Cost of the school day questionnaires have been placed in of the four House Teams. There is both a pupil and parents/carers version to complete as soon as possible. These will help us form our Poverty Proofing Policy. The questionnaires will only be returned to the pupils’ Principal Teacher of Pupil Support and will be treated with confidentiality.
Thank you for your help.
John Robertson
Headteacher
The First Minister has announced that from 22nd February 2021 there will be a “part-time return, but on a very limited basis, for Senior Phase pupils to allow in school practical work that is necessary for the completion of national qualification courses”
We shall let you know when we have more details of this phased return.
Please note that the next Tea with the Headteacher is on Thursday 4th February at 6pm. Please email me ht@calderhead.n-lanark.sch.uk if you would like the link to join the meeting, which shall be an informal discussion lasting no more than 45 minutes.
John Robertson
To assist colleagues directly dealing with the health response to the pandemic, North Lanarkshire are providing childcare support over the school half-term holiday from Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 February at six school-based hubs.
This service is only for key workers who are assisting with the ongoing health response with the NHS, other emergency services, or who are involved directly with the vaccination programme.
We have very few childcare spaces and this service should only be accessed if absolutely necessary for children of key workers that are in early years, ASN, primary or secondary schools. The childcare support will be delivered by Culture and Leisure North Lanarkshire, Active Schools and Community Learning and Development providing a range of activities.
Schools are not open due to the holiday but the six hubs below will be open for urgent childcare BUT you do need to tell us if you need access to it.
The hubs will be open from 8.30am until 4pm on each of the three days at the following schools:-
Cumbernauld Academy, South Kildrum Ring Road, G67 2UF
St Ambrose High School, Townhead Road, Coatbridge, ML5 2JE
Hilltop Primary School, Petersburn Road, Airdrie, ML6 8BH
Cathedral Primary School, Milton Street, Motherwell, ML1 1DH
Clyde Valley High School, Castlehill Road, Wishaw, ML2 0QS
Calderhead High School, Dyfrig Street, Shotts ML7 4DH
Parents/carers should apply for a space and prove eligibility using the online form which will be available on the https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/holidayhubs web page and forms should be submitted by 4pm on Friday 29 January 2021.
Please note that this provision should be considered as emergency childcare for key worker parents. Lunches and snacks will be provided but there will be no transport available.
This is an invite to parents and carers to have tea with Mr Robertson, Headteacher, at 3pm on Friday 29th January.
This will be a virtual meeting via the video platform WebEx. WebEx will work on any web browser so there is no need to download a new App.
If you wish to take part then please email ht@calderhead.n-lanark.sch
Hope to see you on Friday,
John Robertson
We currently use a variety of methods and platforms to communicate with parents: SchoolApp which can be downloaded free from the App Store or Play store; the School Website; Twitter @CalderheadHS; Text; and Email.
We have the facility to email the Main Contact of each pupil using a system called GroupCall. We can use this for Headteacher Letters, notifications of school closures, for reporting on pupil progress etc. We have the email address for over 76% of the Main Contacts.
Today we will be sending out an email similar to this one to the 76% of Main Contacts that we have a current email address for. If you receive the email then clearly we have the correct email address for you and you do not need to take any further action.
However, if you are the Main Contact for a pupil at Calderhead High School and you do not receive the email today can you please contact the school office using O’HareA@calderhead.n-lanark.sch.uk to inform us of a current email address.
Thank you for your cooperation.
John Robertson
Headteacher
Calderhead High School
I hope you are well. This is a quick update at the end of the first week of lockdown two!
Microsoft Teams are now up and running for all classes following the heavy traffic causing delays on Monday morning. You might find however that you are experiencing some difficulties. If this is the case then please contact us as we are here to help.
Here are four ways we might be able to help:
1. No ICT or internet access? Phone the school on 01501 826701 and ask to speak to your son/daughters’ Principal Teacher of Pupil Support. They might not be in every day due to COVID protocols but the office will forward them a message and they will get back to you.
2. Lost or forgotten GLOW Username or password? Email technology@calderhead.n-lanark.sch.uk or phone the school to ask that this be reset.
