Dear Priestmead Families, You have probably seen in the news, a variant of COVID has been identified in Harrow. Whilst alarming, there are only two cases at present and Harrow Council are responding quickly: https://www.harrow.gov.uk/news/article/10895/residents-urged-to-test-after-south-african-covid-strain-found For families living in the identified areas, surge-testing is being carried out either by delivery to houses or mobile stations or by people booking a full PCR test to help limit any possible spread. The areas are: * Belmont * Harrow Weald * Hatch End * Headstone North * Marlborough * Wealdstone Details are here on getting access to a test: https://www.harrow.gov.uk/surgetest If you are in the area, please engage with this and encourage others to do so. A community effort will be appreciated at this time. We will get through this. Stay safe, Sash Hamidi Executive Headteacher

Dear Priestmead Families, I hope you are all well and all safe. As we said in the Pegasus Newsletter, we wanted to update you on the plans for MONDAY 8TH MARCH. All Primary School children are returning to school in England so we want you to prepare your child (and yourself) for returning to Priestmead. Attached to this message is a copy of the slides used in a 15-minute presentation. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch the video below BEFORE your Parent/Carer Meeting tomorrow (Friday). It will answer many of the questions you will have about reopening, meaning the precious time with your child's teacher can be used to celebrate your child's successes and to share any concerns you have. The video is here (and is only 15 minutes so grab a cuppa and watch carefully!!): https://www.loom.com/share/fdc0c249b863469bace4a5f500a080c5 The KEY message is that we are doing the same systems to minimise risk from Monday 8th March that we were doing back in December with a few little differences, explained in the video. If you have any questions, please email me at COVID@theppt.co.uk Thanks as always for your support and we genuinely cannot wait to see you and your brilliant child(ren) on MONDAY 8TH MARCH! Sash Hamidi Executive Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers, Have a relaxing half-term break and remember to have lots of screen free time! A quick reminder... If your PRIESTMEAD child tests positive for COVID over the half-term or they show any COVID symptoms, please email COVID@theppt.co.uk . This email will be checked daily. 1. If anyone in your household shows COVID symptoms, you must all SELF-ISOLATE for 10 days from symptoms, until you get a test result 2. Please get your Priestmead child tested if they have symptoms 3. Remind your child of the HANDS-FACE-SPACE rules 4. As adults, always wear a face-covering where possible and model the safe behaviours we need. As always your cooperation is appreciated. Regards School Office

Dear Parents/Carers, Please find attached Issue 4 of our Spring Term Newsletter. Also on our website here http://bit.ly/SprNewsIssue4. Lots of information this week please read carefully. Regards School Office

Dear Parent/Carers, Please find attached Issue 1 of our Spring Newsletter. Also on our website here http://bit.ly/SprNewsIssue1 Regards School Office

Dear all Priestmead Families., We thank you for your continued support during this difficult time and keeping your children home and engaged in the online learning. We know it is harder for some of our families and therefore we want to remind you of what we can offer to support you and your family: 1. Food Hampers – We have a number of food hampers for our Priestmead families or families you think would benefit from one. Please collect from the school office between 9.30am-2.30pm Monday to Friday. 2. Financial Support – We know some families may be struggling financially. If you need support for food or essentials, please call Ms Mensah on 0739 993 5220 or email mmensah@theppt.co.uk. We can help! 3. Priestmead Food Bank – Would a food bank at Priestmead help you? Would this be something you would like available regularly at Priestmead? If YES please call Ms Mensah on 0739 993 5220 or email mmensah@theppt.co.uk. We would love to set this up for our community of families and the local area if the need is there. 4. Home Learning Support – Does your child need additional support with home learning i.e. ipad, laptop, access to internet, printed learning resources? If YES please email the office or speak to your class teacher online and we can see how we can best support your child woth their home learning. 5. Notebooks - Don’t forget notebooks/exercise books are available from the school office. You can collect this anytime between 9.30-2.30pm Monday- Friday – you do NOT need to call or email! As always, if YOU, YOUR CHILD or ANYONE in your HOUSEHOLD shows symptoms or is taking a COVID test for ANY reason, please self-isolate and let us know by calling the school office between 8am-4pm or email office@priestmead.harrow.sch.uk. REMEMBER STAY HOME, PROTECT THE NHS, SAVE LIVES Stay safe, Sash Hamidi Executive Headteacher

