{"id":877,"date":"2020-11-11T16:32:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T16:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhshtblog\/?p=877"},"modified":"2020-11-11T16:32:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T16:32:30","slug":"ht-blog-11-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhshtblog\/2020\/11\/11\/ht-blog-11-november-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"HT Blog – 11 November 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to everyone for the great support to the school, especially since we came back after the October week.\u00a0 Unfortunately a number of pupils have had to self-isolate, which is not ideal.\u00a0 Teachers are trying to ensure that appropriate work is available via Teams.\u00a0 Please contact us if there are any problems with accessing Teams or work as it is important that pupils try to keep as up to date as possible. \u00a0SQA have now issued the timetable for Highers and Advanced Highers for 2021.\u00a0 Dates can be accessed here:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/files_ccc\/exam-timetable-2021.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Due to the lack of a final exam for National 5, along with the uncertainty that is still around Highers and Advanced Highers, staff continue to gather evidence that will be recognised by SQA. Unfortunately this can be stressful for pupils and as soon as you add isolation periods into the mix, it can potentially have an adverse effect on mental health.\u00a0 In the last blog I highlighted some of the things that were happening in the school around mental health.\u00a0 We had a number of pupils in S6 taking part in training to become Mental Health Ambassadors and I have no doubt they will have appositive impact on what is happening in the school over the next year.<\/p>\n

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Please encourage the pupils to come and talk to us if they have any issues before they become bigger than they need to be.\u00a0 And if they are not wanting to talk to us, then parents can phone us to chat.<\/p>\n

We are delighted that this week we saw the start of indoor PE again. There is no change yet in the use of changing rooms but this is step in the right direction and should certainly make a difference in the activities needed for pupils undertaking certificated PE in S4\/5\/6.<\/p>\n

We have a number of departmental Twitter accounts that you can follow to keep to speed with some of the great work going on in the school.\u00a0 For example if you follow OLHSart&design you will be able to see some of the work of our talented pupils:<\/p>\n

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The school’s main twitter account is OLHSMotherwell and other twitter accounts include:<\/p>\n