Dear Family and Friends of Crossmichael Primary School,
We have had a lovely few days back in school and pupils are settling in nicely. I cannot tell you how fantastic it has been to have everyone back together again!
School Meals
From this week, school meal deals will be only £1 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We are able to do this as part of the Government’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme. (P1-3 pupils receive free meals as normal.)
This is for meal deals only, it cannot be applied to single item purchases.
This promotion will run until 31 August. It applies to ‘paid for’ school meals only.
At Crossmichael, we are unable to offer hot meals until the class moves out of the hall into the portacabin. In addition to cold options, Mrs Pringle will try to offer a burger or warm chicken wrap, etc. in the meantime.
School Transport
We understand that all pupils who used to receive a ‘grace and favour’ place on school transport are no longer able to travel on the school bus. I have spoken to the Transport Assistant and they are accepting application forms for those children who wish to be allocated a seat. The form can be located here: NEP_2019_20 (1)
Please refer to the website for further information:
https://www.dumgal.gov.uk/article/15245/Free-school-transport
Concerns About Traffic Congestion
Thank you to those who have been in touch to express your concerns about the volume of traffic near the school at the end of the school day.
From today, all pupils who are entitled to school transport are able to travel on buses. This should help to reduce the amount of cars around the school.
In the next few weeks, the building work will be finished at the school and I am hoping that several pupils will be allocated ‘grace and favour’ places on school transport. This should also help the situation. If not, then we will discuss other ways of solving this problem.
Laptops Loaned to Families During Lockdown
We provided some families with laptops during Lockdown. Please return these machines to the school along with power cables (and dongles if you had them).
Parent Council Meeting
Crossmichael Parent Council are meeting via the Zoom app at 7pm on Monday 24th August. If you wish to receive an ID and password them please email Mrs Gilli Hodson at crossmichaelparentcouncil@gmail.com . We look forward to seeing you online!
Portacabin Building Work
Building work is ongoing at the site for the portacabin for P2-4 pupils. We hope that pupils will be able to move in to their new classroom during the first week in September.
Getting It Right for Every Child
Some pupils have Individual Education Plans and Child’s Plans in place to support them in reducing and removing barriers to learning. Some pupils have input from other agencies such as Speech and Language, Educational Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Social Work. Over the next few weeks we will be in touch with families to arrange meetings (online or via telephone) to update targets in these plans.
Today I am meeting with Ms Heather Hermon, who is our Additional Support for Learning Teacher. She is based at Kirkcudbright Primary School but will be available to attend meetings and to liaise and provide advice and support where appropriate. She works for one full day across our partnership schools.
I hope you have a lovely week and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best wishes,
Mary E Lidstone-Scott
Headteacher
