Category Archives: ERC

ERC, information, Support

Supporting Young People through Exams

Online Session for Parents and Carers

Monday, 28th, March 2022

6.30-7.30pm

East Renfrewshire Educational Psychology Service is delivering a one-hour session for parents and carers of young people across East Renfrewshire who will be sitting exams and completing National Qualifications in May and June of this year (pupils in S4, 5 and 6). The aim of the session will be to normalise the experiences and emotions of young people, as they juggle the demands of exams with the changes and disruption that they have experienced throughout the pandemic. There will also be an exploration of strategies to reduce anxiety levels, and a focus on how you can best support your child throughout this time. The session will also refer to our Healthier Minds website

 (https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/healthierminds/) and will involve input from teachers and other partners across East Renfrewshire who support young people’s mental wellbeing.

If you would like to attend, please complete the registration form by the 21st March: https://forms.office.com/r/ZJDm0fK5hJ  You can also include any questions which you would like to be answered during the online session.  Within the registration form, there is a brief questionnaire which asks your views about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on your child’s educational experiences. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete this to let us know your views.

We will contact you via email with the joining information for the session.

Email: ps@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

https://blogs.glowscotalnd.org.uk/er/PysychologicalService/

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/healthierminds/

ERC, information, Parents

Parental Involvement and Engagement Census

East Renfrewshire Council and its educational establishments undertake regular periodic surveys of parents and carers. Such surveys support school and local authority improvement planning and provide an opportunity for parents to share their thoughts on current and future involvement and engagement with schools.
Similar practice is undertaken by all local authorities in Scotland and educational establishments under their control. In order to rationalise this approach to surveying parents/carers and in order to allow comparable consistent data to be collected nationally, which will assist in evaluating the impact of interventions and programmes and support future policy development, every parent/carer of a school pupil in Scotland is being invited to take part in the national Parental Involvement and Engagement Census.
Only one parent/carer per child will receive an email which will include a link to the survey and it is only necessary to complete the survey once per family, per school. The survey should take no longer than ten minutes to complete. The survey will open on Monday 31st January and close on Monday 28th February 2022.
The data gathered will be used for statistical and research purposes and will provide East Renfrewshire Council and its schools with information to help:
• plan, monitor and deliver better policies for the benefit of all,
• identify and share best practice,
• better understand some of the factors which influence parental involvement and engagement with our schools,
• further enhance positive relationships with parents to secure positive outcomes for our children.

The information collected will also be securely shared with the Scottish Government to assist in evaluating the impact of national interventions and programmes and to support future policy development at a national level.
Further information on the collection and how the Education Department and Scottish Government will process the data collected is provided in the Council’s privacy statement and Scottish Government website:
https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/pie-census-privacy-notice

https://www.gov.scot/publications/parental-involvement-and-engagement-census/
Should you have any further questions, please contact the Education Department:
Education Department
Council Headquarters
Eastwood Park
Giffnock
East Renfrewshire
G46 6UG
0141 577 3229
customerservices@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Thank you for taking part in this survey collection.

ERC, information, Parents, Pupils, Transport

ERC – FREE SCHOOL TRANSPORT – INFORMATION

What our free school transport policy says :-

The policy says that we will provide your son or daughter with free school transport for one morning journey to school
and one return journey at the end of the school day if your son or daughter:

  • Lives more than 2 miles away from his or her local primary school by the shortest, safe walking route
  • Lives more than 3 miles away from his or her local secondary school by the shortest, safe walking route
  • Lives more than one mile away from his or her local primary school by the shortest, safe walking route and is in
    receipt of both a clothing grant and free school meals
  • Lives more than 2 miles away from his or her local secondary school by the shortest, safe walking route and is in
    receipt of both a clothing grant and free school meals
  • Lives more than one mile away from his or her local primary school by the shortest, safe walking route and has at
    least 3 older siblings attending the same primary school
  • Has been recommended on health grounds for free school transport by a designated medical officer
  • Has been assessed by psychological services to attend a particular school
  • Has to walk a route to school which after taking advice the education department considers unsafe

For an application form including full details click here.

community, Consultation, ERC, Parents, Pupils, Staff

Education Department’s Local Improvement Plan – Draft

A draft copy of the Education Department’s Local Improvement Plan 2019-2022 can be found here.

If you have any comments or feedback on the draft plan please communicate them to the Head Teacher, via the school’s email address, by Friday 22 March 2019.  Thereafter any comments or feedback will be forwarded to Mark Ratter, Head of Education Services.

College, ERC, Pupils, Senior Phase Programme, survey

MCHS Pupils Attending College – ONLY

East Renfrewshire – Senior Phase Programme

‘Your Experience So Far’ Survey

In order for us to gain a true reflection of how well the Senior Phase Programme operates, we need students who are currently attending college to complete the following questionnaire. It would be helpful if you could give as much honest information as possible.

Please follow the link below or use the QR Code above to complete the survey.

Click here for the survey

Remember one pupil from each school will win a £25 Silverburn Gift Card!