Month: April 2020

NHS Thursday Night Clapping

Each Thursday evening at 8pm we show our appreciation for our NHS and key workers through a clap, which has become a very special weekly moment. The Music Education Partnership Group
(MEPG) is organising something extra special for Thursday 30th April. They are encouraging musicians all over Scotland to pick up their instruments and play “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. MEPG have created backing tracks as well as parts for many instruments which you can find on their website as well as further information.

https://wemakemusicfornhs.weebly.com/

If you do not play a musical instrument but would like to take part you could make an instrument of your own to play on the evening or learn the song words to singalong. Let’s come together in a slightly different way this week to support our NHS and our key workers.

Kind regards,
The Giffnock Leadership Team

P7 video entry to French Competition

As part of their learning in French this school year, our P7 children have entered a national competition in creating their own French song and video. Our P7s managed to get this completed just before the lockdown came into place.
Whilst we realise this may be of special interest to our P7 families, we felt that it might be something that others would like to see too, in particular given the lack of ‘normal’ school life and of seeing groups of our children together in their learning.

Family Support Team

Dear Families,

As our Community is very much in our thoughts, we are keen to support in whatever ways we can. Although our Giffnock Family has been very well supported by a variety of staff from other agencies over a long time, the present circumstances in which we are now living have changed and so therefore have some of our needs.

Bearing this in mind we would like to share the variety of free and confidential support that is available to all our families. We have attached a copy of information on this from East Renfrewshire along with the Healthier Minds resource and below you will find a variety of support agencies available which may be of interest.

Please continue to keep in touch with us should there be anything you may need help with,

Our best wishes,

The Giffnock Family Support Team

Healthier Minds family guide

Health and Wellbeing Update 3 from ERC

Young Carers – for children and families supporting family members with medical or additional needs or requiring respite.

Facebook – EastRenfrewshire Carers Centre

Twitter – https://twitter.com/eastrencarers

Young Carers are still taking young carer referrals and supporting young carers so if you think you may require support don’t hesitate to get in touch with Kevin Daily as below.

Kevin Dailly, Young Carers Education Worker

East Renfrewshire Carers Centre

Barrhead Centre

8 Carlibar Road

Barrhead

G78 1AA

0141 638 4888

Email Kevin Dailly:  kevin@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk

Glasgow Womens Aid Helpline is open Monday to Friday, 10AM-4PM on 0141 553 2022 with email support too:

officecover@glasgowwomensaid.org.uk

Family First worker Julie Douglas is available for direct contact and can support on a variety of areas such as School, Health, Home, Money, Parenting, Confidence, Additional Support Needs. You can contact Julie through email at:

 julie.douglas@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk 

or by phoning her on 07393752547

Mental and Emotional Health support is available through Talking Points. Adults in East Renfrewshire can receive help and advice from professionals and volunteers about their health and wellbeing. If you would like more information on Talking Points, please call 0141 800 7850 or email Alan at:

alan.stevenson@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

talkingpoints@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)

Please phone 0141 800 7850. In an emergency, please phone 0141 800 7850, open from 8am to 6pm. Alternatively, you can phone Glasgow and Partners Emergency Social Work Services out of hours on 0300 343 1505.

Other services are available:

Childline 1 2 1 Counsellor Chat

The telephone line is open 9- midnight on 0800 1111.

Youngminds Help For Parents

Mind Org Helplines

Infoline: 0300 123 3393.

Email: info@mind.org.uk
Text: 86463

 

Family Feedback on Remote learning

We are very interested to know more about how you have found the arrangements for, learning activities and general organisation of remote learning so far. We understand that learning from home is both very new and challenging and we want to thank you for your efforts in aiming to make this work the best that we possibly can, together, for our children.

To gather further information from your and your child’s perspectives, we have put together a short questionnaire which we would be very grateful if you would spend a short time completing. Can we ask that you do this by Tuesday 28th April, after which we will collate the responses received.

Response Form

Thank you in advance for your ongoing support.

Online exercises from cameron Taekwondo

We have received the information below from Cameron Taekwondo and as it’s from our community, and a parent, we thought we would give you the opportunity to join in if you so wished.
The team at Cameron Taekwondo are delighted to advise that we will be running online family friendly exercise classes every Monday and Thursday, these sessions are completely free of charge and open to absolutely anyone who wants to join us, please share with any friends, family and neighbours that you think would be interested.  After piloting the classes for the last week, we received very positive feedback and would like to now share the link that will allow you to join us every week.
Mr. Cameron, who has over 22 years of experience will be running the classes in a way that make it suitable for all ages and fitness levels.
Class Days : Mondays & Thursdays online through Zoom
Class Time : 5.30pm
Class Duration : 15-20 mins
Class Fee : Free
We look forward to seeing you there. The link to join is below.
Richard Cameron is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Richard Cameron’s Zoom Meeting
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 883 5767 7427

Remote Learning and Spring Holidays

NURSERY – PRIMARY 7
Dear Parent/ Carer,
We hope that all of our families and children are keeping as well as possible through these challenging days. As a school and indeed wider community, these are unique times we are living through and ones which are placing a wide range of difficulties and pressures upon us all. First and foremost therefore, we want to continue to support our families as best we possibly can on the road ahead. All our social, emotional and physical health & wellbeing must remain first priorities and if you feel that there is anything that we can help with, please do not hesitate to contact the school. Our school email address is the best place to start contact through:
For the Spring Break, our provision of remote learning through Google Classrooms and the school website and twitter feeds will stop after today; they will of course resume again on Monday 20th April. Our key worker families have already been contacted regarding school provision during the holidays (at Eastwood High School and Crookfur Nursery) but if there are any further questions please do not hesitate to ask.
We wish you and your families all the very best of health in the coming weeks,
Kind regards,
Giffnock Primary School