St Andrew's High School

Remember during this time you can still get in touch with the school counselling service.

You can call to get a confidential appointment 0330 202 0283 or you can chat on line at http://exchange-counselling.com

We are here to help if you need it.

If your child is a School leaver who has applied to study at college or University then this information is very important. The SAAS Funding Awareness team will be hosting 1 hour online sessions on Facebook & Twitter from 3pm each day this week.  These can be accessed at

• https://www.saas.gov.uk

The aim of these sessions is to assist your child in their application for funding and to address any issues they may be having. Please see links to Application Help videos

• Application Help 2020
• Apply now for 2020-2021 (top tips)

Pupils who have applied to courses through UCAS can also get updates on

•  Information for students in Scotland

As always please keep an eye out for updates on Twitter.

Due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and the closure of the school, Skills Development Scotland cannot deliver career services face to face, but they are still there to help your child which can be done by visiting

• Skills Development Scotland

The English department have issued a link via Show My Homework for eTextbooks that pupils should work through after the Easter holidays.  Students should check their Show My Homework account for the link.

As a way of supporting pupils during this difficult time, one of our school counselling groups (The Therapeutic Counselling Service) have designed a survey monkey to help with reaching out to pupils and raising awareness of the services they offer.   This Survey Monkey will also help The TCS  with gaining a better insight into how students are coping with the change in circumstances.

Students can access the Survey Monkey at the link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FZJFWWN

Staff across the school have been busy making arrangements for students to have access to online resources for study & revision. Microsoft Teams, Show My Homework & Scholar are the main platforms that students can utilise. These can all be accessed with students GLOW accounts.

Students unfamiliar with how to access Microsoft Teams can follow this guide to add the app to their GLOW launch pad. The Teams app can also be downloaded onto phones & iPads & can be accessed via the App Store.

Scholar username & passwords have all been individually issued to students in S4-S6.

Students can access  their accounts at the following links

• GLOW –  https://glow.rmunify.com
• SMHW – https://satchelone.com/login or via the SMHW app
• SCHOLAR – https://scholar.hw.ac.uk/login

Any problems accessing your GLOW account please email Mr McCrossan – gw10mccrossanjohn@glow.sch.uk

A copy of the Senior School options form and options booklet for session 2020/21 can be accessed at the links below.

Students should discuss their options with their parents/carers before returning the completed form to the school office.  All forms should be signed by the student and a parent/carer.

S5-6 OPTIONS FORM 20-21

SENIOR OPTIONS BOOKLET 2020

Please find a copy of the letter from Mr Holmes in relation to the new North Lanarkshire Council Parents Portal.

Parents Portal Letter

The Christmas Concert footage can be viewed at the link below

https://youtu.be/GA3k9RGKvTA

As part of the Scottish Attainment Challenge North Lanarkshire Council asked parents, teachers and librarians to support the Read to Succeed pledge for new S1 pupils.  The aim of this project was to encourage children to read more by providing them with books they could read and books they wanted to read, as well as providing opportunities for this reading to take place and the author visits to S1 earlier in the year.

To help understand how this pledge and initiative has made pupils and parents feel about reading, you and your child are being asked to complete a short survey. This survey will ask what you/your child think about reading, how often you/your child read and the kinds of things you read. Data gathered from this survey will be kept confidential, held securely and be kept for no longer than necessary.

No parents/carers, children or schools will be identified in the research findings. The findings will be used in a report for the Scottish Attainment Challenge and summary information will be presented to schools and other establishments within North Lanarkshire.

Please click on the link below to access the survey.

Read to Succeed Smart Survey

The English Department has produced a Reading for UAE Strategies help sheet for students in the senior phase, this can be a valuable tool for students to assist with studying and in the run up to prelim & SQA examinations.

Parents’ Evening Reading Strategies Nov 2019