Category Archives: Parent Information

Fuel Zone, Lunch, Parent Information, ParentPay, Pupil information

Fuel Zone Lunch menus

Please find attached copies of the new menu that will go live in the Fuel Zone from Tuesday 19 April 2022.  

You can download a copy here.

 

The new menu’s will be posted on the GCC website https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/fuelzone from the evening of Friday 1 April 2022.

Please continue to order lunches through ParentPay
Parent Information

Parental Involvement and Engagement Census

The annual Parental Involvement and Engagement (PIE) census has been launched to gather the views of Glasgow’s families to help shape and influence education policy and decision making.

The Scottish Government wants to improve and increase the ways in which parents, carers and families can work with teachers and partners to support their children and young people. We also want to increase the voice of parents and carers in leading improvements within schools.

To achieve this ambition the Scottish Government, in partnership with local government, developed the Learning Together National Action Plan on Parental Involvement, Parental engagement, Family learning and Learning at home. The plan has a number of actions and goals designed to improve the support and information available to all parents.

In order to ensure that the Scottish Government and local authorities are meeting the commitments made in the National Action Plan it is important that we gather the opinions and feedback of parents to evaluate the progress we are making.

Due to the pandemic, the survey has not been carried out since 2019 so it is vitally important that we try to encourage as many of our parents and carers to take part in the census to make their views known.

Here is the link to all the information and the survey on the council webpages https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17870 along with a QR code that will direct families to the questions.

It will not take long to fill in and Kathryn Farrow, QIO for parent partnerships, has been able to secure extra funding to be given to the Parent Council in the three schools that achieve highest participation rates – so that’s an added incentive to get more engagement in your school.

 

Fuel Zone, Lunch, Parent Information, ParentPay

School lunch ordering

Dear Parent/Carer

School Lunches – Pre-Ordering – Meal Selection

Hopefully, you have already activated your ParentPay account. Click image below to take you to ParentPay website.

 

 

However, if you have not already done so, please do so as soon as possible. From Monday 7 February 2022 all lunches must be pre-ordered via ParentPay.

You will be able to order meals until 8am each morning or alternatively, you can order up to four weeks in advance. Meal selection should be available to you from Saturday 5 February 2022 on your ParentPay account.

A guidance note on how to pre order meals on ParentPay is attached  here.

Please note that breakfast choices are not available to pre-order – only lunches.

If you have any queries, please contact the school office.

Kind regards, Colette Haddock

Eco Committee, Parent Association, Parent Information, Pupil information, Recycling, Reduce Reuse Recycle

Outdoor Clothing Swap

MESSAGE FROM OUR PARENTS ASSOCIATION:

Hi everyone,

We have been bowled over by the huge amount of donations for our outdoor wear clothing swap! Thank you all so much.

We have arranged the clothes and footwear on a rail in the main foyer, outside the school office. This will be accessible from drop off to pick up, and at afterschool times all this week.

Please pop in and see if there’s anything you can re-home.

The donations box is also still there for any further clean, good condition items.

We are really excited to be supporting our Eco School to reduce, re-use and recycle ♻️.

Thanks, The PA

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Fundraising, Parent Information, Pupil information

Help our school get some new resources!

Merrylee Primary School Project Title – Children’s Play Resources

 

Mrs Allinson has been successful in her application for a grant to the Tesco Community Grants Scheme but we need your help to make this happen!

If you are shopping in store, please vote for our project. The project with the highest number of votes will be awarded the grant.

Please see details below. Thank you for your support.

Tesco In-Store Vote Update!

We delighted to let you know that your application to the Tesco Community Grants Scheme has been successful and your project will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores.

Voting will commence in store from 1st October and continue to 31st December 2021.

The project with the highest number of votes across your region will receive £1,500 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), the second placed project £1,000 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), and the third placed project £500. To re-iterate, if you are first in the vote, you will receive the amount that you requested in your application (or the amount that was requested up to £1,500).

What happens next?

Stores which will vote on your project

Please see below a list of stores taking part in the voting on your project. Feel free to share this list of stores amongst your supporters and within your community.

4803 CROOKSTON ROAD EXP G53 7TZ  Express

5307 GLASGOW SILVERBRN EXT G53 6AG Extra

5367 KILMARNCK RD GLAS EXP G43 2XS Express

5579 CARDONALD EXPRESS G52 3QA Express

6064 GLASGOW VICTORIA EXP G42 8YU Express

6171 GLASGOW PAIS RD EXP G5 8RJ Express

6257 GLASGOW MLBRAE RD EXP G42 9UA Express

6491 GLASGOW CATHCA RD EXP G42 9EA Express

To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the Tesco website here: http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk

To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it’s not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.

In the highly unlikely event that voting is suspended in certain locations due to government guidelines, we will notify you and the following action will be taken. At the end voting period, if voting has taken place for at least four weeks, the votes will be counted and grants awarded as per the standings at that point. If voting has taken place for less than four weeks, we will award each of the groups in the vote £1,000 (or the amount that was requested up to this value).

Additional information Please note the below advice in terms of do’s and don’ts before and during the voting period:

Do:

  • – Cast your vote as soon as you receive your token for a project in the current voting round
  • – Only submit Community Grants tokens to cast your vote – Maximise promotion of your project during the voting period by making best use of press and social media guidance
  • Encourage the local community and your supporters to get involved with Community Grants voting

Don’t:

  • Tamper with the voting unit (otherwise your project may be void from the vote)
  • Influence customers casting their vote at the voting unit
  • Take more than one token from the self-serve checkouts
  • Encourage supporters to hoard then submit multiple tokens in the voting unit
  • Promote your project in store without permission from the Store Manager
  • Collect Community Grants tokens from stores that are not within your region to vote for your project

Please note, if you do not adhere to this guidance, this may affect your grant award. Another tip is to add the address mail@grantapplication.com to your email account to ensure that you receive future requests and information.

Communications Guidance and contact details

Please see below a link to communications guidance on how to promote your project during the voting period. Once the vote has taken place, you will be contacted by a local Enabler who will be on hand to provide you with support in delivering your project. https://tescocommunitygrants.org.uk/communications-guidance-21/

If you wish to discuss any aspect of this email please do get in touch with the Tesco Community Grants team at tescocommunitygrants@groundwork.org.uk

Kind regards and congratulations!

Good luck in the voting!

Tesco Community Grants team

Groundwork UK