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Face coverings in school from Tuesday 4th January

  • January 4, 2022

Dear Parents and Carers,

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.  You may have seen in the national news on 2nd January that the government has put in place new guidelines for schools. From Tuesday 4th January, face coverings should be worn by all students in communal areas and in classrooms. This measure will be reviewed on Wednesday 26th January.  Please ensure that your child brings a face covering each day and explain to them the importance of wearing them at the appropriate times. Previous exemptions from wearing face coverings will still apply. If you believe your child should be exempt, please contact your child’s head of year to discuss how they will be able to obtain an exemption pass. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-59840634

As we return to school, we will need to monitor the Covid situation very carefully amongst staff and students. We will do our very best to minimise disruption to student learning in school.  Please play your part in helping us to keep school open by supporting all our Covid measures which include regular home- testing, self-isolation of positive cases and encouraging the wearing of face coverings (unless exempt). For your reference,  I also include below a link to my letter sent at the end of last term, this contains the details of the staggered start times on Tuesday 4th January. Can I also take this opportunity to remind all students that they should have taken/be taking a home test today and to report a positive result to covid@flhs.wigan.sch.uk. Positive cases will need to isolate and take a confirmatory PCR test.

Changes to self-isolation guidance for positive cases

If you are not already aware of this, the following information from the DFE explains the latest guidance for the self-isolation of positive cases:

Since Wednesday 22 December, the 10-day self-isolation period for people who record a positive PCR test result for COVID-19 has been reduced to 7 days in most circumstances, unless you cannot test for any reason.

Individuals may now take LFD tests on day 6 and day 7 of their self-isolation period. Those who receive two negative test results are no longer required to complete 10 full days of self-isolation. The first test must be taken no earlier than day 6 of the self-isolation period and tests must be taken 24 hours apart.  If both these test results are negative, and you do not have a high temperature, you may end your self-isolation after the second negative test result and return to your education setting from day 8.

January Examinations

For students in Year 10 and Year 11 who are sitting exams in January, these examinations are scheduled to still go ahead as planned

https://flhs.org.uk/end-of-term-letter-and-arrangements-for-january/

Yours sincerely

Mr P Davies

Headteacher

How Yondr Works

Frequently Asked Questions

We want our students to be engaged in their learning. A child at high school should not really have a reason to contact a parent during the day; however, if there is a genuine reason e.g. they have forgotten their packed lunch, a phone call can be made home from the school office. If a parent needs to contact their child in an emergency, they should contact the school office. If you need to contact your child during the school day, contact the main office on 01942 883796.

In case of a school emergency, we direct our students to safety first, following our school emergency procedures.

 

Students are in possession of their phone - in their Yondr pouch - for the entire school day. We will advise students to store the pouch safely in their school bag or blazer pockets.

If a student damages their Pouch or is caught on their phone, we will confiscate the phone and issue a sanction which is likely to be a suspension.

Note: Damage consists of any signs that the physical integrity of the pouch has been compromised, whether intentional or unintentional, as determined by the school or Yondr staff.

Damaged pouches will be charged to parents at a cost of £20.

They will be searched and wanded with a handheld scanner by a member of SLT. If they are found to have their phone on their person they will be expected to place it in their pouch. Refusal will be met with suspension.

If a student forgets their Pouch, their phone will be confiscated.

As per our previous mobile phone policy;

  • Confiscated phones will be taken to reception where the phone will be secured in the school safe.
  • Parents will be alerted to the phone confiscation via the school office.

Parents will have the option to collect the phone at the end of the day. If parents do not collect the phone, the phone will remain in school until the end of the week or until the student has their pouch.

In Yondr’s experience, this almost never happens. All students funnel past the unlocking stations at the exits, they want their phones back and don’t forget to unlock their pouches. If they do arrive home with a phone in a pouch, they can either come back to school to unlock it, or have a phone free evening!

The unlocking process is quick and takes under a second per student. 

As a privilege, Year 11 will be able to unlock their phones as they go off site at lunchtime; however, they will be expected to put their phones back into their pouches when they return to school for period 5.

Yes. There is an adapted version of the pouch which uses a Velcro fastener instead of a magnetic lock. This means the student still follows the policy, but the adapted pouch gives them easy access to their phone when required. If the student abuses this, they will face a sanction. We are already aware of these students.

Your Office 365 account username is your school network account username followed by @flhs.wigan.sch.uk 
The password is the same password that you use in school to access computers.