3. Having difficulty accessing specific aspects of the curriculum? In the first instance ask your son/daughter to message their class teacher through Teams. If this doesn’t fix the problem then contact their Principal Teacher of Pupil Support by phoning the school.
4. Speak to us about any pastoral issues. Phone the school on 01501 826701 and ask to speak to your son/daughters’ Principal Teacher of Pupil Support. In an emergency please ask to speak to the Depute Head for their Year or in their absence the “Duty” member of SLT.
We also have whole cohort Teams and House Teams in order to support pupils. However if there is any other way we can support your young person’s learning that we have not listed above please contact us and we will do our utmost to try to help.
At the minute with pupils being off the ability for staff to assess pupils’ work is very limited, in particular “under exam conditions”. It is therefore even more crucial that in S4 to S6 we can evidence pupils accessing Teams in case, for whatever reason, the SQA for this year changes again and we are asked to submit “professional judgements”.
John Robertson
Headteacher
Calderhead High School
Yesterday our staff met in school to plan for the online learning due to begin on the 11th January. As you know pupils will not return to school until at least 1st February. We have been asked by the Scottish Government to provide learning in school for pupils whose parent or parents have been classed as key workers. We have also been asked to provide places for pupils who may require additional support due to circumstances (vulnerable group). School Transport will run as normal but may change as the lockdown goes on depending on demand.
To cut down on the amount of movement around the school and reduce the risk of spreading the virus we introduced a Red/Blue week timetable. There will be no Red/Blue timetable during this lockdown, this applies to the pupils working from home and the keyworker/vulnerable pupils attending school.
We do not intend at this time to have live online lessons, our experience from the last lockdown was that they were fraught with difficulty and it was much easier for pupils if staff uploaded Presentations and set weekly assignments. Pupils should engage with their learning on a regular basis, obviously some sort of routine, e.g. a timetable that had been agreed within the family, would be best.
We expect that pupils will be always respectful when engaging with GLOW and TEAMS.
For those pupils whose circumstances mean that they are attending school they will be supported by staff to complete the work set by their subject teachers. In order for staff to prepare, deliver and provide feedback for online learning the supervision of pupils in school will be carried out on a rota basis. I tended to use the phrase, well known to parents across the world, “What do you think the teacher means by that?” when supervising Primary Pupils during the last lockdown.
We plan to have online assemblies on Tuesday morning for all year groups. Pupils will be invited on Tuesday morning to join their assembly through their Year group Team. A message will appear on Tuesday morning in their Year group Team with a JOIN button, just click it when it is time for your Assembly.
Assembly Times
S5/6 1030
S4 1100
S3 1130
S2 1200
S1 1230
I hope you have had a good holiday. Similar to the last TEAMS Assemblies that we had in June 2020 pupils can post questions in the chat section and I will try to answer them at the end of my presentation. All cameras and microphones should be turned off, this will help with the quality of the video feed from the school.
The following online resources are available and are highly recommended:
For all pupils BBC BiteSize, materials and resources
For S3 to S6 pupils
SCHOLAR courses, tutorials and resources
Bright Red course materials
E-Sgoil resources and live online lessons
You can find more information and resources on our ‘Learning at Home‘ page.
The Government website is promoting a scheme for pupils who do not have a fixed broadband connection : “Who can get help? This scheme is open to children and young people who:
Please click the link below for more details:
https://get-help-with-tech.education.gov.uk/about-increasing-mobile-data
Can I remind parents, carers and pupils that we are here to help. If there is something bothering you or you are unsure about then please ask. No such thing as a daft question during a lockdown!
Take care,
John Robertson
Headteacher
Calderhead High School
Microsoft Teams is the platform that Calderhead High School are using to provide online learning. Please click here or see below for information on how to access Teams.
Click to access Accessing-Teams.pdf
Following on from the First Minister’s announcement at the weekend, please click on the image below for a letter from Derek Brown, Executive Director, Education and Families regarding pupils’ return to school in January, together with a Key Worker form.
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