{"id":741,"date":"2020-07-10T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/?p=741"},"modified":"2020-07-10T10:16:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:16:57","slug":"strength-in-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/2020\/07\/10\/strength-in-depth\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength in depth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we reach the end of this summer term, the impact of coronavirus and Covid-19 will have been felt for 18 school weeks.\u00a0 It was upon returning to school after the February half-term, Monday 24<sup>th<\/sup> February, that the first suspected cases of coronavirus were reported in schools elsewhere in the country where pupils had returned from February school ski trips.\u00a0 For 7 of those 18 weeks we were only allowed to open our doors to the children of key workers and those children categorised as vulnerable, and we did this also over the Easter and summer half-term holidays.\u00a0 Then, for another 7 of those weeks, in June and July, we have been permitted to (<em>but restricted to in my opinion!<\/em>) open more widely to pupils in Years R, 1 and 6.\u00a0 Attendance averages across these year groups has climbed from 60% of eligible pupils in the first week to 84% of eligible pupils in this the sixth week of the wider re-opening phase.<\/p>\n<p>During the past term and a half, I must bring to everyone\u2019s attention the formidable and inspirational work done by the staff members at St Peter\u2019s who work in a variety of logistical and practical roles to keep the school running smoothly.\u00a0 Worthy of mention and merit are the office team of Mrs Phillips, Mrs Burrows, Mrs Pope, Mrs Brown and Mrs Woolston.\u00a0 These \u2018front line\u2019 colleagues have been the face of the school for much of the communication that has come into the school, and arrange for the distribution of letters, messages and home learning documents.\u00a0 Mr Chapman and Mr Mack, our caretakers, have done sterling work to maintain and then enhance the site standards, as well as directing traffic for our new drop-off and pick-up arrangements.\u00a0 Mrs Gray leads the catering team of Mrs Crockford, Mrs Halliday and Mrs Carter-Hall.\u00a0 They provided high quality midday meals throughout the closure period, as well as breakfast during the full closure and breakfast and lunch over the Easter break.\u00a0 And finally, we have a team of midday supervisors who come in to supervise the dining hall and playground lunchtime play.\u00a0 This team has responded wonderfully to new roles such as sanitising each seating place and table between every diner at lunch, and then covering the school site when the rooms are empty at lunchtime to do a round of sterilising wipes over handles, taps and light switches.\u00a0 Thanks go to Mrs Stan, Mrs Kirby, Mrs McHugh, Mrs Merret, Mrs Underdown, Mrs Dicaprio and Miss Andrews for their contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Believe me when I say that, as Headteacher at St Peter\u2019s, the only person prouder than me of the team that they lead in 2020 is Jurgen Klopp and his victorious Liverpool side (sorry, I couldn\u2019t resist!).<\/p>\n<p>Mr R Cunningham<br \/>\nHeadteacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we reach the end of this summer term, the impact of coronavirus and Covid-19 will have been felt for 18 school weeks.\u00a0 It was upon returning to school after the February half-term, Monday 24th February, that the first suspected cases of coronavirus were reported in schools elsewhere in the country where pupils had returned 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