26th August Update
Returning to classes in September email and Risk Assessment.
Please find documents for Underwood and Awsworth below
Please find documents for Underwood and Awsworth below
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9th June Update
Dear Parents,
I hope this email finds you and your family well during these uncertain times. For me it has been a very challenging but amazing time becoming a first time mum during lockdown. Not being able to introduce Freya to family and friends has been difficult but the extra time at home and having lots of cuddles because we are unable to go out has been amazing. I hope homeschooling hasn't resulted in too many family disagreements and the chocolate and alcohol consumption has started to decrease. All joking aside I hope your family and friends are well and hopefully soon we will all be reunited.
I have been monitoring the Government guidelines closely hoping for the day they say gyms and dance schools can reopen. From the information received so far it sounds like we will be the last category to be phased back in, hopefully in July. This is unfortunate but I believe it is for the best. With this in mind I have decided not to reopen the school until September (providing we are able to) for a number of reasons;
Firstly to comply with social distancing regulations I will have to restructure how students enter and exit classes, reduce the number of children per class and introduce gaps between classes. We also have to wait until the class venues reopen and allow us to use their facilities.
Secondly once camping sites and holiday parks reopen I am sure many of you will try and get away for some semblance of a summer holiday. If I were to open during the summer holidays in August I expect significantly reduced numbers of pupils would attend and having to reduce class sizes could mean empty classes which are therefore not cost effective.
Thirdly, this virus will be around for some time and to ensure the safety of both my students and their families and myself and my family, we will only reopen when I feel it is safe to do so. I know the children are missing classes and seeing their friends but I do not want to rush into reopening and put anyone at risk.
When the school reopens, hopefully in September, there will be a number of measures put in place to comply with government guidelines and protect the children. These will be emailed out along with new timetables and which class your child will be in closer to the time.
As mentioned above I know some of the children are missing their classes, therefore I will be recording online classes over the next three months and posting them on a VJSD YouTube channel. The children will be able to watch, copy and learn steps whilst at home. I won't be running live online classes - it is quite difficult to run live sessions with Freya, however with YouTube I can upload pre-recorded classes for the children to enjoy. I will also upload a variety of other relevant links to videos that can be found on YouTube, which will vary from classes I recommend to information about different dance styles and videos by famous dancers. This page will be live in the coming weeks and emails will be sent out with a link to it when new videos have been uploaded. I hope our students will enjoy this and hopefully it will bring a little bit of dance back to them, unless of course they have been bombarding you with requests to join in Tik Toks.
A proposed September date will be sent out as soon as we have been given the go ahead to reopen classes by the Government, of course this may change if we are advised not to. In the meantime I hope you enjoy the videos and have a lovely summer.
As always news, updates and other relevant information can be found on our Facebook page. Stay safe and well.
Best wishes,
Vanessa
I hope this email finds you and your family well during these uncertain times. For me it has been a very challenging but amazing time becoming a first time mum during lockdown. Not being able to introduce Freya to family and friends has been difficult but the extra time at home and having lots of cuddles because we are unable to go out has been amazing. I hope homeschooling hasn't resulted in too many family disagreements and the chocolate and alcohol consumption has started to decrease. All joking aside I hope your family and friends are well and hopefully soon we will all be reunited.
I have been monitoring the Government guidelines closely hoping for the day they say gyms and dance schools can reopen. From the information received so far it sounds like we will be the last category to be phased back in, hopefully in July. This is unfortunate but I believe it is for the best. With this in mind I have decided not to reopen the school until September (providing we are able to) for a number of reasons;
Firstly to comply with social distancing regulations I will have to restructure how students enter and exit classes, reduce the number of children per class and introduce gaps between classes. We also have to wait until the class venues reopen and allow us to use their facilities.
Secondly once camping sites and holiday parks reopen I am sure many of you will try and get away for some semblance of a summer holiday. If I were to open during the summer holidays in August I expect significantly reduced numbers of pupils would attend and having to reduce class sizes could mean empty classes which are therefore not cost effective.
