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  • DO YOU HAVE ANY UNWANTED LAPTOPS?

    Published 08/01/21

    DO YOU HAVE ANY OLD, UNWANTED LAPTOPS YOU COULD DONATE?

    We can repurpose old laptops for free into usable devices to help our children!

    Some of the children at our school would benefit from us having some old laptops we could give them for home learning during lockdown as they haven’t one at home. We are having to loan them school ones but we don’t have enough!

     We are working with the charity Retech (www.retech.me.uk) to repurpose old laptops into simple devices that will enable children to access Home Learning during lockdown. The charity will professionally wipe the laptop of all old files, software and operating systems so there are no data security worries. The laptop will then get new software installed on it and be given to a child who we know needs one for their home learning and future homework. The charity can re-purpose almost any laptop, don’t think yours will be too old!

    Ideally we would like the laptop to come with a power lead, but without is ok. Even if you just have old power leads, please donate them, they may help us.

    Please drop them off at our school if you can. Come to the office (in school hours) and someone will come and collect it from you. If you can’t get to school, but have one you want to donate, just email or call us. We will organise someone to collect it from you.

    Please forward the poster below to friends and family!

    Many thanks :-)

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  • Keyworth Food Bank- Here to Help!

    Published 08/01/21
    Please see the leaflet below for all the information.  Run by our amazing Keyworth Community Project. 
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  • DEVICE AND INTERNET ACCESS SURVEY

    Published 07/01/21

    We wish to try to build a picture of the levels of internet access pupils have available to them and also the devices they are using and sharing when undertaking home learning. This will help inform our plans for home learning and how we source and deploy available resources. 

    Please click this link and complete the survey - it may help KPNS obtain more devices, or get improved access to the Internet, for our children. This could really help many of our families at this time. 

    All information that is gathered will only be used for the purposes identified above and will be destroyed once it has been used for this purpose. As with any information we gather it may be shared with the Department for Education but this will be as per their published privacy notices and data collection procedures and rules. 

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  • A Hello and some Information from Mrs King.

    Published 06/01/21

     

     

     

     

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  • Home Learning and Critical Workers.

    Published 05/01/21
    Dear Parents, Many thanks for your support over the last 24 hours as we have responded to the latest Government announcement about the national lockdown- it has certainly been a busy day! Home learning The home learning provision we will be
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  • Critical Worker Surveys

    Published 05/01/21

    CRITICAL WORKERS 

    To help us organise our provision for the children of Critical Worker from tomorrow, please complete the 2 forms below by 7pm this evening:

    1. CLICK HERE to register as a Critical Worker (some of you may have completed this form last night - if so, you don't need to complete it again)

    2. Once you have registered using the link above, CLICK HERE to book your school place fom tomorrow.

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  • Prime MINISTER'S ANNOUNCEMENt

    Published 04/01/21

    Following the Prime Minister's announcement this evening, KPNS will be closed to most pupils tomorrow. We will send a survey for Critical Workers in the next 10 minutes. Please complete it by 9pm this evening if you are a  critical worker and your child needs to be in school to allow you to attend work.

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  • Important Reminders for Returning to School Tomorrow.

    Published 03/01/21
    We can now confirm that KPNS will be open to all our pupils as planned tomorrow. We have reviewed and updated our risk assessments in response to the latest guidance and staff are planned and ready for your children to be in school. We’
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  • IMPORTANT UPDATE - NEW TERM

    Published 02/01/21

    Dear Parents,

    I hope you and your families have had a peaceful and restful Christmas. On behalf or everyone at KPNS, I would like to wish you the very best for 2021 and beyond.

    As we prepare for the new term, you will doubtless be aware that that speculation is rife in the media about whether schools should open on Monday.

    As of this morning, we were preparing to open KPNS on Monday as planned. We have reviewed and updated our risk assessments in response to the latest guidance and staff were planning for your children to be in school.

    However, information received this afternoon casts doubt on our plans. We are seeking urgent clarification about whether we are able to open as planned, or if we will be partially or fully closed.

    As soon as we know to what extent we will be open, I will update parents immediately. Hopefully, this will be no later than tomorrow afternoon.

    Best wishes,

    Peter Cresswell

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  • Dragon's Roar Newsletter 18/12/20

    Published 18/12/20

    VERY IMPORTANT Covid-19 Update 

    Over the first few days of the holiday, schools have been asked to help coordinate Public Health England’s response to any positive cases of Covid-19 amongst school age children.

    As such, if your child has a confirmed case before the 25th December, please contact us using contact@keyworth.notts.sch.uk  letting us know:

    • Your child’s name and class
    • When he / she was last in school
    • When he / she started to show symptoms
    • When he / she had a test
    • When the positive result was confirmed

    We will then contact members of staff and other children who might need to self-isolate.

