Please find information below on the Stress Control programme. These workshops will be streamed live on line starting Monday 11th May (please see attachment). There is no username or password required, simply click on the link. There will be 4 opportunities to participate in each of the workshops. These will be useful for individuals or for families to improve their wellbeing.
Dear Parent/Carer
I hope and pray that you continue to be safe and healthy at this very difficult time. Please contact me if you have any health or other concerns that you think our school community can help with. Contact can be made at: headteacher@lourdes-sec.glasgow.sch.uk
I cannot, at this stage, offer any indication of when we will be able to welcome our pupils back to school but we continue to issue work to S1-3 pupils and will start to issue work for S4-6 pupils from Monday 25th May. I appreciate that home learning causes many problems for many people and if we can assist with this please contact me. We are working very hard to further develop our approach to this to make access easier for pupils and will update you as soon as possible.
I hope that your child is able to engage in some home learning but please remember that from our calendar, Friday 8th May is a holiday and Monday 11th of May is an in-service day so pupils can have two days of rest from school work. This should not, however, prevent them from helping you with a variety of household tasks.
In addition, I would like to take this opportunity to let you know that Archbishop Tartaglia will offer Mass for all Catholic School Communities on Sunday 10th May at 12pm in St Andrew’s Cathedral. School communities are invited to join the Archbishop live using the video link below.
https://www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/st-andrews-cathedral
Best Wishes
Mr McGuigan
Please find attached the schools links for Home Learning for the week commencing Monday 4 May.
Home Learning Programme – 4 May 2020
Pupils must access to their glow account first for all links. Here are some useful Parent/Pupil Video Tutorials:
Accessing Glow
Adding Apps in Glow
Accessing OneDrive
Accessing SharePoint
Accessing Teams
Parents and Carers – if you are a Key Worker in vital services – Thank you for continuing to keep our community safe and looked after.
If you are a Key Worker in vital services and plan to send your child to school during the week commencing Monday 4 May 2020, please complete the form, following the link attached below. This will continue to be sent out every Thursday via the app and social media channels. Please ensure this is completed by 5pm each Saturday in order to allow the following week’s programme to be devised. Support is available from 9.00am – 3.00pm and will now take place in Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School (Our School Hub). Please remember to indicate if you need support for the whole day, or for the morning or afternoon only.
Important message for all pupils in S4 to S6
It is important that the school holds an accurate record of your personal contact details, in order that your SQA Certificate is delivered to the correct address on SQA Results Day, which is Tuesday 4 August 2020.
If you have moved house within the last 3 months or will be moving house before the end of June 2020, please contact your Pastoral Care teacher by email no later than Friday 8 May 2020, with the details of your new address.
In addition, you can register to receive your SQA results by either email or text by registering for MySQA at: www.sqa.org.uk. For this, you will need to provide an email address and your Scottish Candidate Number. If you are not sure of your Scottish Candidate Number, your Pastoral Care teacher can help you with this.
Thank you.
Please find attached the schools links for Home Learning for the week commencing Monday 27 April.
Home Learning Programme – 27 April 2020
Pupils must access to their glow account first, for all links. Please contact Pastoral Care should you require password resets.
S1 – Mrs Cairns gw11sellarjennifer@glow.sch.uk
S2 – Mrs Cassidy SHiggins@lourdes-sec.glasgow.sch.uk
S3 – Mr Blaney HBlaney@lourdes-sec.glasgow.sch.uk
Dear Parent/Carer,
At this very trying time for all of us I hope, first and foremost, that you and your loved ones are safe and well. If you have any questions, concerns, queries or simply think there is something that we as a school community can help you and your family with, please contact me through the Headteacher’s e-mail account: Headteacher@lourdes-sec.glasgow.sch.uk
I hope that your children were able to relax during the two weeks of the Easter holidays but it is important for us now to offer structured support for S1-3 pupils to ensure that they have the opportunity to continue with learning while the current COVID arrangements are in place.
