Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Safeguarding arrangements - COVID-19
Tue 31 Mar 2020https://www.sirjohnheron.newham.sch.uk/safeguarding/
The Safeguarding page (link above) has been updated regarding safeguarding arrangements during the COVID-19 outbreak and school closure. Please refer to this page for further information.
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Learning at home
Tue 31 Mar 2020The 'Learning from Home' page is now live.
Click here: https://www.sirjohnheron.newham.sch.uk/learning-at-home/
Here you will find lots of activities you can do with your children at home to help continue their learning while the school is closed.
Please check this section of the website regularly as more activities will be uploaded each week.
It would be great if you could e-mail pictures of children's work which can be added to the school website to show everyone all the fabulous home learning going on. Please email your pictures to: info@sirjohnheron.newham.sch.uk
Why don't you start off by researching the Country of the Week? This week the country is Germany.
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Support information for Newham residents during COVID-19 outbreak
Mon 30 Mar 2020
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Information for pre-pay gas and electricity customers
Wed 25 Mar 2020This website contains information for people on pre-pay meters for gas and electricity and what they can do if they can unable to top-up due to having to self-isolate.
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Key worker list
Fri 20 Mar 2020The Government has published guidance on key workers. Below is information - please read through to identify whether or not you are a key worker. If you are a key worker and wish for your child to continue attending school, please contact the school as soon as possible by emailing info@sirjohnheron.newham.sch.uk or telephoning the school on 020 8514 9860. Many parents/ carers who are key workers may be able to make arrangements to keep their children at home while continuing to work themselves. Parents/ carers must ensure safe care of their children is put in place. Parents/ carers should not rely for childcare upon those who have been identified as vulnerable such as grandparents, friends or family members with underlying health conditions. However, if this is not possible, then the school is available for these children to attend. If you are a key worker and need childcare please send your children to school. Contact the school to inform us you want to do this.
Key Worker Information:
Health and social care
This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.
Education and childcare
This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the COVID-19 response to deliver this approach.
Key public services
This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.
Local and national government
This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.
Food and other necessary goods
This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).
Public safety and national security
This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.
Transport
This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.
Utilities, communication and financial services
This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.
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School closure -update
Thu 19 Mar 2020Thursday 19th March 2020
Dear parents/ carers,
First of all, I would like to thank the whole school community for supporting and working closely with the school in difficult circumstances for the benefit of all of our children. The school continues to put in place measures to ensure the health and safety of all children and staff.
In line with Government guidance, the school will be closed for the majority of children from Friday 20th March at 3pm until further notice.
We will update you tomorrow on the school’s plans for staying open next week for certain groups of children as identified by the Government such as children of key workers. Please check the school website and your emails for these updates.
Please do not hesitate to contact the school, if you wish to discuss this matter.
Thank you,
Wayne Wathen-Howell
Acting Headteacher
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Dinner Winners!
Fri 13 Mar 2020Congratulations to our lunch winners who have demonstrated the values of Responsibility (Year 2-6) and Proudasaur (EYFS-Year 1) this week. The children were rewarded with a special lunch with Mr Howell!
Well done everyone!
Next week, the values are Reasoning and Exploraptor.
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Thank You from the NSPCC
Thu 12 Mar 2020Thank you for helping us to raise £270.79 for NSPCC Number Day!
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Dinner Winners!
Fri 06 Mar 2020Congratulations to our lunch winners who have demonstrated the values of Reflection (Year 2-6) and Thinkodocus (EYFS-Year 1) this week. The children were rewarded with a special lunch with Mr Howell!
Well done everyone!
Next week, the values are Responsibility and Proudasaur.
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World Book Day 2020
Thu 05 Mar 2020This year we celebrated World Book Day in STYLE! Everyone including teachers dressed up as their favourite book characters and we also read the books with the characters in. Have a look at all our fantastic costumes.
