St Ambrose Catholic Primary School

Information

Information for Parents - KS1 and KS2

The leaflets below have been issued by the Standards & Testing Agency for Parents of children in Year 2 and Year 6 who have sat the SATS.

KS1 - Year 2 parents

KS2 - Year 6 parents

School Parking Leaflet

Please find attached a leaflet about parking safely at school.

SWIMMING

Swimming opportunity

Stockport Metro/Life Leisure are committed to providing an opportunity for every child in Stockport to learn to swim safely. We are supporting RLSS UK’s Drowning Prevention Week Campaign, running from 14-24 June, to help put water safety at the forefront of everyone’s mind in the lead up to summer, a high-risk time of year for drowning.

We are offering holiday courses over August for non swimmers.

*Non swimmers are unable to swim 5m unaided.

Lessons are only £1 per ½ hour lesson and will take place for 5 consecutive days (£5 for the week). This offer is available during August at Life Leisure Grand Central, Life Leisure Avondale and Life Leisure Cheadle. Limited to one week per child.

To access this opportunity parents/guardians need to:

Choose their preferred week

29^th July – 2^nd August

5^th August - 9^th August

12^th August – 16^th August

19^th August – 23^rd August

27^th August – 30^th August (4 days)

Contact their preferred centre

Life Leisure Grand Central 0161 474 7766

Life Leisure Avondale 0161 477 4242

Life Leisure Cheadle 0161 428 3216

Book and pay during National Drowning Prevention week (14^th– 24^th June) to secure a place.

Payments can be made in centre or over the phone.

Places are offered on a first come, first served basis and are therefore subject to availability.

We also have free Rookie lifeguard swimming lesson trials for 25m swimmers, happy in deep water and underwater. This offer is available during drowning prevention week at Life Leisure Grand Central, Life Leisure Avondale and Life Leisure Romiley. To access this opportunity parents/guardians need to:

Contact their preferred centre

Life Leisure Grand Central 0161 474 7766 Saturday 22^nd June 1pm-1.45pm

Life Leisure Avondale 0161 477 4242 Thursday 20^th June 7.15pm-8pm

Life Leisure Romiley 0161 430 3437 Thursday 20^th June 6.15pm-7pm

We’ll also be focusing on water safety during the week commencing 17^th June in our school swimming lessons to help children keep safe this summer.

Easy Rider Tickets

From Sunday 2 June we are changing the way we sell child 7 day easyrider tickets

Any assistance to communicate this message to children and parents would be greatly appreciated.

If children buy this ticket, the driver will load it onto their igo card instead of giving them a paper ticket.

Children will then need to validate their journey by touching their igo card onto the card reader each time they travel.

What is an igo card?

Children aged 5-10 will now need an igo card to buy an easyrider ticket on the bus, this is the same as they already do to purchase get me there Junior AnyBus products.

From the age of 11 until 31 August after their 16th birthday, children can also continue to pay child fares on buses in Greater Manchester with an igo card.

What happens if a child doesn't have an igo card

If a child is aged between 5 and 10 and does not hold an igo card you cannot purchase an easyrider ticket on the bus. However your child can continue to travel using an easyrider ticket on the Stagecoach Bus App or pay child single fares and buy the Stagecoach child dayrider ticket price £2.40 on the bus.

To continue to purchase an easyrider ticket on the bus your child will need to apply to TfGM for an igo card.

Visit tfgm.com/igo

HEALTH WATCH

There has been an outbreak of measles in the Greater Manchester area.

Click here for information about measles.

For further information please see the NHS website

SCARLET FEVER

Dear parent / guardian,

We have been informed that a small number of children in the borough of Stockport have been diagnosed with suspected / confirmed scarlet fever.

Although scarlet fever is usually a mild illness, it should be treated with antibiotics to minimise the risk of complications and reduce the spread to others.

The symptoms of scarlet fever include a sore throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. This is followed by a fine red rash which typically first appears on the chest and stomach, rapidly spreading to other parts of the body. On more darkly-pigmented skin, the scarlet rash may be harder to spot, but it should feel like 'sandpaper'. The face can be flushed red but pale around the mouth.

If you think you, or your child, have scarlet fever:

 see your GP or contact NHS 111 as soon as possible

 make sure that you/your child takes the full course of any antibiotics prescribed by the doctor.

 stay at home, away from nursery, school or work for at least 24 hours after starting the antibiotic treatment, to avoid spreading the infection.

Complications

Children who have had chickenpox recently are more likely to develop more serious infection during an outbreak of scarlet fever and so parents should remain vigilant for symptoms such as a persistent high fever, cellulitis (skin infection) and arthritis (joint pain and swelling). If you are concerned for any reason please seek medical assistance immediately.

If your child has an underlying condition which affects their immune system, you should contact your GP or hospital doctor to discuss whether any additional measures are needed.

You can find more information in the attached Frequently Asked Questions (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338368/Scarlet_fever_Q_and_A_factsheet.pdf) and further advice can also be obtained from the Health Protection Team on [0344 225 0562 (option 3)] during office hours.