Giffnock Primary School

NURSERY – PRIMARY 7

Dear Parent/Carer

We would like to update you and share information on a few matters below:

There will not be any remote learning facilitated on these days, including no new Google Classroom work being put up. The OLM and Glen Family Centre ‘Hub schools’ will remain staffed and open on these days, when we will continue to support key worker families’ children. This will be the same for the second May week-end, for Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th May.

Thank you for taking time to complete this. We have taken all responses up to last Friday 1st May and will be collating them over the next two days with the aim of looking for key themes to share and/ or act upon in the coming days.

As you may be aware, there has been speculation in the media regarding likely timings for changes that may lie ahead. We continue to take our lead at school level from both authority and national guidance. We are also very mindful of not adding any further anxiety or uncertainty in these challenging times. Both at national and authority levels, there is ongoing consideration and scenario planning for what the weeks and months ahead may look like. At this time however, there is no further information that we have to share about any change to the current situation. With this in mind, we will continue to provide the most effective and successful learning and teaching formats that we can through the systems that we have put in place.

We know that some of the simple resources for home learning might become harder for you to access at this time. For some of our families, this may or may not be more of an issue. With this in mind, we would like to offer you a time when you are able to come along to the OLM Primary School Hub and collect blank jotters, paper and pencils. This is of course entirely optional and we need to respect social distancing at this time. It must be a parent/ carer of the child collecting and not the child themselves. The resources will be set up to simply take without the need for any physical interaction and we would like to invite you at the following times:

The address for OLM Primary School is Robslee Road, Thornliebank, G46 7DD (opposite the entrance to Woodfarm High School) and the telephone number is 0141-570-7280. There is a large car park just to the front of the main entrance.

We understand that this remains an extremely difficult time, with many new challenges being faced. As a school community, we want to support our families and one another in any way that we can. Your child’s class Google Classroom remains the central focus for all learning activities and contact with your class teacher. Our website pages on Remote Learning continue to provide a range of information and support:

Our school Twitter feeds can be accessed through the school website and also provide a range of valuable information for our families:

If you have any further questions or issues at this time on any matter, please do not hesitate to contact the school via the school email address in the first instance: schoolmail@giffnock.e-renfrew.sch.uk