    After the 24th, you should follow NHS advice and, if appropriate, let us know on the first day back, the 4th January, that your child is self-isolating following a positive test result.

    NHS advice can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

    Click here for more information

    There have been a few changes to our governing body recently and we’d like to take this opportunity to update you: 

    Following elections at Crossdale, Kay Cowling (mum of Tegan in Yr1) and Tamara Smith (mum to Rafe Smith in Yr1) have been elected to the governing body.   Both work in Secondary education and are keen to contribute to both schools. Emma Stevens (mum of George in Y1) was also appointed as a parent governor from Keyworth Primary - she works in HR and is similarly keen to use her skills to support the development of both schools. 

     In addition, Rosalind Maxwell-Harrison, who has grand children at Keyworth Primary, has become a Trust appointed governor. She is a regular volunteer at the school and brings her therapy dog with her for the children to read to – she also brings a wealth of previous governance experience to the role. Finally, Kirsty Sharman has moved from a parent governor into a Trust appointed governor position meaning we retain her invaluable experience in safeguarding and SEND. 

     The governing body representing KPNS and Crossdale is made up entirely of volunteers who give up their time to support everything we do in school – their support is hugely appreciated! 

    Congratulations Super Readers:  

    Well done to all those children who have completed their Bronze Reading Award this term- It has been great to give out so many certificates over the past couple of weeks! Don’t worry if you haven’t yet finished yours, there is still time over the holidays. The SILVER challenge starts in January for those of you itching to get busy with it.  

    Attendance Awards:  

    We pulled out our prizes for our 100% and at least 95% attendance, today. The bins were full with lots of names but our lucky winners were Massiray and Harley in Y6. Well done to them!  

    Polite Reminder:  

    Please ensure that photos or videos of children from the school website are not shared over personal social media accounts. Thank you for your support as always.  

    Dragon’s Lair Reopens… 

    Our beloved Dragon’s Lair will be opening its doors again to the Year 5 and 6 children only from Monday 4th of January. Unfortunately, we can’t yet invite parents or our other year groups in, but as soon as we can, we will let you all know. Those wishing to attend will need to arrive between 8:30 and 8:40am. Blaze has his stamp ready and Mrs King can’t wait to see you all there (warning- she will probably cry very happy tears!)  

    Thank you!  

    The children are each coming home with a small Christmas gift bag today. The Christmas gifts have been provided by the Friends of KPNS and the books have been purchased using a donation from Mr Davenport’s Boxing Club. Thank you to these two fantastic groups, our children are very lucky!  

    Doodlemaths Christmas Challenge:  

    Your child should have come home with a special Doodlemaths Christmas Challenge sheet (if not, you can print one off the maths blog on the school website). If the children can complete the challenge and return it to Mrs King in January, there are some special prizes awaiting them. Happy Doodling!  

    Raffle Prize Winners:  

    1st Prize- Katie (Y1) 

    2nd Prize- George (Y1) 

    3rd Prize- Griff (F2) 

    4th Prize- Mr Davenport 

    Thank you to all who purchased a raffle ticket, we are in need of resources for our new sensory room so the £72 raised will help with this. 

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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  • Covid-19 over the Xmas holidays

    Published 18/12/20

    Over the first few days of the holiday, schools have been asked to help coordinate Public Health England’s response to any positive cases of Covid-19 amongst school age children.

    As such, if your child has a confirmed case before the 25th December, please contact us using contact@keyworth.notts.sch.uk  letting us know:

    • Your child’s name and class
    • When he / she was last in school
    • When he / she started to show symptoms
    • When he / she had a test
    • When the positive result was confirmed

    We will then contact members of staff and other children who might need to self-isolate.

    After the 24th, you should follow NHS advice and, if appropriate, let us know on the first day back, the 4th January, that your child is self-isolating following a positive test result.

    NHS advice can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

    Further details:

    • If we are notified of a positive test by 24th December, and the child’s first symptoms occurred no less than 48 hours after their last day attending school (20th December, if child attended on the 18th) we will attempt to trace contacts of that child in school, as per government advice, and following any further advice. We will usually email any contacts, so please do check emails regularly.
    • If a positive test result occurs after the 24th December, or symptoms occur 48 hours after the last attendance in school, we will not do any tracing as per government guidance. Track and trace will perform any tracing in these circumstances. However, please still let us know of a positive result. The graphic below may explain this more effectively.
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  • Christmas Challenge!

    Published 15/12/20

    Looking for a fun Christmas event to do with your children??? Next Sunday 20th December between 12-4pm, Sign up for the Christmas Orienteering Challenge around Keyworth!!! £2.50 per child, and every child gets a chocolate treat at the end. Please see below for full details of how to enter.

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