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Information regarding Easter Holidays and Learning at Home

Tue 31 Mar 2020 J Jameson

Good afternoon

The Easter Holidays will soon be here and although this is not a normal period of time within the school year, we would like to keep the holidays as normal. So there will be no learning or work set for the two weeks of the Easter Holidays. We will add Easter activities and ideas on the school website class pages but these are purely as fun activities to be enjoyed by all if you wish.

This time needs to be a rest from any formal learning for the children and also a rest for all parents/families who are supporting learning at home. Please use this time to have fun, play games and spent time together as a family without the added pressures of trying to complete school work.

Information and learning resources/activities will resume after the Easter Holidays. This information will be added to the relevant Class Pages on the school website and on the general parents section - learning at home. While we require this learning to be accessed online we don expect any of you to be printing anything off. All learning can be completed in the lined and squared paper books that your child was provided with in the learning packs on the 20th March. All learning should continue to be photographed or scanned and sent to the Class teachers via the relevant Class emails for marking.

We are currently trying to produce videos to support with learning at home, including any new concepts of skills. We will continue to add these onto the school website as soon as we are able. Please understand that this is a time consuming task and may take time to produce and upload but we will do it.

At the present time the staff are producing videos to support the learning of Phonics at home using our letters and sounds scheme and also handwriting. This is relevant to the way we teach phonics and handwriting in our school and may be different to other schools and online sites. Please use our videos to support at home. We will inform you when these are uploaded onto the school website.

We are also currently uploading lots of information for internet and online safety while at home on the Parents page and where relevant we will send via email. This is extremely important in these difficult times and we need to continue to make sure our children are being kept safe while accessing learning using computers and the internet.

Thank you for all of your support. I know that for some of you, this is an exceedingly difficult time and we appreciate everything you are doing to keep your children safe and well at home, as well as supporting them with their learning. We are always here to support and help you to the best of our ability so if you need any help please contact us via the school phone 01775 820302 or via my email jeanette.jameson@quadringprimary.co.uk or via the Class emails. This includes during the Easter Holidays where school will remain open for any of our Key Worker Children or Vulnerable children but with minimal staff.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay strong.

Sending much love

Mrs Jameson and all of the Quadring Staff Family

Friends of the School 100 Club Draw for March

Tue 31 Mar 2020 J Jameson

Please check our video on the Parents Page - Communication Page for the recorded live Draw. https://www.quadringprimary.co.uk/communication-page-we-may-be-apart-but-you-are-sti/

Congratulations to all of our winners.

1st Place - Mrs Wood - Ball number 26

2nd Place - Mr Chappell - Ball number 30

3rd Place - Miss Spinks - Ball number 18

Thank you. Keep safe. Keep healthy.

Mrs Jameson

Happy Birthday to all of our children who have had birthdays this week.

Fri 27 Mar 2020 J Jameson

Happy Birthday!!! :)

Happy Birthday to all of our children who have had birthdays this week and this coming weekend. We hope you have had and will have a lovely birthday!

Happy Birthday to Danny - Robins
Happy Birthday to Frankie - Robins

Happy Birthday to Ryan - Barn Owls

Happy Birthday to Ashlye - Orchard
Happy Birthday to Enija - Golden Eagles

Sending birthday wishes from all of the Quadring School Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl62hhiBMOM

Home/School Communication through Class Emails

Fri 27 Mar 2020 J Jameson

Dear Parents/Carers

We have now set up Class Emails for all classes. This is to enable direct communication between yourselves and the Class Teachers and make it a smoother and much quicker process.

Please could you now send all emails with questions and queries and completed work to the relevant Class emails as shown below.

Orchard@quadringcowleybrowns.lincs.sch.uk - Mrs Luffman

Robins@quadringcowleybrowns.lincs.sch.uk - Mr Hornsey

GoldenEagles@quadringcowleybrowns.lincs.sch.uk - Mrs Stuart

BarnOwls@quadringcowleybrowns.lincs.sch.uk - Mrs Wood

If you have any other queries or just want to say hello and let me know how you are doing you can still contact me directly on jeanette.jameson@quadringprimary.co.uk

I will have access to all class emails also so can keep in touch through those also.

Thank you for your continued support

Mrs Jameson and the Quadring Staff Team

Singalong Young Voices - live

Wed 25 Mar 2020 Mrs Wood

Tune into the YV facebook page (ask a parent for permission and supervision) for vocal warm up and singalongs with conductor Craig. Every morning from Thurs 26th March . Elevenses with Craig.

A message to Parents/Carers

Wed 25 Mar 2020 J Jameson

A Message to Parents/Carers

Dear all

Firstly please could we say thank you to each and every one of you for all you are doing at home with your children. We know this is not easy and we know that you are not teachers and so do not have all of the answers to the questions that your children may ask. However we know that you are doing an amazing job to help your children to stay focused with their learning at home.

Thank you to all of you who have sent such kind messages of support and thanks to the staff and those who have also already managed to send in your children's learning to be marked.

I just need to make a very special request to you all - Please could I also ask for your patience in waiting for a response from your class teacher. We are working with a skeleton staff at school as we have to remain open for key workers and vulnerable children as per the Government guidelines. However I still have to safeguard staff and so we are working on a rota to ensure that all staff are given the relevant self-isolation time after spending anytime in school.

The remainder of the staff, I can assure you are working remotely during the time they have been asked to stay away from school and they are working exceedingly hard behind the scenes. The staff all have to continue working whether they are in school or at home. However it can be very difficult to work remotely when you are relying on internet to work and to access emails and school systems as I am sure may of you know.

The staff working remotely will respond to emails and queries and completed work from children as quickly as they can. All I ask is that you support them in doing this by being patient. I have to say from my heart that all parents have been very patient and supportive and we are very lucky to have such fabulous families. However I thought it was best to just explain how we are working as a school staff and therefore if we do take a little longer to reply, it could be due to unforseen circumstances or just that we are also trying to find the best ways forward to make this work for you and your children.

The staff in school also have a difficult job as they are having to support some children whose parents are key workers or vulnerable children and also continue to plan and mark work. The staff in school may theerfore take a little longer to respond to your emails. I will keep you updated with who the key workers are in school as the weeks go by. This may change according to staff's own situations at home.

I would like to thank the staff themselves, as they also have families and they are also putting themselves at risk during this very difficult time and showing true dedication and commitment to your children and our school.

We are very lucky in our school, as there are many schools who have had to close completely and also many school workers who are not able to provide this level of care due to self-isolation or illness.

Once again thank you to each and every one of you. We know how difficult this is and we don't expect you to be teachers or to know and be able to do everything. That is why we are here at the end of the phone or email to help and support.

Thank you also to all of our key workers who continue to put themselves and their families at risk by being on the front line to support their communities.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay strong.

Mrs Jameson

A message to Barn Owls from Mrs Wood

Mon 23 Mar 2020

Dear Barn Owls

I have uploaded additional weblinks and resources for this week onto the home learning page.

https://www.quadringprimary.co.uk/barn-owls-learning-at-home/

I will continue to do this every week so they just need to keep checking.

Thank you

Mrs Wood

Monday 23rd March

Mon 23 Mar 2020 J Jameson

What a very strange and surreal day it is for those of us in school today. It's too quiet! We are missing the chatter and laughter of the children, the busy learning environments and the wonderful teaching and learning that take place every day.

We hope that all of our families are keeping well, keeping safe and healthy and hopefully managing to combine some learning with enjoying the bright sunshine and fresh air in the safety of your own gardens.

Keep sending in your photos and messages so we can post them on the school website to keep in touch.

Sending much love to you all.