Carre's Grammar School

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COVID-19 and Updates

Home Lateral Flow Testing

From the week beginning 21st March students have access to twice weekly lateral flow home testing. Students will bring their testing kits home from school and we encourage them to test every Sunday and Wednesday evenings. Whatever the result of the test it needs recording to both the NHS and to the school via these links.

Register a Student test result with the NHS Register a Student test result with the school

Staff should also report their test whatever the results to both the NHS and the school.

Register a Staff test result with the NHS Register a Staff test result with the school

Spring Term

This term all learning, for all students, will take place online. Lessons will be delivered by Microsoft Teams and following the normal timetable. The following students only should come into school:

• Vulnerable children as identified by the school
• Children of critical workers. We deem those in years 7 and 8 to be of the age to need supervising in school but strongly encourage older children of critical workers to continue with their studies from home giving them better access to live online lessons

You must register your child’s attendance using this form.

If you are unsure about whether or not your child falls into one of these categories, please contact us on enquiries@carres.uk for confirmation, or check the categories for critical workers here.

Covid-19 Enquiries

If any member of your household displays any of the following symptoms, they need to remain at home and arrange to have a Covid-19 test:

• a new continuous cough
• a high temperature
• a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)

At this point, everyone else in the household will also need to isolate until the result of the test is known.

Please let us know as soon as possible by using the following details:

Self-Isolating student

Alert us to the fact that your child is self-isolating, but has not yet tested positive by contacting us through enquiries@carres.uk or on 01529 302181.

Your message will be picked up in school hours and teachers will be informed that work needs to be set remotely.

Covid Positive student

• In school office hours (8am - 4.30pm) please phone the school directly on 01529 302181
• Out of school office hours (including evenings and weekends) covid19@carres.uk or phone the hotline - 07476 984503

Member of Household Covid Positive

If a member of the household has tested positive, other than the student, please simply contact us using the email address enquiries@carres.uk or call the main office on 01529 302181. There is no need to call the hotline number

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Y9 Options Programme

Over the next few days all Y9 students will receive a paper copy of the Options Booklet.  This is something all students should read and discuss with their parents over the next few weeks ahead of the following key dates:

The programme is as follows: 

• Thurs 28 JanY9 Careers Assembly
• Mon 1 February Period 2 - 9B Options Introduction (via Teams during normal Core PE lesson) 
• Wed 3 February Period 3 - 9W Options Introduction (via Teams during normal Core PE lesson) 
• Fri 5 February Period 4 - 9L Options Introduction (via Teams during normal Core PE lesson) 
• Tues 9 February Period 1 - 9C Options Introduction (via Teams during normal Core PE lesson)  
• Wed 24 February (4pm) - Final deadline completing the options form via Microsoft Forms  

Due to COVID 19 restrictions we are unable to host our annual Options Evening this year.  Students will be given the opportunity to discuss potential subject choices if required with their form tutor and subject teachers in the weeks commencing Monday 1 February and Monday 8 February.