We hope that pupils will continue to learn, if circumstances at home allow, but it is also important to ensure that children have time to rest, relax and recuperate where circumstances allow. In order to provide some structure to this we will be providing the following support for pupils in S1-S3:
S4 – 6 pupils should, of course, have been engaged in SQA examinations throughout the next month. All of these pupils will have Estimate Grades for every subject sent to SQA by the end of May. It is not possible to share these estimates with pupils/parents/carers.
We would normally have S4 and S5 pupils, who wish to progress to S5 and S6, return to school at the end of May to begin their new timetable. At present, it is our intention to provide these pupils with a similar structure for home learning as described above, from Monday 25th May. For the next four weeks, however, and to help to prepare the new S5 and S6 for this, our request is that these pupils prepare for their subject choices for next year by logging into the BBC Bitesize website (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize ) if possible. The new S5 and S6 pupils should revise the material they have covered in their current subjects at their present levels (although only for those subjects they intend to study next year).
Some S4 and S5 pupils have not selected subjects and some have not made clear what their intentions for next year are. Some pupil choices of subject are not available. These pupils and parents/carers will be contacted by year group heads or their Pastoral Care teacher to discuss this further.
Throughout this time Principal Teachers of Pupil Support will keep in touch with pupils via Teams on Glow. The Pupil Support Team can also signpost families to appropriate services within the local community if required. Pupils can continue to access our school counselling service, details of which have been sent out via Teams.
A number of planned school trips will not proceed and we are working with the various travel companies to try to obtain refunds. We will contact involved families directly when we have further information.
If you have any further questions please contact me at the above e-mail address.
I hope and pray that you and your loved ones continue to be safe and hope that we will all see each other soon.
Best Wishes
Mr McGuigan
As a new Higher Education student we understand that you may feel you are missing out on information sessions which can be frustrating, you may also be apprehensive about your first day at your chosen College or University but be assured that teams from all our Higher Education partners have been working and preparing responses to any questions you may have, some also have a frequently asked questions section on their websites. These FAQs will be updated on a regular basis and provide a good general source of information
The following links will be useful and keep you informed and updated:
To make a firm choice through UCAS and accept an offer
In order to confirm your selected course after an offer has been made please visit:
Glasgow Caledonian University
If you have applied to Glasgow Caledonian University please use the Universities web page which will help with any questions you may have
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/
University of Glasgow
There are several resources you can access for more information on the University of Glasgow.
For a student-led virtual tour of the campus please see the link below:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/visit/
You can also access UniBuddy which is a platform which allows perspective students to speak to current students from a wide range of different subjects, as well as staff members:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/study/studentlife/askastudent/
This is a great platform for engaging with current students in an informal way but also for speaking to staff. Your Parents/guardians can also use it should they have any questions.
If you have our Summer School as part of your offer from UofG, the programme will be running online this year. You will receive more information about this in due course but if you have any queries please email: wpsummerschool@glasgow.ac.uk
For the most up-to-date information make sure to follow the University and the Widening Participation team on our Twitter and Instagram accounts: @ uofglasgow and @UofGWP. These accounts are updated on a regular basis and include information on our programmes, as well as information on scholarships and provide a great insight into life at UofG!
If you took part in any of our pre-entry programmes (e.g. Top-Up, Reach, Access to a Career, etc.) remember you can email our staff at any point with any questions.
University of Stirling
The University of Stirling’s has a wide range of resources and support available for our applicants.
All of the resources in our Virtual Undergraduate Applicant Day are still available to view online, applicants can also get in contact with any of the academic and student services teams through this site.
Our website is also full of helpful information on all aspects of student life at Stirling, and there is a dedicated webpage of next steps in the application process https://www.stir.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/after-you-apply/.
There is a range of additional support available for widening access students. The team are happy to offer support via email or over the phone, this can be arranged by emailing realiseyourpotential@stir.ac.uk. More information on our widening participation activity can be found on our website https://www.stir.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/widening-participation/.
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde is organising a series of virtual Applicant events that will take place later in April, the University will contact all offer holders to provide further details about what will be on offer and when. The events will enable offer holders to experience a virtual campus tour, and access further information on student life at Strathclyde, including academic programme information, accommodation and life in Glasgow. There will also be an opportunity to chat to academic and support staff and student ambassadors.
