Dear Parents and Carers,
Firstly, I would like to thank you for your kind words and support regarding the current situation. Like you, school leaders and staff were only informed of school closures by Boris Johnson at 8pm last night.
In order to organise school places for all our children of critical workers and vulnerable pupils, and to have live online learning up and running from Wednesday 6th January, staff will be spending today calling families to ensure each and every child eligible for a place in school is offered the opportunity to attend and delivering laptops to those children who will be learning from home who do not have access to an appropriate device.
Today, work will be uploaded to Google Classroom which all children can complete at home without direct support from their class teacher. All children have logged in to Google Classroom in school and should be familiar with how to access the learning set. For those who are unsure or who are having difficulties, we have created a ‘How To Guide’ which you can follow by clicking the link at the bottom of this message.
Your child’s username and password for Google Classroom will be sent to you via Class Dojo this morning. If you do not have access to Dojo, your child’s Crew Leader will contact you by telephone to provide their log-in details.
Last night, an online form for critical workers to complete to request a place for their child/children was sent to parents via ParentPay, Facebook and the school website. This survey must be completed by 11am today so that we can organise in-school bubbles and confirm places allocated to children this afternoon.
A letter will be sent later today via ParentPay, Facebook and the school website confirming plans for in-school and online learning moving forward and families of children who will be attending school will be contacted. We will ensure this is done as soon as practically possible.
Finally, I would like to thank you again for your ongoing support. During the last national lockdown in March, our community came together and proved just how special a place Carcroft is. We are confident that we can do the same over the coming weeks.
Click here to access the Google Classroom How To Guide.
Kind regards,
Kirsty Laing
Headteacher