Please see below for our latest COVID-19 documents, as sent to families. These are reviewed and updated regularly. Please check the headings carefully to make sure you are looking at the correct information.
Last update: 22 September 2021
Please also see our COVID-19 Catch Up Premium page for our strategy on using the additional funding.
Please see below for our latest documents regarding the COVID-19 response and guidance.
In the event that a pupil cannot attend school, either because they are self-isolating due to a positive COVID-19 test, a local/national school closure due to COVID-19 or a class/whole school closure due to positive COVID-19 cases at Uplands, they will access Remote Education via Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook (class email addresses).
If a pupil develops symptoms of COVID-19, the parent/carer must keep them off school, book a PCR test and inform the school. Remote Education will not be provided whilst a pupil is waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test.
If the pupil’s PCR test result is negative, they may return to school as soon as the result comes in, if they are well enough. If the PCR test result is positive, the parent/carer should contact the school immediately to let them know (email both office@uplandsberkshire.org and covid19@uplandsberkshire.org).
The day after testing positive, the pupil may access the Start Up activities for Day 1 and Day 2 of the child’s self-isolation since the positive PCR test result, if they feel well enough. These can be accessed via Microsoft Teams using the child’s Microsoft email address and password that has already been provided to families, and can be found under the ‘Files’ tab.
For Remote Education from Day 3 onwards, pupils will either be contacted via Microsoft Teams and learning/lessons set via the Teams ‘Assignment’ tab (as was used in previous lockdowns and school/bubble closures), or contact will be made via email, from the Class Teams email address to the pupil’s Microsoft email address: this is more likely if there are only one or two pupils self-isolating in a class.
If a whole class/bubble or the whole school are closed, the Start Up activities for Days 1 and 2 may be accessed the day after the closure is announced. From Day 3, all assignments will be set via Microsoft Teams, and parents/carers and pupils will use the Class Teams email address to communicate with the class teacher.
Please note that ‘Day 1, Day 2, Day 3’ in this section and our Remote Education documents refer to the days of self-isolation from school following a positive PCR result, not necessarily the days of the NHS Test and Trace 10-day self-isolation countdown (although the two may coincidentally be the same).
Please see below for the documents which relate to Remote Education at Uplands.
