We warmly welcome all
pupils back to school!
Parent and pupil guide for
September reopening 2020
The Royal way and the ‘new
normal’
We aim to keep all pupils and staff as safe as
possible whilst at school.
Our lives have all changed a little and we need
to adapt some ways we do things at school.
The following slides will outline some of the
changes we have made to make school as safe
and normal as possible, in line with the latest
government guidance.
Risk Assessment
• A full risk assessment has been
conducted for all pupils and staff
in conjunction with
Wolverhampton Local Authority
and our independent health and
safety consultant.
• Details of our risk assessment
will be shared verbally with all
pupils during form time on their
first day back in September.
Social distancing
• As we are a relatively small school pupils will be placed into
the following year group bubbles:
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YR, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4
Year 5 and 6
Year 7 and 8
Year 9 and 10
Year 11
Year 12 and 13
• Pupils must keep apart and avoid mixing with other pupils not
in their bubble, but we understand this is more difficult for
younger pupils.
• Pupils should always respect each other’s personal space
and hygiene.
Primary School social time
• Year groups must locate in the following
spaces during social times (before school,
break, lunch)
Dry weather
Wet weather
Year R
Reception play area
Reception classrooms
Year 1
Primary playground
Dining room
Year 2
Primary playground
Dining room
Year 3
MUGA
Primary Hall
Year 4
MUGA
Primary Hall
Year 5 & 6
Back playground
Rogers classrooms
Senior School social time
• Year groups must locate in the following
spaces during social times (before school,
break, lunch)
Dry weather
Wet weather
Year 7
Back playground
Theatre
Year 8
Back playground
Vic Hall & Maths 5-7
Year 9
Table tennis quad or
astro
Maths rooms 1-4
Year 10
Theatre quad or astro
MFL 1-3 & Wellbeing Hub
Year 11
Dining room area and
back field
Computing 1&2, History 1&2
Year 12 & 13
Hub & Library
Hub & Library
Senior year group zones
Hand washing
• Pupils will be asked to wash hands
upon entering school and regularly
throughout the day.
• Hand sanitiser is available at the
front entrance, pupil entrance, dining
hall and Sports Centre and other
loactions throughout the site.
• YR, Y3 and Y4 will use their
allocated toilets to wash hands.
• Y1/2 will use the trough in the
primary playground.
• Y5-Y8 will use the trough in the
senior back playground.
• Y9-13 will use their allocated toilets
to wash hands and additional trough
by laundry gate.
PPE
• PPE is personal protective equipment
such as face masks and gloves.
• The government guidance is that PPE
is not required in schools as we have
other measures in place to keep pupils
and staff safe.
• If pupils wish to wear a mask they can,
but this should be non-decorative and
there may be circumstances where it
may be asked to remove it for
communication purposes.
• If pupils are travelling to school via
public transport, please remove your
face mask before entering the school
and place in a protective plastic bag
inside your school bag.
Uniform
• Pupils should attend school in full
school uniform.
• On PE/Swimming/Games days
pupils should attend in full school
PE kit including school tracksuit
bottoms and school hoody.
• Changing rooms will be reserved
for swimming lessons and Period
7 use only to reduce the mixing
of bubbles.
• There is no need for further
arrangements other than normal
personal hygiene and washing of
clothes following a day in school.
• Sixth Formers should wear
business dress.
Uniform reminders
• Plain black leather, polishable shoes
should be worn.
• Jewellery is restricted to one watch only
(not a smart watch).
• Facial piercings, all earrings, false nails
(nails should be short and unpolished),
excessive make-up, extreme hairstyles
including unnatural dyes, skin fades and
tramlines, are not permitted.
Illness
• Pupils should not attend school if
they have any symptoms.
• Pupils should also self-isolate at
home if someone in the household
has a confirmed case of Covid-19 or
is showing symptoms.
• Parents should inform school of
suspected symptoms or self-isolation
asap.
• If pupils develop symptoms at
school, they will be isolated in the
medical centre/ground floor primary
office until they can be collected.
• Further government advice on
coronavirus can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Remote learning
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Where pupils are unable to attend due to self-isolation teachers will provide
work for them to complete at home.
Primary School pupils should use Satchel One (Show my homework) and
teachers will also email work as necessary.
Senior School pupils should use Satchel One (Show my homework) where
homework assignments will be posted as usual and Microsoft Teams where
lesson resources will be provided.
In the event of a local lockdown alternative provision will be made to ensure
pupils continue to learn at home.
Primary School lessons
• All classrooms have been reorganised, so pupils face
the front where possible and unnecessary furniture
has been removed.
