Inclusion and Wellbeing Service

 

Free School Meals
Your family may be entitled to Free School Meals – find out more here: https://t.co/Xx54b6USCw

Are you eligible for Free School Meals – find out here: https://t.co/Xx54b6USCw

School Clothing Grant
£120 is now available for school clothing for families on low incomes/benefits – find out if you qualify www.falkirk.gov.uk/schoolclothinggrants

Your family might qualify for £120 towards school clothing and footwear visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/schoolclothinggrants to find out more

Did you know you may be entitled to £120 towards school clothing and footwear www.falkirk.gov.uk/schoolclothinggrants

EMA
It’s yours for the taking – £30 a week for pupils 16-19 from low income families – check now if you qualify. www.falkirk.gov.uk/ema

Around 3000 pupils in local schools aged 16-19 may qualify for an EMA – that’s £30 a week free. Find out if you qualify. www.falkirk.gov.uk/ema

If you are 16-19 and from a low income family, you could be claiming £30 a week to stay in school. Find out how here. www.falkirk.gov.uk/ema

Make sure you don’t lose out on your EMA this year. £30 is available per week to those who qualify. Apply now www.falkirk.gov.uk/ema

EMAs are available to pupils 16-19 from in low income families across the Falkirk Council area. You can apply online now. Visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/ema and make sure you’re ready to claim your £30/week award.

We are excited to let you all know that the final vacancies within the team are now online. This brings us toward the final stages of the service redesign. We have worked incredibly hard over the past 2 years to develop and enhance the service we offer to our children, families and educational establishments. We are preparing to move into our 2 new locations (in addition to our current provisions) to ensure we can offer a needs led, creative and flexible approach to working with the children and young people.

 

Teacher posts (closing date- 31.10.18) can be found at :

https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/falkirk-council-falkirk-community-trust/jobs/es2713-teachers-inclusion-and-wellbeing-134445?from=org

 

Inclusion Worker posts (closing date 23.10.18) can be found at:

https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/falkirk-council-falkirk-community-trust/jobs/cs0486-inclusion-workers-133552?from=org

 

A quick blog note to wish everyone a restful and happy summer holiday. We look forward to seeing the staff back on the 17th August and the children back on the 21st August.

We had a fantastic afternoon in the sun with out amazing parents, children, families and staff in Oxgang School and Support Service. We were also delighted that some of our secondary pupils popped down (well cycled down) from Mariner Support Service  for a quick refuel.

Everyone had their fill of burgers, hotdogs and other nice bits n bobs.

We said goodbye to some staff members as they move onto new things. We said goodbye to some children who love onto bigger and better things. Finally we welcomed new staff and family members into our community.

Have a brilliant summer and see you all on the other side!

#WatchUsGrow    

This week we welcomed Vicky Greenwood from Education Scotland into Mariner Support Service. Vicky is leading on The Compassionate and Connected Classroom and interviewed lots of people within our community.

Vicky kindly passed on her thoughts and thanks:

“I would just like to say a huge thank you to you both and your staff, parents and young people for supporting us with our visit today. It was so helpful to spend a morning hearing from staff, parents and young people about the support they receive at the Mariner Support Service.

Thanks again for your support and welcoming us into your establishment.”

Our doors are always open to any visitors who would like to see the work we do across Primary and Secondary provisions located in Oxgang School and Support Service and Mariner Support Service.

 

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Vicky Greenwood | Development Officer, Inclusion

Education Scotland | Foghlam Alba

We are delighted to share the news that our entry in  the Scottish Education Awards was judged to be the winner of this year’s ‘Parents as Partners in Learning’. We are so proud of our parents and staff in our secondary provision ‘Mariner Support Service’. WELL DONE TO YOU ALL! #ScotEdAwards #WatchUsGrow

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We are delighted to announce further opportunities to join our growing team. We have a number of primary teacher vacancies now being advertised. Secondment opportunities are available and will be considered as well as permanent appointments. It is an exciting time to join the team as we are changing how we support children and families in Falkirk.

Applications can be made using the following link:

https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/falkirk-council-falkirk-community-trust/jobs/es2713-teacher-119285

If you have any questions or would like a visit please contact David McKellar (Hedteacher) via the school email or by phone.

 #WatchUsGrow

 

 

We are delighted to share the most recent Education Scotland  Inspection Report for our secondary provision, Mariner Support Service. The inspection was a positive experience for the service.  We would like to send a huge THANKYOU to everyone across our community who took time to meet with the inspectors and celebrate the work Mariner Support Service does.

HMIe recognised many aspects of good practice and shared their views upon how the children and families experience a child centred and nurturing staff team who work incredibly hard to ensure positive outcomes for all of the Mariner Support Service community. With all inspections there are recommendations to support on-going improvement and development. We will look at how best to include these areas in our improvement planning across the following academic sessions.

The full Inspection report can be found at:

https://education.gov.scot/inspection-reports/falkirk/1002848

One for the staff…

some good advice and instructions for those wanting to use iPads for learning.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/fa/ICTFalkirkPrimaries/getting-going-with-ipads-in-the-classroom/