Bedwas - Breakfast Club

Dear Parent / Carer,

Breakfast Club

We have been asked to share some important information with you with regard to the Breakfast Club operated by Caerphilly Catering on our two school sites.

They would like to advise parents that although Breakfast Club is re-opening there may be occasions due to unforeseen circumstances where the Breakfast Club may need to close at extremely short notice i.e. staffing shortages linked to coronavirus.

If Caerphilly Catering reach the decision that the Breakfast Club need to close they will inform us at the school as soon as they know. At this point we will put an update onto the school blog and send out a text message to the parents who have applied for their children to have a BC place.

With so much uncertainty about the current situation and the rising numbers of Covid cases being reported across Wales it is a very real possibility that staffing issues will impact on the Breakfast Clubs in our schools. It is therefore essential that you are able to access either the texting service or the blog in order to avoid missing the announcement that the provision has had to be closed.

I would urge you to only use the BC provision when absolutely necessary as the children who attend the club will obviously have a greater number of identified ‘close contacts’ other than those they would usually have within their class bubble. The BC has been separately risk assessed and will also be operating a seating plan to monitor and manage the close contacts but attendance is still an additional ‘risk’ beyond their ususal class bubble.

Schools who are re-opening their BC provision have been advised that if cases in the school setting rise significantly they could be instructed to temporarily close the club as one of the measures to curb any increase in cases.

This is an important service for many people and was put in place by Welsh Government to address the issue of ‘food poverty’ and in light of that we need to do everything we possibly can within our power to keep it open.

R Cook

Head Teacher

The Federation of Bedwas Junior and Rhydri Primary Schools