Thirdly, this virus will be around for some time and to ensure the safety of both my students and their families and myself and my family, we will only reopen when I feel it is safe to do so. I know the children are missing classes and seeing their friends but I do not want to rush into reopening and put anyone at risk.
When the school reopens, hopefully in September, there will be a number of measures put in place to comply with government guidelines and protect the children. These will be emailed out along with new timetables and which class your child will be in closer to the time.
As mentioned above I know some of the children are missing their classes, therefore I will be recording online classes over the next three months and posting them on a VJSD YouTube channel. The children will be able to watch, copy and learn steps whilst at home. I won't be running live online classes - it is quite difficult to run live sessions with Freya, however with YouTube I can upload pre-recorded classes for the children to enjoy. I will also upload a variety of other relevant links to videos that can be found on YouTube, which will vary from classes I recommend to information about different dance styles and videos by famous dancers. This page will be live in the coming weeks and emails will be sent out with a link to it when new videos have been uploaded. I hope our students will enjoy this and hopefully it will bring a little bit of dance back to them, unless of course they have been bombarding you with requests to join in Tik Toks.
A proposed September date will be sent out as soon as we have been given the go ahead to reopen classes by the Government, of course this may change if we are advised not to. In the meantime I hope you enjoy the videos and have a lovely summer.
As always news, updates and other relevant information can be found on our Facebook page. Stay safe and well.
Best wishes,
Vanessa
18th March
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Unfortunately due to the updated guidelines on Monday from the Government regarding coronavirus and Covid-19 I have made the very tough decision to close the school with immediate effect.
Prior to Monday's update, I was happy to go ahead and take precautionary measures around washing hands and avoiding physical contact, however as pregnant women have now been added to the vulnerable list I have to do what is best to protect not only myself and my family but also my students and their families and cannot take any unnecessary risks. As you are all aware I am now 39 weeks pregnant with my first child and would probably have closed for a week around this time when the baby arrives.
This is an extremely hard decision to make and one that I have been struggling with since Monday. The safety of staff, pupils, parents/grandparents and your families are extremely important to me and it is with this in mind that I have made the decision to close the school for the last three weeks of term. This school is my pride and joy, and over the last two years I have worked hard to build it into the popular local dance school with many pupils it now is. Again I stress that this is a very hard decision and I hope all parents understand and agree with this outcome. I hope to see everybody back in classes when we reopen.
I will be keeping a close eye on the situation as it evolves and following the government advice as it changes. I hope to be able to reopen as normal after the Easter Holidays and subject to any further updates, classes will return on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April.
This is a very crazy time for everybody at the moment, please stay safe and well.
Many thanks
Unfortunately due to the updated guidelines on Monday from the Government regarding coronavirus and Covid-19 I have made the very tough decision to close the school with immediate effect.
Prior to Monday's update, I was happy to go ahead and take precautionary measures around washing hands and avoiding physical contact, however as pregnant women have now been added to the vulnerable list I have to do what is best to protect not only myself and my family but also my students and their families and cannot take any unnecessary risks. As you are all aware I am now 39 weeks pregnant with my first child and would probably have closed for a week around this time when the baby arrives.
This is an extremely hard decision to make and one that I have been struggling with since Monday. The safety of staff, pupils, parents/grandparents and your families are extremely important to me and it is with this in mind that I have made the decision to close the school for the last three weeks of term. This school is my pride and joy, and over the last two years I have worked hard to build it into the popular local dance school with many pupils it now is. Again I stress that this is a very hard decision and I hope all parents understand and agree with this outcome. I hope to see everybody back in classes when we reopen.
I will be keeping a close eye on the situation as it evolves and following the government advice as it changes. I hope to be able to reopen as normal after the Easter Holidays and subject to any further updates, classes will return on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April.
This is a very crazy time for everybody at the moment, please stay safe and well.
Many thanks