You will be aware that the UK and Scottish Government have moved to the ‘delay phase’ in response to the spread of Covid – 19 (Coronavirus).

Our staff have met regularly to discuss contingency plans in the event of the Scottish Government taking the decision to close schools. I would like to reassure you that we have plans in place to make sure our children have every opportunity to continue their learning regardless of the circumstances we may face.

All children (P1-7) have a glow username and password that they are able to use to access Glow, the Scottish Government learning platform. Although our nursery children have been allocated usernames, they do not use these regularly and other provision will be made for these children and their parents/carers to access online learning activities through the nursery blog.

If children cannot attend school, we will provide digital learning opportunities through Google Classroom which is accessed through Glow. Teachers are preparing learning activities for their classes and links to online learning sites which will be uploaded to the Classroom.

Each child will also be given a general jotter to document any written tasks. Guidance will be provided by class teachers through the comment feed on the Google Classroom and children will be able to upload photographs of completed tasks and other evidence of learning for the teacher to give feedback.

We will provide updates to parents through our usual e-mail and messaging services and parents will be able to contact the school through our SchoolMail@crookfur.e-renfrew.sch.uk address.

In order to continue to tackle the spread of Covid-19, we have had an ongoing focus on hand washing and the NHS guidance below.

• Wash your hands with soap and water, or use a sanitizer gel, regularly throughout the day.
• Catch your cough or sneeze in a tissue, bin it, and wash your hands.
• Cough / sneeze into your sleeve if no tissue.

Children should apply this beyond school and we thank you with your support in reinforcing these key messages. This is good practice and will benefit children regardless of the current situation.

We also thank you for your continued understanding and support as we have made changes to planned events, however we want to ensure we are helping protect our community as well as our children.

We will continue to follow Public Health and Scottish Government advice and any further changes will be communicated through our normal methods.  For updates please continue to follow the school and Council social media sites.

Kind regards

Mrs McGuigan