The document below has some helpful links to advice about keeping pupils safe online on devices at home whether they are school or your own devices.

Keeping safe online at home

All the staff at Thornliebank Primary and ELCC miss you and will see you as soon as we can! Stay safe! 🌈

Read our April 2020 Newsletter here.

Use these links to find out more about remote learning while our school and ELCC are closed.

Remote Learning – school

Remote Learning – ELCC

ERC ANNOUNCEMENT – The Scottish Government has announced schools and nurseries across Scotland will close at the end of the school day this Friday (20th March) – we are working on plans to put in place to support families and will announce these as soon as we can.

Please use the link to access lots of training opportunities with East Renfrewshire Active Schools.

Active Schools CPD

We have had a great start to the new school year in the nursery and school.  Our children have already been working really hard and our Primary 7 pupils have been setting a great example to the rest of the school community.  Well done everyone!

The school uniform rail will be open on Friday 9th and Monday 12th August between 10.30 and 11.30 for anyone still needing uniform items for the start of term.

Looking for ideas for over the summer? Have a look at the posters below . These are events designed specifically for children with additional support needs and their families to enjoy together.

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.

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Please click here to view our September newsletter.

Pro Judo- JUDO CLUB.

Fantastic trial Offer for all pupils across the Woodfarm Cluster.

Schools have recently received some Judo taster sessions from Pro Judo Head Coach, Brian Long. The idea of taster sessions within schools is to give children an opportunity to experience a new sports/activity that they may have not participated in locally. The children really enjoyed the judo session and were enthusiastic about the prospect of joining a judo club in East Renfrewshire. Pro Judo has been established since 2006, with 19 clubs across the West of Scotland it is the largest judo provider in Schools.  All coaches are fully qualified and the organisation has a pathway in place to progress children from grass roots to performance athletes.

After the recent taster sessions in schools and enjoyment of the children, Pro Judo are looking to offer pupils the chance to take part in a 4 week trial offer of Judo at one of their classes.

There are a number of clubs running across East Renfrewshire. The closest classes to your school are below.

Venue:             The Maccabi Youth and Sports Centre, Giffnock

Time:               3:45-4:30pm              

Cost:                £4 for the trial block for 4 weeks.

You can email: bookings-eastren@projudo.co.uk

Or  Book via link:   https://projudo.class4kids.co.uk/term/20/East+Renfrewshire+After+School

If your child is interested in attending please book on by clicking on the appropriate link above or email: bookings-eastren@projudo.co.uk to get the link.Please book the trial offer. This is only £1 per week for the 4 week trial.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us at baxterm1@ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk or gordonc4@ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk or call us at 07800 629690.

Yours sincerely,

Marie Baxter & Craig Gordon

Active School Co-ordinators (Woodfarm Cluster)

07800629690