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ST. CUTHBERT’S R.C. SCHOOLHUTCHISON CROSSWAYEDINBURGH EH14 1RPTelephone : 0131 443 2621Fax : 0131 443 9298Website: www. st-cuthberts-primary.com Twitter: @StCuthbertsRCP
MR PAT BRACK, PDGE Primary EducationActing Head Teacher
20th March 2020
St Cuthbert’s Primary: Daily Update – 20th March 2020
Dear Parent/Carer,
Please see today’s update which will be posted across 3 platforms (the school app, school website and Learning Journals).
Plans to Support Learning During School Closure – Revised Information!
The school has plans in place to ensure that learning continues during the period of school closure and staff have been working very hard to ensure these plans can be implemented promptly. There is one small tweak which we have made to these plans, which is our decision to use Microsoft Teams as opposed to Microsoft One Drive as it is easier to use and allows pupils/parents to ask questions about learning quickly and easily in real time. Children attending school today have been shown Teams and its functions and a how to access guide is included in the paper folders. This guide will also be published on the app, website and Learning Journals. Please see revised plans below.
Daily Learning During School Closures
Our method for sharing learning will be 2 fold:
Firstly, initial supply of offline resources: Each child at school on Friday will be given a paper folder containing, for example:
o A grid of activities, similar to a homework grid (there should be a balance of offline and online tasks)
o 2 reading books from class/school libraryo Worksheets/Workbooks
Secondly, through Microsoft Teams: A team has been created for each class where teachers can post learning. All pupils will be issued with log in details (these will be stuck into the inside cover of their paper folders) and a ‘how to guide’ explaining how to log-in.
The expectation for ‘how much’ learning is as follows: 3 A Day. This means one Literacy task, one Numeracy task and one other task which could be IDL or another curricular area.
Daily reading of 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the afternoon should be set. Pupils may use their own books or books gathered from school library.
A planned physical activity should be shared twice a week Questions re pupil work can be posted using the messaging function
on Teams. Questions will only be answered during the hours of the school day.
Pupils who are not Currently at School
Pupils who are currently absent will have their Microsoft 365 login details e-mailed out to their parents/carers over the coming days. We will also put step by step ‘how to login’ instructions on the app and our website. If you think the e-mail details which we currently have for you are out of date, please contact our admin mailbox:
Password Security
Please note that passwords are located securely on the inside cover of pa-per folders. For those absent they will be e-mailed securely. Should anyone lose, forget or otherwise compromise their password, please contact our school admin mailbox as soon as possible.
Communication During School Closures
Communication with parents/carers is always a priority at our school and will be absolutely key during this unique time. To ensure the widest possible availability of and access to information during our closure, we will continue to post all updates simultaneously on our school app, school website (https://st-cuthberts-primary.com/) and Learning Journals platforms. Regular updates will be communicated.
If you have any questions or queries please contact our school admin mailbox ([email protected]).
Support for EAL Pupils
We are being updated with support materials for EAL pupils which we will then share with families through website and app. Please see link below for some useful resources and ideas:
https://ealjournal.org/2020/03/20/resources-for-eal-learners-during-school-closures/
We will also add similar resources to the app, website and learning journals.
Trip Refunds
We have received guidance from Parent Pay re refunds from cancelled trips this will be added to the website, app and learning journals.
Medical Advice – Self Isolation
Below are the very latest links to the Coronavirus advice on the NHS Inform website and for educational settings which you may find helpful:
https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19
The link below gives access to NHS medical advice translated into in languages other than English.
https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/coronavirus-information/
Thanks again for your continued support at this challenging time. Together we can will get through this! I will share further information with you next week.
Yours sincerely
Pat BrackActing Head Teacher
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