15/03/2010
Our “New Early Years Outdoor Play Area”
You have probably noticed that there are some builders at school. They are working on a new area which is mainly for our Reception children. (The rest of the school will be able to share it as well!) Here are some photographs; we’ll add some more in the next few days as it gets closer to being finished. We are still deciding on a name for this exciting new area; if you have any great ideas we’d love to hear them.
05/03/2010
Storytelling with Mike from Mexican Tales
We all had a great time listening to Mike from Mexican Tales and his marvellous stories from all over the world. Amongst other things, we heard the best story we have ever heard about a hairy green toe!
After the assembly, children from Year 5 and 6 worked with Mike to write and practise their own stories. In the afternoon, these brave story tellers visited the other classes to share their stupendous stories!
25/02/2010
Marathon Man!
Click on the links below to read about Mr Mate’s Marathon Challenge or to download a sponsorship form for Get Kids Going.
See the ‘London Marathon – Mr Mate 2010′ link in the menu bar on the left.
Click here for more information about Mr Mate’s Challenge
Click here for a ‘Get Kids Going’ sponsorship form
24 February 2010
The Crossdale Way
On Tuesday we mixed the children into 7 new mixed-age classes and spent the day thinking about the things we need to do at school to make sure everyone is happy and everyone learns as well as they can. Each ‘class’ worked with every teacher in school on range of fun activities to help launch ‘The Crossdale Way’, a set of rules which we all try hard to follow:
At Crossdale we CARE
Choose to do the right thing and be the best you can be
Always be kind and stay safe
Respect each other and show good manners
Everyone and the world we share is special
Learning together and having fun
22 February 2010
Teddy Bears’ Hospital
On Monday students form Nottingham Medical School came to set up a Teddy Bear’s Hospital. Children in in base 1 took their Teddy Bears along to have a check up a x-ray in the clinics! They then went on to find out about the importance of keeping fit, explored their senses, found out about body parts and explored a real-life doctors bag. The children had a super day and the Teddy Bears went home feeling fit and well!
12 February 2010
Newsletter
- Thank you!
- Text and email service
- Book Week
- Fish and Quips! PTA Quiz night FRIDAY 5th MARCH
- School Travel Plan
- Child Protection Procedures
- Roll of Honour
Click here for more information
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Crossdale 10k Planning Meeting
- Monday 22nd February 8pm
The Salutation, Keyworth
Everyone Welcome
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Friends of Crossdale
- Wednesday 10th March at 7.30 pm
In School Staff Room
Everyone Welcome
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29 January 2010
Blacksmith Visit
Mr Flint arranged for a Blacksmith to come into school on Tuesday who demonstrated to the children how he makes shoes for Mr Flint’s horses. He left us with our very own lucky horse shoe!
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Fantastic Friends of Crossdale!
Click on the link below to read about the ways in which the PTA have been spending their money to make our school even better!
The newsletter also contains details of our ‘Fish and Quips’ quiz evening on Friday 5th March.
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28th January 2010
Big Weaving
Children from Base 1 spent Thursday afternoon weaving outside. They used trees, benches and anything or anybody standing still as looms. They had great fun producing work as a part of their project on weaving.
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Crossdale Taekwondo Pee-Wee Demonstration
2nd February 2010 – 3:30pm to 4:15pm
If you are unsure what Taekwondo is and are curious about what happens at the Taekwondo sessions that take place on Tuesday afternoons this event will answer all your questions!
There will be an explanation of the history of the Crossdale Pee-Wee group and an explanation of the grading system used in the sport.
The basic patterns and movements used in the sport will be demonstrated by members of the group – including past and present pupils of Crossdale. The boys and girls of the group will also be helped out by Sophie Chatel, a 3rd Dan and member of the Great Britain national team. Sophie is ranked No. 2 in the UK!
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Procedure for Closure of School
- A decision would be made as early as possible in the morning.
- It would be broadcast on Radio Trent and BBC Radio Nottingham
- Details will be displayed on the frontpage of the school website www.crossdaleschool.com
NOTE:- If it is a late announcement and children have already set off for school then they must continue to school so we can contact parents. If they turn back and walk home because someone has told them on the way, we have no way of knowing that they have got home safetly. Would you please make sure you tell your child that if they are on their way to school, to continue so we can contact parents (We will always try to ensure that a member of staff is at school). Please understand that we may not be able to answer the phone at this time – as we maybe contacting parents to make collection arrangements, hopefully the information displayed via the website will answer your queries.
