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 the way of our next accreditation. Mrs King is leading the way, with all classes committed to supporting her in this mammoth task. Here we go, Team Kirkshaws to win!
WORLD BOOK DAY & WORLD BOOK WEEK
Next week also sees us celebrating World Book Week, with World Book Day falling on Thursday 4th March. As always, we will have a range of literacy tasks planned to encourage everyone to read more and enjoy different texts. Once again, this can be done at home or in school or nursery – wherever you are working this week. The one big difference is that those in the school building will not be dressing up or bringing their favourite books in this year – COVID restrictions remain in place, which means we do not want pupils bringing any additional items in from home. Despite this, we are aiming to have plenty fun with books this week. Wherever you are…KEEP READING!
READING BOOKS TO COLLECT
Some classes have reading books ready to collect for the week ahead. Rooms 8, 10 and 15 have books ready for everyone. In Room 5, the Alligators, Ants and Bears also have books to collect. If you haven’t already collected them, please come to the front entrance early in the week, avoiding 9am and 3pm if possible.
Please return any books you already have at home before taking your new set. Thank you.
DIGITAL DEVICES
We continue to work in partnership with NLC to ensure digital devices are provided to those families who find it impossible to get online. Our latest set of laptops have now been distributed. If your circumstances have changed and you find your child needs a device to access home learning, please call the school office and we will put a plan in place to help you.
PARENT COUNCIL UPDATE
During this period of blended learning, our Parent Council continues to work remotely too. They are still functioning to support the needs of the whole school community. If you want to contact the Parent Council, this can be done by contacting the school office in the first instance and you will be put in touch with a member of the committee.
REPORTS
Under normal circumstances we would send written reports home before Easter. This year, we realise parents are more aware that ever before of exactly what their children are learning. We know that parents are emailing staff regularly and have a very clear picture of their child’s areas of strength and where they need more support. As a result, we have decided to send our written reports home in May/June this year, allowing teachers to assess progress further on their return to full time face to face teaching.
