Yesterday, 8H prepared the hampers to be delivered to a local family and the rest of the food was delivered to Annfield Plain Foodbank. Thank you so much for all your donations. The family wanted to pass on a big thank you, we made their Christmas. Thanks to 8H for wrapping and organising the hampers.

 

Huge Congratulations to our amazing reading stars who have tried so hard over this term to read every day and take part in lots and lots of reading time during afternoon Who will be our reading stars in the Spring Term?

 

We made fake snow, which can be molded just like the real thing. If you want to have a go at home its 3 parts bicarbonate of soda to one part white hair conditioner. You can make snowmen too! from the budding scientist in 80

Tuesday in Beech was all about Forces.

 We tried out a little water resistance.

Friction by spinning marbles on different surfaces was fun. And picking up the paintbrush in the rice was pretty amazing too – all friction.

Gravity we tried out by tilting the paperclips on the rod and by dropping balls of different weights; then different sizes. This was especially good to watch in slow motion!

We investigated air resistance, by comparing two cars – one aerodynamic and the other with a front more like a bus.

Following all of this we were ready to design Santa’s sleigh, to make it super efficient against gravity, air resistance and friction. And these were a couple of the ideas we came up with…

Santa, call Beech class for engineering consultation – we have some great ideas!

Dear Parents and Carers

Reporting symptoms after the school closes for Christmas Holidays

If your child develops symptoms that result in a positive test, up to and including December 20th which result in a positive test up to 24th December, you must inform the school at Contact Us – Croft Community School which can be found on the school website.

Please include the name of your child, their class and the date that their symptoms started, as well as your own contact details.

From Monday 21st December 2020
If your child develops coronavirus symptoms from Monday 21st onwards, they must be tested and, if positive, follow the advice of Test and Trace. You do not need to inform the school of any symptoms which occur after this date.

Contact tracing during the Christmas break

Please be aware that the school, following the guidance of the Department for Education and Public Health, will do the following for 6 days after the end of term:

• Collect information from staff and pupils with positive tests and families of symptomatic pupils

• Advise families of close contact with confirmed Covid cases, and inform them of self-isolation requirements

On Friday, 8H were sorting out all of the donations that have come into school for our feeding families hamper. All spare food is going to Consett foodbank so if you would like to make any donations please bring it into school before Wednesday.