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5th January 2010
Newsletter
- Happy New Year!
- New Starters
- Snow and Ice
- INSET
- Roll of Honour
Click here for more information
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1oth December 2009
Base Three London Trip – Information For Parents
I’ve uploaded the letter ( Base 3 trip info ) we gave to children today (Thursday). Remember to check here tomorrow evening to get updates on our estimated time of arrival back at Crossdale.
Mr McKenna
7th December 2009
Babbling Vagabonds – Storytelling
We all had a great time on Monday when the Babbling Vagabonds Storytelling Theatre came to visit.
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30 November
Newsletter
- Parent Information Evenings – Maths Evening (1 December 2009) POSTPONED
- School Photographs
- School Dinners
- Diary Dates
- PTA Newsletter
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30 November 2009
Frosty Friday
Below are some images from our wonderful Frosty Friday fair. Many thanks to the PTA for all their hard work in planning and organising the fair. A big thank you also to the many parents and members of the local community who turned out on the night to support us – we were almost full to capacity from start to finish!
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25 November 2009
Parent Information evenings
We will be holding two information evenings over the next few weeks:
• Tuesday 1st December 6 – 7pm
Maths at Crossdale
• Tuesday 8th December 6 – 7pm
Virtual Learning Environments (Fronter) and e-safety
click here for more information
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20 November 2009
Ed Balls visits Crossdale
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, visited Crossdale today along with the Minister for Schools, Vernon Coaker. During the visit they met school council and participated in our Children in Need assembly.
ITN, Central News and East Midlands Today were all here, as well as the Evening Post. I have been assured that we will appear on television tonight, so set your video recorders for all news programmes! The presenter from Central News seemed particularly confident that we would feature on their 6pm show.
Mr Balls, Mr Coaker, their staff, and all of the journalists present were incredibly complimentary about the school, and singled out the children in particular for their good behaviour, manners and the confidence they demonstrated when interviewed.
We were all very proud of the children.
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Children in Need Update
Thank you for all the kind donations today which mean we will be able to donate over £300 to help children in need in the UK.
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16th November 2009
Newsletter
- National Anti-Bullying Week
- Help us promote the 2010 10k
- Reading Volunteers
- 5 star kitchen
- Children in Need
- Crossdaily News
Click here for more information on the above topics
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6th November 2009
Love in a Box
A huge thank you for all the generous donations towards our ‘Love in a Box’ appeal. Many of you have been collecting (or knitting!) items for months now. The children worked all afternoon on Thursday to put the boxes together ready for delivery this morning. Due to your generosity we were able to deliver a record breaking 280 boxes. If you would like to read more about why your generosity makes such a difference, visit www.childrenindistress.org.
A special thanks to all the parents and helpers who gave up the whole day on Thursday to coordinate and organise the day.
October / November Newsletter 2009
Click the link below to find out about what’s been happening here at Crossdale over the last few weeks.
click here for october-november-newsletter
September Newsletter
Welcome back!
It has been lovely to see the children return to school. They look smart and have come back in a really positive frame of mind. Thank you for ensuring they are wearing the correct school uniform – they look a real credit to the school. Your children may have told you that we are having a whole school push on good manners. We would really appreciate you reinforcing this at home. The children can earn stickers for their class when they show good manners, with the winning class each week earning an extra long playtime.
click here for the entire September newsletter
July 21st 2009
Newsletter
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Green Flag Award
I am delighted to inform parents that following a very stringent and detailed assessment of the school, Crossdale has attained Eco-Schools’ highest accolade of Green Flag Status.
Congratulations to all the parents, children and staff who have worked so hard to achieve this award.
Click here for more details of the eco-schools scheme
July Newsletter
Governors
Aladdin
Cycles
September INSET
Summer Fair
‘Invitations’ Books
Click here for information on the topics above and much more!
Wednesday Club
Wednesday Club is our weekly play-group for children aged 2-4 . We would like to invite any parents with children of this age to come along and join us. Everybody is welcome and it does not matter if Crossdale is not the school you will be sending your child to. This is a great way to get to know the school andother parents and children in the area. Sessions are held every Wednesday in term time at 2pm in the school hall.
Click here for more information about Wednesday Club
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