Welcome to the latest edition of our e-newsletter!

Hello again….It’s strange to be going into a bank holiday weekend in the middle of a pandemic crisis but it’s good to be able to take a break from our home learning arrangements. Life is still far from normal but there are lots of positive aspects of spending time at home with our children and families. Our busy lives have slowed down and many children are reporting that they are enjoying spending extra time with their parents and siblings at the moment which is helping them feel secure. No one should feel guilty about enjoying and making the most of any extra time they may have with their families. It’s crucial to our mental health and wellbeing to keep in touch with our family and friends and relax a bit.

This week you will probably have heard more and more on the tv and radio about schools going back when it is safe to do so and how that will happen. I know that you will have lots of thoughts and ideas about what things could look like for children going back to school. What are your top priorities to be considered? What would you like to see happening first? What would make you feel more comfortable about sending your children back into their school? We’d be really keen to hear your thoughts and will pass that information directly to John Swinney and the Education Recovery Group, as NPFS is a member of this group. Please send any thoughts you have to office@npfs.org.uk or look for our social media posts on this subject…..

Welcome to the latest edition of our e-newsletter.

It’s May now and officially summer! …usually our thoughts are on bank holiday weekends with the faint glimmer of hope that the weather will be nice and we can get outdoors and meet up with friends and family, maybe visit the seaside or have a barbeque.

Obviously that’s not on the cards right now which is still difficult to accept despite this being the sixth week of lockdown.

NPFS continues to work closely with the Scottish Government and others to provide clear, relevant information for parents and carers, and also as a way to ask the government for answers to the questions parents send us.

Deputy First Minister said on STV on Thursday evening “We are not asking parents to replace teachers, we are not asking parents to run a formal day of education in the house, what we are asking them to do is support their young people to engage in learning….” and the NPFS is in complete agreement with this. Do what you can with your children to utilise the learning opportunities coming from your schools, but do them in a way that is helpful to you and your children. Families must prioritise the individual needs of their children every day and do what they need to do to keep them feeling happy and secure.

Please look at our facebook and twitter feeds for interesting stories and resources from our partner organisations. If you don’t do social media we also have these on new pages on our website www.npfs.org.uk