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

You will be well aware of the rapidly changing situation across the country due to the coronavirus. As you know schools, in line with everyone else, are following national guidance which in itself is necessarily changing on a daily basis. More information is available from the NHS at www.nhsinform.scot.

At the moment all schools and Early Learning and Childcare Centres remain open. However, over the next few days and weeks, it is possible that an increased number of pupils and staff will catch the virus and have to stay at home.  This will mean whole families having to stay at home for long periods of time, unable to come to school or go to work.

To help with our planning to continue to offer opportunities for learning we would be grateful if you could answer the following questions, using the link below:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKclYcsLU0jJIhDrccrg-LaVUN1RYWjZZOFhOSDk4V0o4VjBDN1MxNUgwUy4u

I know this is a worrying time for everyone and I want to assure you that we are working hard to plan for different situations and continue to provide learning and teaching for our children and young people. We will continue to communicate with you through our usual channels on the arrangements for your child. Please continue to follow the updates provided through the school and Council social media sites.

Thank you for your continued support

We are looking forward to welcoming all of our children on Monday 19th August for the new school session- especially our new Primary One children.

Primary 1 parents/carers have been sent some information about the first day in the post. Please click here to access a copy of this letter.

East Renfrewshire Council Trading Standards and Prevention Department has highlighted a concern regarding the P7 Leavers Hoodies. In particular, that some of the hoodies have a free running hood cord. The products themselves are not unsafe, they are small adult sized hoodies, but in order to comply with legislation surrounding children’s clothing, free running cords are not deemed safe for children under 14 years of age.

For safety reasons, if small adult sized hoodies were ordered, parents are advised to remove the cords from the hoodies.

Many thanks

Mrs McGuigan

Crookfur Primary will shortly be offering children the option of a Halal Menu as part of our lunch service.

A letter has been sent home today to give parents/carers more information. A copy of this letter has been uploaded to the Recent Letters Home section of the website and a sample menu can be accessed here.

The Halal Menu option will be introduced from week beginning Monday 18th June.

Best wishes

Mrs McGuigan

We have sent information to parents and carers detailing transition arrangements for children who will be starting P1 in August 18.

You will be able to access information about P1 induction on our website and we will add to this in the coming weeks.

P1 New Entrants

I look forward to our first information evening for parents/carers on Monday 14th May @ 7pm.

Best wishes

Mrs McGuigan

We are delighted that Crookfur Primary and Nursery Class will be able to open as usual tomorrow morning.

Both and ERC and parent volunteers have been busy ensuring that our pedestrian access routes have been cleared of snow and gritted. Cold weather is expected to continue so please do take care on approach. Doors will be open from 8.50am and we look forward to welcoming the children back.

Many thanks for your patience and support

Mrs McGuigan

As the Amber Warning for snow has been extended, weather conditions are not conducive to safe travel and as a result Crookfur Primary and Nursery Class will remain closed tomorrow (Friday 2nd). Staff and children should not attend.

We hope that over the next few days sufficient snow clearance can be carried out in order to grit our access routes to school and I am optimistic that we will open as normal on Monday. Please continue to monitor our communication channels- Twitter, website and ERC media for further updates.

I do apologise for any inconvenience, especially to P3A. We will reschedule your assembly soon 🙂

Best wishes

Mrs McGuigan

As a result of the Red Warning for weather in surrounding areas and the continued Amber Warning for East Renfrewshire, Crookfur Primary and Nursery Class will remain closed tomorrow (Thursday 1st Mar). Staff and pupils should not attend.

I hope that all of our families take care and stay safe. We will continue to monitor conditions and provide updates through our Twitter feed, School Website and ERC communications.

Many thanks

Mrs McGuigan

Please be advised that due to expected adverse weather and Government advice to avoid travel,  Crookfur Primary and Nursery Class will be closed tomorrow (Wed 28th Feb) for all staff and pupils.

Please continue to check social media for further updates- Twitter, School Website, ERC Media Outlets.

Please follow this link to book your appointment for our Parents Evenings on either 7th and 8th February.

Parents Evenings

The booking system will open from 7am on Monday 29th January until 10am on Wed 7th February.

We look forward to seeing you then.

Updated 19th January

Please be advised that we are aware of the weather warnings issued by the met office and are closely monitoring the situation.

In the event of any changes to the normal school day, e.g. early closure, we will contact parents using text and e-mail as well as using our website and Twitter to provide further information.

Our Parent Council will also use their social media platforms to share information.

At present school and nursery are open as normal and please be assured that we will contact you should this situation change.

More information on our severe weather contingency can be found on this website here.