{"id":10351,"date":"2020-10-09T15:51:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/?p=10351"},"modified":"2020-10-09T15:51:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:51:28","slug":"update-from-head-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/2020\/10\/09\/update-from-head-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from Head Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear parent\/carer,<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you found the Parents\u2019 Night report valuable and my thanks go to our staff for facing the challenges of this event in a professional and diligent manner. I would ask that you take the time to look at the class displays on your child\u2019s blog (P1-3) or their Google Classroom (P4-7). This should give you some insight into the learning journey from August until now. I will repeat that the children have just been a credit to you all. All <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKeC86RWXMD1CvQUTHm1x1t1UQjBaVkMwRzRaVUxDWkczV1pMV0ZPVzBZVC4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feedback<\/a> welcomed (fill in Form, by following link, for responses).<\/p>\n<p>As we begin our October school break, I would like to refer you to our publication from the Educational Psychology team:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/healthierminds\/uploads\/sites\/18270\/2020\/02\/14102607\/Healthier-Minds-parents-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/healthierminds\/uploads\/sites\/18270\/2020\/02\/14102607\/Healthier-Minds-parents-FINAL.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps with the new restrictions it is time to give ourselves a bit of breathing space and look after our mental wellbeing. You might find the document useful for strategies and reflection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/OurLadyMissions\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/09155016\/Healthier-minds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10352\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/2020\/10\/09\/update-from-head-teacher\/healthier-minds-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/OurLadyMissions\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/09155016\/Healthier-minds.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"118,126\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Healthier minds\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/OurLadyMissions\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/09155016\/Healthier-minds.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/OurLadyMissions\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/09155016\/Healthier-minds.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10352\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/OurLadyMissions\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/09155016\/Healthier-minds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lots to look forward to in the new term. In light of the unprecedented times, I have given the go ahead for class parties on 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 October. Watch out for updates on the class WhatsApp groups for PSA Halloween activities. If you have any decorations you are not using this year and wouldn\u2019t mind letting the classes borrow, we would much appreciate it and children could bring in on return.<\/p>\n<p>Please all keep safe and well. As Pope Francis has said \u201cTo live by faith, means to put our lives in the hands of God, especially in our most difficult moments.\u201d Could any words be more apt at this time?<\/p>\n<p>God Bless<\/p>\n<p><em>Catherine Dillon-Ruddy<\/em><br \/>\nHead Teacher<br \/>\nOur Lady of the Missions Primary School<br \/>\nRobslee Road<br \/>\nThornliebank<br \/>\n0141 570-7280<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear parent\/carer, I hope that you found the Parents\u2019 Night report valuable and my thanks go to our staff for facing the challenges of this event in a professional and diligent manner. I would ask that you take the time to look at the class displays on your child\u2019s blog (P1-3) or their Google Classroom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/2020\/10\/09\/update-from-head-teacher\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Update from Head Teacher<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2946,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-10351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-parents","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2946"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10353,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10351\/revisions\/10353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}