An Easy read leaflet with the latest advice from the Scottish Government to manage the Omicron Corona Virus Variant December 2021.
Digital training support
If you are looking for somewhere to boost your digital and IT skills the following websites might be useful and have different training courses or advice you can access. Thanks to the SCVO for sharing.
- Learn My Way: https://www.learnmyway.com/subjects
- Barclays Life Skills: https://barclayslifeskills.com/
- Universal Credit Support Helper (via SCVO): https://uc-helper.co.uk/scvo/home
- Get Safe Online: https://www.getsafeonline.org/
- Internet Matters (child safeguarding): https://www.internetmatters.org/
- Think You Know: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/
- Future Learn – Intro to Cyber Security: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/introduction-to-cyber-security
- Essential Digital Skills Toolkit: https://digitalparticipation.scot/resources
- Digital Skills Check-up: https://skills.checkup.scot/
- SCVO digital inclusion qualifications: https://scvo.scot/support/digital/digital-inclusion-qualification
- Connecting Scotland: https://connecting.scot/and training: https://connecting.scot/digital-champions/training
Book Week Scotland
Book Week Scotland is next week 15th -21st November 2021.
The link below to the Scottish Book Trust has lots of Ideas for you to look at. Enjoy reading!
Support for our Afghan families
This website has some useful advice for supporting our Afhan families arriving into the UK and enrolling children in school.
Happy Diwali
Wishing all those celebrating a very happy Diwali today. Enjoy the festival of Lights.
Welcome to our Twitter page
The EAL service in Perth & Kinross is pleased to announce we are now on Twitter. Please join the conversation and follow us for more things EAL. @PKCEALService
Clocks go back this Sunday 2021
When do the clocks change?
The clocks go back 31 October
In the UK, the clocks will go back on Sunday 31 October 2021 from 2am and we will revert back to GMT or Greenwich Mean Time. This always takes place at the last Sunday in October each year. We ‘gain’ an hour of sleep when this happens, which means it’s not as dark when we wake up.
| Year | Clocks go forward | Clocks go back |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 29 March | 25 October |
| 2021 | 28 March | 31 October |
| 2022 | 27 March | 30 October |
October Holidays
A short message for all our service users – Families, pupils and staff:
Perth & Kinross school October holidays are on for the next 2 weeks starting on Saturday 9th October till Sunday 24th October.
All pupils should return to school on Monday 25th October.
Happy holidays from the EAL service in Perth and Kinross
Welcome back!
A warm welcome back to school to all our EAL pupils and families. We look forward to an exciting new term in school and look forward to working with you all.
The EAL Service Team
NHS Other Languages Video Links – Covid 19 Vaccine
Attached is a document with links to NHS translated videos to support the understanding of the Covid-19 Vaccine – how it is administered, side effects and questions about the vaccine if pregnant or breast feeding.
Hopefully this will be helpful for EAL families.
