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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If you go down in the woods today………

By Lisa Ibbertson11th January 2021

Here is what Mrs Melady has made the classroom look like, to inspire you. The children have displayed their bear paintings. Yours at home may be on the fridge? Don’t they look wonderful? The  children have all enjoyed mixing brown with red, yellow and blue to paint their bears.

         

Plover post card winners!

By Miss Blackham11th January 2021

Well done to

Maisy- for her perseverance in maths and for leading her own learning by asking for extra support and shouting up!

Jenson, Kai and Tilly La- for being stars in this afternoons red box work session and striving to achieve their ME’s.

Xavier- for an amazing piece of writing from the perspective of a child miner!

Coby- for his attitude to learning and his determination to succeed!

Well done you lovely bunch! So proud

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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

Monday’s maths

By Mrs Price11th January 2021

This week we are continuing learning about numbers to 15 but thinking about 1 fewer today. Lots of us are confident with 1 greater/1 more but not so confident with 1 fewer/1 less.
1 fewer means taking 1 away.
If you are able to complete the activities, make a number line and practice saying 1 less. Ask your adult to choose a number and you show and tell them 1 less.

This is the link to the video.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/knowing-one-fewer-than-a-number-within-15-6wtpcd?step=1&activity=video

Mrs Price

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Monday 11th phonics ‘ar’

By Mrs Shuka11th January 2021

Monday 11th Jan
1. Recap those tricky words and graphemes.
2. Play phonics play Make a match phase 4
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/4/matching-ph4
3. Practice the reading and writing the ar grapheme.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzKLYNjkR0BI&psig=AOvVaw37dNv0wpK0zfncaPyTcLDC&ust=1610291843787000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCNjy9bKSj-4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
4. Read the sentence ‘Fran took a scarf as a gift for Brad’. Can you substitute any of the words to make a new sentence?
5. Phonics play sentence substitution.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/sentence-substitution-ph3