Reception Admissions September 2021

By Laura Godley20th November 2020

REMINDER
Nursery Parents
Applications for reception class places for September 2021 can be accessed online on the local authority website. The closing date is 15th January 2021, all nursery children must apply. If you have any questions, please let me know, thank you. Please click the below link to access the admissions page.

Food Bank Donations

By Helen Lythe12th November 2020

Hi everyone,

During this difficult time we understand there are so many families that are struggling, therefore at Carcroft we want to do our bit to support families in our local community and the surrounding area.

We’re asking for a minimum of one non perishable item per child / family, that we are going to donate to our local food bank.

Each classroom will have a donation basket / table for your children to put your donations on.
We will be running this from Monday 16th November – Friday 20th November.
Thank you so much for you continued support
Office Crew

School Meals update

By Michelle Wilcox11th November 2020

We have managed to secure another staff member from schools catering so the sandwich option will remain so there will be the usual four options.

School Meals

By Michelle Wilcox11th November 2020

Due to a staff shortage in the school kitchen, the sandwich option has been withdrawn until Monday 23rd November. We are sorry for any inconvenience but there will still be three meal options for the children to choose from.

Y5/6 Expedition Brochure

11th November 2020Michelle Wilcox

Year 5 and 6 Brochure Expedition 

Dear Parents/Carers, 

Did you know that your child has created a brochure that is going to be professionally published and distributed in and around the Doncaster area? It’s true, our Y5 and 6 pupils are going to have their fabulous hard work published and placed in the public domain for all to see! 

Last term, Crew Mcloughlin, Fox, Gerrard and Kent, worked extremely hard in order to create a brochure which has been written for the people of Doncaster, encouraging them to visit the Carcroft area. The children discovered that Carcroft has so much to offer and often people are not always aware of this. Therefore, Y5 and 6 decided to create a brochure which will be shared across local businesses in and around the Carcroft area but also within Doncaster too, in order to attract visitors from a little further afield. 

The children have worked as a Crew in order to create their own ‘crew brochure.’ They have worked together in a range of ways including in pairs and small groups, as well as working as a whole crew to finalise their ideas. As we had so many ideas to fit in, each crew have merged some of their ideas together to create the final draft. Again, this has taught the children the importance of ‘crew’ and ensuring that everyone plays a part in the creation of their shared product. 

Mrs Fox has worked alongside the Design Team over at the XP Trust Headquarters in order to turn each crew’s draft version into a professional high-quality brochure with a glossy front cover and beautifully printed pages, ready to be shared with the wider world. 

The children shared that they would love to be able to share their amazing work with people at home, therefore, we would like to offer parents and family members the opportunity to purchase one of these fabulous brochures so that people at home can also find out what Carcroft has to offer. The children discovered some real hidden gems when out and about on their ‘Carcroft Cruise’ and would love to share this information with their family and friends. 

The price of each brochure is just £3.00 per copy with the school subsidising £2.00 for every copy purchased. 

We feel extremely lucky to be able to work with the XP Trust in order to publish our children’s work in this way. I can’t wait to see their faces when they see how amazing the brochures look. It will also be such an amazing step forward for us as a school, to be able to share such high quality work with businesses in and around the Doncaster area. The children have made themselves and their families proud, we have some amazing talent at Carcroft Primary School and we want the world to know about it. 

In order to purchase one of these very special first edition brochures, please complete the payment item on ParentPay with the correct amount for how many copies you wish to purchase ie; 1 copy £3.00, 2 copies £6.00.

Please may we ask that you complete the payment by the end of the day on Thursday 19th November ( a week tomorrow) so that we can ensure enough copies are printed. 

Thank you in advance for supporting your child with this fantastic opportunity, I promise, you will not be disappointed. 

Miss Laing

Headteacher 

Covid-19 Update

By Michelle Wilcox10th November 2020

Covid Update 

Dear Parent/Carer,
I am writing with a little update regarding Covid-19 and where we currently stand as a school. At the moment, we currently have one live Covid Case in School, Mrs Lythe our Business Manager, this was shared with parents on Thursday last week. However, at the time of writing, we shared that nobody else was impacted as a result. Since then, after seeking further guidance from Public Health, it was confirmed that I (Miss Laing) was classed as being in contact with Mrs Lythe on Tuesday 3rd November, therefore, since Thursday evening, I have isolated and I am undertaking my role as Headteacher from home, with Miss Whitehead, Mrs Fox, Mr Longley and Mr Tucker running things in school.
In addition, Mrs Wilcox decided that as a precautionary measure, she would feel better isolating for 14 days and is therefore undertaking her role as Senior Admin Assistant from home too. This was not a recommendation from Public Health, but ultimately staff voice is important as we have a duty of care to maintain staff health and well-being, therefore, I fully respected Mrs Wilcox’s decision to isolate and as a result we will both return on Wednesday 18th November.
In summary, Mrs Wilcox, Mrs Lythe and myself are all undertaking our roles from home and Mrs Atkinson is manning the office. Please may we ask that you refrain from contacting the office as much possible and contact your child’s class teacher if you have any questions during this time.
Lates…. 
Mrs Atkinson is also struggling to juggle the number of pupils arriving late in a morning with her being on her own, please may we ask that you arrive on time in the morning so that your child can go into class with their peers and saves Mrs Atkinson a job. Thank you in advance.
Further staff isolation…
Just this morning, Mrs Elmer has been asked to isolate as someone in her household is awaiting a test result. The guidance states that if this is positive, Mrs Elmer will be required to isolate, but if it is negative, Mrs Elmer can return to work. Until then, Miss Hart and our Trainee Teacher, Miss Clarke will look after Crew Elmer today and Mrs Elmer will ‘dial in’ to keep in contact with the class and will teach ‘live’ tomorrow. We will keep parents in the loop as soon as we have further information from Mrs Elmer.
Staffing, shielding and bubbles
In addition to staff isolating as outlined above, we have also had to make some staffing changes due to staff being asked to shield due to them being in the extremely clinically vulnerable category. This has unfortunately affected the Y3 classes as Mrs Lowe has been asked to shield at this time. We thought that we had this covered with Miss Hart and Mrs Elmer and Mrs Clarke would have been ok in Crew Elmer, but as a result of Mrs Elmer’s absence, we are now coming up with another plan in order to ensure that things can run smoothly in Year 3 in Mrs Lowe’s absence. We look forward to having Mrs Lowe back with us as soon as it’s proven safe to do so.
We will continue to keep parents in the loop as much as we possibly can during the next few weeks and will do everything in which we can in order to continue to educate the children of Carcroft whilst keeping everyone safe and well.
Thank you for your continued support,

Kirsty Laing 

Headteacher