Mrs Stockdale, our long-standing cook is due to retire on 22nd May 2020. She has worked at Crossdale for an amazing 25 years and has been a school cook for 37 years! We would like to wish her well as she leaves to enjoy a well-earned retirement and we would very much like to include messages from the children in her send off!
Our weekly update for you, including a letter for the children and our fortnightly newsletter. Please read the letter to your child / children so that they know we are thinking of them!
Check in with us!
Although we've been trying to stay in contact with as many of our families as possible, this can be tricky with reduced staffing. So that we can 'check in' with you all and offer support in any way we can, please complete the ‘check in’ when we send it out every fortnight.
CLICK HERE TO CHECK IN WITH US
If you have any questions before our check-in points, please don't hesitate to contact your child's class teacher through the class e-mail or on contact@crossdale.notts.sch.uk
Please show your children this video so they know how much the staff are missing them!
See below for a few messages from Keydale Week 4!
Remember, your child's class blog is being updated regularly with weekly writing tasks, spellings and new projects by their class teacher. Please make this your first point of call if you are searching for learning resources or the up-to-date information on your child's home learning projects.
This link contains online safety advice to help children stay safe during the Covid-19 school shutdown.
https://www.equalstrust.org/blog/?pid=68&nid=2
Here are some lovely ELSA social stories to share with children. It might help them understand some of the changes that are happening around them at the moment.
https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/School-is-closing.pdf
https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/we-are-at-home-right-now/
https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/coronavirus-story-for-children/
It has been so wonderful waking up to the glorious sunshine everyday! If we were all in school together the children would be having a 'Sun Safety' assembly reminding them to drink plenty of water, put on their sun cream and wear their hats. Please remind each other about how to be super safe in the sunshine! :-)
We’ve written another letter for your children – we’d love you to share it with them so they know we’re thinking about them. See attachment below.
Welcome to the Keydale News – whilst the schools are closed, and we are working from one site together, we will issue a regular newsletter to try and keep you up to date with what’s happening in school and to hopefully try and help support those of you at home!
Each class from both schools still has their blog pages where information for your child’s class will be shared; please ensure you subscribe to this by clicking the link at the top of the page. If you aren’t receiving notifications of blog entries, please check that you are subscribed to the blog page or speak to your child’s class teacher; this is an important way to stay up-to-date with what your child weekly writing tasks as well as additional resources for learning at home as well as sharing other important information to you.
Best Wishes,
Mr. Cresswell & the KPNS and Crossdale Teams
Thanks for completing our ‘check in' Survey. Although we've been trying to stay in contact with as many of our families as possible, this can be tricky with reduced staffing. The check in survey is our way of touching base with every family, allowing us to contact you if you need help with anything. There will be another check in survey in two weeks. Meanwhile, we are now working through the replies to our first ‘check in’....
Don't forget, you can contact us by emailing contact@crossdale.notts.sch.uk or contact@keyworth.notts.sch.uk. You can also email your child's class teacher directly using our new class emails.
Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo, has contributed to a new ebook:
There’s a new word you might have heard. You might hear people talking about it or you might hear it on the news. This word is the reason that you’re not going to school. It is the reason you can’t go outside very often or visit your friends. It might be the reason why the grown-up or grown-ups who look after you are at home. But what is it and why is everyone talking about it? The word is Coronavirus...
'The-Autism Educator-The-Coronavirus' and 'The Scared Gang Have to Stay at Home' PDFs below are really good ways of explaining coronavirus to younger children or children with a special educational need.
The NHS are still telling us that washing hands with soap and water often is one of the main ways we can stop the spread of coronavirus. CLICK HERE to watch the NHS video we have been using in school to help children wash their hands thoroughly.
CLICK HERE to read about how you can get involved with random acts of kindness. We'd love to hear about any random acts of kindness your children get involved with!
We’ve written another letter for your children – we’d love you to share it with them so they know we’re thinking about them. Click here
We’ve heard good things about this website, which is free during the coronavirus outbreak, if you’d like an extra resource to support your child’s maths progress whilst at home.
https://www.themathsfactor.com/
CLICK HERE for ideas from Childline.
Although we've been trying to stay in contact with as many of our families as possible, this can be tricky with reduced staffing. So that we can 'check in' with you all and offer support in any way we can, please complete the ‘check in’ when we send it out every fortnight.
CLICK HERE TO CHECK IN WITH US
If you have any questions before our check-in points, please don't hesitate to contact your child's class teacher through the class e-mail or contact@crossdale.notts.sch.uk
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