On Monday 23rd May, Robin Windsor, a former dance professional from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, waltzed into The Priory Ruskin Academy leading our students through a series of dance workshops and motivational talks.
Online Safety event for parents and carers - see details below.
Year 10 GCSE Music students participated in an African drumming workshop with a member of Lincolnshire Music Service.
On Wednesday 2nd February students from Year 7 - 13 participated in a singing workshop taken by Lincolnshire Music Service.
An opportunity for Yr6 transition students to join us at Ruskin this Summer. Children will be engaged with fun, interactive and physically active workshop around teamwork, communication, problem-solving, resilience, healthy eating and wellbeing. To book please contact: ytaylor@prioryacadamies.co.uk
Read this article for information on the EU Settlement Scheme and the need for any EU citizen to apply for it.
As part of the EU Settlement Scheme Support team, the Citizens Advice in Lincolnshire are working to promote the EU Settlement Scheme in the local South Kesteven area to ensure that EU, EEA, and Swiss nationals and their families are aware of the scheme and that they need to apply for it.
This is important as we are approaching the end of the grace period (deadline on 30 June 2021). Any EU citizen – as some of your pupils, parents, carers and staff may be - who will fail to secure a successful application to the scheme, may lose the right to live in the UK and to attend your school legally.
For this reason, the EU Settlement Scheme Support team are working hard to provide advice with general queries as well as end to end support for applicants with more complex cases. It is a free service, delivered through Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire (CASL) and funded by the Home Office.
Contact details are shown below:
∙EU Settlement Scheme South Lincs Support Team Contact Details:
Adviceline: 0800 448 0734 (Lines Open:Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm)
Email:eussreferral@citizensadvicesouthlincs.org.uk
The Covid-19 pandemic has left some in the Armed Forces community in dire need of urgent help. At Ruskin, once again we would like to show our support for the armed services by wearing a poppy. All money raised will go to The Royal British Legion. Please see below for further information.
On Monday 28th September 2020, Ruskin has its first Reading Week of the academic year.
For a second challenge during half term, students, staff and families of Ruskin are going to see how far they can travel around the World, using purely human power as a team effort in the space of 9 days.
From 4th - 10th May, many Ruskin students, staff and families will undertake a marathon challenge to raise money for NHS workers.
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Further to yesterday’s update, the government have now provided details defining key workers. This group includes:
Health and social care
Education and childcare
Key public services
Local and national government
Food providers
Public safety and national security
Transport workers
Utilities, communications and financial services
More detailed guidance is available on the link provided below:
If you believe you are a key worker and you are in need of childcare over the next two weeks, please may I ask you to fill in the form below. I would appreciate a prompt return, if possible by 2:00pm Friday 20th March so we can plan staffing levels accordingly.
It is very important to us that we can provide essential support to those who need it in this difficult time. As such, please may I ask that this provision is used only when working shift patterns and no other suitable childcare is available.
I understand this will be very challenging for families and I do thank you for your continued support.
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Following the recent communication from the Trust we would like to provide you with more specific information for The Priory Ruskin Academy.
Before starting to explain how we are planning for the coming weeks we would like to thank you for your tremendous support and understanding at this challenging time. We understand that you will have lots of questions and we will try and answer these within this letter and future communications. The situation will change over the next few days and coming weeks and we will try and plan for this as much as possible and ensure you are kept fully updated. If you do have questions please use the Government and School websites as well as the usual communication links you have with staff. Wherever possible we would ask that communication is via email, at ruskingeneralenquires@prioryacademies.co.uk rather than in person at our receptions.
Information for children who will not be able to attend school
The significant majority of students will not be able to be in the academy either because they have been asked by the Government to stay at home, are unwell, or in isolation. We understand that the closure of the Academy will bring with it some significant challenges for our families and communities, however, it is clear that we are now at a stage where this measure needs to be in place in order to support a wider health and civic duty. To this end, the Academy is closed for all students except those whose parents are key workers (where suitable childcare cannot be provided) and some other students such as those with an EHCP. This is to ensure that front line workers can continue to provide vital services in these challenging times. As yet, key workers have not been defined; as soon as this is available we will be in contact and respectfully ask for a prompt return so we can plan effectively for Monday. However, we do anticipate that key workers will include NHS staff, emergency services, delivery drivers and teachers.
For these students, we will be providing a range of learning resources; these will be updated over the period of time that children are not in school. Students will be able to access lessons through Show my Homework in the usual way. There will also be a range of resources available to students on SharePoint.
Information for children who will continue to attend school
For those children who fall into one of the categories the Government has detailed as being able to continue attending school, and where suitable childcare arrangements are not available, we will operate the school opening hours as per normal school hours of 8:55am to 3:20pm. On Monday morning your child should arrive
through main reception where they will be directed in to the restaurant and main hall area. Whilst the full curriculum will not, as I am sure you can appreciate, be delivered, a timetable will be in place for the children to follow; we would ask that they bring their PE kit with them each day or leave this in school. Children should wear their normal school uniform. School meals will be provided in the normal way.
Information about school meals
If your child is attending school, because you are a key worker, meals will be managed as part of their daily routine, as normal.
If your child is not attending school, is not in self-isolation or poorly and currently receives free school meals they will be able to come to main reception, in person, between 12:30pm and 1pm to collect a meal. We are currently awaiting details regarding voucher schemes and will update you on this. Students do not need to wear school uniform.
If your child is self-isolating or ill and receives free school meals we will contact you to try and make alternative arrangements.
Hopefully we have been able to answer some of your initial questions here and will continue to communicate with you on a regular basis. Things will change and we ask for your flexibility and understanding regarding this.
Thank you again for your continued support.