• Windows and doors will remain open as much as
possible to allow good circulation of air.
• A teacher zone will be in place at the front of every
classroom. Pupils should keep clear of this zone to
enable teachers to keep their social distance.
• Pupils must sit in their designated seating plan seat.
• Tissues will be available in each classroom
encouraging ‘catch it, bin it, kill it’.
• Each pupil will be provided with their own pencil, blue
and red pen, ruler.
• Other items will be shared in a small group and
cleaned regularly.
Senior School lessons
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To enable the continued use of specialist rooms for curriculum
delivery, pupils will move classrooms around the site as usual.
All classrooms have been reorganised, so pupils face the front
where possible and unnecessary furniture has been removed.
Windows and doors will remain open as much as possible to
allow good circulation of air.
A teacher zone will be in place at the front of every classroom.
Pupils should keep clear of this zone to enable teachers to
keep their social distance.
Pupils must sit in their designated seating plan seat.
Upon entrance to the room pupils will stand behind their
designated seat as usual.
Teachers will spray the tables and chairs and pupils will wipe
their own desk and chair with disposable blue roll.
Teachers will wipe the door handles before and after each
class arrives.
Tissues will be available in each classroom encouraging ‘catch
it, bin it, kill it’.
Pupils cannot borrow equipment so should come prepared
with their own pencil case.
Senior School equipment
In addition to our Royal ‘5’ a day equipment (pencil case, blue/black
pen, red pen, pencil, ruler) pupils must bring additional equipment for
their own use:
• Coloured pencils
• Highlighters
• Sharpener
• Eraser
• Scissors (round-ended)
• Glue
• Scientific calculator
(Casio FX-991EX)
It is vital that all students have a bag/rucksack big enough for their
exercise books. They will be bringing their books home every night and
must remember to bring the correct ones back in the morning. Pupils
are also welcome to bring their own hand sanitiser.
Sports equipment
• Sports equipment will be
cleaned after each use.
• Contact sports will be avoided
as per government guidance.
• To enable efficient use of lesson
time and reduce the need for
constant cleaning of changing
rooms between lessons pupils
should come in full PE kit,
including tracksuit bottoms,
when they have PE or Games.
• Changing rooms will be
reserved for use when pupils
have swimming lessons and
period 7 activities after which
cleaning can take place at the
end of the school day.
Music provision
• As per government guidance there
will be:
– no singing,
– no playing of wind or brass
instruments,
– no chanting,
– no shouting.
• All other music provision will
continue including instrumental
lessons.
• We hope to resume our full music
provision once guidance allows.
• Please contact Miss L Simmonds,
Director of Music, for any
information regarding music
lessons.
lsimmonds@theroyal.school
Movement around site
• We have a one-way
system in operation,
pupils must follow the
signs showing which
direction to walk.
• Where one way is not
possible there is tape
on the floor and pupils
should keep to the left
and walk in single file.
Primary one-way system
Senior one-way system
Toilets
• Pupils should not be leaving a lesson to go to
the toilet.
• During lunch and break, toilets will be allocated
to year groups as follows:
Primary
Senior
YR – Reception toilets lower
ground floor
First floor – Years 7&8
Y1 – Portacabin toilets
Y2 – Toilets at top of main
staircase
Ground floor – Years 9-11
Y3 – Toilets above reception
Y4 – Dining room toilets
Y5 & Y6 – Toilets in Rogers
Sixth Form – Dining hall
The school day
• We are not changing the arrival time of the school day
because pupils arrive over a long period of time from 8.00am.
• We ask pupils to use the following entrances and exits:
– YR to Y4 – Any entrance (Penn Road, Lyndhurst Road,
Claremont Road)
– Y5 to Y8 – Back playground gate on Goldthorn Road
– Y9 to Y11 – Laundry gate on Goldthorn Road
– Y12 and Y13 – Front entrance
• Primary pupils will be dismissed at the end of the day from:
– YR – Reception classrooms at 3.25pm
– Y1-4 – Primary playground Y1/2 at 3.30pm and Y3/4 3.35pm
– Y5-6 – Senior School back playground at 3.45pm
• Pupils must not wait around on the
street or Sports Centre and make
their way straight home at the end
of the day.
