North Lanarkshire Council has made sanitary products available to all pupils in North Lanarkshire schools. For the Council, the provision of sanitary products programme has two aims. The first is to tackle a poverty-related injustice in a non-stigmatising manner; the second is to confront taboos that surround the issue of periods.
Sanitary products are freely available to all pupils in Chryston High School. They are in toilets in “help yourself” baskets.
Reporting an absence
If your child is absent at the start of the day, you will receive a text message. You should reply to the text message stating a reason for the absence. You are no longer required to send an absence note upon your child’s return. You will receive a text each day of the absence.
Requesting permission for medical appointments or informing us of any other planned absence
You should send a text message stating the reason for and duration of the planned absence. Again, you do not need to provide a letter upon your child’s return. You will receive a text stating, “You can reply to this text to notify us of a planned absence.” This is to ensure all parents have an open text to which they can reply.
Skills Development Scotland offer a range of different support services for learners receiving exam results, including:
Over the phone
Learners, parents and carers can call the Exam Results Helpline to get free, impartial advice on apprenticeships, UCAS Clearing, college courses and employment from SDS’s trained advisers. The Helpline is open from 7-15 August. Full details of the Helpline will be available at myworldofwork.co.uk/examresults
Online
Not sure what’s next? My World of Work, Scotland’s online careers service, has lots of useful advice and articles on everything from careers options to training opportunities. Find out more at myworldofwork.co.uk/examresults
Face to face
All year round, SDS careers advisers offer face to face advice in school and from careers centres located across Scotland. Find your nearest centre at myworldofwork.co.uk/centres
We asked Mr McAlpine some cheesy questions.
Cheesy Question: What football team do you support?
Cheesy Answer: Rangers Football Club.
Cheesy Question: What’s your favourite food?
Cheesy Answer: Pizza
Cheesy Question: What’s your favourite colour?
Cheesy Answer: Blue
Cheesy Question: What’s your dream car?
Cheesy Answer: A Range Rover Sport
Cheesy Question: What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Cheesy Answer: A footballer
Cheesy Question: Out of 10 how much do you like teaching at Chryston High?
Cheesy Answer: 9/10
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This letter for S3 Parents about SNSA and this information leaflet was emailed to S3 parents. If you did not receive them please update your email address with the school office.
All pupils in third year in Scottish schools will undertake the Scottish National Standardised Assessment (SNSA). The main purpose of the assessment is to provide information for teachers on how well children are doing in literacy and numeracy and to help guide learning and teaching. The assessments are also designed to produce national-level information about children and young people’s progress for teachers’ use in school and the Scottish Government at national level. National level information covers the whole of Scotland and not individual schools. Your child will complete the assessment in April.
The Scottish Government has created a dedicated website where you will find more information.
https://standardisedassessment.gov.scot/parents-and-carers/
https://standardisedassessment.gov.scot/questions-and-answers/
And now for the wonderful Dr. Malcolm
Cheesy Question:
What’s your favourite colour?
Cheesy Answer:
My favourite colour is pink.
Cheesy Question:
What’s your favourite food?
Cheesy Answer:
Mince and potatoes.
Cheesy Question:
What scares you?
Cheesy Answer:
Being underground in mines like the one I went to in Germany.
Cheesy Question:
What would you be doing if you weren’t teaching?
Cheesy Answer:
If I hadn’t gone into teaching I would be doing something with art.
Cheesy Question:
What are your hobbies?
Cheesy Answer:
My hobbies outside of school are skiing, book club and walking.
Cheesy Question:
What would you teach if you weren’t teaching languages?
Cheesy Answer:
If I wasn’t teaching German and Spanish I would be teaching art.
Reporters: Hannah McIntyre and Precious Reid
Thank you for reading our article for this week we hope you enjoyed reading this. Tune in next week when we interview more teachers and learn a bit more about them.
#WeAreChrystonHighSchool
So for this week’s instalment, we have the lovely Miss Bateman.
Cheesy Question:
What would you be if you weren’t a teacher?
Cheesy Answer:
I would not be anything else if I was not a teacher.
Cheesy Question:
What’s your favourite food?
Cheesy Answer:
Haribos.
Cheesy Question:
Do you love you job?
Cheesy Answer:
I absolutely love my job. I love the identity of the school and our values. Everybody feels included here.
Cheesy Question:
What’s your favourite colour?
Cheesy Answer:
Green.
Cheesy Question:
What scares you?
Cheesy Answer:
Creepy dolls
Cheesy Question:
What would you teach if you didn’t teach English?
Cheesy Answer:
I would teach history.
#WeAreChrystonHighSchool
Reporter: Frankie Forrester
Welcome back to Cheesy Talks with the Teachers. This week we’ve been busy interviewing Mrs Harvey, Miss Bateman and Dr Malcolm.
First up Mrs Harvey who is a a Pupil Support and Chemistry teacher.
Cheesy Question: What job would you be in if you weren’t a teacher?
Cheesy Answer: If I was in any other job I would probably be a waitress or a bar tender.
Cheesy Question: What scares you?
Cheesy Answer: I am very scared of spiders.
Cheesy Question: What subject would you teach if you weren’t teaching chemistry?
Cheesy Answer: If I had to teach any other subject it would be maths or art”
Cheesy Question: Do you like your job?
Cheesy Answer: Oh great I love my job – meeting new faces and the fact that no two days are the same.
Reporters: Hannah McIntyre and Precious Reid
We asked some S6 pupils what it’s like to be the oldest in the school.
Morgan: It’s ok. You don’t do anything during free periods apart from sit down and study. It’s quite stressful during exams and prelims. It’s quite boring because of the amount of studying that we do in S6. It’s good getting to know the younger pupils. It’s a good bonding experience.
Zara: It’s quite different from all the other years and you have more priorities. There’s a bit more pressure because you’re thinking about your future. It’s a bit more sad and exciting because you’re leaving at the end of the year.
Reporters: Caroline Smith, Chantelle Tennant, Caral Smith and Cameron McAulay
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