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I hope this E-bulletin find you and your family safe and well.

As you may already be aware, a member of one of our Year 7 classes tested positive for COVID-19

this week. All students identified as close contacts of the child have been asked to self-isolate. This

has been limited to one tutor group and a small number of children from another group. The decision

as to who constitutes a close contact is based on the latest Public Health England guidance which

we are following. Unless your child has been asked to self-isolate they should attend school as normal.

Please take care and continue to ensure that you and your family follow all government guidance,

including the additional Lancashire measures of not mixing with other households.

Where students do need to self-isolate, their homework and school work is set remotely, using our

ClassCharts website and mobile App. All students and parents have unique access codes to

ClassCharts. We encourage you to regularly check the work your child has been allocated and also

to view any positive points they have received for work completed. ClassCharts even allows you to

view their behaviour in school in live time! If you do not have your parent access code for ClassCharts

please contact office@westcraven.co.uk clearly stating your full name and your child’s name.

This week we celebrated National Poetry Day. Students considered 'Love in the Time of Coronavirus'

by Nikita Gill, a poem specially commissioned for National Poetry Day. Inspired by this and by work

from our parent and local poet Astrid Middleton, students have been busy writing poems to be

displayed on our celebratory wall in the school dining hall. I look forward to featuring a range of

student poems in next week’s edition.

As the weather starts to become more inclement, please do ensure that your child brings a warm

coat and a suitable waterproof bag to school each day.

Mrs Tracy Foy

Principal

“To find yourself, think for yourself.”

Socrates

Friday 2 October 2020

Independence

‘Ad Vitam Paramus’

‘We are Preparing for Life’.

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Students working at home

Using Class Charts

We are using the homework function on class charts to issue work and when

appropriate your child’s work can be uploaded for the teacher to view and give

feedback on.

All students and parents have their unique access codes to class charts and as

parents we would encourage you to regularly check the work your child has

been allocated and also to view any positive points they have received for work

completed. It will also allow you to see their behaviour in school from the start of

the year. If you do not have your access code for class charts please contact

office@westcraven.co.uk clearly stating your full name and your child’s name.

Work can be completed on a computer/phone/tablet or on paper/in a book.

During lockdown we received many excellent examples of work, completed on

paper, which were photographed and returned to their teacher. We appreciate

that not all students have a device to complete work on - or that this is shared

within the household. If this is the case the work can be screenshot on a phone

from the class charts app, for future reference. If the task is worksheet based

students do not have to print the worksheet to be able to complete the activities-

they can complete the answers on paper in full sentences just as they would

using a text book in school.

Office 365 is available free for all of our students, via their school email account.

This gives them access to Word/PowerPoint/Excel and other Microsoft

programmes. If you have not taken advantage of this further details are

available on our website under the useful links section, which can be accessed

here

https://www.westcraven.co.uk/installing-office-at-home/750.html

Examples of work that has been submitted by the class charts app using a

photograph.

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Celebrating National Poetry Day

This week we celebrated National Poetry Day with poetry from Astrid Middleton, mother of

Harry and Cody, in Years 7 and 11 respectively.

This year’s theme is ‘vision’ and Astrid’s book ‘My Vision in Words’ is ‘a mother’s inspiring poetic

journey of life with sight loss’. The whole school visited the poem entitled ‘Resilience’ which

was perfect! We will also study more of her poems in English lessons and Mr Ralph is also going

to add one of the poems to our new Year 9 poetry anthology, which will be taught as part of

our unseen poetry unit.

We would like to thank Mrs Middleton for sharing her poetry with us!

16 School Closes – Half Term

November

2 Term Begins

Star Students! Congratulations to Hayden Seed, Year 7, and

Liam Richardson, Year 10, who has achieved 100

positive points on Class Charts.

Keep up the good work!

Pride in Presentation

1 Black History Month

8 Open Evening (Virtual)

15 Year 11 Parents’ Evening

Virtual 4.15-7pm

Resilience

Resilience is overcoming challenge

It is knocking those barriers down

Resilience is raising a smile when all you want to do is

frown

Resilience is getting out of bed

It is letting the sunlight in

Resilience is staying strong when your patience is

wearing thin

It is staying focused through the fog

It is keeping a positive mind

It is powering through the pain

It is leaving pessimism behind

Children fall, they get back up

The sick find a way

People fail, they try again

Tomorrow is a new day

Where there is hope there is resilience

Where there is faith you’ll find it too

Where there is strength and determination, love and

support will see you through

Days are hard, times are tough, but the world has so

much to give

Pick yourself up, brush yourself off and be resilient in

how you live!

By Astrid Middleton

The poem ‘Resilience’ taken from ‘My Vision in Words’ by Astrid Middleton.

STAR OF THE WEEK

ASPIRE POINTS

Ambition Supportive Positivity Independence Resilience Equality

The Theme of the week is Independence, well done to the following students who received

the most positivity points on Class Charts.

7.1 Ross Swindells

7.2 Ava Craddock

7.3 Jessica Livesey

7.4 Musa Ali Khan

7.4 Lola-Leigh Buchanan

7.5 Daisy Ottewell

7.6 Brandon Wolstenholme

8.1 Harley Cassie

8.2 Isabelle Jesson

8.3 Joshua Taft

8.4 Noah Syers

8.5 Summer Anderson

9.1 Poppy Town

9.2 Mahrukh Ali Khan

9.3 Emily Crowder, Isobelle Moffat and

Oakley Rees

9.4 Florence Garrity

9.5 Charlotte Robinson

10.1 Evie-Mai Blenkhorn, Ciara Duffy,

Amber Muller and Sophie Thompson

10.2 Paige Anderson and Jack Kirby

10.3 Alex Waddington

10.4 Harry Carpendale

10.5 Thomas Council

11.1 Laila-May Marshall and Caitlin

Raynor

11.2 Holly Ford

11.3 Alfred Dickinson

11.4 Sally-Ann Richardson

11.5 Giulia Borseti

Top Ten

Parent Awarded Points

Form Totals

for Positive Points

9.3 218

9.4 147

9.5 167

10.1 103

10.2 110

10.3 117

10.4 65

10.5 51

11.1 116

11.2 96

11.3 110

11.4 120

11.5 135

7.1 207

7.2 363

7.3 175

7.4 257

7.5 135

7.6 109

8.1 203

8.2 172

8.3 179

8.4 362

8.5 145

9.1 198

9.2 150

11.5 Eden Barritt

7.4 Natalie Barritt

10.2 Liam Richardson

7.4 Hayden Seed

7.2 Olly Smith

7.2 Riley Moss

7.6 Jasmine Walton

7.5 Annabelle Hoyle

7.4 Joshua Macgregor

7.2 Alfie Molloy

7.4 Olivia Ralph

9.3 Fennella Turner

8.1 Freya Craddock

7.2 Leighton Haigh

7.2 Megan-Leanne Mitchell

7.4 Caitlin Blake

7.2 Ava Craddock

8.1 Violet Datkiewicz

11.1 Oliver Hartley

8.4 Grace Hindley

8.2 Alfred Holman

8.2 Isabelle Jesson

10.3 Poppy Walker

Message for Year 7 Parents

Special Education Needs and Disabilities

If you feel your child has a learning difficulty which requires

extra provision, please do not hesitate to contact our SENCo,

Mrs Ali on 01282 812292

Year 11

Beyond West Craven

Some dates for our Year 11 families who are planning their next steps after

school.

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