This week we have had a good look over the various Google Classrooms and as you would expect, dropped into live lessons. I am quite pleased with the learning that is taking place and how both children, staff and parents have been very flexible and adaptable to the demands. We have all learnt so much and will continue to do so.
Thank you for continuing to be patient; thank you for your kind words of appreciation. Make sure you be kind to yourselves and when, like today, the internet goes down and plans are disrupted, just enjoy what you can around you.
Remote Learning Support and Critical Worker Bookings
We appear to have a small number of children coming to school that should not be – with parents who are not Critical Workers. Please do not book your child in if you shouldn’t be as we now require the evidence that you are in fact eligible. If people do not take this Lockdown seriously, it is going to take longer for us to get everybody back. I appreciate that it is very difficult at home but we must keep going.
We now have a number of Vodafone SIM cards and BT codes to help those children at home with WIFI issues. The SIM cards can be put into any device and will only give internet access – not calls. The BT codes can be used but must be assigned to an individual after a Hot-Spot check has been carried out. If you have WIFI issues, use the Remote Learning Support form to let us know and whether you would like a SIM card or BT code.
A reminder that we are here to help if we can. Please do fill in the appropriate form for support, bookings etc…
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- Remote Learning support: Click here for any remote learning support.
- Dinner Takeaways: Click here to for a Dinner Takeaway booking.
- Key Worker Bookings: Click here for key worker bookings.
- Lunch Bookings: Click here to book lunches.
Parent Questionnaire Updates
The Parent Questionnaire link is still there is you have not yet submitted a response. is still available. So far we have had 95 submissions. If you haven’t completed it, please do. We also have the external 360 Reviews which allow you to focus on specific areas. I hope this is useful.
School staff have been looking at the different classrooms and how we set them up. As mentioned above, we are all learning and will continue to do so. I would be interested to know how your child’s Google Classroom setup (for the Classwork) works for you? We have a few different setups across the school, all with their own benefits. If you have a particular view, please use the external 360 Reviews form as select Google Classroom. We can then look at the positives and areas that cause you issues; and from those, aim to make things even better.
Tech Challenge
Can you create and save a document in Google Drive, that can be used each week? It could be a Doc with a story or list being updated each week. It could be a Sheets document where you add scores and it updates charts. Go explore.
- Decide what document type you will update each week.
- Create the document and save it in your own Google Drive or a class Google Drive.
- You could explore sharing it with friends.
The Krishna Avanti Podcast and Focus on…
Our latest podcast can now be accessed via the website by clicking here.
Our 20th Focus on… quiz is over, having had 105 players. You can see the podium by clicking here. Well done Niya, getting the top two spots. Well done to Vreej who ‘rules’ third space.
The 21st quiz is now ready for you to play. Why not test yourself and se if you can make the podium? If you want to revise first, the questions all come from our daily Tweets which can be found at https://avanti.org.uk/kapsleicester/focus-on/.
Thank you all for your continued support. I hope the disruptions with the Internet at school today haven’t caused too many issues at home.
I hope you have a great weekend. Take care and stay safe.
