Dear families,
I realise that you will be anxious to know what the plans are in school should the First Minister confirm that the phased return to school can start on Monday 22nd February. If this is confirmed children in P1-3 should come to school and those in P4-7 (other than Key Workers) will remain working at home.
Returning to school
Children in P1 & P3 will be in school 8:45am -2:45pm and children in P2, 9am -3pm. This will help avoid us creating crowds. Please make sure that for adults, face coverings are worn and 2m distancing is maintained. All of the other systems for minimising contact will be maintained e.g. staff and children only in the building, regular hand washing and different playtimes to minimise the risk of contact. Children in the ‘hub’ attend 9-3.
As most children in P4-7 will be working from home we will still have minimum numbers of staff in school for P4-7. Miss Carroll will be working in P1/2 from 22nd February rather than in P2.
Childcare arrangements
I know that a number of families will be affected by these new arrangements, either because they have children in both P1-3 & P4-7 or as they work in schools or nurseries now require ‘hub’ places. If, due to the fact that you work in a school or nursery and are now working full time please complete the following form.
Given that the decision for P1-3 to return is a national one I can’t alter timings but we will be understanding that families with a few children may need to make slightly different arrangements for pick up and drop off. Please let us know about this by emailing the school office schoolmail@crossarthurlie.e-renfrew.sch.uk and someone will be in touch to talk through how we can help.
On-line Learning
There will be no new work on the Google Classrooms we have been using during this time for children in P1-3 although should your child be absent due to having to self-isolate, there will be work on the ‘Home Learning’ Google Classroom, unfortunately this will not include live Google Meets.
As there are children in P4 who have younger sibilings in P1-3 we have re-arranged the time for their Google Meet. Google Meets will now start at the following times:
P7 10:00 a.m.
P6 11:00 a.m.
P5 11:30 a.m.
P4 1:00 p.m.
Jotters and paper based work
We have pulled together some new paper-based materials for families in P4-7 to supplement the on-line learning. We know that some children are also running out of jotters. Jotters are available to be collected from school. If you are planning to collect jotters or additional paper resources please come between 9.30a.m. and 2.30 p.m. to avoid too many people being at the door.
Finally ….
Thank you for your continued understanding and support at this difficult time. We are all looking forward to when we can welcome all the children back in school. Our children are very resilient but we are aware they have particularly missed time with their friends. We will ensure that whenever the children are back in school, now or later, we will spend time supporting friendships as well as supporting learning.
If you have any questions please email the school office schoolmail@crossarthurlie.e-renfrew.sch.uk or if you need to, you can also phone between 9am and 3pm, and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @crossarthurlie.
Fiona MacDonald
