Dear Family and Friends of Crossmichael and Gelston Primary Schools,<\/p>\n
I am going to start off by wishing you a Happy New Year although I know that this is not the start to the year that any of us anticipated.\u00a0 I have been thinking of you all over the holidays and I know that our fantastic school community can get through this!<\/p>\n
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Start of Term 3 Details<\/strong><\/p>\n You will be aware that Scottish Government have extended the school holidays for pupils until Friday 8th January.\u00a0 Pupils will begin remote learning on Monday 11th January until the end of January when the situation will be reviewed nationally.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This week, teachers are preparing online learning in anticipation for next week and non-teaching staff are providing emergency childcare for vulnerable children and the children of key workers in their own schools.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Communication About Learning Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n Teachers will be in touch via the class Facebook pages, parental emails and will contact older pupils via Microsoft TEAMS to share information and to set learning tasks.\u00a0 (Older pupils are able to log into GLOW using their usernames and passwords to access this.)\u00a0 Teachers will monitor their emails from 9am-3pm so please get in touch and they will try to respond as soon as possible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once again,\u00a0 I would ask that you do not place yourself under too much pressure.\u00a0 The feedback received from most families from last year was that 1-2 hours of online learning each day was manageable.\u00a0 Just do what you can.\u00a0 Remember that teaching pupils resilience, problem solving, cooperation, self-regulation skills and other life skills is also valuable.\u00a0 You are teaching them how to cope in a global pandemic and that is no mean feat!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ICT and Access to Devices\/ Stationery<\/strong><\/p>\n We have a limited supply of laptops available if you require a device.\u00a0 If you would like some stationery then please contact your child’s teacher and we will try to accommodate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Free School Meals and Clothing Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have found that your family circumstances have changed and you wish to apply for Free School Meals or clothing grants then you will find the links here:<\/p>\n