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Parent Portal

All families should be able to access Parent Portal, this is done using your mygov account which you would use to pay for your council tax and any council bills.

This system allows us to send out permission forms, check your personal details for our annual data check and send out parent evening appointments.

Please see the details below on how you can sign up to Parent Portal.

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Parent Pay

All families should be accessing Parent Pay; this is where you can choose your child’s school lunch and pay for trips. Please remember that even if your child has access to the universal free school meals offer from P1-P6 there is a cost associated with Breakfast Club unless families are in receipt of free meal entitlement benefit. You can check your balance on ParentPay at any time using your log in details.

We are encouraging all families to have access, if you do not have access then please contact the school office to get your pupil specific log in details

 

 

Welcome Back!

We are looking forward to welcoming back our families tomorrow morning ; we hope you all had a lovely summer and we can’t wait to see you back at Hyndland for another exciting session l!

Our new P1 pupils have been sent information already from Ms Chambers regarding start and finish arrangements for this week.

For our returning P2-7 classes; pupils will all be starting at 9am tomorrow and school will finish for all classes at 3:15pm. At 9am children should gather in their class lines in the following muster points, where they will be met by their class teacher at 9am. School staffs will be in the playground tomorrow from 8.45am (and for the rest of this week) should you need any help finding your new playground or line. From tomorrow the Top Playground will not be available before 9am , as our Afty have resumed their pre pandemic use of that secure area for their Breakfast Club.

P2- line up at the glass doors in playground 2 ; P2A on the ramp, P2B at bottom of the stairs. Both P2 classes will be dismissed from this door at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Playground 2

P3- line up at the main door in playground 2, they will be dismissed from this door at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Playground 2

P4- line up in playground 1, they will also be dismissed from this door at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Playground 3

P5- line up in the playground 3 beside the wall (Mrs MacAulay will guide you to your new spot),pupils will then be escorted down by class teachers and enter via the main door. P5 will be dismissed via the main door at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Playground 3

P6- line up in playground 3, they will then enter the glass doors beside the gym hall behind P7 classes. At the end of the day they will be dismissed via the glass doors into playground 2. Break and ;Lunch Toppy (Playground 4)

P7- line up at the bike shed at the glass doors beside the gym hall in playground 3. P7 will be dismissed via these doors at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Toppy (Playground 4)

From the first full week of term, access to the MUGA will be rotated at lunchtimes so all classes have a chance to enjoy this facility

In playground 1, Janny Brian has been building a new decking area for our pupils to enjoy, however until it is complete and risk assessed we ask that parents and pupils do not use the space that is cordoned off. HUGE thanks to Janny Brian for his summer super human efforts to transform playground one!

A reminder that pupils should choose their lunch at home as they did last session before they come into school. Our teachers will check this has been done first thing in the morning-please remember we cannot change the choice online of meal after it is made at home as it is locked by the system. However if a child is unhappy with their initial choice we will support them to have the lunch they would like.Our new P6 pupils and senior students in P7 are reminded that they are no longer eligible for the universal free school meal provision, unless they are entitled to a Free School Meal via application. Al applications should be renewed before the end of October via the GCC website . All lunch payment/settling of accounts from prior years must be made through ParentPay, as our kitchen no longer accepts cash payments. If you require login details then please contact the school office after 11am on Wednesday.

Please remember that if you are in receipt of the Free School Meals and Clothing Grant then you need to reapply for the continuance of that funding by October to ensure the entitlement does not lapse, further information can be found on Glasgow City Council’s website here: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17885

Over the summer our home-school communication platform, Seesaw, had some changes which might affect your access to the app and some families may require a new QR code to login. Further information will be sent out next week so that pupils can login at home.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Hyndland Primary School

Request from our Neighbours

Dear Parents and Families ,

We have had a number of complaints this week, when the weather has been better, from our close neighbours about families from our school using the green space at the front of the flats  on Fortrose Street.

May we ask that our families remember that the residents at the lower levels of these apartments often have mobility or care issues and require as peaceful an environment as possible.

Our neighbours are concerned at the level of supervision and respectful use of the small grassed area and entry points of the flats as well as school related litter in the area.

We have been advised that the issue  has become so problematic and impacted adversely  on residents housing experience that a referral will be made to the community police if matters do not improve.

Our school has always played an esteemed and affirmative role within our community, and we greatly value the opinions and support of all of our neighbours.

Please help us to restore the social equilibrium in Fortrose Street by respecting our neighbours requests to reduce noise and carefully supervise any young people using the grassed space and do not use the courtyard entrance as a play area.

On a secondary matter, our school has suffered significant damage to our outdoor classroom and extensive littering over eveings/weekends recently ,which reached a peak over the Jubilee Weekend.

Our Janitorial Team faced such a large scale clean up on Monday that it was prioritised by potentially harmful litter and we were unable to complete this sweep  before the children came into school and the operation continued well into the morning. Debris from alcohol, food and substance misuse was strewn across every playground and the MUGA. With our valued partners in Afty many make shift interventions have had to be applied in recent weeks because of horrendous vandalism and tagging of school property.

We know how challenging it was for our families to raise the funds for the creation of structures that improve children’s quality of outdoor play; it is demoralising having to assess the damage which is being inflicted every day. We have referred this to our community police team . We would appeal to anyone using the social spaces on campus (although not condoned) to do so respectfully. If you are aware of any information that may help our policing team resolve this antisocial behaviour please contact our office or SLT who will act as a conduit to Police Scotland

 

Many thanks

The Hyndland Team

Easy Fundraising

Easy Fundraising - Girlguiding Midlands

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online from your weekly shop to your annual holiday you could be raising a free donation for our Parent Council? So far this year our Parent Council has received £146.16 of donations through East Fundraising.

There are nearly 3,000 retailers including Amazon, John Lewis, Aviva, the Trainline and Sainsbury’s, who will donate a percentage of the amount you spend to our Parent Council to say thank you for shopping with them.

It’s really simple, and doesn’t cost you anything.

All you have to do is:

1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/hyndlandprimary/

2. Sign up for free

3. Get shopping – your donations will be collected by Easy Fundraising and automatically sent to our Parent Council. It couldn’t be easier!

There are no catches or hidden charges and we would be really grateful for your donations.

More information can be found through the EasyFundraising’s how to videos https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/raisemore/get-started/videos

Thank you for your support!

Young Scot National Entitlement Card (NEC)

Dear Parent/Carer,

Pupils can now get free bus travel by applying for a new or replacement Young Scot National Entitlement Card (NEC). To make this process as easy as possible Education have published a simplified version of the government application form on Smart Survey for parents/carers of children under 12. Your application will go to Glasgow Life who will process your details and arrange for the cards to be delivered to your home address. You can access the survey here:

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https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/YoungScotNEC/

 

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The survey will close on March 18th. If you would prefer a hard copy of the application, please contact your school. After March 18th you will need to apply using the government website or in person at a Glasgow Life library.