Author: Mrs Chalmers

The Scottish Government has launched a Holiday Hunger Programme where eligible families will receive a food payment to support them during the upcoming school holidays including Christmas 2020, February Mid Term & Easter 2021.

Please note only children who are eligible and have applied for and been awarded Free School Meals will be entitled to this payment.

Payment will be made in December 2020 for all three holidays.

All P1-P4 children currently can receive a FSM, however this will not mean you will receive a payment. If you are eligible we recommend you to complete the application as soon as possible as all payments will be made by bank transfer. Please follow the link below to complete an online application.

Free School Meal Applications

You are eligible to free school meals if you receive any of the following-

• Income Support or Jobseekers Allowance – please enclose a copy of your award letter dated within the past 3 months.
• Both Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit with a household income of £7330 or less – please enclose a copy of your recent award letter showing your household income and detailing your children’s names.
• Universal Credit with a monthly earned income of not more than £610- please supply a copy of your most recent statement or screen print showing your ‘pay for the period’.
• Child Tax Credit only with an annual income of less than £16,105 – please provide a copy of your 2020/2021 child tax credit award letter detailing your child(ren)’s names and your annual income.
• Income related Employment and Support Allowance – please provide a copy of your award letter dated within the past 3 months.
• Asylum Seekers – please close a copy of your ARC Card or BAIL201 Letter or Serco Occupancy Agreement

This should be done as a matter of urgency as all new applications must be submitted no later than 7th of December 2020. Applications received after this date will not be eligible for payment.

This Friday, 27th November, we are asking you to brighten up the end of November and, ‘bring your Sparkle to School!’

The blingier the better to brighten up the last Friday of the month. Trainers, t shirts, jumpers, tinsel, glitter, anything you have with some sparkle. If possible please bring along a gold coin donation to support school funds.

On Monday, 30th November, we will be celebrating all things Scottish so please wear, ‘a Touch of Tartan’ if you have any. Skirts, shirts, bows, ties, sashes whatever you have. Please don’t purchase anything new for these days.

Please click below to read an update regarding Glasgow moving into tier 4

MMcK – Level4 – Parents Carers

Please see the link below to our local partners Govan Help who are running a food pantry to provide community support.

Pantry Info

Refuweegee are also able to provide support packages, see details below.

Please click below to read the latest update from Maureen McKenna. This contains links to updated guidance

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From tomorrow- Monday 2nd Novemeber

Please adhere to updated guidance and ensure you are wearing a facecovering when dropping children or picking up around the school gates.

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Please click above to read the latest communication from Maureen McKenna.

Halloween Event  – Friday 30th October.

We know Halloween is looked forward to by so many of our children and families. Unfortunately, we will be unable to run our normal disco due to Covid restrictions. We have also had to issue some guidance around what is acceptable to wear as a costume. We hope that you understand and support the changes so we can all still enjoy Halloween. Our Parent Council will be setting up decorations in one of the sheds (outdoors) and all children will get a chance to visit these over the Thursday and Friday of Halloween week. They will also provide a packet of crisps for all children, if you do not wish your child to have these please contact the office.  All children can dress up on Friday 30^th of October if they choose. Children are also welcome to wear non uniform or come in uniform as normal.

Ibrox Halloween Costume Guidelines

1. Dress in clothes which your child can sit in and wear all day
2. Not bring any props. (Masks will need to remain in their school bags when they’re in class)
3. No fake blood or make up on hands, as this will make it difficult to hand wash and keep hands clean.
4. Think about a costume that will be warm when outside. Eg if wearing a thin costume, wear it over every day clothes,
5. Make sure you can fit a coat over your child’s costume as they will likely be outdoors all lunchtime wearing it.
6. Non uniform can be worn by your child if they don’t want to dress up.
7. We will have fun in the classes, but we can’t have a parade as currently we still can’t have assemblies or large gatherings.

As you may know, Glasgow City Council have been working hard to ensure that Digital access for all children in the city is improved. All schools (Primary and Secondary) have been involved in a Digital rollout equipping pupils from P7-S6 with their own iPad.

Children from P1-P6 will have shared iPads with all classrooms being updated with Apple TVs to support use. Wi-Fi has been installed in the building for the managed iPads and teachers are focussing on Digital Learning through our School Improvement Plan.

As we move into the winter period, we are developing a contingency plan to adopt should children need to be at home self – isolating. In order for learning to continue we anticipate using digital technology as part of home learning. Part of our plan is to gather information about the technology and connectivity that is available for children at home.

Please respond to the texts the office have sent today to allow us to get an accurate picture of access available to our children. From the data we gathered during school closure we understand that many families do not have Wi-Fi and devices at home. We are now looking for data specific to each family, regarding Wi-Fi and device access within homes, to ensure we can support our learners in the best way possible.

Please note there is no expectation that children will have a device or Wi-Fi at home. The data is being gathered to allow us to build an accurate picture of how to support our children if they need to learn at home for an extended period.