June 23, 2020
by Mrs Craig
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If you have any issues with Teams please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you have misplaced login details, are having difficulty navigating teams or need a password reset then send an email to
CCraig@cumbernauld-pri.n-lanark.sch.uk
If you know of anyone having any difficulties with it, then please pass on the email address.
Thank you.
June 23, 2020
by Mr Clinton
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Dear Parent/Carer, 23rd June 2020
I hope you and your families are all keeping well. As you will know, the guidance we are receiving is changing at a fast pace. Although the information in this letter is correct at the present time, this is an evolving situation and therefore the content remains subject to change. If any changes occur, I will inform you as soon as I can.
All staff in the school have been working hard to prepare classes for the children’s return in August 2020. Our teaching staff, have also been keeping in contact with our children and providing work on Glow to keep them on track with their learning.
SCHOOL MODEL
Please note more specific details in regard of the identified days that your child/children will attend school and the days that they remain at home (Blended Learning) will be conveyed to you by an email from the school.
In drawing up our groups, we have taken account of the following:
Please note that all these factors have been used to formulate our class structures for August 2020. Whilst we know our children well we cannot guarantee that friendship groups are kept together nor can we plan on this basis. It is always our intention to get it right for our children.
Please note that personal requests to choose specified days or times for your child cannot be accommodated due to all of the factors highlighted above.
In the event of a return to our normal operational guidance on class sizes, the school will need to change class structures and this may result in a change of teacher for your child.
Clothing and Uniform: following the most recent advice from the council, I am asking that children come to school wearing their uniform. This includes a white shirt/polo shirt, grey trousers/skirt and a grey jumper/cardigan. Please remember school ties and scarves are often not washed as regularly as other items of uniform. Children should wear a suitable jacket and footwear for all weather conditions.
When children arrive at the school they will have to wait in designated areas of the playground as entry to the building will be strictly controlled. The children will be expected to wait outside regardless of the weather.
At the moment children will not need an indoor P.E kit as all physical activity will take place outdoors.
School Equipment: Children are allowed to bring their packed lunch box or lunch bag (if required). Children should not bring any personal belongings or toys from home to minimise the risk of infection. The school will provide all of the equipment necessary for each child.
Hygiene Arrangements: We will follow enhanced hygiene practices including sanitisation stations at all entrances, regular handwashing, regular cleaning and deep cleaning in line with council guidance to assist in the prevention of infection.
Children should bring a water bottle. Please fill this at home before the children come to school.
Breakfast Club: Planning for breakfast clubs is still under consideration by the council.
School Lunches: A mixture of hot meals and packed lunches will be available in school.
School Transport: Arrangements are still being considered for this by the council. Where possible parents and carers may wish to transport their own child. It is possible that journeys will be staggered with a limited number on board to support social distancing. Where possible children and young people should be encouraged to walk/cycle to school in keeping with active travel. Due to social distancing requirements on school transport, the Service will not be able to offer any privilege transport for any pupils in September 2020.
In-Service Days: There will be one in-service day for teachers on Tuesday 11 August 2020. The second in-service day is still required under national arrangements and this has been scheduled for Thursday 24 September 2020.
Please note parents and carers will not be permitted to access our school grounds or the school building. All access to the school building will be by prior appointment and confirmed by the school.
Arrangements for Starting School:
Group A will attend school on Wednesday 12 August 2020.
Group B will attend school on Thursday 13 August and Friday 14 August 2020.
For the latest information and advice, please continue to access www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/coronavirus and our school website.
If any, Cumbernauld families are in need of assistance or support, please email us at enquiries@cumbernuald-pri.n-lanark.sch.uk and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Once again I would like to thank you all for your support over these last months and the fantastic work you have carried out at home to support your child’s learning. We kindly ask for your continued patience as we work to get the school organised for the return of pupils in August 2020. We wish you an enjoyable summer break and look forward to welcoming you back to school in the near future.
Thank you for your continued support and co-operation in all school matters.
Take care of yourselves and stay safe.
Yours sincerely
Ed Clinton
Head Teacher
June 22, 2020
by Mr Clinton
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As home learning has now gone into many weeks it might be harder to motivate children to complete schoolwork. Keeping children engaged with learning in the broader sense might be more relevant. The following ideas might be of some help.
Make it meaningful – Children respond better if a task is meaningful to them. By creating links to their interests or desires (i.e. what’s in it for them) or areas they have learnt before this can help with their motivation. Some children (and adults) like to see the usefulness of a task so where possible make learning functional and practical. An example of this would be writing instructions for making a model or a game.
Routine and structure – It is important for children to have a level of structure and routines in their lives and this can help them feel more secure. However, there is an opportunity to build a routine that works best for you and your family. Instead of needing to start when the bell rings, children and young people can work when it suits them best. Try engaging your child in schoolwork at different times of the day to see when they’re most focused. Within the structure of your day allow children to have some choice of what tasks they complete. Also, it can help for children to set their own goals of how much work they complete by a certain time or day. More information can be found here.
Make learning fun – Remember children are learning all the time at home and outside and not just through formal schoolwork. Games and playing are great ways to encourage children to practise all kinds of skills including counting, problem solving, reading, explaining and social skills. Having fun and being creative keeps children engaged. For example, chalk activities can be used to devise various challenges as well as creating artwork if you have access to an outside area.
Working together – Children often require encouragement to start tasks and once started to then keep going and try to finish the task. It might help if you are both working alongside each other on separate tasks or once your child has started a task to leave them for five minutes and say I will be back to see how you are doing. This will depend on the age and stage of your child and the task itself. Keep praise specific or recognising that your child is putting in a lot of effort. Try to relay the message that it’s okay to make mistakes as that actually helps us learn. The Education World website provides further suggestion on how to engage your child in their learning.
