Month: October 2020

Back to School: 2 November 2020

Please click on the red button below to read the Bulwell Bulletin for all your Back to School News & Reminders:

• New Smart Cards for lunch payments
• Physical PE lessons – What to wear on PE days
• Reminders about Uniform and Face Coverings
• Bring a Bottle: Help reduce plastic pollution!

Covid-19 Update: 13 October 2020

A Special Update from the Principal

Given that Nottinghamshire is now an area where local restrictions apply, we need to change the emphasis on wearing face coverings in school. Although I still cannot mandate this fully, I must now insist that where possible staff and students wear face coverings / visors on corridors and in communal areas.

Student Expectations

From Wednesday 14 October all students should attend school with a face covering / visor.

Face coverings should be worn correctly over the nose and mouth.

Please let us know if your child is exempt from wearing a face covering.

When do I need to wear a face covering / visor?

• In the morning during the line-up process before entering the building.
• Before leaving the classroom or dining room
• After break times during the line up process before re-entering the building

Students may wear a face covering / visor in class if they wish, provided they are wearing it correctly over both the nose and mouth.

When do I NOT need to wear a face covering / visor?

• When you arrive at school before the line-up process
• Once you are seated in the classroom or dining room
• When you are out the front of the school during break times
• When you leave school once you are out the front or out the back (depending on your departure route)

8 October 2020: Confirmed Case of Covid-19

We have been advised by Public Health England that there has been a confirmed case of COVID-19 within the school. We have been instructed to send a whole year group home – Year 10 – as they may have been in close contact with the affected child.

The letter to Year 10 Parents/Carers with full guidance regarding self-isolating has been sent home with every Year 10 student, and also sent by SIMS Parent, email and text. Year 10 should not return to school until 2 November (after half-term). Students who are well should access online learning to continue their lessons at home – click on the blue button below for more information.

All other Year Groups and Sixth Form are expected to be in school as normal. A whole school letter and Covid-19 Absence FAQs can be found below.