{"id":6153,"date":"2021-05-21T13:42:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T13:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/kirkshawswebsite\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2021-05-21T13:42:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T13:42:24","slug":"mrs-ns-notes-21-5-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/kirkshawswebsite\/2021\/05\/21\/mrs-ns-notes-21-5-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs N’s Notes, 21.5.21"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Week 3 menus for next week…school above and nursery below.<\/p>\n

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HEALTH WEEK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Next week marks our annual Health Week…and what a programme of events Mr Sharp has planned for us all!\u00a0 As well as our normal Health Programme continuing, we have mindfulness sessions (both live and recorded), class competitions, Daily Mile, class sports days, Dogs’ Trust activities, daily exercises delivered live using Teams, a Dance Together event on Wednesday and a home learning grid that gives you masses<\/em> of choice for the week!\u00a0 What makes it even more exciting is the fact that our P.7 classes have taken leadership roles here and are leading many of these sessions themselves over Teams.\u00a0 Thank you to them all…and to all our staff members, without whom this could not go ahead!<\/p>\n

CHS VIRTUAL TRANSITION WEEK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

P.7 are going to be particularly busy next week as it is also their virtual transition week, carrying out lessons prepared by Coatbridge High School staff.\u00a0 There will be input from one department each day, with each lesson delivered by our own P.7 teachers here in Kirkshaws.\u00a0 Many thanks to Mr Gall and Mrs Canning once again for their flexibility and ability to teach a full range of high school subjects in conjunction with our secondary colleagues this year!<\/p>\n

SCHOOL OF DANCE, SCHOOL OF RUGBY, SCHOOL OF FOOTBALL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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We were delighted to hear this week that two of our P.7 pupils have been accepted for the NLC School of Football.\u00a0 This is quite an achievement, with very competitive trials taking place involving pupils from across the authority.\u00a0 Well done to them both.<\/p>\n

In addition, we have a number of other Sports Stars who have applied for the School of Rugby and School of Dance at Coatbridge High School.\u00a0 This week saw our prospective dancers take part in their auditions. Good luck, girls!<\/p>\n

TRANSITION VISITS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday the Scottish Government updated guidance to schools, which meant that this week all partner high schools were able to confirm details of planned transition visits.\u00a0 All our P.7 pupils now have that information.<\/p>\n

We have also reviewed and updated our proposed plans in light of these latest guidelines and we will be sending out invitations and information packs to our new P.1 and new Nursery pupils early next week.<\/p>\n

Please note that should there be a COVID-19 outbreak within a school these visits are liable to be changed or cancelled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Virtual Classrooms are currently being created to allow our new pupils to visit the nursery playrooms and infant classrooms using digital platforms.\u00a0 These will be made available to you before the end of session. This means pupils can visit online in June, but also throughout the summer, if they need reassurance.\u00a0 Pupils in Kirkshaws Nursery also continue to have weekly lessons with our current P.1 class, using Teams to connect us with live video links.<\/p>\n

SCHOOL APP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I received a message today from someone concerned that the school app wasn’t working.\u00a0 Please remember, as advised last month, the contract with the app provider has now expired and all communication with families will be made using text, email, website and Teams.<\/p>\n

REPORTING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All school and nursery reports have now been written and will be ready to come home to you next week.<\/p>\n

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

As always, teachers and Early Years staff continue to carry out regular assessments of progress on a daily basis.\u00a0 However, at this time of year some standardised assessments allow us to ensure pupils are on-track at a national level.\u00a0 P.1, P.4 and P.7 are the key stages where Scottish National Standardised Assessments are carried out.\u00a0 These are completed on line and give staff valuable information to support next steps in pupil progress.<\/p>\n

LEAVING EVENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

At this time, the instruction from the Scottish Government remains that parents should not be invited into the school grounds for special events.\u00a0 I know this impacts on our normal Nursery Graduation and P.7 Leavers’ Assembly.\u00a0 We will continue to constantly review the situation and will let you know if things change.\u00a0 As you will understand this could even change at the last minute, due to the national and local situation regarding COVID levels.\u00a0 Please be assured that these special events will still be marked in school.\u00a0 If we cannot invite you to join us in person, we will create an online alternative.<\/p>\n

HOLIDAYS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, we have two short weeks ahead of us now.\u00a0 School and nursery will both be on holiday on Friday 28th and Monday 31st May for the local holiday.<\/p>\n

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Week 3 menus for next week…school above and nursery below. HEALTH WEEK Next week marks our annual Health Week…and what a programme of events Mr Sharp has planned for us all!\u00a0 As well as our normal Health Programme continuing, we have mindfulness sessions (both live and recorded), class competitions, Daily Mile, class sports days, Dogs’ Trust activities, daily exercises delivered live using Teams, a Dance Together event on Wednesday and<\/p>\n

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