Break it up – Some children can start one task and stay focused until it’s finished. Other children work better in working on one task for a chunk of time and then changing to another task. Often children require quite a few sensory or comfort breaks during a task. This could be a walk round the house or playing with a toy before coming back to a task.
Multi-Sensory – Children learn through lots of different means: visual (pictures, images, videos), verbal (listening to or reading information) and physical movement (hands on, practical experiences, learning by doing). We know that children master new things best when they are presented to them in all of these different ways. So try and include a range of different types of activities which make use of some or all of their senses. Your child can tell you what he knows about a subject while jumping on a trampoline or bouncing a ball. Talking together can really help embed facts as can drawing or making a short video. Some other ideas are suggested on the Kids Academy and Reading Rockets websites.
Thinking about learning (Metacognition) – It is important that children are encouraged to think about and plan how they might tackle activities or tasks, to think about what they might do to help if they get stuck, to keep track of how well they are getting on and what they did well or found difficult. More ideas can be found here. Adults can support this by asking questions before, during and after tasks are underway. This can be a great way of helping children when they are stuck rather than feeling like you have to jump in and give the answer straight away.
June 22, 2020
by Mrs Craig
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I hope everyone had fun today. It wasn’t the best of weather and lots of the activities ended up a bit soggy! Add up you points and see how well you scored. You can print your certificate or have a go at designing one yourself!
Thank you to everyone who took part.
BRONZE NL Virtual Sports Day Certificate
SILVER NL Virtual Sports Day Certificate
GOLD NL Virtual Sports Day Certificate
June 22, 2020
by Mrs Curran
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Click on the link to see an ecard from me to you. You may remember these photos being taken. Don’t you look so young? Time flies!
https://link.moonpig.com/view/5eefca182a5bee18e10c3cbc5eefcb8aad5c047490101603/a58d79c1
June 22, 2020
by Mrs Craig
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10.30am – 1.30pm Everyone participates in the 7 events
2pm Cool Down
June 20, 2020
by Mr Clinton
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Over the summer, the council is offering support specifically and only for key workers to enable them to carry out their critical roles in the NHS and across other essential services during the current health emergency.
A new offer of essential support for children of key workers, vulnerable children and young people and children and young people with additional support needs will commence immediately following the end of the summer school term. (From 25 June until 10 August)
Parents and carers will be able to book day-long care, Monday to Friday at nine hub facilities and ten family learning centres that have set up specifically for the summer holiday period across North Lanarkshire for children and young people from birth to 16 years of age.
Schools that hosted hubs previously will now be undergoing a refit programme to implement physical distancing measures.
From 25 June until 10 August, there will be provision for 5-16 year old ages at nine hubs in a choice of culture and leisure facilities where they will experience a range of sports, activities, arts and crafts and in ten family learning centres for babies and children up to five years who have not started school. Three hubs will be identified that can provide support for children and young people with more complex needs.
5-16 year old provision
The provision for 5-16 year olds will be delivered by Community Learning and Development, Culture and Leisure NL and Active Schools staff, with VANL providing volunteers to help support programme delivery, the hubs will take place in the following venues between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday:
Weekend cover – provision will only be available at Airdrie Leisure Centre between the hours of 10am until 3pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
An exciting and full learning programme devised by CLD, Active Schools and Culture and Leisure North Lanarkshire proposes an inclusive and flexible learning offer to the needs of children and young people. Across the hubs a range of indoor and outdoor activity will be provided including football, golf and multi sports along with dance, drama, music, visual art, storytelling, crafts and lots more.
The children and young people will also have the opportunity to work towards accreditations with CLD staff including North Lanarkshire Challenge, Dynamic Youth Awards and Youth Achievement Awards.
Every child and young person attending the hub will receive a packed lunch.
Please note – hub venues and activities may be subject to change based on attendance and will be monitored and reviewed weekly.
Early Years Hubs for children aged from birth to five (those who have not yet started primary school)
Provision for early years children aged from birth to five (who have not yet started school) will be available from 25 June until 10 August at 10 hubs for children of key workers and vulnerable families at the following venues daily, (Monday to Friday) from 8am until 6pm:
June 19, 2020
by Mrs Craig
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June 19, 2020
by Mrs Craig
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Please see the links below for the latest update and FAQs from Derek Brown, Executive Director.
June 18, 2020
by Mr Clinton
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Primary transition update:
As we come to the end of the school year we thought it would be good to provide you with an update as we understand that many of you may be feeling anxious about your young persons move to high school and have many questions.
At Greenfaulds we have been fortunate that so many of our primary pupils had been able to engage in our transition programme prior to schools shutting. Transition began back in September with our information evening and opportunity to sign up to our family learning workshops that took place in February. We also had our annual Christmas Science Lecture, and Science Fair as well as visits to departments. Pupils have been able to take part in PE sessions, science lessons and a range of activities throughout the year that were all designed to help the transition to secondary.
Since lockdown in March, we have developed an online transition programme where pupils and parents had the opportunity to meet key members of staff and have a virtual tour of the school, which has been well received by families. This week we have been meeting with some young people and families who have additional support needs and have been involved in an enhanced transition. As a result of all of these opportunities, there will be no visits to the school for the remainder of P7 pupils before our return in August. We have arranged with our Primary colleagues for transition gift packs to be passed on to all primary 7 pupils that will be joining us in August. If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to contact us via the contact form on the GHS Primary 7 page on the school website. We will continue to provide updates regarding arrangements as we get them.
