Please find below a copy of the email issued to S1-S5 parents this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Dear parent,<\/p>\n
As you will be aware, the First Minister announced the phased reopening of schools in her speech last week, allowing for some transitions work to take place with next year\u2019s S1 cohorts in the latter part of June in addition to Hub provision for vulnerable pupils and the children of keyworkers.\u00a0 All schools will reopen on 11th<\/sup> August and pupils will attend school in a blended learning model with children spending part of the week in school and part of the week learning at home. \u00a0Tuesday 11th<\/sup> and Wednesday 12th<\/sup> August will be in-service days, with pupils returning from Thursday 13th<\/sup> August.\u00a0 We are now finalising the details for our August return, including timetables and practical arrangements, and I hope to be in a position to provide you with fuller information about your child\u2019s return to school within the next week or two.\u00a0 In the meantime, the following may be of interest.<\/p>\n NETHERLEE HUB<\/p>\n Pupils currently attending Hub schools will return to their base schools with effect from Monday 8th<\/sup> June.\u00a0 My thanks to Netherlee Primary School for their hospitality over the past ten weeks.<\/p>\n GOOGLE CLASSROOMS<\/p>\n Pupils\u2019 engagement with Google Classrooms and the quality of the work they have been producing has been impressive, and your support in encouraging your child to engage fully in learning is greatly appreciated.\u00a0 As you will be aware, staff in all subjects ask that pupils formally submit a piece or work each week to allow staff to gauge pupils\u2019 engagement and progress.\u00a0 Should a pupil repeatedly fail to engage with the work set, parents will be contacted to make them aware of any concerns.\u00a0 I would remind you, however, that pupils are not expected to be online continuously during normal school hours.\u00a0 A number of tasks are \u2018open-ended\u2019 and pupils can spend as much time on them as they choose.\u00a0 If you find that your child is spending too long on Google Classrooms each day, please contact the relevant pupil support teacher who will be happy to offer advice.<\/p>\n A blended approach to education provision will be adopted when pupils return, with learners spending part of their time in school and part of their time learning at home.\u00a0 Online learning will therefore continue to be a key feature of pupils\u2019 learning.\u00a0 This blended approach is likely to continue until the end of the calendar year at least.<\/p>\n Please remember that GLOW (and Google Classrooms) is a platform for pupils and teachers only<\/u> and should not be accessed by parents or other family members.<\/p>\n P7 TRANSITIONS<\/p>\n For those of you with children in P7 who will be joining us in June, I am pleased that a limited transition experience will be able to go ahead.\u00a0 During the final two weeks in June, pupils will be invited to visit the school in small groups to meet with their year head and pupil support teacher and to take part in some classroom lessons.\u00a0 Mrs Gibson will write to you tomorrow to invite your child to take part.<\/p>\n SQA<\/p>\n