The school day
Timings for primary school lunch
Year
Group
Lunch Sitting
Reception Play
Area
Primary
Playground
MUGA
Rec
11:30-12pm
12-12:45pm
RJR
Yr1
12-12:30pm
11:30-12pm
1KH
Yr2
12:30-12:45pm
Yr3
12:45-1pm
12-12:30pm
Sandwiches/
Senior school
Packed Lunch
Playground
2ED
12:15-12:45pm
3CM
1-1:15pm
Yr4
1-1:15pm
12:15-1pm
4CC
Yr5
12:15-12:30pm
12:30-1:15pm
Yr6
(first half dining
room)
12:30-12:45pm
(second half dining
room)
12:45-1:15pm
The school day
Timings for years 7 and 8
Monday & Friday
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Registration
8.30-9.00
8.30-9.00
Lesson 1
9.00-9.50
9.00-9.50
Break
9.50-10.10
9.50-10.10
Lesson 2
10.10 – 11.00
10.10 – 11.00
Lesson 3
11.00-11.50
11.00-11.50
Lunch
11.50-12.40
11.50-12.40
Lesson 4
12.40-13.30
12.40-13.30
PM registration
13.30-13.40
13.30-13.40
Lesson 5
13.40-14.30
13.40-14.30
Lesson 6
14.30-15.20
14.30-15.20
Break
Home
15.20-15.25
Lesson 7
Homework club – limited
space pre-booking
essential.
15.25-16.25
The school day
Timings for years 9 -13
Monday & Friday
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Registration
8.30-9.00
8.30-9.00
Lesson 1
9.00-9.50
9.00-9.50
Lesson 2
9.50-10.40
9.50-10.40
Break
10.40 – 11.00
10.40 – 11.00
Lesson 3
11.00-11.50
11.00-11.50
Lesson 4
11.50-12.40
11.50-12.40
Lunch
12.40-13.30
12.40-13.30
PM registration
13.30-13.40
13.30-13.40
Lesson 5
13.40-14.30
13.40-14.30
Lesson 6
14.30-15.20
14.30-15.20
Break
Home
15.20-15.25
Lesson 7
Homework club – limited
space pre-booking
essential.
15.25-16.25
Senior school tutor groups
Senior school tutor groups have been reorganised into year groups to maintain
‘bubbles’ as per government guidance. We hope to return to the vertical tutor
system as soon as guidance allows.
Balmoral
Buckingham
Sandringham
Windsor
Year 7
C Johnson EN5
R Stephens EN1
R Smith EN2
I Pugh DT
Year 8
M Perkins LAB1
O Hartill CO2
L Hillman MUS2
E Hutton LAB3
Year 9
C Tarplee LAB6
J Lawrence ART1 C Beason LAB2
Year 10
A Kumar MA7
L Brown MFL1
N Biddlecombe EN4 E Cox EN7
Year 11
P Hall CO1
J Pickering MFL2
L Cherrington GEO2 S Parker MA4
Year 12
P Brown MA1
A Takhar MA2
P Masunga MA3
R Bickley MFL3
Year 13
J Smith HIS1
R Edwards MA5
I Dawson HIS2
L Watson EN3
A Swift LAB5
Assemblies
• Primary School assemblies will take place
remotely via zoom on a weekly basis.
• There will be no singing until government
guidance allows.
• Senior School assemblies will take place in
the chapel, 3 pupils per pew, in year group
bubbles.
• House assemblies will take place remotely
across the school so year group bubbles do
not mix.
Primary School break
• Pupils are only permitted to
bring healthy snacks such as
fruit, with them each day.
• Fruit should be brought in a
plastic bag not a container.
• No nuts are allowed on the
school site.
• Breaktimes will be staggered.
• Pupils should bring their own
filled water bottle with them
each day, these can be refilled
by teachers but must be taken
home for washing each day.
Senior School break
• A limited range of snacks will be available in
the dining hall. We recommend pupils bring
healthy snacks such as fruit, with them each
day. No nuts are allowed on the school site.
• Please use the school app to top up your
child’s account, the usual machine in senior
school will not be in use due to hygiene
reasons.
• Water fountains will also not be in use so
pupils should bring their own filled water bottle
with them each day.
• Y7,Y9,Y10 will queue at the normal entrance
to the dining hall and eat in the first half of
dining hall (to the right as they enter)
• Y8,Y11-13 will queue at the side entrance to
the dining hall near the tray carousel and eat in
the second half of dining hall (to the left as
they enter).
Senior School lunch
• Year groups must queue at the
following times and entrances:
– Y7 11.50 normal entrance, eat first
half dining hall
– Y8 12.00 side entrance, eat second
half dining hall
– Y9 12.40 normal entrance, eat first
half dining hall
– Y10 13.00 normal entrance, eat first
half dining hall
– Y11 12.50 side entrance, eat second
half dining hall
– Y12/13 not in lesson 4 12.10 normal
entrance, eat first half dining hall
– Y12/13 remainder – 13.10 side
entrance, eat second half dining hall
Wellbeing curriculum
• Mental Health and wellbeing support will be provided
through our tutorial and PSHE programmes.
