{"id":2429,"date":"2021-01-22T10:44:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T10:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/?p=2429"},"modified":"2021-01-22T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T10:44:31","slug":"message-from-mrs-cunningham-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/2021\/01\/22\/message-from-mrs-cunningham-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from Mrs Cunningham"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Message from Mrs Cunningham<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The following message was sent to all parents\/carers this week:<\/p>\n<p>Dear Parent\/Carer<\/p>\n<p>I am writing to you following the Scottish Government announcement yesterday that schools will not open until at least mid-February. \u00a0A further update is expected at the beginning of February.<\/p>\n<p>The staff of Our Lady\u2019s are very much looking forward to welcoming all of our pupils back into the school building as soon as we are given the go ahead. Until then we are continuing with online lessons on Microsoft Teams.\u00a0 Despite some initial problems with the software at the start of last week, things have settled down.\u00a0 Sometimes a little patience is need when joining a team but things are getting easier for everyone as we get used to the system and this different way of learning and teaching.<\/p>\n<p>I want to once again acknowledge that online learning and teaching can be difficult for families, especially where young people are sharing devices.\u00a0 While the ideal is for young people to be following their timetable during the day, we are fully aware that some young people can\u2019t access Teams at that time.\u00a0 A record of the meeting and any work set will be available for any young person joining out with class time.<br \/>\nI have attached two documents to this email.\u00a0 The first one gives instructions on how to access Teams using a games console such as Xbox or PlayStation. The second document details how to download a free copy of office365 for every young person using their Glow login details.<\/p>\n<p>We want to support our families and our young people as much as we can during this difficult time.\u00a0 If there is anything we can do, especially to support online learning, please phone the school on 01236 632159 or email enquiries@ourladys.n-lanark.sch.uk<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">North Lanarkshire Child Payment\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Families whose children receive a free school meal because of low family income, will receive \u00a3100 per child\u00a0directly into their bank account during the last week in January.<br \/>\nIn addition NLC are also supporting families at weekends and during the holidays with the Club365 food voucher scheme as well as providing vouchers to cover the cost of lunches during the current lockdown.<br \/>\nbe made automatically, and parents\/guardians do not need to apply. However, if you have not received a payment by mid-February, email NLChildPayment@northlan.gov.uk<\/p>\n<p>If your family\u2019s circumstances have changed recently and you would like to apply for your child to receive a free school meal please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/39BhUTG\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/39BhUTG<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Resources<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jotters and stationary can be collected from the school office.\u00a0 Please contact us in advance to arrange this.\u00a0 We also anticipate that jotters will be available from the following local shops after this weekend: Co-op Muirhead, Co-op Stepps, Farm Shop Carrickstone, Spar Abronhill, Spar The Village, Stoneylee Stores North Carbrain, Day Today Greenfaulds and Premier Balloch.<\/p>\n<p>Absence from Online Learning<br \/>\nIf you child is unwell or has an appointment and will not be engaging on their online learning, please contact the school office or the enquiries email address and this will be communicated to class teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Cunningham<br \/>\nHead Teacher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/files\/2021\/01\/Console-Instructions.jpg\">Click here to access the instructions for accessing Glow on your console<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhscumbernauld\/uploads\/sites\/25164\/2021\/01\/22104224\/Support-for-Downloading-Office.pdf\">Click here to access the instructions for downloading Office 365 from Glow to a computer.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from Mrs Cunningham The following message was sent to all parents\/carers this week: Dear Parent\/Carer I am writing to you following the Scottish Government announcement yesterday that schools will not open until at least mid-February. \u00a0A further update is expected at the beginning of February. The staff of Our Lady\u2019s are very much looking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/2021\/01\/22\/message-from-mrs-cunningham-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Message from Mrs Cunningham<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1583,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1583"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429\/revisions\/2433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}