Dear all Priestmead Families., We thank you for your continued support during this difficult time and keeping your children home and engaged in the online learning. We know it is harder for some of our families and therefore we want to remind you of what we can offer to support you and your family: 1. Food Hampers – We have a number of food hampers for our Priestmead families or families you think would benefit from one. Please collect from the school office between 9.30am-2.30pm Monday to Friday. 2. Financial Support – We know some families may be struggling financially. If you need support for food or essentials, please call Ms Mensah on 0739 993 5220 or email mmensah@theppt.co.uk. We can help! 3. Priestmead Food Bank – Would a food bank at Priestmead help you? Would this be something you would like available regularly at Priestmead? If YES please call Ms Mensah on 0739 993 5220 or email mmensah@theppt.co.uk. We would love to set this up for our community of families and the local area if the need is there. 4. Home Learning Support – Does your child need additional support with home learning i.e. ipad, laptop, access to internet, printed learning resources? If YES please email the office or speak to your class teacher online and we can see how we can best support your child woth their home learning. 5. Notebooks - Don’t forget notebooks/exercise books are available from the school office. You can collect this anytime between 9.30-2.30pm Monday- Friday – you do NOT need to call or email! As always, if YOU, YOUR CHILD or ANYONE in your HOUSEHOLD shows symptoms or is taking a COVID test for ANY reason, please self-isolate and let us know by calling the school office between 8am-4pm or email office@priestmead.harrow.sch.uk. REMEMBER STAY HOME, PROTECT THE NHS, SAVE LIVES Stay safe, Sash Hamidi Executive Headteacher

Dear Priestmead Families, Once again we have a national lockdown. Priestmead is only open for Keyworker children and Vulnerable children. Those parents/carers have had their places confirmed. For the significant majority of our children and our community, the guidance is clear...STAY AT HOME. Attached is the Government Guidance to refer to. Only go out for: - emergencies -essential supplies -exercise once a day There are some other exceptions in the guidance. If we all do our bit, the sooner this final phase will be over, more people will be vaccinated and we can be together again. Thank you for your support at this difficult time. We will keep in contact online - please avoid coming to the school office. Kind regards, Sash Hamidi Executive Headteacher

Dear Priestmead Families, Following on from the letter sent earlier today for both academies in The Pegasus Partnership Trust, I now attach the specific details for PRIESTMEAD children, where we can see already the significant majority will be learning from home. Again, please read the letter carefully, prompt each other to look at it, and come back to us with any questions after 9.30 am on Monday. Please be patient as this approach is new on this scale based on our experiences last term. The key is we want your child to keep up their engagement with school, with friends, with their teaching staff, and be excited to learn and also get back to school soon. We will miss them! These arrangements: START from 8.40am on Tuesday 5th January 2021 END by 3.40pm on Friday 15th January 2021 We expect a Government review by Thursday 14th January to confirm if arrangements must continue from Monday 18th January or if we will return to full schooling. As soon as we know we will let you know. Don't forget to complete the survey: https://bit.ly/TPPTSurJan21 Kind regards, Sash Hamidi Executive Headteacher ht@priestmead.harrow.sch.uk

Dear Priestmead Families, I hope you are well and let's all hope for a happier 2021! We are ready to start outlining plans and sharing more details regarding the plans for the next two weeks. Attached is a letter outlining some key questions about what our response to the current COVID situation is. The very strong message is to STAY AT HOME as the priority. We will be opening to a small number of children who are vulnerable or where BOTH parents are critical workers. If one parent/carer is not a critical worker, we need them to do their part in this global pandemic and national crisis by staying at home with their child. TOGETHER we must stop the spread of this new variant, protecting as many Priestmead families as possible, our staff and their families as well as the NHS who are at capacity. We all must do our part for Harrow. If you feel you meet the criteria outlined in the attached letter (and previous letter), we ask you to complete the survey in the letter by 1.00 pm MONDAY. Please read the WHOLE letter carefully before responding to the survey. Please use your Priestmead Parent WhatsApp groups to make sure all Priestmead families have seen this. If you have questions, the school office will be open from 9.30 am tomorrow (MONDAY). Please be patient - we will get to queries as soon as we can. We thank you for your support as always in reducing risk and protecting our community and country. Kind regards, Sash Hamidi Executive Headteacher