Could your child be entitled to Free School Meals?

By Mrs Graves11th January 2021

Have your circumstances changed? You may be entitled to Free School Meals.

If your child is in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, they have automatically received school meals when they were in school this year, but now we are back to learning from home, you may need to apply for Free School Meals, in order to qualify for the food vouchers to use in supermarkets.

If your child is in Year 3,4, 5 or 6 and your situation has changed, you may also be able to receive Free School Meals for your child.

Have a look at the list below and  visit the DMBC website to apply if you are eligible.

The process is quick and you can find out straight away.

Please contact school if you need support in applying and we will be happy to help.

https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/free-school-meals

Am I entitled to free school meals for my child?

Your child will be eligible for free school meals if you are receiving one of the following benefits or support:

  • Universal Credit – Your annual net earned income must be no more that £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to 3 of your most recent assessment periods.
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Child Tax Credit but not Working Tax Credit and your annual income is below £16,190 (as worked out by HM Revenue & Customs)
  • Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
  • support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • parents receiving Working Tax Credit for four weeks after their employment finishes are entitled to free school meals during that period.  This also applies to parents who start working less than 16 hours per week

 

Mrs Graves

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Good Afternoon from KS1 Crew

11th January 2021Karen Coward

Hi Everyone,

Firstly let me give a ‘Shout Out’ to Paul who was our Yellow T Shirt winner on Friday.  Paul has been fabulous during our remote lessons, he is always eager to share his thoughts and it’s great that he keeps the conversation going.

 

Secondly the whole crew in KS1 would like to give out shout out to our pupils and parents who have persevered with remote learning.  We know that some of you have struggled with internet access and using technology (this includes me!). But the uptake to online learning has been fantastic.  Let’s keep this going.

 

Can I ask that you use the children’s Plover school emails when accessing Google Classroom and the live learning, other passwords will result in you not having permission to access.  I know we have spoken to some parents that are struggling with remote learning, if you feel you do need any further support please let us know usually we can get you up and running quickly.  Lastly, where possible we would advise you to try to access the live lessons as a teacher will talk you through each slide which can be easier for you.

 

Many thanks again,

 

Mrs Coward and the KS1 Crew

Thank you and Well Done to Everybody!

By Joshua Meade8th January 2021

Final blog of the week from me.

I would like to share my Friday evening feelings – sheer pride! I am so proud of every child in my class, their grown ups, our Plover staff crew and to be frank, everyone involved in education whether it be at home or in school!

We are in different times, but we are all showing great resilience, cooperation and dedication to what matters most… our children!

As the week went on more and more children were logging onto the online sessions which is amazing- lets get those last few online next week! I have been overwhelmed with the amount of work you superstars have been sending in and completing at home. Parents, I thank you for your continued support and hard work at home too- have a well deserved relaxing weekend!

Remember to keep sending photos of your childrens work and learning next week, as we love to celebrate the positives! Have a nice weekend all of you, stay safe, be proud and see you on Monday!

Check out the project our key worker children are creating for our London expedition!

Mr Meade

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1st Pride of Plover in 2021

By Joshua Meade8th January 2021

Congratulations to Ryley who has won the Pride of Plover and is this weeks Yellow T-Shirt winner! Ryley has kept spirits high for children and staff in school this week. He has been working so hard on his handwriting too, which has made great progress.

He shared a few happy tears out of pure excitement when he was told he had won, and safe to say I had a lump in my throat and tear in my eye!

It was a tough decision as some children at home have been class in joining the online learning and completing their work… it might just be you next week!

Mr Meade

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End of week 1!

By Mr Pickering8th January 2021

Good morning everyone!

We have made it to the end of a very bizarre week with so many changes. You have all adapted brilliantly so thank you to you and your parents for all of the effort you have put in to getting involved in your learning. We had even more pupils online again yesterday, which is amazing! Please try and join your class teacher for 9am to find out the winner of this week’s Pride of Plover. There are so many deserving winners this week!

Here is the long list of today’s lesson links. Please try and click on the right link at the right time so that you end up in the correct place!

 

Have a great day. Keep sending in pictures of any home learning you have been doing and please get in touch if you have any problems. We are working our way through as many as we can every day.

Key Stage 1 Crew

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Celebration of Children’s Work at Home and in School!

