Further to the previous letter which stated that no deposit had been paid to NST prior to lockdown which means we have not lost any portion of the money that you have deposited. Given the uncertainty of the current coronavirus situation we took the decision to cancel the Italy 2021 trip. Given the current status of the school being closed and social distancing measures in place the likelihood is that any monies due to you would not be returned to you until August at the earliest. KIndest regards Mr McInally Teacher of Geography
S3 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award registration
We have created a group on Microsoft Teams for the pupils in S3 who are taking part in the DofE. Pupils can access this through Glow. There is a registration form which pupils should complete and return by Friday 8th May. Because we’re working from home, we’re not sure we can remember everyone in the group. If we’ve missed you out, sorry about that! Let us know and we’ll add you in. Mr Miller, Mr McInally and Miss Jones
update
Advice for parents has been updated.
S4 Reach and Access Programme Glasgow University
The selected S4 pupils should complete the following on-line modules for the Reach and Access Programme at Glasgow University. The website is https://www.gla.ac.uk/study/wp/professionalsubjects/reach/s4online/ The modules should be completed by the end of May. Thanks Mr.Pettigrew.
Alton Towers 2020 Update
Alton Towers Update Dear Parent/Carer Due to government advice the Alton Towers trip scheduled for 4th May 2020 is now cancelled. Payment has neither been made to a coach company or Alton Towers so no money has been lost in relation to this. It is our intention to cancel the trip completely and you will receive a complete refund. Any monies to be repaid will only be done when the school starts back after the current lockdown. The school are looking at running some movie nights/days in Autumn free of charge to reward our young people for their endeavours over the course of this academic year. We realise that this is nowhere near as exciting as trip to a theme park but given
London Trip 2020 Update
Dear Parent/Carer It will come as no surprise to find that the London Trip organised by the Maths Department on 11th to 15th May 2020 cannot go ahead. This is due to current government advice. However in the interest of the safety of our young people it would have been a decision we would have taken ourselves anyway! We have made the decision not to cancel this in totality but to postpone it to June 2021*, with the dates of this yet to be finalised. It will however be in or around the last week of term. These dates will allow those currently in S3 to attend the trip as May 2021 would see a clash with the SQA exams. Our decision to
Advice for parents
North Lanarkshire Council have produced advice for parents. Helping your child to feel safe. Helping your child to be healthy. Helping your child to ‘Achieve’ Helping your child to feel ‘Nurtured’ Helping your child to feel ‘Respected’ Helping your child to be ‘Active’ Home Learning Loss, Change and Bereavement Engagement in Learning
Urgent – S5/6 Options Forms
Please return outstanding S5/6 Option Forms by Friday 25th April. These can be emailed to: enquiries@coltnesshigh.n-lanark.sch.uk The Senior Phase Handbook and forms are available through the following link. https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/public/CHSFP/uploads/sites/114/2020/03/17145609/Senior-Phase-Handbook.-2020-21.doc https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/public/CHSFP/uploads/sites/114/2020/03/17145708/Coltnessoptions202021.docx
Scholar resources for Seniors
https://scholar.hw.ac.uk/sessionsSchedule.html Scholar is hosting a number of webcasts for pupils who may be starting a new course next year. The full list is given below and the link above will take you to any resources that pupils might need before the webcast.
ScotRail Activities
Let me start by introducing myself, I work within the ScotRail in the community team and I manage our schools rail safety programme as well as many other community activities. Given that we are in lockdown and unable to visit schools we thought it would be good to put some activities together that might help keep the children in our lives entertained (if even only for a little while). We have created a page on our website with some activities, we will be adding to this over the coming weeks. I thought that I would share this with you should, you may be in contact with your parents and children and if you deem this suitable you may wish to share. https://www.scotrail.co.uk/keeping-kids-entertained
