Grange Academy

August 5, 2020
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School Meal Pre Order System

As communicated by East Ayrshire Council, a lunch pre-order service will be in operation from Wednesday 12th August 2020.

NEW S1

No action is needed at preset – we will support the pupils to activate the pre-order system on Wednesday 12th August 2020.

NEW S2-S6

In order to access the pre-order portal, pupils will need their school computer username (granac…) and password. They will also need to be able to access their Glow eMail account.

If any pupils have forgotten their usernames or passwords, please complete this form no later than Friday 7th August 2020.

August 5, 2020
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Grange Academy – August Return to School

Dear Pupils, Parents and Carers

Please find details of our August Return to School. The full letter can be accessed by clicking on the images below. We have also included a guide to installing our Grange Academy School App.

August 3, 2020
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SQA Results – Update from Head of Education

Please find below two letters from Linda McAulay-Griffiths (Head of Education) in advance of the release of SQA Results tomorrow (Tuesday 4th August 2020)

Letter to Pupils

Letter to Parents and Carers

August 3, 2020
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SQA Results Day 2020 & Re-Opening

Dear Pupils and Parents/Carers

SQA RESULTS 2020

SQA will release exam results, by post, to young people on Tuesday 4th August. If you have signed up for MySQA you will also receive them by text/email. We wish all of our senior pupils the best of luck for tomorrow.

Should you wish to discuss your exam results or any subject changes you wish to make as a result please contact the school on 01563 549988.

All calls will be taken by a member of the office staff who will ask for the following information:

Pupil Name, Year Group and House, Contact Number
If your query is related to your SQA Results or to discuss a Subject Change
Subject(s) where there is a concern you would like to discuss
If a university or college application is related to your query

A member of the school SLT will follow up on these queries throughout the remainder of the week. It should be noted that, in line with GDPR, exam results and data can only be shared and discussed with the individual pupil.

To allow priority to be given to these matters, calls and queries in relation to other topics will be followed up as soon as possible.

RE-OPENING

Further to Linda McAulay-Griffiths’ statement last week (detailed below) please note the following upcoming dates:

Tuesday 4th August: East Ayrshire will release local authority statement on reopening.

Wednesday 5th August: Grange Academy will publish school level guidance and information.

Tuesday 11th August: Staff In-Service Day

Wednesday 12th – Friday 14th August: ‘Soft Start’ (arrangements in 5th Aug communication)

Monday 17th August: All pupils return full time.

Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement, Linda McAulay-Griffiths, Head of Education at East Ayrshire Council advised:

“We were delighted to receive the guidance issued by the Scottish Government in respect of return of schools and our teams are working hard across the council to ensure that all of our schools and Early Childhood Centres are checked, safe and ready to welcome our young people.

A comprehensive statement covering our approach in East Ayrshire will be published on our website and on School Apps for parents, carers and young people on Tuesday 4 August, following consultation with Headteachers, Teaching Unions and our Parent Council Steering Group. This will then be followed by individual school communications.

Our schools will be open from Wednesday 12 August with a “soft start” over that week and individual schools will confirm their own specific arrangements about which children should attend each day. This is to ensure that time and space is given to making sure that the new safety and hygiene arrangements in each school are understood by young people, staff, parents and carers.

At this stage, we can confirm that all pupils will return full-time on Monday 17 August.

Our statement on Tuesday 4 August will furnish parents and carers with further detail in all regards, including the return of children to early learning and childcare and we once again re-iterate what a joy it will be to see our young people again in our schools and Early Childhood Centres.”

June 26, 2020
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Summer Update

Dear Parents/Carers and Pupils of Grange Academy,

It seems strange to be sending you our best wishes for a great summer holiday under the circumstances however I think it’s important to acknowledge that we have finally reached the end of another school year.

These past 14 weeks have been the strangest and perhaps the most challenging experience of most of our lifetimes, an experience from which we will hopefully learn and talk about for many years to come. While working hard and doing our best to keep learning and teaching going it has also been a time for us to reflect and think about the future. As a staff here at Grange Academy we have had to learn and develop new skills and ways of teaching and in many ways this has been a very positive experience. Hopefully the lessons and new skills we have learnt and continue to develop will stand us in good stead for the new session when we get back to school.

As learners, you have done an amazing job in keeping up with your studies. Many of you, at all stages, have shown great maturity as you have engaged with digital learning. There have been many obstacles which you have had to deal with but you have shown great resilience and creativity in rising to this challenge. Your teachers are very proud of the way you have engaged with learning at home but we are really missing you and can’t wait to have you all safely back in school!

We learn best through reflecting on our experiences and interacting with other people. Digital learning at home is wonderful but it certainly cannot replace being in a class with other learners and a teacher and I know that many of you are desperate to get back to school. Hopefully the COVID-19 virus will continue to be suppressed over the coming weeks and we can plan for the safe return to school in the not too distant future.

We will keep you up-to-date with plans for the new session over the summer so please please keep an eye the following sources for information:

East Ayrshire Council website and Twitter feed
Grange Academy School App, Twitter feed and website.

Thank you to all parents and carers for your forbearance throughout lockdown. It has been a challenge for everyone in our school community and I sorry that I am unable to give you definitive answers at this late stage to many of the questions you will have about our return to school.

Please accept our best wishes to you and your family for the summer break.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Johnston

Head Teacher

June 23, 2020
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Statement from Linda McAulay-Griffiths (Head of Education, East Ayrshire Council)

Linda McAulay-Griffiths said: “We acknowledge the statement by Deputy First Minister John Swinney this afternoon regarding the aspiration of a full-time return of pupils to school in August.

The Deputy First Minister has been clear that this will be predicated on further data and scientific advice, and that further guidance will be issued nationally that will then be enacted at local authority level.

Our priority in our planning for schools return has always been the safety of our staff, children and young people and it will be important to be assured on how a full return will be achieved in a way that recognises this.

The central education team will await the full guidance and will enact this accordingly, in consultation with all interested parties, as soon as it is received.

Individual schools will not be in a position to publish adapted plans until further information becomes available. Communications to parents and carers will continue over the Summer break to ensure that they are kept fully informed and updated on plans to return.

As always, we look forward to welcoming our young people back to school in a safe and measured manner.”

Statement from Linda McAulay-Griffiths (Head of Education, East Ayrshire Council)

June 21, 2020
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