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Houghton Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note that, during periods when the school is closed, including weekends, anyone with Child Protection concerns should contact Cambridgeshire Social Care directly, contact numbers are available here. However if you feel a young person is in immediate danger the police should be contacted. This is the same during the COVID-19 school closure - don't hesitate to use these contacts if you are concerned about any child. You can report anonymously.

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy UPDATED for period of school closure during COVID-19 (updated 10th June 2020)

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Welcome to Houghton Primary School

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Following 10 weeks of childcare provision, our school re-opened on Monday 1st June to 'bubbles' (small groups) of children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6. We are also running 2 'childcare bubbles' open to the children of Key/Critical Workers, as defined by the government.

Our priority is the health and well-being of the children and staff and therefore we are following government guidance and limiting visitors, including parents, on the school site. Please contact us via the school office This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Home learning

If your child is at home we are continuing to post themed weeks of home learning activities on this page for parents to do with their children. We are also posting more structured home learning activities on the class home learning pages each week which are age appropriate and planned by our staff with the children in mind.

Weekly theme (13.7.20) - Butterflies

We’ve chosen this week’s theme because butterflies are on the wing everywhere—especially when the weather’s warm and/or sunny - but also because Friday 17th July heralds the start of the Big Butterfly Count. You may remember last year having a butterfly day in school at the very end of term?

Mrs Grant and Mrs Culpin

Butterflies Theme

Further home learning ideas/activities

Visit the Cambridgeshire Learn Together ‘Home Learning’ webpage for lots of ideas for home learning https://www.cambslearntogether.co.uk/home-learning which include Early Years, Maths, English, PE, Other Subjects, Wellbeing, Challenges, Science, Competition and projects.

BBC Bitesize also have a fabulous menu of home learning activities for every year group in KS1 and KS2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

Cosmic Kids is a great website for yoga, mindfulness and movement for the children.

Please also continue to log on to Purple Mash and Mathletics; whilst teachers will not be setting tasks, both of these websites has a wealth of age-appropriate activities and games.

Every class has home learning ideas which are more specific to their age group - please take a look at the class Home Learning pages.

Free School Meals... £15 food vouchers per week, per child. Don't hesitate to apply.

We know that this situation is hitting many families hard financially and that some are really struggling. Your family may qualify for Free School Meals - if you apply and are successful we can arrange for you to receive a £15 voucher, per child, per week to exchange for food at a local supermarket (or online). The vouchers can be emailed directly to you or we can print them off and post them to you. You can use them yourself, or nominate someone else to use them on your behalf and shop for you if you are in isolation. You can apply online even though schools are closed. Please don't hesitate to apply - it could make such a difference for your family. Click here to apply online.

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