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Free School Meals update

Sun 19 Apr 2020

Many of the pupils eligible for Free School Meals chose to have a hamper to cover the two week Easter period. It was my understanding (and hope) that this would be the arrangements moving forward but unfortunately, that is not the case at the moment. It is possible that this might be offered again in the near future but it is not definite.

You may have also heard about the national voucher system. I have been trying so hard to organise this but they have many problems with their systems so this is not yet available to us. Again, this is being worked on as we speak and we hope to see a remedy in the very near future. However, for now it leaves us with just one option- providing a packed lunch each day for any child eligible for free school meals (not universal meals) just the same as we had before the Easter holidays.

If your child is eligible for free school meals and you would like to collect a packed lunch from the main reception each day, please e-mail:

headteacher@anthonybek.derbyshire.sch.uk by 9am on Monday 20th April. You will need to collect your child's packed lunch between 10:30 and 12noon each day.

In the meantime, I will do my absolute best to either get the hampers back on offer again or the shopping vouchers as I appreciate coming to school everyday to collect a packed lunch is not the best option, particularly for those that don't live within walking distance to school or for those needing to self-isolate.

Home learning examples week 2

Fri 03 Apr 2020

Lots of parents have shared aspects of their home learning with us this week. Here are a few from this week that have been sent to me which are wonderful examples of home schooling. Please also have a look at the class pages under the Children's tab for even more. Vinny made an amazing Soup presentation which is too big to upload to our website! His vegetable research powerpoint presentation is also particularly impressive (year 5 page).

We've had our first Parent Crusader award (I'm not sure everyone in the family was as happy!). Well done, Mr. England! We've also had our first consequence- Stevie the cat- I hope to see an improvement soon!

Samantha has continued with our weekly choir practice and Trinity has sent me audio files of her practising a range of songs.

Gary and Lola look they had an amazing time in their craft session! Jessie challenged my knowledge with a very difficult quiz she's made about ocean life (it's lucky I'm a scuba diver!)

Tiger-Rose and Destiny have made a stunning rainbow which I hope is now proudly displayed in their window. Rhys and Sophie have also been making beautiful rainbow cards with messages of love and hope and have delivered them to vulnerable members of the community. Charleigh has shared her rules and cloud behaviour system and Seth has made a beautiful cross to display in his window as well as a family plaque which will be something to remember these times in years to come. The Parson family have also been keeping everyone's spirits up with some amazing dancing!

Many of you might like to try the family plaque (if you have the following ingredients). Mrs Parsons said it is easy to make.

500g plain flour, 250g salt, 250ml water. Mix to a dough. Roll, flatten, imprint. Bake on low for 4-5 hrs.

Remember- we love to see what the children are doing so please keep sending us your special photographs.

Mrs. Johnson's Tower competition results!

Fri 03 Apr 2020

Thank you to everyone who took part in the 'Impressive tower' challenge. Please see the Children's tab- Mrs. Johnson's Community Competition for full details and lots of photographs. I was overwhelmed by the imagination shown and I'm glad I wasn't the judge!

Well done to all! Special congratulations to:

Ivy R 1ST PLACE with a doll tower

Thomas Y2 2ND PLACE with a book tower

Cornelia Y4 3RD PLACE with a lego/figures tower.

Staff winner- Mrs Barnes with her garden furniture tower!

Remember- no tears if you didn't win- (mine didn't win and I'm not crying (much!) they were all fabulous and you look like you had fun making them and that's what counts!

Easter school closure update

Fri 03 Apr 2020

The Easter holidays are almost upon us signalling the end of the Spring term and who could have expected that we would be in the position we are when we began this term? Thank you so much for sending all the photographs of your children taking part in my challenges or completing some really fantastic activities. You are all doing an amazing job keeping your children engaged and we love seeing their smiling faces. I hope you're keeping up to date with photographs on class pages, news section and my competition section.

Easter holiday period

We know the holiday period is not going to be like any other Easter holiday you have experienced but we really hope you find something different and enjoyable to do over this period. We do not expect/want you to continue 'home schooling' your child over this period. It is as important for them as it is for staff to have a break from their usual learning routine during this time. Staff will therefore not be providing work over this period or responding to e-mails etc- they will be having their usual Easter break. Staff will resume looking at e-mails and posting new work from Monday 20th April (assuming school closures continue- we only know what you know- schools are closed until further notice).

All of the websites and activities currently being used by the pupils will of course still be available if pupils really want to do something but hopefully, they will enjoy different activities over this time.

Work packs

The next work pack (paper kind) will be ready for collection on Monday 20th April. We will text to confirm this after the Easter holidays. We will also be sending an exercise book home so pupils can complete any other tasks in it (I know not everyone will have lots of paper or a printer). It may be that we are not permitted to send any more paper copies after this date (depending on how the restrictions change) so an exercise book will come in very handy if this is the case.

Refunds

Many of you are still waiting for refunds for Lion King, Walesby and Whitehall. We are so sorry for the delay. It has been extremely challenging to get funds back into our accounts from different companies to be able to send these. We now know that we will be able to issue these on Monday 20th April 2020. Lion King payments will be issued straight back onto the card that was used to pay for the visit. Payments for Walesby and Whitehall that were made on cards will be transferred back to the card they were made from. Payments that were made before we moved to School Money will be paid by cheque. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation with this.

Take care and be safe.

Easter competition

Thu 02 Apr 2020

You might remember that a few weeks ago we sent out a letter about an Easter Accessory competition. As we are officially not at school over the Easter break there will not be a competition from Mrs Johnson. However we will still be running the Easter accessory competition.

You could design and make an Easter bandana, hat, cap, belt, scarf, hair clip, tie, bows for shoes or anything else that you can think of that can be worn. Maybe you could sew, paint, stick or colour – we don’t mind – you can be as creative as you like.

It needs to have an Easter theme and it will be judged on creativity and how much has been completed by the child themselves (we realise that there will need to be parental help for some parts.)

Please photograph your creations and email them either to Mrs Johnson or me (clairesmith@anthonybek.derbyshire.sch.uk) after the Easter break.

We will display all photos on the web site.

Happy creating!

Home schooling shared (updated)!

Wed 01 Apr 2020

Thank you to those parents who have shared some of the activities your children are doing at home. It is wonderful to see these. Feel free to e-mail your class teacher and or me (Mrs Johnson) if your child is doing something special. We are all very interested in seeing these and we'll try and share these on the class pages or in this news section if they are extra special!

Have a look at the photographs below. Samantha has got her own behaviour tower and has had a good work assembly, Seth has been busy baking for front line NHS workers, Lilly has made a lovely rainbow for her window, Jacob and Luzia have made beautiful bird cages and Jessie has written a wonderful persuasive piece of writing about the Coronavirus!