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Foundation Apprenticeship programme information evening
Glasgow West College Scotland and Tigers Foundation Apprenticeship team would like to invite current S4 & S5 pupils along with their parents/carers to their online information evening on Thursday 17th February where they will discuss the Foundation Apprenticeship programme for those entering the senior phase part of their school journey in August 2022.
Further information can be found on the link below:
Date and time
Thu, 17 February 2022
19:00 – 20:00 GMT
Foundation Apprenticeships – Online Information Evening (17 February 2022)
We are pleased to welcome students, school staff, and parents/carers across East Renfrewshire to our online information evening where we will discuss the Foundation Apprenticeship programme for those entering the senior phase part of their school journey in August 2022.
Please register for the event using the link below:
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.
Reach Programme – Support for Business Start Up
Please see below for details of support that could be available for young people (aged 16-24) who live in East Renfrewshire and want to start a business, or have started a business in the past 12 months.
Extra-Curricular Clubs
Please find below a list of extra-curricular clubs provided at Mearns Castle High School. You can also download this list by clicking here.
Click to access Mearns-Castle-High-School-Extra-Curricular-Clubs-Term-2.pdf
How to have meaningful career conversations with young people – Thursday 27 January 2022 (6.30pm-7.15pm)
Parents and carers can learn more about the power of having meaningful careers conversations with their young person on a free webinar later this month.
Careers Advisers, Kay Hume and Mhairi Galashan, from Skills Development Scotland will talk about the key things to remember in steering career conversations. They will offer hints and tips as well as introduce parents and carers to My World of Work.
Following their online presentation, there will also be an opportunity to ask the Advisers questions to support your career conversation planning.
Parents and carers can register for our session here: https://meaningfulcareerconversations.eventbrite.co.uk
For All Vocational Pupils
During these uncertain times the Glasgow colleges are working to ensure the continued health and safety of our students and staff, with the situation ever changing we are working to be as proactive as possible. We are also aware that over the holiday period the guidance and current climate could possibly change, as of today each college has the following update with regards to delivery for January 2022.
City of Glasgow College
“In response to the Scottish Government’s advice on how reducing social contact may stem the transmissibility of the Omicron variant, all teaching and learning at City of Glasgow College is moving online as of the 10th of January.
Consequently, all programmes will be delivered via Teams when we return from our Christmas break. This will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis, and we will be looking to get students back on campus as soon as possible”.
Glasgow Clyde College
“Will be closed on the first 3 days back in January (5th, 6th and 7th) and all learning will be online on those days. That will give time to see what has happened over Christmas and respond to any government updates.
Glasgow Kelvin College
It is hoped that classes will be on campus w/c10th Jan, but it may be the case that some classes have to move to on line or self directed learning.
The college is aware that there may be further guidance that emerges over the Christmas period that changes this revised date. A full review will be undertaken of any changes in guidance on the 6th January and local authorities will be informed by lunchtime on Friday 7th of any changes to delivery (on line or on campus) or further delays to starts”.