For further information and guidance for our offer holders on the current situation please visit
https://www.strath.ac.uk/coronavirus/enquirersapplicantsofferholdersagents/
University of the West of Scotland (UWS)
UWS has decided to postpone the Offer Holder Sessions that had been planned over the next few weeks, but will contact students when they are in a position to re-arrange the events. In the meantime, they have launched a dedicated area on the website for offer holders which provides the opportunity to experience a campus experiences, alongside more information on student life at UWS and financial advice. Should you have any specific questions UWS have asked that you please contact UWS at ask@uws.ac.uk or on 0800 027 1000.
The offer holder campus pages are at:
Paisley https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/welcome-to-our-paisley-campus/
Lanarkshire https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/welcome-to-our-lanarkshire-campus/
Ayr https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/welcome-to-our-ayr-campus/
Dumfries https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/welcome-to-our-dumfries-campus/
Clyde College
Conditional Offers
Curriculum Support Administrators (CSA) and Admissions staff will be sending out new updated conditional offers based on information we already have from Senior Lecturers.
Entry Criteria
Admissions have been communicating with Senior Lecturers requesting updates on any applications which require entry requirements to be met. Applicants may have a phone interviews or be given a direct offers if this is required.
Keep Warm messages
We will be sending out messages to applicants at different stages of the application process – with general info to keep them connected with the college and contact details should they have any questions.
Internal Progression
Internal conditional offers will be given for any courses/students where this has not already taken place.
However, If you are aware that there is a particular situation where you know a learner is feeling anxious about their application and doesn’t know where to turn or what to do – please let me know and we can ensure that any anxieties are dealt with.
City of Glasgow College
https://www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk/studying-city/information-new-students
| Information for New Students.
As a new student, this is sure to be an exciting time for you! This Student Induction and Guidance Section will take you through everything you need to know and provide you with some useful information, to help make your start as stress-free and enjoyable as possible. |
https://www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk/studying-city/student-funding
| Student Funding | City of Glasgow College
Funding Explained. If you’re a Scottish student at a further education college in Scotland, you usually don’t pay fees. In addition, you can also receive help with the cost of studying, including living and travel costs, course materials and childcare. |
FOCUS West
For FOCUS West, you can still log on to FOCUS Point web resource, https://www.focuspoint.org.uk/
FOCUS point is being added to daily,
Scottish Government
The Scottish Government have set up a new Student Information website which links to all colleges which may be helpful:
https://www.studentinformation.gov.scot/
Student Awards Agency Scotland SASS –https://www.saas.gov.uk/
This web site gives loads on information on what funding is available to you if you are going to University or to a college to study and HNC or HND – first of all you have to register
As well as applying for your funding, you can:
You will need to complete an online application by the required deadline with the Student Awards Agency Scotland ( SAAS ). You can make your funding application from April 2020 onwards. We advise you to make your application early and by 30 June 2020 to ensure that your funding is in place for the start of the session
Please get in touch should you require further help or support.
Parents and Carers – if you are a Key Worker in vital services – Thank you on behalf of the school.
If you are a Key Worker in vital services and plan to send your child to school during the week commencing Monday 27 April 2020, please complete the form, following the link attached below. This will continue to be sent out every Thursday via the app. Please ensure this is completed by 5pm each Saturday in order to allow the following week’s programme to be devised. Support is available from 9.00am – 3.00pm each day and will now take place in Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School (Our School Hub). Please remember to indicate if you need support for the whole day, or for the morning or afternoon only.
Parents and Carers – if you are a Key Worker in vital services and plan to send your child to school during the week commencing Monday 20 April 2020, please complete the form, following the link attached below. This will be sent out every Thursday via the app. Please ensure this is completed by 5pm each Saturday in order to allow the following week’s programme to be devised. Support is available from 9.00am – 3.00pm each day. Please remember to indicate if you need support for the whole day, or for the morning or afternoon only.
Pupils should wear their school uniform at all times.
We hope you are all safe and well.
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