Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Letter from our Trust CEO Sir Steve Lancashire

  Mon 11 May 2020 Mrs Frith-Sly

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  You will have seen the Government announcement on Sunday 10th May that, if conditions allow, there may be a phased reopening of primary schools from June with children in Reception classes and in Years 1 and 6 to be the first to return. As a Trust we want, of course, to see our children return to school - when it is safe to do so.

   

  As a Trust, we will be closely following Government guidance about this possible phased reopening of schools. The safety of both children and staff are paramount to us and we will be working over the next few days on plans to maximise whatever expectations are set out for social distancing in schools and on keeping our school premises as clean and safe as possible for both children and staff. There are still lots of questions to be answered such as the issue of personal protective equipment in schools, however, and we need further Government guidance on this point before finalising plans.

   

  One of the complexities of the situation is that not all our staff are able to return to school yet and we do need to make sure that when the time comes, we have sufficient staff for the number of children that will be in school.

  We recognise that parents may be anxious about what schools reopening will mean and the reassurance I would like to give is that we will only reopen our schools for more pupils when we are convinced it is safe to do so and all our arrangements are fully in place.

   

  We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you that, at present, the list of keyworkers remains unchanged. Therefore, even if employers are requesting that parents return to work, provision within schools remains available to solely key workers at this time.

   

  When our plans are finalised and if schools are instructed to partially reopen, your school will make sure that you receive detailed information from us about what this means in practice and you will be given an opportunity to share your thoughts and views.

  
  Sir Steve Lancashire

   

  Chief Executive Officer, REAch2 Academy Trust

• A message from all of us!

  Fri 03 Apr 2020 Mr Young

  Hello everyone,

   

  Below is a link to a video message from all the staff at Camulos Academy, we hope you are keeping safe and happy during this time away from school. The video can also be found on the Home Learning page of our website.

   

  https://vimeo.com/403642729

• Home Learning Preparation in Response to School Closure

  Thu 19 Mar 2020

  School Closure

   

  As a response to the School Closure that will begin from Monday, I wanted to inform you of our plans to support you with educating your children at home.

   

  • All year groups have prepared an initial two weeks' worth of daily lessons for their classes.
  • These include daily Maths, English and Topic/Science lessons, plus key skills work such as spelling and times tables.
  • These are available in both Paper and Electronic versions. Each child will be issues with a workbook to complete their tasks. Workbooks must to collected before the end of the school day on the Friday 20th March.
  • Office staff have gone through Arbor to check that every family has at least one functioning email address, but these activities will mainly be uploaded to class pages.
  • In addition to this we have links to various online learning platforms, you can view these through your child's class page or on the designated Home Learning page under 'children' on the menu.
  • Teachers can email documents and information directly to parents via Arbor but will also be regularly posting and updating their class pages on the website.

   

  Kind Regards

   

  Lisa Frith-Sly 

   

  Headteacher

   

  Home Learning Links

   

  For those unable to access the documents posted about the Home Learning Links, these are posted down below. It is hoped these links will support your child's learning during this time away from school. Some of these would usually be a paid service or subscription however most sites have waived their fees or introduced a free pass. If you are looking for your child's class learning packs, please see their class pages.

   

  • www.khanacademy.org – An online portal with thousands of lessons covering Maths, Science and more, created by experts and for children to practice at their own pace.
  • https://www.futurelearn.com - Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).
  • https://blockly.games - Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.
  • https://thecrashcourse.com - You Tube videos on many subjects
  • https://www.tinkercad.com - All kinds of making.
  • https://www.twinkl.co.uk - This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.
  • https://toytheater.com/ - Educational online games
  • https://www.prodigygame.com – Maths activities, it is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age
  • https://mysteryscience.com - Free science lessons
  • https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/ - Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

   

  As a school we also have a subscription to Espresso Online Learning Portal, this has a huge amount of videos, activities, online games and includes the Coding package that we use in school to teach ICT. Full unit plans, lesson plans, worksheets and printable activities are all available alongside online games, activities, videos and tablet friendly units.

   

  www.discoveryeducation.co.uk

   

  Username: student71035      Password: discovery

   

  To use the Twinl free month offer simply go to ww.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS

   

  As a school we also offer parents the National Online Safety Hub, this can be accessed through the link below and contains lesson packs, activities and CPD for online learning and safety.

   

  http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/camulos-academy

   

  Simply enter your details and select 'parent' to access.

• Updates

  Wed 18 Mar 2020
  Please find latest updates on the Coronavirus tab.

• Coronavirus - update

  Thu 12 Mar 2020

  We are continuing to follow advice from Public Health England in respect of Coronavirus.

   

  We have not been put on alert to close and at present we have no plans to close the school for any additional time. 

   

  We are working closely with the Local Authority and out Academy Trust - Reach2 and if we are advised differently by Public Health England and the department for Education to close, we will inform parents and carers immediately.