Mrs N’s Notes, 26.2.21

Week 3 menus for the week ahead ECO FOCUS WEEK We are looking forward to an Eco focus in the week ahead.  Whether working at home or in the building, all classes have an exciting range of activities planned that can be carried out both indoors and outside.  We are very proud of all our Eco awards and we are not going to let this period of Lockdown get in

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Mrs N’s Notes, 19.2.21

WELCOME BACK Click here to read a letter from Jason Leitch explaining the return to school for some children next week. This NURSERY LETTER is also being emailed to all nursery families today too. We look forward to welcoming back our nursery pupils and those from P.1-P.3 from Monday 22.2.21.  Our staggered drop off and pick up times will continue at the infant gate.  As before, please try to stick

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Learning at Home – Parent Guides

During our survey of parents during this current period of school closure, some people requested ‘how to’ guides covering literacy and numeracy topics. Do you know we have a range of these guides already on our website? Click here to go straight to the right web page. In future, if you want to revisit these, you will find them under the LEARNING AND TEACHING menu at the top of the

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Mrs N’s Notes, 12.2.21

RETURN TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING At this point we have no more information regarding the planned return to school for key year groups announced by the First Minister recently.  We are expecting confirmation of this early next week and we will then be in touch with how this will look at Kirkshaws in both the school and nursery. REMOTE LEARNING We have seen a dip in pupil engagement this week. 

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Mrs N’s Notes, 5.2.21

HOLIDAY WEEKEND Thank you for all your efforts during Week 4 of home learning.  I know this is not easy for anyone and we really appreciate all your efforts at home to keep your children motivated.  We will continue to keep the learning opportunities coming on Teams.  However, it is time for our Mid-term Holiday.  Please walk away from screens this long weekend and enjoy the break.  Don’t expect to

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