We just wanted to let you know that we will not be celebrating World Book Day on World Book Day this year….

We have decided that instead we would like to do this a little bit differently moving forward.

Each term, we already plan activities in order to hook our pupils into their new expedition… However, we now want to do this even more so by immersing them into their new text in different ways, which may include dress up and opportunities to complete fun and exciting activities around the text and when we can, we will be asking parents to join us for this too.

This will usually take place 1 x per term, including, Autumn, Spring and Summer.

Therefore, we are not asking children to dress up this coming Thursday as we still have children at home etc.

We are instead going to plan for a special book day in CPS style in the weeks to come. However, we will let you know when, as we need to plan for this to happen and give you plenty of notice etc.

We will however still send out the money offer vouchers for our children to be able to purchase a new book using their money off voucher if they wish.

Watch this space for when your child’s special book day is going to take place.

Miss Laing

Reopening for all pupils/Additional INSET Day

Hi all,

Please see link below to a letter regarding the reopening on 8th March including start/finish times.

Also, within the letter, I have shared that we are proposing an additional INSET Day on Monday 22nd March, the letter explains why we feel this necessary in order to keep everyone safe.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

Miss Laing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/164fWJR0hJYS4QQRqXgmKMqmHsjs7h3X7QW62GRAD3OM/edit?usp=sharing

Return for all pupils… 🙌🎉

I am just dropping a quick note to say that we can’t wait to have all of our pupils back with us from the 8th March 2021. We’ve had a significant number back on site since January but we know that we have so many pupils ready to come back to school to be with their friends and Teachers. We have missed you so much

I will send out a more detailed letter tomorrow outlining some of the measures in which we are taking to ensure that we are doing as much as we can to prevent the spread of the virus.

Miss Laing

Back to school…

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you’ve all had a nice week with your families- a week certainly flies by. Just a reminder that school is open for any pupils who were in school before the half term break for all bubbles as we have nobody isolating at the present time.

If your child was accessing learning remotely, this recommences tomorrow as it did before half term- please ensure that your child is online for registration.

Like many of you, we will be awaiting the announcement from the Prime Minister tomorrow evening to understand the steps in which we need to take in order to reopen school fully at some point in the next few weeks. We will be in touch following the announcement with plans for our wider reopening.

Until then, we look forward to seeing the children either on-site or remotely from tomorrow.

Miss Laing

 

This week in the trust…

Exciting news!

We are not yet an XP trust school but it won’t be long now. Therefore, the trust have invited us to be a part of their ‘This Week in the Trust (TWITT)’ video collection. A very exciting way for Carcroft to end a very busy half term…

We are proud to be working with the XP Trust and it’s lovely to be a part of this fabulous weekly showcase. Can you spot anyone from CPS?

This will become a weekly event and will be posted on our website every Friday afternoon. Not only does this go out to our school, this goes out to all XP schools so your child’s beautiful work really is on show across the whole of Doncaster. Amazing! 🙌 Proud of you all 🤩

https://youtu.be/WtXaXe7XvAs

Finally, may I take this opportunity to thank you for your support and patience this half term. Unlike the media suggests, CPS is very much open this term and has been since our return in January. Our staff are juggling around 220 pupils onsite daily and a further 90 at home. I am extremely proud of each and everyone of them. They’ve done a fabulous job! However, we are also extremely grateful to our parents who are supporting our remote learners, ensuring that they are online and submitting work daily. We know it’s not been an easy task for you. Your resilience and patience has been amazing- thank you so much for this. Ensure you get plenty of rest next week too as you deserve it.

I’m now signing off from what has been a tiring half term but I’m signing off feeling incredibly proud of our community once again.

Stay safe everyone.

See you all back on Monday 22nd February either on-site or online.

Miss Laing

Covid Winter Grant

Parents of children eligible for Free School Meals can apply for help towards their energy costs (gas & electric) through the Covid Winter Grant.

Many parents have already applied and received an award but many others have not.

Duplicate applications are not permitted but if anyone has not yet applied they can find more information and apply using this link;

https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/doitonline/apply-for-a-covid-winter-grant

Staffing Update…

Dear Parents/Carers,

I am just writing with a couple of staffing updates….

Firstly, I just wanted to take this opportunity to let parents know that I will be taking some time away from school later this year as my partner, Lewis and I are expecting our first baby at the end of June.

By June, Carcroft will have joined the XP Trust group of schools and the school will be overseen by the Executive Team, however, our four Assistant Headteachers will run the school on a day to day basis and will meet weekly with the Trust in order to ensure that everything is running smoothly. Miss Whitehead, Mrs Fox, Mr Longley and Mr Tucker will have worked together as a team since September under my leadership and I am confident that the school will continue to move forward on its journey of improvement under their leadership alongside the support of the trust. I also plan on keeping in touch throughout my maternity leave in order to ensure that I am up to speed for when I return. We are currently working on the staffing structure and will ensure that parents are informed as soon as we finalise our leadership structure for September. I just wanted to let parents know now, as it might be a bit of a shock for some parents/children when they return later in the term and I have suddenly grown in size….

Finally, on another note, I would like to say farewell to Ms Thorpe in Year 1 as she embarks on a new venture after 9 years at Carcroft. Thank you for your dedication to the school and good luck for the future Ms Thorpe.

Regards,

Miss Laing

Headteacher