Tollgate Community Junior School

Dear Parents/Carers Please see attached the latest update from the government regarding free school meals. Kind regards Mrs Willgrass

Dear Parents/Carers Please see the attached form and covering letter regarding essential worker provision for the week commencing 18.1.21. Kind regards Mrs Willgrass

Good morning everyone, I do hope all is OK with you all. I have received the following message from Fr David about possible help being offered this winter. Kind regards, Mr Dennis A message from Father David: With the latest lockdown many people will be facing further financial difficulties for various reasons. Please get in touch with me (Father David) at vicar@standrewseastbourne.org.uk if we can help in any of the following areas: - Help with food - Winter clothing for children - Hygiene and sanitary products We are providing vouchers for all of the above for a limited time to help those who are struggling this winter, up to approx. £40 per family. Please get in touch with what could help and we will see what we can do. There is limited funding and it will be first come, first served. There is no bar to any of this for those already on different forms of benefits. All I will be asking for is the number of those in the family and the post code of the family address. This is for feedback to the council as to how the funding was distributed. Please liaise with me directly and support can be collected directly at the Church by arrangement or at the school gate. We may also be able to help with funding for other needs such as white goods, utility bills, or other areas not covered above, but this may take a little bit longer. Please do be in touch if we can help in any way. Yours Fr David Vicar of St Andrew's Church, Seaside, Eastbourne BN22 7RT 01323 723739 www.standrewseastbourne.org.uk

Dear Parents, Please find attached the first of the weekly catch-up PINGS. I will try my best to send these out each Friday so that we can keep in touch. Wishing you all as good a weekend as is possible! Mr Dennis

Dear Parent / Carer, Please see attached an important letter from Mr Dennis. Kind Regards

Dear Parents/Carers A letter for the children...but parents and Carers are welcome to read it too! Kind regards Mrs Willgrass

Dear Parents/Carers Please see attached information regarding online learning. Kind regards Mrs Willgrass

Dear Parents and Carers, As I am sure you are aware, the Prime Minister has announced tonight that all Primary schools are to close to the majority of pupils with immediate effect. This is so sad for us all, particularly as we had all worked so hard to keep the school open and safe for everyone. It is also so sad for the children who had started to make really good progress academically and socially since returning to school in September. However, the key difference between this Lockdown and the one last March is that remote learning is going to be possible for the children not attending school. In this way, not only can they carry on learning, but they can also continue their links with their teacher and friends, albeit it on a screen. However, I would ask you to be patient with us...remote learning may not happen tomorrow but should start by Wednesday 6th January. We will be open to children of key workers and those children deemed to be Vulnerable...but again it will take us a day to sort out the cover supervision for these children. Therefore children of key workers and Vulnerables from classes 4VA, 4S and 5TG may attend school tomorrow at their normal times as we were able to set up plans for them today. For vulnerable children and children of key workers from other classes, provision will begin on Wednesday 6th January, as forms are still being submitted from parents. If your class teacher does not contact you or your child on TEAMS or on DB Primary to begin remote learning tomorrow, can I please point you towards the resources that are on our school website and also the many activities on the Oak National Academy website, BBC Bitesize, TT Rockstars and Spelling Shed. This is particularly relevant for the children in class 4EA as Mrs Eldridge only joined the staff today (!); it may take us a couple of days to get everything sorted for her to teach the class remotely. We will be contacting children whose families have indicated that they are in need of a suitable device in order to access remote learning. We will also contact families tomorrow whose children are entitled to free School Meals to explain how provision will happen. As always, we are in this together! Please be aware that we are all trying our best to do the best we can...and that we won't necessarily get everything right first time. More information will follow in the days ahead, but in the meantime, stay safe and thank you for all that you do to support your children and our school. Every good wish, Mr Dennis

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached letter and other information for all parents. Many thanks for your support and patience in these difficult times! Every good wish, Mr Dennis

Dear Parents, As promised, here is the update regarding the re-opening of Tollgate tomorrow. Kind regards, Stephen Dennis Headteacher 03.01.2020 Dear Parents and Carers, As promised I can now confirm the arrangements for the re-opening of Tollgate tomorrow (Monday 4th January). As I am sure you can appreciate, this has not been an easy few hours and things may well change again in the coming days. Please bear in mind that staff have not taken their decision whether or not to teach remotely or in person, lightly. All of our staff are totally committed to providing the best possible education for all of our children and everyone's individual circumstances are different. Advice from different trade unions also make sometimes contrasting reading. At this point in time, the following classes will be taught remotely and should therefore not attend school tomorrow; this includes children of Key Workers and children deemed Vulnerable; in those classes; a separate invitation will go to those children in the 3 classes listed below tomorrow. 4VA: Mrs V Allen 4S: Miss A Stubbs 5TG: Mrs Gillies (Monday and Tuesday; arrangements for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to be confirmed) These classes will be contacted directly by their teachers with a timetable for their online lessons. We intend operating Early Birds and After-School Club tomorrow, but this may not be possible after tomorrow once the revised Risk Assessment is completed; if you can make alternative arrangements for childcare it would be greatly appreciated. More information will come to you tomorrow and in the coming days, Kind regards, Stephen Dennis Headteacher