{"id":5217,"date":"2020-10-04T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/kirkshawswebsite\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2020-10-04T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:00:09","slug":"mrs-ns-notes-4-10-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/kirkshawswebsite\/2020\/10\/04\/mrs-ns-notes-4-10-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs N’s Notes ~ 4\/10\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PARENT COUNCIL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Parent Council AGM will be held via video link at 7pm on Monday 5th October.\u00a0 Many thanks to those parents who have expressed an interest in joining this year.\u00a0 Your details have been passed to Cheryl Grant, Chairperson of the group.\u00a0 If you are a parent of a child currently attending our nursery or school, you are a member of the Parent Forum and have the right to attend any Parent Council Meetings.\u00a0 Please send an email to gw09nicolsonalison2@glow.sch.uk if you wish to attend.<\/p>\n

FLU VACCINATIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

NHS staff will be with us on Tuesday 6th October, as planned, to carry out the Flu Vaccination programme.\u00a0 Please be assured that appropriate risk assessments have been carried out, ensuring this is done in accordance with all health and safety guidelines.\u00a0 We will work in close partnership with our colleagues from the NHS to ensure all procedures are adhered to.\u00a0 If you have not yet returned your permission slip for your child, please do this on Monday.<\/p>\n

ONGOING RISK ASSESSMENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As COVID-19 restrictions across the country are tightened up, can I assure you that we continue to show the same diligence in school and nursery.\u00a0 Nothing has relaxed.\u00a0 Pupils continue to work within class and group ‘bubbles’ across the whole campus, ensuring we are minimising the risk of any transfer of infection.\u00a0 Cleaning of touch-points and work areas takes place throughout the day and staff wear appropriate PPE if they are unable to keep a 2m distance from anyone else.\u00a0 Risk assessments continue to be updated and reviewed daily.\u00a0 Your child’s safety remains our primary aim.<\/p>\n

With reading books now coming home, I know that many children are now carrying a school bag.\u00a0 This is not a problem, however please remember that only essential items should be brought to school: water bottle, snack, lunch, reading book and a pencil case, if you want.\u00a0 No toys should be brought to school and no gifts or cards for other children can be exchanged at school.<\/p>\n

Please remember that teachers will collect their classes at their designated start time from the school playground, so pupils should continue to arrive at school as close to their start time as possible to avoid hanging around, sometimes in unpleasant weather.<\/p>\n

OUTDOOR PE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Across Scotland pupils continue to carry out PE lessons outdoors.\u00a0 We continue to ask our learners to come to school on PE days wearing their outdoor gym kit.\u00a0 Now that the weather is changing, please pop a spare pair of socks in your child’s bag or jacket pocket as there is always the possibility their feet\u00a0may get damp if they are carrying out sports on the grass.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We would like to say a huge thank you to one of our parents who made a most generous donation to the school to allow us to deliver an enhanced outdoor learning curriculum.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 We now have enough outdoor PE resources to provide each Zone with their own kit.\u00a0 These resources are cleaned after each use, following local and national guidelines. In addition, each child in the school has a waterproof jacket they can use for any outdoor experiences.\u00a0 We have a jacket for each child.\u00a0 These are named and allocated for individual use, meaning these do not need to be shared.\u00a0 A valuable resource, especially this year!<\/p>\n

READING BOOKS, LIBRARY BOOKS, STORY SACKS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have any books or resources still at home from last session, please send them into school with your child at your earliest convenience.\u00a0 All paper-based resources will be quarantined for 72 hours in line with national guidelines.\u00a0 Any games from Story Sacks will be thoroughly sanitised before going into storage.\u00a0 Unfortunately we cannot continue our lending library of these resources during this time.<\/p>\n

OCTOBER WEEK HOLIDAY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember school and nursery all finish at the usual times on Friday 9th October for our October Week holiday.\u00a0 We expect Breakfast Club, Nursery and School to all open at the usual times on Monday 19th October for Term 2.<\/p>\n

I<\/span>NTERIM REPORTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pupils from Primary 1 to Primary 7 will bring home an Interim Report after the holiday week.\u00a0 This will give an overview of how your child is settling into school this session.<\/p>\n

OFFICE STAFFING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Thursday 24th September, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house as we bid farewell to Mrs Peat and Mrs Dunn.\u00a0 They served the Kirkshaws community for 20 and 18 years respectively and although we wish them well in their retirement, we will miss them dearly.<\/p>\n

However, I am delighted to announce that following interviews last week, two new clerical staff have been appointed.\u00a0 As soon as pre-employment checks are carried out and they have worked their notice in their current places of work, we look forward to welcoming both ladies to Team Kirkshaws.\u00a0 \u00a0Until then can I ask that you continue to be patient as we strive to cover the school office as well as all our usual duties to ensure your child is safe and their learning is uninterrupted.\u00a0 Normal service will resume as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PARENT COUNCIL Our Parent Council AGM will be held via video link at 7pm on Monday 5th October.\u00a0 Many thanks to those parents who have expressed an interest in joining this year.\u00a0 Your details have been passed to Cheryl Grant, Chairperson of the group.\u00a0 If you are a parent of a child currently attending our nursery or school, you are a member of the Parent Forum and have the right<\/p>\n

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