We intend to issue information to parents/carers regarding the online payment system for school meals early next week with the plan to implement the new system from Monday 24th August.

In the meantime the following system will continue to operate in Lourdes

· Pupils in receipt of free school meals will continue to receive their lunch from the canteen/café Lourdes as normal.

· Pupils who would normally buy a lunch from the canteen/café Lourdes should be encouraged to bring a packed lunch into school until the new system is implemented.

Message from the PE Staff

We have really missed working with the young people in the PE department in Lourdes Secondary. We are keen to get as many of the activities up and running again as soon as possible and we are confident that the procedures outlined below will allow your child to participate safely in PE over the coming months.

Procedures

• Pupils will follow a one-way system when entering and leaving the P.E Department.
• Pupils will enter into the department via the technical corridor/P.E stairs (as normal).
• The girls will go straight through the boys changing room door and enter into the gyms. The girls will get changed (social distancing is advised during changing) in gym 1, 2 or 3 (directed by a member of the P.E Department) and leave all belongings in the designated gym. The young people will continue walking through the gyms and exit via the gym 2+3 changing room doors and make their way to the appropriate working area.
• The boys will walk straight through the fire door to the outside area and across to the Games Hall. They will enter through the normal door and into the Games Hall to change (social distancing is advised during changing). All belongings will be left inside the Games Hall. Pupils will leave the Games Hall via the Fire Exit and make their way to the appropriate working area.
• Hair must be tied up.
• If you the young people are injured, they should stay with their class and where appropriate help out with roles such as timekeeper/scorer/referee etc.
• If the young people forget their kit, they will stay with their class and help out in roles such as timekeeper/scorer/referee etc.
• All jewellery should be removed in the changing area and left with belongings.
• At all times valuables should be hidden at the bottom of bags and kept out of sight. The school cannot take responsibility for the loss of any personal property.
• The P.E Department will do their very best to protect any valuables by ensuring doors are locked when the changing areas are not in use.
• No pupils will be allowed back to their bags during the lesson and the doors will remain locked until the lesson is finished.
• If pupils need the toilet, girls will use the gym 3 changing room toilets (one in at a time) and boys use gym 2 changing room toilets (one in at a time). Changing room doors out to the pitch will remain unlocked.
• Each class will sanitise their hands before the lesson and during lesson if they need to. Hand sanitisers will be readily available to the pupils.
• After class, pupils will leave through the same doors they arrived in. Girls will get changed and leave via Gym 3 changing room. Boys will leave via the Games Hall door. All pupils will leave via the school car park and will follow the car park round to the Kirriemuir Playground. The young people will re-enter the school via the main doors.
• Pupils participating in PE during Period 7 will leave via the school park.

Points to consider

• Until further notice all PE activities will be conducted outside regardless of the weather. The young people must dress appropriately. They must be prepared for rain or sunshine!
• Pupils should not wear any item of clothing for their P.E lesson that they are going to wear for the rest of the school day (e.g. – a rain jacket).
• At present, there are restrictions on PE activities. PE lessons will be adapted to minimise the sharing of equipment and to ensure social distancing as appropriate. No contact sports or team games will be delivered in PE until further notice.
• Pupils may be asked to sanitise the equipment they used, e.g. rubbing down a hockey stick with an anti-bacterial wipe.

PE staff will present the information above to your children during their first PE lessons.

August 2020

During these challenging times, we would kindly ask that Parents/Carers should only access the school premises when they have a pre-arranged meeting with their child’s Pastoral Care teacher or Depute Head. We will not be able to accommodate unscheduled meeting.

Thank you for your understanding and support in this matter.

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well and have managed to have some relaxation over the summer school holiday. We have missed our pupils and are looking forward to welcoming them back to some form of normality.

Return to School

As we approach a return to school please click here to  see the attached letter from Maureen McKenna ( Executive Director of Education) for your information.

As detailed in the letter our school will reopen to pupils on Wednesday 12^th August. We have still to finalise the details of how pupil return can be done as safely as possible and I will write to you next week with our plan.

SQA Results 

Pupils will receive their SQA results on Tuesday 4^th August and on behalf of all staff I wish all pupils the very best of luck – I hope your hard work is rewarded.

If any new S5 or S6 pupil wishes to change subject choices for next year after receiving their results they should come to school at any time between 9am and 2pm on Wednesday 5^th or Thursday 6^th of August.

If any pupil wishes to request an appeal for a subject they should in the first instance contact the Principal Teacher of the subject. It is not always possible to appeal a result and the first part of this process is a discussion between the pupil and the Principal Teacher. This should be done on their return to school week commencing Wednesday 12^th August.

Best Wishes

Gerry McGuigan

Dear Parent/Carer,

Following yesterday’s statement from the Deputy First Minister, and the communication from the Director issued earlier today:

At present we are still working on the basis that staff will return on the 10th and 11th August for 2 in-service days and pupils will return after this dependant on what timetable we can run. We will know what timetable to run nearer this date. I will update you as soon as information becomes available. Thank you all for all the support you have provided to our school all year but in particular during last three months in the most difficult of times your understanding and co-operation has been invaluable.

To all our pupils:

We have really missed having you in school and are looking forward to seeing you in August. Please now switch off from school work and try to enjoy the summer break.

I hope that you and your loved ones stay safe and healthy.

Love, Teach, Care

Mr McGuigan