Parents’ Evenings – Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th February 2022

Dear Parents and Carers,

We will be continuing to use our online booking system for the upcoming Parents’ Evenings on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th February. The aforementioned booking system is provided by School Jotter and will enable parents/carers to make their own bookings within the available time slots.

It is my intention that the aforementioned meetings will take place via Google Meet; with the option of a phone call if this would be preferred. Each appointment will last up to ten minutes (this will enable us to keep to timings), we appreciate your support with this.

Following the 2021 parent/carer questionnaire, it was clear that the majority of you preferred face-to-face meetings (33 out of 60 responses). I was really pleased that this was something we could offer in the Autumn Term, when infection rates were far lower than at present. However, given current infection rates, and the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19, it is clear that school based meetings (even with mitigations) present an unacceptable risk.

Maintaining high quality face-to-face education remains Elvington’s main priority and creating multiple contacts is not a viable option, as this could negatively impact on all those connected to our school. This would directly jeopardise our ability to provide face-to-face education and more importantly risk people’s health.

To log in to School Jotter and make a booking for parents’ evening, please use the following link: http://elvingtonprimary.bookings.schooljotter2.com/ and log in using your current username and password.  If you have forgotten these, please use the “can’t access your account” link on the login page, and then enter your email address.

The online booking system will close at 12pm on Thursday 10th February, please ensure your time slot is reserved by this date and time.  We will then email out the Google Meet link for your appointment.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Andrew Buttery