How to access TEAMS
Just a reminder as to how students can access work from home. Please let us know if you need a copy of your Childs account details.
Coronavirus update
Good Evening Everyone Huge apologies for the late text message and Facebook/website update but we have just been informed that one of our members of staff has tested positive for Coronovirus. We have followed the procedures put in place and are awaiting further guidance from PHE with regard to the next steps. It is with…
Self-Care September
Article 31- Children have the right to relax Hope you are all having a lovely weekend. Just a reminder about September’s Self-Care Calendar. Try this out as a family – a little activity each day. It is even more important to be kind to yourself during these tough times. Remember: self-care is not…
Local Lockdown Restrictions
Good Evening Everyone Following the decision to implement a local lockdown in County Durham we are going to have to change our regulations in school with reference to the wearing of face masks. The County Durham website states: Unless exempt, in education settings where students in Year 7 and above are educated,………., face coverings should…
LMI Bulletin
Click the link for the latest LMI Bulletin. https://www.supportinginspiration.org.uk/ne/lmi-bulletin-issue-462 In this week’s Prospects for hospitality and retail work in Hexham with redevelopment work Potential job losses at Port of Tyne Recruitment announcements DWP recruiting Work Coaches Labour Market update Durham Insight – public accessible data on employment trends Careermap publications Regards LMI
8O’s Mission Impossible
As part of year 8s team building tasks in Outdoor Education they were challenged with a progressive trip wire maze to navigage. We disscussed our reactions to sucess and failure and ways to build resilliance from this. Well done guys!
Pupil Voice Representatives
This week at Croft every Pastoral Class is nominating and voting for their class Pupil Voice representative. Our new Head of Pupil Voice is Jazmine Henderson in Year 11 who was voted by the Pupil Voice steering group last academic year. Good luck Jazmine and can’t wait to meet the whole new group.
Math’s through PESSPA (8O Miss Oliver)
Learning with a difference Seen as it was a lovely sunny day and we needed to ensure we kept to our social distance measures in place 😯 decided to do their Math’s lesson outside. The lesson was about speed and distance, the class warmed up before being timed completing one full lap of the field…
Information
Good Morning Everybody There is an updated information sheet below which we have adapted from another school which we thought was really clear and straight forward in terms of what to do if your child displays any symptoms. If in any doubt please don’t hesitate to get in touch with school but can I please…
Fantastic Finish!
Hazel have had a brilliant week exploring all the magic of Roald Dahl’s stories. Today we finished with an adventure to Willy Wonka’s factory. We created our own Wonka bars and designed our own wrappers. Hazel class were brilliant at remembering to wash their hands and keep their work space and equipment clean. We then…