• Pupils will be reminded of our school values and high
expectations during the first day back in September. Our
behaviour for learning policy will operate as usual.
• Pastoral support will be available through our form
tutors, mentors, teaching assistants and leadership
team.
Academic curriculum
• We aim to return to our normal academic curriculum
as quickly as possible.
• Teachers have been busy adapting their programmes
of study and schemes of work during the summer
break to take into account the period school was
closed. These new plans will be shared with parents
and uploaded to the curriculum area of our school
website in September.
• Teachers will also be conducting some short baseline
tests in September to check knowledge and
understanding of work that was set during school
closure.
• This information will then be utilised to help teachers
plan for the remainder of the school year to ensure
any gaps in learning are closed.
After school enrichment
• In Primary School, after school care will be
available. This should be booked in advance.
• In Senior School, the period 7 enrichment
programme will run from Tuesday-Thursday
and is mandatory for Y7-Y11.
• There will be a homework club available on
Mondays which will need to be booked in
advance.
• Further details will be circulated before the
start of term.
Senior School assessment and
feedback
• Teachers will use a variety of strategies to test
knowledge and understanding in lessons, which will
be self-assessed by pupils.
• Teachers will use a class feedback sheet, shared
with all pupils, to indicate strengths and areas of
development for each deep marked assignment.
• Whole class verbal feedback will be provided.
• Teachers will set assignments for pupils to check
deep understanding and application of skills. These
assignments will be completed on paper, deep
marked by teachers and stuck into exercise books
or assessment folders.
• Senior school pupils will be expected to keep their
exercise books at home and bring them in for their
lessons each day.
School trips
• Non-residential school trips will
be going ahead as usual when
opportunities arise.
• Trips will be planned in our
year group bubbles.
• Face masks do not need to be
worn on school transport.
• Residential trips are not
permitted yet as per
government guidance.
• We actively encourage pupils
to participate in trips to
enhance their learning
experience.
Attendance
• Pupils are expected to
attend school as normal
from September.
• All pupils should be on the
school site no later than
8.25am when the gates will
be closed.
• Absences and lateness will
be pursued as normal.
Transport
• Please do not take public
transport unless
absolutely necessary.
• Always wear a face mask
when using public
transport.
• Please walk or ride your
bike to school if you can.
• Bike racks are available
in Primary at the
Claremont entrance and
for Senior at the sports
centre, please bring your
own lock.
At home
• We expect pupils to be sensible
about the choices they make
outside of school.
• Parents should supervise their
children when on social media and
ensure they only use sites they
are legally allowed to access.
• This includes following
government guidance in relation to
social distancing in order to
reduce the spread of the virus.
• In addition, we expect pupils to
make wise choices regarding their
use of social media.
• For further advice please consult
https://www.internetmatters.org/ad
vice/
Visitors
• We cannot accept visitors without
appointments and we will be looking to hold
as many meetings as possible virtually
through Microsoft Teams and Zoom. This
may also include parents’ evenings.
• If you need to see a member of staff,
appointments will be made before or after
school.
GCSE and A level exams
• Pupils in Y11 and Y13
(Summer 2020) will
have the opportunity to
take exams in the
Autumn Term.
• If you wish to register
for these exams, please
speak to the relevant
Subject Leader and
Miss Zhang our exams
officer who can be
contacted on
nz@theroyal.school
Finally…
• We are very glad to be welcoming all our
pupils back but need everyone’s support
to ensure all pupils and staff remain safe.
• We hope you have found this guidance
helpful and reassuring.
• We wish you a relaxing and safe summer
break.
Further information
• If you need to be in touch regarding your child returning
to school, please see the useful contacts below:
Primary
Senior
EYFS Phase Leader
– Miss P Walters
pwa@theroyal.school
Head of Balmoral
House – Mr P Benson
pb@theroyal.school
KS1 Phase Leader –
Miss E Dempsey
edempsey@theroyal.
school
Head of Buckingham
House – Mr A Bagnall
aba@theroyal.school
Lower KS2 Phase
Leader – Mr R Alder
ral@theroyal.school
Head of Sandringham
House – Miss C
Mulvey
cmulvey@theroyal.sc
hool
Upper KS2 Phase
Leader – Mr E Smith
esm@theroyal.school
Head of Windsor
House – Mrs A
Goodlad
amg@theroyal.school
A video showing some of the measures in place can be viewed
here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vikUE4Ax3qw