND COLLECTION

Doors open between 8.45 and 8.55am

Enter via the blue gate to the side of the main gate (FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE). At the ‘junction’ just after the blue shed, your child(ren) will be directed to the Year 2 gate (into 2P), and you will proceed along the path past the Nursery building and to exit the school grounds via the lower gate (FOUNDATION PHASE EXIT GATE) onto Woolaston Avenue, according to the one-way system.

Finish time 3.25

Enter via the FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE. Follow the path around to the right, past the Nursery building, round the Nursery playground and wait in the playground near the Nursery metal fence to receive your children who will be brought to the stone steps leading to the main entrance.

YEAR 3 DROP-OFF AND COLLECTION

Doors open between 8.45 and 8.55am

Pupils enter school via the KEY STAGE 2 DROP-OFF & PICK-UP gate, go through the double grey gates outside Mrs Mitchell’s office, past the main entrance, up the steps, along Top Play and around the play area to the door into what is now 3VF. There will be signs, arrows and staff available to make sure they go to the right place.

Finish time is 3.30pm

Year 3 pupils will be brought to the KEY STAGE 2 DROP-OFF & PICK-UP and should be collected from here. They will be escorted to the gate by staff members and handed over to parents/carers.

YEARS 4, 5 and 6 DROP-OFF AND COLLECTION

Doors open between 8.45 and 8.55am

Pupils enter school via the KEY STAGE DROP-OFF & PICK-UP gate, through the grey double gates outside Mrs Mitchell’s office and in through the main entrance. From there they will walk up the middle stairs to their classrooms, where their class teachers will be waiting for them.

Finish time is 3.30pm

Year 4 pupils will be brought up the drive to the double main gates and can be collected from here. As you look down the drive Year 4 will be on the left hand side.

Year 5 pupils will be brought up the drive to the double main gates and can be collected from here. As you look down the drive Year 5 will be on the right hand side.

Year 6 pupils will exit school via the KEY STAGE 2 DROP-OFF & PICK-UP and should walk home or wait with their class teachers until they are collected.

We look forward to welcoming you all back at school.

Best wishes,

Rachel Mitchell

Page 1 of 1

Lakeside Primary School

Parents
Rhieni

Parentmail 24.09.21

Parentmail 17.09.21

Parentmail 10.09.2021

Parentmail 3.9.21

Motivated, Happy, Imaginative & Caring Community

Announcement Banner

ParentsRhieni

Latest News

Parentmail 24.09.21

Parentmail 17.09.21

Parentmail 10.09.2021

Parentmail 3.9.21

Motivated, Happy, Imaginative & Caring Community

Cookies

Cookies

Website CMS

Matomo

reCaptcha

Cookie notice

Parents
Rhieni