Please find below some activities for the Easter holidays from our Nursery.

Nursery – Easter Holidays

Please find below activities for Nursery, week beginning 30.03.20.

School Closure – Nursery Week beginning 30.03.20

Please find below home learning packs for week beginning 23.03.20.

School Closure – Early – Nursery

School Closure – Early Level Primary 1

School Closure – First Level Primary 2-4

School Closure – Second Level Primary 5-7

Monday 23 March until further notice:

All Schools will be closed to Primary Pupils and S1-3 Pupils with the following exceptions:

• Saltersgate School will remain open to support our children with severe and complex needs. The Head Teacher will be in contact with individual families outlining the individual arrangements which will be in place.

• All Secondary Schools will be open to S4-6 Pupils only in order to complete any SQA mandatory coursework and assessments prior to the published deadlines. Please refer to individual High School Websites for further updates. We are planning a phased approach to distance learning however priority will be given to S4-S6 to begin with.

• We are now focussed on planning for the families of staff belonging to the following groups key worker groups: Emergency Services, NHS, Health and Social Care Partnership including Care at Home, Teachers and Council Staff who have requested assistance with Childcare in order to ensure that we deliver critical services.  This requested provision will be delivered through 4 secondary and 4 primary schools acting as Hubs. Individual Schools will be in touch with the individual families to alert them to the arrangements which will be put in place.

• Free School Meals: We are currently working with catering services in order to finalise arrangements for the distribution of food for children entitled to free school meals  and further information will be communicated as soon as plans have been finalised.

Public health advice and guidance should continue to be followed for staff and pupils with underlying health conditions and self-isolation.

As you will appreciate there is significant planning needed to move this forward and we will continue to update our website to keep you informed.

You can listen to the Deputy First Ministers announcement at this link:

https://news.gov.scot/speeches-and-briefings/statement-on-covid19-managing-the-impacts-on-scottish-education

Please see below a letter from Fiona Robertson, Executive Director, regarding COVID-19.

Parent-Carer_COVID19_Update_March2020

Please find below information from Scottish Government regarding Coronavirus.

Coronavirus Information for Schools 27th February

Please find below a link to our authority led parental survey.  This survey closes on Friday 28th February 2020.

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/0L8VW/

Our February newsletter can be found below:

February 2020