Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment by visiting our Facebook and Twitter feeds.

https://www.facebook.com/SJPSPreston

https://twitter.com/sjps_preston/

• Changes to COVID testing

  Fri 07 Jan 2022 C,. Monaghan

  From 11 January in England, people who receive positive lateral flow device (LFD) test results for coronavirus (COVID-19) will be required to self-isolate immediately and won’t be required to take a confirmatory PCR test.

  This is a temporary measure while COVID-19 rates remain high across the UK. Whilst levels of COVID-19 are high, the vast majority of people with positive LFD results can be confident that they have COVID-19.

   

  follow this link for more information if required https://www.gov.uk/government/news/confirmatory-pcr-tests-to-be-temporarily-suspended-for-positive-lateral-flow-test-results

• Christmas Pictures

  Fri 17 Dec 2021
  

• Christmas Markets

  Mon 13 Dec 2021 C.Monaghan

  The children had a fantastic time at the market stall. The teaching assistants ran the stalls; beat the goalie, guess the teacher, shoot the hoop, Christmas curling and bean bag toss, drop the coin, hot chocolate, find Santa, make reindeer food, Christmas photo booth and a visit from Santa - look at the fabulous photos from our photo booth

• ACADEMY CONSULTATION

  Mon 06 Dec 2021 C Monaghan

  Please see the Key Information section of the website for the Parent Consultation letter and frequently asked questions. This will remain on the website for the entire consultation period (6th December -21st January 2022) 

  The letter and consultation response form is also available in the school office if required. 

   

  The consultation email address is consultation@sjps.lancs.sch.uk

   

   

   

   

• Robinwood Pictures 2021

  Fri 19 Nov 2021

  Please take a look at some of the pictures from our trip to Robinwood

  

• School Tea Towels

  Fri 12 Nov 2021

  Please see an example of the self-portrait tea towels that the children have been working on. These will be on sale from the beginning of December and would make ideal Christmas gifts for family and friends at £4 each or £6 for two.

  

• General Letter to All Parents - Following a Positive Covid Case in School

  Thu 17 Jun 2021

  https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/st-josephs-catholic-lancashire/UploadedDocument/47e4f834257a40bfaa85bf5a0097a459/general-letter-to-all-school-students-parents-guardians-and-staff.pdf

   

   

• School restarting for all children

  Thu 25 Feb 2021 C Monaghan

  School will open up to all children from Monday 8th March at 8:50am.

  All hygiene, cleaning and protective measures will be in place to keep the children and staff safe. Effective plans are being put in place to restart learning in classrooms; to build on the children's current capabilities, knowledge and understanding. 

  We look forward to having them all back in- learning together.

• Staff Testing - COVID-19

  Thu 28 Jan 2021
  Staff Testing - COVID-19

   

  You may or may not be aware that starting from next week, all staff will be invited to regularly complete a COVID-19 test. We will test twice a week on a Sunday and Wednesday evening. If a member of staff’s result is negative, this will not change the operation of school. However, should a member of staff test positive then I am afraid this could impact a group (bubble) of children in school who will need to isolate and switch to remote learning straight away. I know receiving a message at such short-notice may prove problematic and many of our critical workers will be dreading an email on a Sunday or a Wednesday evening but the purpose of these tests is to detect asymptomatic Covid cases so that we can take them out of the transmission chain.

   

  Staff will be using Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) and current guidance states that a positive LFT result requires a confirmatory Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. There is a possibility that a member of staff could test positive using a LFT and the class closes but then tests negative using the PCR test. Guidance states that classes would then reopen in this scenario - we will keep all parents fully informed.

  Thank you for your continued support.

   

  Kind regards,

   

  Mr Gaughan

  Deputy Headteacher

• School Closure 5th January 2021

  Mon 04 Jan 2021

  Dear Parents,

  Following Government instruction tonight at 8pm, Primary Schools are having to move to remote learning .

  Therefore school will be closed to ALL children tomorrow to allow staff time to set up remote learning, gather registers of vulnerable and key worker status, distribute materials and reading books to the children

  Staff will be onsite tomorrow to receive any queries by phone or email,

  The school sessions will resume from Wednesday morning at 8:45am in the first instance for vulnerable and key worker children only

   

  Please can parents who are key workers, please provide school with their shift pattern, evidence of their work status so we can allocate a place for your child and ensure safe staffing levels.

  Vulnerable children will be notified by phone tomorrow

  I am extremely sorry for the short notice, but the announcement has come very late in the day. 

   

  We are trying to communicate this information to parents via our usual texting and email service but the system is currently crashing due to high demand and traffic from all schools nationwide.

  Mrs Monaghan