A letter from National Clinical Director

Please find attached a copy of a letter from National Clinical Director, Professor Jason Leitch to all parents/carers of children in ELC settings and school age pupils. Letter to Parents and Carers from Jason Leitch National Clinical Director – 16 September 2021 Click to access Letter-to-Parents-and-Carers-from-Jason-Leitch-National-Clinical-Director-16-September-2021.pdf

St Andrews Hospice Virtual 6K Walk/ Run

St Andrews Hospice Virtual 6K Walk/ Run

Unfortunately, due to current restriction the hospice is unable to organise their annual 6K at Strathclyde Park.  Instead, they are trying to organise a virtual event in which staff and S4-6 can complete this distance at a place and time of their choosing, until the end of September.  We will not be giving out sponsor forms but kindly ask if you are able to make any donations on our ‘Just Giving’ page that our Hospice Ambassadors have set up. Thanks very much Mr. Pettigrewn, Mr. McInally and the Hospice Ambassadors. https://rb.gy/gizzsq

School Dinner; Specialist Diets

Medically Prescribed Diet In some circumstances, diet may be the only treatment of a medical condition or can form a major part of it. These can be required for a wide variety of medical conditions including, diabetes, coeliac disease, overweight and obesity*, food allergies/intolerance and phenylketonuria. In this instance a dietary referral must emanate from either a Medical Practitioner or a Registered Dietitian. Special Diet Request Form Special diets requested for ethical, religious or cultural reasons and can be used to support children with restricted eating habits, in cases such as autism. In these cases, the parent/carer should request the diet in writing to the PT Pupil Support, who will liaise with the Area Manager for catering services. The Area Manager will then provide

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e-Sgoil Study Support 2021-2022

Full details on the e-Sgoil website. e-Sgoil is now accepting student registrations for its programme of real time interactive Study Support Webinars that will begin on the 6th of September 2021. Please register here! The timetable for the subjects on offer is listed below, offered at different levels from National 4 to Advanced Higher. The Study Support Webinar programme is designed to focus on key aspects of each subject as well as to offer hints and tips on how to be successful in assessments.

Covid Letters 2021/22

The following two letters are the letters that will be sent out via Groupcall email if a positive case arises in the school community over the session 2021/22, hopefully this is something you won’t see too often over the year! Please continue to promote the mitigations we have in place for all our young people and staff: sanitise regularly wear face coverings at all times in the building avoid all unnecessary contact one-way systems multiple entrances morning, break and lunch Lateral Flow Testing regime 1. Letter for the new term – schools – August 2021 – NHSL – v3 ML final 3. Signpost ‘warn and inform’ Parent-carer letter – August 21 r