We would like to inform you that Scottish Government advice for tomorrow is now confirmed as ‘do not travel’. Therefore all East Renfrewshire Schools will be closed on Wednesday 28th February. Updates regarding Thursday will be communicated as soon as possible.
Information about activities organised by East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure can be found at the web address contained in the image below.
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure have lots of opportunities for our youngsters!
Please click on the link below to access the latest edition of the Rouken Glen Reporter.
The next meeting of East Renfrewshire’s Parent Equality Forum will be held in Mearns Castle High School on Thursday 19th January, starting at 7pm.
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure, Sports Development November 16 – March 17 programme is now available for booking. To view all of the activities, please click on the following links; Community Sports or Football
As part of Scottish School Meals Week, the kitchen will be selling ‘Social Bite’ biscuits at break and lunch time tomorrow (Friday 4th November) . The biscuits will cost 35p, 10p of which will be donated to Social Bite. The biscuits must be paid for in cash at the time of purchase. They cannot be purchased using money from your child’s school meal account.
Social Bite is a ‘Social Business’ – 100% of their profits are given to good causes and 1 in 4 of their team are formerly homeless people. They also feed the local homeless community through their ‘Suspended Coffee and Food’ initiative.
Thank you
There is a special event to be held this coming Saturday in Rouken Glen. Info contained in poster below.
There is a special Hallowe’en themed menu on Thursday 27th October. The Kitchen is also selling chocolate apples (60p) at tuck every day this week.
This will replace the menu on Thursday 27th October
East Renfrewshire needs new foster carers. We need you.
Visit: eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/foster
or call: 0141 577 3367 for more information
East Renfrewshire Council launched a consultation on the future of early learning and childcare on Monday 11th January 2016 via citizen space.
If this affects you we be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to read the consultation and complete the survey.
The consultation can be found at https://getinvolved.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/education/consultation-on-the-future-of-early-learning-and-c
The next Parent Equalities Forum is to be held on 14 January 2016 at Woodfarm Hight School 7pm – 9.00pm
Agenda
1. Update on Education Department’s Equalities Delivery Plan
2. Update on ERC’s ‘Hate Crime’ Group
3. Input from Show Racism the Red Card
4. AOCB
We held the official opening of our new Nursery Playground on Friday 11th September. Provost Carmichael cut the ribbon in traditional fashion.
A special thank you to Michelle Sweeney who applied for a grant on behalf of the school to Whitelees Wind Farm.
Further thanks to our Busby Nursery Class Parent Support Group who were proactive in obtaining additional funding from the Big Lottery Fund and of course their own fund raisers efforts.
We were joined by our Acting Head of Service – Janice Collins, local MSP Ken Macintosh, Councillor Lafferty and Provost Carmichael and our parent support group who all enjoyed the sun and a cream tea!
Many thanks
Sharon Hunter
