Dear Parents/Guardians
Welcome to another exciting week at XP Gateshead
I hope everyone has enjoyed the bank holiday weekend.
This week we will be revealing our very exciting next expedition which students will be working on up to the end of the Summer term – this was slightly delayed from last week as we wanted to make sure our food boxes were delivered to Edberts house.
Food/recipe boxes were successfully delivered to Edberts house and students presented their learning and also learnt a little about the work Edberts house do in the community.
New Staff appointments Learning Coaches and Crew Leaders
We successfully appointed two new members of staff as learning Coaches and crew leaders for next year. They are Saorise Blain and Kati Donlan and we are looking forward to both joining our “crew”. They will start with 5 weeks of induction alongside other new staff on June 6th.
This week we will be holding interviews for a full time administrator post to begin next year.
PE lessons
Apologies for the short notice, but due to a staff absence and interviews for the admin+ role, PE will now need to be on Wednesday of this week for both classes.
Lateral Flow Testing
Please complete a Lateral Flow Test with your child on Monday evening (tonight), and again on Wednesday evening and complete our website with the results before sending your child to school.
Covid infections are decreasing, but given the size of our setting this really helps us to keep everyone safe and for our school to remain open.
We really do appreciate your support.
Now that the government has decided to remove the wearing of face coverings as one of the mitigation measures in schools, we are happy for students (and staff) to continue wearing masks if they feel more comfortable doing so.
If you require any extra LFT kits please let us know.
We will continue to keep doors and windows open for ventilation so students are advised to bring multiple layers to school to keep warm. This is how we look after each other – #wearecrew
Guidance for isolation following a positive test
Any student who has a positive Covid-19 test result should stay at home and avoid contact with people for 3 days. As long as they are well they may return to school following the three days. There is no longer a requirement for students to test negative on the day when they return to school.
As usual if you have any questions please contact crew leaders in the first instance.
Kind regards
Mark Lovatt
Principal