By Joshua Meade7th January 2021

What a busy, busy but truly rewarding day! A massive  appreciation to all parents for your efforts and understanding to ensure your superstars are safe, happy and accessing their learning.

It was marvellous today to see more and more of 1M join the live remote sessions, its certainly brightened up my week and hopefully yours too seeing your friends! Lets see if we can continue and get more online tomorrow. Also, a shout out to the children who have still been accessing their learning and sending it in to me, catching up from yesterday too! Thank you.

Shout out to the key worker children in school who are also continuing to work hard!

Celebration of home learning (fab pictures and videos below):

Harry, Aliza, Conor, Peyton, Miksang, Olivia, Roscoe, Karlie-Rose, Lyra, Ellie, Lucas, Omer. 

 

 

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Look at our superstars in Y1/2C

By Karen Coward7th January 2021

I have to give a huge shout out to the children and parents that have been joining us for the live lessons.  It has been great to see so many of your smiling faces.  We have completed English, Maths, Phonics, Expedition and I think a firm favourite of our pupils has been the live PE lessons – Thanks Mr Meade!

Here’s a selection of some of the great work you have been completing.  I’m so proud of you all.

Mrs Coward

 

 

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Wow!

By Mr Pickering7th January 2021

Well done 2P for all of your hard work today. It was brilliant to see even more people again managing to get involved in the online learning. You all deserve a virtual high five!

There were so many children to celebrate today that I can’t name everyone but I would like to give a shout out to Kai and Laci-Maee in particular for their brilliant English and Maths learning.

There are also shout-outs for Ara, Johnny and Tim for their great front covers for our new English reading book and an extra special shout-out to Shayen for even baking some of the bread that we suggested! See their work below:

Great work everyone!

See you all tomorrow at 9am for our morning check-in.

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Getting there!

By Mr Pickering7th January 2021

Good morning Key Stage 1!

I think we have come a long way in just 2 days and it was great to see so many new and different faces getting logged in to the classrooms. Please remember that you need to get logged on to the live lessons (using the links below) to make your lessons and your learning make even more sense. Don’t worry if you can’t, the lessons are quite straight forward to follow.

Please read the links carefully to make sure you click the right one at the right time. Here is the long list of links for today:

 

 

Have a great day and we look forward to seeing more of your amazing learning.

#LovePlover

Celebration of Childrens Home Learning

By Joshua Meade6th January 2021

Good evening all, (lengthy post alert)

Day 2 (what a long week today has been), but I am missing you all dearly! I’d just like to say I apologise for the few teething problems we are all having regarding accessing online. l, like us all are very new to this different way of learning and each day we are learning. I am thinking of every single one of you and your families, and over the next couple of days we will have definitely ironed out all the creases. I can reassure you we are doing everything we can at school (and home) to ensure it will all be as accessible and smooth as possible. Any immediate questions you may have feel free to email me directly

[email protected]

Just a reminder and example for your log-ins to Google Classroom should be:

Username: (first name initial and surname) jmeade

Password: (unless changed by yourself) password

If you have older siblings in school with the same first initial and surname it would be (jmeade2)

We will double check all of these tomorrow and inform you if you are still unable to login.

CELEBRATION TIME

Thank you to all those children who have been checking in and accessing your home learning! You are doing amazing. For those who haven’t… you are also doing fab – but we miss you and we would like to see you online so you can see your friends and ask us questions, and so we can support with your remote learning.

Check out the awesome home learning our superstars have done today – I praise and shout out too:

Aliza – for your days of the week paper chain and song; completing your expedition entry ticket.

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Miksang – for your marvellous Maths to order the days of the week and put them in a sentence.

Harry – for all your home learning over the last two days!

Lyra- great singing and ordering the days of the week. Drawing your front cover for our English text and completing your expedition entry ticket.

Conors – epic crafts and model of the Fire of London. As well as your Maths learning and additional challenges, keep it up!

Peyton- the pop star, superstar, mathematician, artist, and author. Some awesome learning done by you today (with a little help from Snooky the pug)

Roscoe – Mind blowing artwork and writing about our new expedition The Great Fire of London! Super work Roscoe, we look forward to seeing more tomorrow buddy.

Lena – superstar in school, superstar at home, Lena loves learning and is joining every Live lesson and completing all her work. What an attitude! Definitely displayed the Plover Pledge of Working Hard, Getting Smart, Being Kind and Staying Safe!

See you all tomorrow!

Mr Meade

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