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Parental Update – 02/12/20
Dear Parent/Carer,
Here is this week’s Parental Newsletter that has been sent out via our GroupCall Xpressions app and by email for those without the app.
Free School Meal Update
Dear Parent/Carer,
Please click on the link below for information on additional payments to families who are in receipt of free school meals. Please contact your child’s Pastoral Care Teacher or Ms Higgins (Depute Head Teacher) if you have any questions or if you have recently applied for free school meals for your child/children and want to check if this has now been granted. Any new applicants for free school meals must apply by Monday 7th December 2020 to receive the additional £120 payment.
MMcK – FSM Payment-parents.doc
Operation Donation
Our S6 Leadership Team have launched Operation Donation. Senior Pupils were invited by our Parent Council to attend our online Parent Council meeting last Tuesday adn share their plans to support two local charities – Glasgow Foodbank and Refuweegee – by collecting donations from Monday 30th-Friday 11th December.
Posters outlining what donation are requested have been put up across our school as well as shared via our school Twitter account and via our Parent Council Twitter and Facebook pages and you can also find them here.
Donations can be brought in by pupils and placed in one of the many collection points across the school. If you have any queries, please contact Mr Neil or Miss Higgins.
Scottish Child Payment, Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods
Dear Parent/Carer,
Please see leaflet below for information on grants and payments that are available to families.
A reminder if your circumstances have changed your child may be eligible for Clothing Grant and Free School Meals . You can find out more at the link below or contact your child’s Pastoral Care Teacher for more information.
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17885
Parental Update – 18.11.20
Please click on the link below for an important update from Maureen McKenna, Executive Director of Education. This has already been shared via our Groupcall Xpressions app and via email. If you did not receive it this way then it may be that we do not have a current email address for you. You can contact our school office on 0141 582 0100 to check this and/or get guidance on how to download our school app.
Future Pathways- Typed Questions and Answers
Thank you to everyone who attended our Future Pathways Event and who asked questions. These questions and their responses have been written up into this document- Future Pathways- Questions and Answers which will allow anyone who could not attend to look over the discussion that took place.
If you have any further questions, please contact Mr Richardson- gw12richardsonjack@glow.sch.uk
Parent Newsletter – 13.11.20
S5&S6 Parental Information Evening
Dear Parent/Carer,
As you will be aware there have been various modifications and changes made to SQA courses and exams for session 2020/2021. This booklet will provide you with subject specific information, which will help you to engage in conversation with your child regarding the changes in each of the subjects they are studying.
SQA Modifications for 2020-2021
Miss Black (DHT and SQA co-ordinator) has also produced a useful infographic of the changes that can be found here:
The SQA Exam diet for Higher and Advanced Higher courses can be found here:
The SQA document for pupils on preparing coursework has already been shared with S5&S6 and can also be found here:
If you are unsure about anything contained in this you can contact me by phoning the school or emailing me at gw10neilsteven@glow.ea.glasgow.sch.uk
On Monday 9th November there will be an online SQA Information Session for S5 & S6 parents on Microsoft Teams from 6.30pm-7.30pm. You will be able to access this online event from your child’s iPad and click on the “join” button. S5/S6 Pupils are also welcome to attend. If you have any questions you wish to submit in advance of the evening, please contact me at the email address above.
Mr Neil (DHT for S5 &S6)
Parental Update – 04.11.20
Dear Parent/Carer,
Please click on the link below for an important update from Maureen McKenna, Executive Director of Education. This has already been shared via our Groupcall Xpressions app and via email. If you did not receive it this way then it may be that we do not have a current email address for you. You can contact our school office on 0141 582 0100 to check this and/or get guidance on how to download our school app.