Great learning!

By Mr Pickering13th January 2021

Well done 2P for another great day of learning. We had almost the entire class online today so you and your adults need a HUGE pat on the back for managing to get everything sorted. You all get a massive shout out! Let’s see if we can get the last couple of people online today and get a full house!

A few extra shout outs for brilliant expedition pictures to Johnny, Kai, Shayen and Tim for these great efforts:

    

Well done everyone and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.Mr Pickering

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Keep it up!

By Mr Pickering12th January 2021

Good morning Key Stage 1!

There was an excellent attendance for online learning from 1M and 1/2C yesterday – well done everyone! Maybe 2P can raise the game today and have an even greater number of pupils getting logged in. It will be great to see you!

Please remember that you MUST be logged in to your child’s, school email address to get access to the live lessons. If you try to enter with someone else’s login you will be refused access to the meeting. All of the links can now be found in the classroom with each lesson that has been set.

Please keep sending in pictures and videos of all of the excellent learning happening at home so we can add items to our blog.

Have a great!

Key Stage 1 Crew

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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

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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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

Good Morning.

By Mr Pickering6th January 2021

Good Morning Key Stage 1!

We got off to a great start yesterday at very little notice! Today there will be a full timetable of live lessons throughout the day and the expectation is that you will be there for them where possible. School is closed but it has moved online instead. We will try to solve as many technical problems as possible today to get even more people online.

A bit of a long list now but here are the links for today:

 

We look forward to seeing you for as many lessons as you can. Remember to be up and awake nice and early so that you can check-in at 9am and get your marks.

Have a great day and please share any other great learning that you get up to at home.

 

Key Stage 1 Crew

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What a start!

By Mr Pickering5th January 2021

Despite the sudden switch to online learning, there have already been some excellent, creative examples of home learning for our new expedition ‘Is London still burning?’. Thank you to everyone who managed to get online today and have a go at some of the tasks. The live check-in will be at 9am tomorrow morning and then the live lessons will follow throughout the day. Please try and join us if you can. If you are having technical problems, please get in touch and we will help where we can.

Well done to Laci-Maee, Shayen and Tim in particular for you hard work today.

I hope to see you all again tomorrow!

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KS1 Afternoon Check In

By Joshua Meade5th January 2021

Morning everyone,

Each class in KS1 will be going live at 1.30pm this afternoon. We would like every single child to log in so you can see your friends, do your feelings check-in and find out what expedition activity we can all do this afternoon!

This morning it was lovely to see some of you and we understand it was quite late on receiving the information.

But we look forward to seeing you all at 1.30pm.

Remember that you must be logged in with your school email address to access the video calls. Here are the links to your classes call:

2P Check-in and Live Lessons Link

1M Check-in and Live Lessons Link

1/2C Check-in and Live Lessons Link

KS1 team

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