We are celebrating World Book Day next Thursday, 4th March.
Pupils and staff at home and school are invited to join us by wearing your favourite character costume or dress up outfit.
Home Heating Support Fund
Click on the PDF link below for more information on the home heating support fund from MART – Money Advice Rights Team
Presentation form MART
Click on the link below for the Welfare and Employment support presentation from the Money Advice and Rights Team.
Visual support
As we prepare for our P1 – P3 pupils return to school on Monday 22nd May, here is a visual support to to help them with the transition back to school.
Family John Muir Award
The Family John Muir Award, offers an opportunity for families to work towards a shared goal, helping improve parent-child and inter-generational relationships, boost confidence & to simply enjoy spending time together outdoors.
Click here for more information
Additional Needs Partnership
Additional Needs Partnership – East Renfrewshire
Click here for ANP – Information Booklet
ANP are a partnership of groups, agencies and organisations who come together to share information specifically relating to Additional Support Needs and Disabilities across the community.
During this unprecedented time of COVID-19 we are staying in touch and using different ways of communicating that allows us to support each other.
The Additional Needs Partnership want to complement the information which is already available, even more so in this ‘new normal’, working together with everyone to help people make the right choices.
Click on the link above to view the booklet.
Zoom Session – What is Communication?
Wednesday 3rd February at 7pm
Tonight one of our parents, Tracey Campbell is having a zoom discussion “What is communication?
We will discuss communication concepts to help us support people who struggle to communicate using spoken words
This is the zoom link for later. Hope to see lots of you there.
Mairi Watkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81628626050?pwd=eDAvMXhGZnRyVVIvbVd0NnpyUFdIZz09
The meeting ID and passcode can be found on school app and email sent out via school office.
Live Assembly
Reminder that our live assembly will take place on Thursday 4th February at 1:15pm , link to follow.
Don’t forget to wear your fancy dress costume or funny headgear.
What will Mr Crossan be wearing I wonder……. We look forward to seeing you all.
Children’s Mental Health Week
Today marks the start of Children’s Mental Health Week.
Click below for some useful links to help support children and families at this time.
Deadline approaches for Best Start Grant School Age Payment applications
The deadline for families to apply for Best Start Grant School Age Payment is 28 February 2021.
The one-off £250 payment is currently open to families with a child born between 1 March 2015 and 29 February 2016. It can be used for anything from a warm coat to books and toys.
Parents who have deferred their child’s entry to school from August 2020 to August 2021, or those home educating, should still apply before the closing date.
New Home Learning Resource
Following feedback from our learners, families and staff, we are delighted to launch our new IMS Home Learning Resource.
We will continue to populate this on a regular basis so bookmark the web page.
Educational Psychology Service Support to Isobel Mair School Parents/Carers
Educational Psychology Service Support to Isobel Mair School Parents/Carers
Educational Psychology Service Covid Support
Still time to book your place fro a one to one drop in session or group session with our Educational Psychologists Nick Smiley and Kirsty Rees.
Let’s go for a walk on a wintry day
Class Sanda have created this “Let’s go for a walk on a wintry day” sensory sway story
Surviving through Story
Book your tickets now! £30 for professionals and free for parents and carers (email nicolagrovesend@gmail.com for the discount code if applicable).
Surviving Through Story are running a series of three online training workshops each month starting this month on Thursday 21st January, 4:30-5:30pm. The Personal Storysharing with Story Massage workshop will be co-run with Mary Atkinson. co-founder of the Story Massage Programme and Gill White of Pamis.
Growing Up – free online sessions for parents and carers
Supporting puberty and adolescence sessions
With yet another lockdown upon us why not book onto free online sessions designed especially for parent/ carers.
New for 2021 are sessions on Growing Up that will explore how best to support your child as they experience puberty and adolescence. Support with managing their educational, practical and emotional needs, and helping them to develop positive relationships.
Please register beforehand by clicking the individual links:
Wednesday 20th January at 10:00 am
Thursday 28th January at 10:00 am
Looking after yourself
It’s never been more important to look after yourself so why not try our wellbeing session to help you understand what stress is and how it affects you. Identify new ways of coping with stress and reducing your stress levels. Try new stress busting ideas until you find ones that fit with you!
Book now via Eventbrite for Friday 22nd January 10:00 am
There are other sessions aimed to help you develop your skills for online and in-person for meetings with professionals. And sessions to support for siblings. Book a session via our Family workshops webpage
Home Learning Links
Please check the school app and email with the link for the updated home learning links to support the children at home during this time.
Please check email and school app for important information
Please check your email and school app for important information sent to all parents/carers.
January 2021 Visual Support
Parents/Carers can use this calendar to support their child at home.
The symbols on the second page of the PDF can be cut out and placed on the calendar to provide a visual support for the child during this change to the school routine and remote learning.
Technology use at home form
Could all parents please respond to the form below regarding use of technology at home during this period of remote learning.
Returning to school /nursery January 2021
Dear Parents/Carers
Following the latest announcement by the Scottish Government, I wanted to get in touch with you directly and outline what this will mean for you and your family at the start of the new school term.
Please click on the link to access the letter from Mark Ratter, Director of Education.
LetterfromMarkRatter
