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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 pilot.

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 and will remain open until 27 June 2019.

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://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=24585&p=0

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.

Health and Wellbeing, Pupils

Aye Mind- Mental Health & Wellbeing

We were lucky enough to have Frankie, one of our St. Mark’s Parents come in during our Health week to talk with P5-P7 about the importance of mental health and wellbeing. Pupils were asked to think about what they would do if they were sad, worried, anxious and ways in which they can help others who feel that way.

The pupils then created posters, GIFs and even stop motion animations to share their thoughts.

 

Health and Wellbeing, Latest News

Free Swimming Lessons

Is your child 5 years or older?  Would you be interested in free swimming lessons for them?  There are set dates again for the next SSTQ course which are being run by SS again for 18 of our existing teachers who will upskilling to a higher swimming qualification.

The dates are as follows:-             15, 16, 22, 23 July, 5 & 6 August.

Times as follows:-                            11.30 – 12.00, 12.00-12.30, 12.30 -1.00 or 1.00 – 1.30.

 

We are looking for children to come for FREE lessons again on 15,16,22 & 23 July and 5 & 6 August.

 

We are looking for 5 years plus for these dates and the lessons are for 30mins. You can book in for as many as you wish, but we would not recommend that a child is in for no more than 1hour at a time on 1 given date.

 

If you are interested put their name down at Barrhead Foundry or call in with their details to 580 1174.

 

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SmartSTEM free family event

SmartSTEMs are very excited to announce we are supporting the first Insp-Hire Event hosted by Nine Twenty on Saturday the 14th of September at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Come along and help up spread the word by sharing with – Colleague’s, students, friends, family and your school network.

Insp-Hire is an initiative geared towards targeting parents or guardians of children and young people (age 4-14) to learn about industry 4 and how this will impact their children.

We have inspirational speakers including Gillian Docherty from Data Lab, an amazing interactive exhibition space with virtual reality, digital twinning, 3D printers, electric vehicles and more plus 10 workshops where both parent and child can interact together to learn to solve a cyber security attack, code Lego and build your own Fitbit to name a few.

We have a routes to success area which shows the different paths you can take to reach your goals along with soft skills sessions.

On top of this, there will be a food and drink arena showcasing some of Scotland’s finest food and drink manufacturers with brief presentations on how their products are made.

To top it all off….this event is FREE of charge and a great day out for families.

Sign up to attend here https://insp-hire.eventbrite.co.uk

Kind Regards

Team SmartSTEMs

#CollabIsKey

#InspHire

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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 pilot.

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 and will remain open until 27 June 2019.

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://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=24585&p=0

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.

News

Health Week Volunteers Needed!

St Mark’s annual Health Week will be taking place week beginning 17th June. We will be having a great variety of health related activities taking place that week. We know we have so many talented parents in our school community and we would love you to join us for health week. If you have a health related job or have an interest in a particular sport and would like to work with some of our pupils that week we would really appreciate it. We would like to involve as many of our parents as possible.

 

If you are available please complete the form below:

Many thanks!

News

Internet Safety Session Reminder

With our young children living in an increasing digital world, it can be worrying to ensure that they are safe and protected.

Just to remind you that we are running a Parent/Carer online safety session tonight,

20th May

St. Luke’s High School Library

7pm – 8pm

The session will cover various aspects of internet safety including the following and may not be suitable for young children to attend with parents:

*     awareness of social media apps
*     cyber bullying
*     internet grooming
*     how to report issues
*     setting up parental controls on devices
*     links to further information

Should you wish to attend please complete the form below:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKZyo_7Gs5gBCuKmKgE7PkXhURFFEVEJFSEdLRDlGMURLVzNYNVU0VVFSWS4u

Pupils

Digital Technology Day!

It’s National Digital Learning week 2019!

To celebrate at St. Mark’s, we started our week with a digital technology learning day where all pupils were able to come down to the hall and get some hands on experience of using different equipment across the curriculum!

All pupils enjoyed using the technology and explaining how it could help them with their learning in different subjects!

Throughout the week, pupils will be encouraged to consider and reflect on how digital technology helps our learning.

At home you could join in the discussion if you use any digital technology in your home or work!

#ercndlw19

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Parent/Carer Online Safety Session – St Luke’s Cluster

With our young children living in an increasing digital world, it can be worrying to ensure that they are safe and protected.

Therefore, we are running a Parent/Carer online safety session,

20th May

St. Luke’s High School Library

7pm – 8pm

The session will cover various aspects of internet safety including the following and may not be suitable for young children to attend with parents:

*     awareness of social media apps
*     cyber bullying
*     internet grooming
*     how to report issues
*     setting up parental controls on devices
*     links to further information

Should you wish to attend please complete the form below:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKZyo_7Gs5gBCuKmKgE7PkXhURFFEVEJFSEdLRDlGMURLVzNYNVU0VVFSWS4u

 

Pupils

EAST RENFREWSHIRE DYSLEXIA PARENTS GROUP MAY 2019

Parents, Pupils and Teachers

Are welcome to our

OPEN MEETING

Thursday 9th May 2019
Dyslexia Scotland 01786 446650
www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk
Helpline phone number: 0344 800 84 84
helpline@dyslexiascotland.org.uk
Dyslexia Scotland is a company registered by guarantee.
Registered in Scotland No 153321 Charity No SC 000951

Resilience

by Ainsley McGoldrick
7.15pm-8.15pm Mearns Castle High School, Newton Mearns G77 5GU
http://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/your-branch/glasgow-east-ren

 

 

Resilience May 19

 

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Family Learning Event

West Partnership Family and Communities Workstream Event

Monday 29th April 2019

9.15am to 12.30

Motherwell Concert Hall, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB

 

 Our programme is made up of keynote speakers, including Dr Janet Goodall, a market stall area showcasing a range of good practice across our West Partnership and a chance to network with colleagues across our authorities.

Dr Janet Goodall is a lecturer in Educational Leadership and Management at the University of Bath.  She has been involved in research around parental engagement in children’s learning for the past decade, and has written widely on the subject, working with a variety of schools and organisations.

Have you ever wondered what is going on in our partnership, what good practice we have to share?

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Helpers Needed!

 

We are looking for helpers next week. Please click either link if you available. We really appreciate your support!

Many thanks!

P5 walk to the Foundry on Tuesday 23rd

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 Easter Mass on Wednesday 24th

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Health and Wellbeing

Places to Play

Places to Play

Come along and enjoy some play time with your family and take part in some activities including rounders, tig games and art with nature.

We are running some places to play sessions in various areas in Barrhead, see information below:

Venue Day Date Times
Cowan Park Saturday 18th May 2019 Noon to 2pm
ABC Park (Aurs Dr) Wednesday 22nd May 2019 4.00-6.00pm
Dunterlie RC Thursday 30th May 2019 6.00-7.30pm

Come along to any of the sessions, enjoy the outdoors and have some fun!

For any more information contact:

Kerry Cameron – Community Worker

Tel No: 0141 577 3099

Email: Kerry.cameron@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

 

 

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