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Active Day

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Active Day yesterday .

The pupils all had a great time and lots of fun being active!

Thank you to all the staff who organised a great day and thankful the rain stayed away.

Developing Young Workforce – Education Should Be

‘Education Should Be…

’Year of Young People (YoYP) 2018 campaign –  providing a platform for young people to have their views heard and acted upon.

Education Should be toolkit

Watch a short 3 minute video on East Renfrewshire Activity Agreements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7foCLCH7Xjg

Download the 2018/19 Vocational Brochure here: http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/article/1740/About-our-schools

McCoo Art work

Class Whalsay had an awesome day yesterday taking their colourful art activity outdoors in the snow.

They deciced to be a little creative with some McCoos artwork, exploring colours and being creative with some squeezy bottles.

Have a look at their wonderful creations.

 

 

School Closure

Isobel Mair School is closed Thursday 1st March.

Due to the expected severe weather, all council buildings will be closed for the rest of today.

All our schools will be closed tomorrow, Thursday 1 March

Our gritting team will continue to work through the night treating priority routes.

Thank You

Many thanks to the Strathclyde University PGDE students who presented Mrs Clark and staff with a lovely card, flowers & chocolates yesterday.

The students were undertaking the professional Specialism Masters class with a focus on:-

  • Engagement (learners and learning)
  • Literacy

Staff and pupils  loved sharing our experiences with the students  and supporting the next generation of teachers.

We look forward to working with the next cohort of students.

 

Inclement Weather

‪Please note we appear to be having a problem with the group text that was sent earlier.

School buses leaving at 1:30pm due to inclement weather.

Parents are being called individually. Sorry for any inconvenience ‬

Pamis Event

Click here to view Pamis Flyer

PAMIS will be holding an SDS event on the 17th January at the Adelphi Centre in Glasgow, which will run from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.  (Additional information can be found on the attached event flyer.)  This event will involve two sessions:

MORNING SESSION
The morning session will be looking at some of the specific topics under SDS that family carers, caring for a person with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and complex healthcare needs, want or feel they need to know more about.  This session will be primarily for family carers.

 

AFTERNOON SESSION
The afternoon session will be attended by a number of members of the PAMIS team who will be available with information on the different pieces of work PAMIS carries out.  This will include:

·         The overall work of PAMIS and how our projects, research, partnership working and training offered, link in with the Family Support Service Director’s work

·         Importantly, the many ways in which we support people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and their family carers

We are inviting professionals from all sectors involved in supporting people with PMLD and hope that you, or someone representing your service, will be able to attend to hear what we do, and how we can work in partnership with others across Glasgow & Clyde and Scotland.

Ideally, we hope to have a mix of people who care for and support people with PMLD and who also wish to network with others and share information about their service with family carers, professionals and other relevant organisations.

Afternoon attendees can:
·         set up an information stand and meet the PAMIS team

·         attend in a drop-in basis as able

Further information can be found on the attached flyer.  Please book as requested on the flyer so that we are able to order beverages as required.  Available space means that stands will be limited so, if you wish to book a space for displaying your work, please contact me as soon as possible.  All stand holders will be asked to set up between 9:00 am and 10:00 am on the day and return to the open afternoon session at 1:30 pm.

Information gathered at this event will help inform our work over the next ten years and assist in our decisions, as we consider how PAMIS continues to best support people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, and their family carers, in the future.

We look forward to hearing from you
Best wishes
Liz Platt
PAMIS Family Support Service Director

 

Switch Off Fortnight

Class Orkney are proud winners of the school “Switch off fortnight” challenge.

They really tried their best to be more energy efficient & switch off lights & technology when not in use & spend more time outside.

Mrs McKinnon presented them with 4 solar robot kits & certificates

All they pupils were delighted with their certificates.

Eat and Meet with Santa

Thank you to Miss Helmore who arranged a  wonderful breakfast and meet with Santa this morning at the Capelrig, Newton Mearns.

Pupils set off this morning with the wind blowing and walked to the local restaurant, excited to be meeting Santa.

Pupils made choices for breakfast and some brought their own snacks.

Pupils were  so excited when they heard the sounds of the bells and finally Santa made an appearance.

Santa visited all the tables and spoke with them all and was even presented with a picture that one of the boys from Class Tiree had coloured in.

A great morning for everyone and not only  did we get to meet Santa but we were able to generalise some of the skills we have been working on in school.

Have a look at some of our photographs from a wonderful experience.