Dear Parent/Guardian.

I hope you are well.

Active Schools

There has been a very positive response to the online workshops provided by Active Schools. You can view the schedule and sign-up here:

https://renfrewshire-leisure.class4kids.co.uk/

We hope you continue to enjoy the workshops and please let us know any feedback you may have.

Wellbeing at Home

Renfrewshire Leisure are also here to provide your mind & body with an online resource of cultural, leisure and sporting offerings. On our website you’ll find a variety of ideas, tips and activities to support both your mental and physical wellbeing via:

• Library Services
• At home workouts
• Additional resources
• Mental health
• Vitality
• Walking
• Macmillan Cancer support
• NHS Live Active

We will continue to update this page every week featuring our services and virtual offerings. Keep checking back to find out more:

https://www.renfrewshireleisure.com/wellbeing-at-home/

Stay safe and thanks for your continued support.

Kind Regards,

Fraser.

Good morning everyone and welcome to another beautiful day.  Remember to try and spend some time outdoors today making the most of the good weather while it lasts. Stay safe and remember your sunscreen.

Everyone has been so enthusiastic this week and I have seen some amazing work on your class teams. Keep it up but remember learning doesn’t just happen in front of your computer screen. Now is a great time to be learning some other skills around the house.

Gardening, preparing food, laundry and tidying up are all important skills and I’m sure your parents will appreciate your help. P1 have been right on this posting pictures of the tasks they have been completing around the house. Well done!!

Good morning all. I hope you all had a great day yesterday catching up with your teacher and chatting with friends in the Chill Zone.

Today looks like another lovely day. If possible spend some of your day outdoors. You will be able to complete your tasks at any time throughout the day. I am sure the dry days will not last forever so make the  most of them while you can.

Mrs Marshall joined us yesterday as a new member of the teaching staff and we welcome her. She is now set up on GLOW so may be popping in to your Team to say hello. I’m sure you will all make her feel very welcome when we get back into our building.

Have a lovely day!

Good morning everyone. I hope that you have managed to have a break of some sorts over the last two weeks and that all our families remain safe and well.

The staff are all looking forward to hearing from their pupils this morning. I expect that there will be another surge on the use of online tools this morning and things may not go as smoothly as we would like.  Remember the advice is still the same; do what you can, don’t stress over the stuff you can’t. However can I ask that all pupils at some point in the day post a comment on the checkin post to let their teacher know that they have seen the messages that they have posted.

As a school we are here to help you in any way we can. Mrs Davidson and Ms McLaren will continue to call round to see if there is anything we can do to help. However don’t wait for a call, if you need any help let your child’s class teacher know and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

This is not the start to term 4 that we had hoped for but let’s continue to work together to make this the best term it could be in the current circumstances.

Today you should receive your pupil report card via your child’s GLOW email address. The system may be very busy so you might not get it straight away.  If it has not arrived in a couple of days please get in touch.

If the report needs to be shared with anyone who is having to remain outwith the household at the moment we would ask that you forward it on as we currently don’t have access to school files.

The link below will take you to our online feedback form. We would appreciate you taking the time to fill this in.

Good morning everyone. Today is the last day of term 3, however, it doesn’t have the same feeling as it normally would.

You have all worked extremely hard over the last 2 weeks and we have all been really impressed with how you have adapted to the new routine. We hope that you can now take a wee break from the screen and enjoy some time in the garden. Fingers crossed for the weather.

If you do manage to get out for a daily walk, look out for the Easter Eggs appearing in the windows around the village. Take a picture and post it on your Team. We will be checking in to see how many you have spotted.

Pupil reports are coming out today. They will be sent to the pupil GLOW email address.  Mrs Davidson, Ms McLaren and myself have been reading them all and we have been very impressed with all the hard work you have been doing.

We are still available over the next couple of weeks if you need to get in touch with us. Please use the enquiries email address and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

bishoptonenquiries@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Have a relaxing break. Stay safe and well and we will see you back online on Monday 20th April.

Dear Parent/Guardian.

After an extremely successful online workshop pilot we are pleased to announce that we have just launched new sport specific workshops that will be released over the coming weeks.

In order to take part in any of these workshops please visit https://renfrewshire-leisure.class4kids.co.uk/ and sign up now. You will receive an automatic booking confirmation immediately and then on the specific Monday outlined on the confirmation you will receive a link to an online video which you can complete as many times as you like (please ensure to check spam/junk folders for the automated emails).

We will also post about this on our social media channels to make sure everyone is kept up to date. As an organisation during these challenging times, we just want to say a massive thank you for your continued support. We also want to thank everyone that join us on our digital journey and please ensure to tag @RL4Leisure on Facebook and @RLSportServices on Twitter using the hashtag #RLSportAtHome to share your families skills.

Kind Regards,

Fraser.

Good morning everyone. We had a great start to another week yesterday.

Although some people still had a few issues, on the whole, the Teams seemed to be a bit more stable. The teachers are working hard to try and give some technical support as well as answer the questions related to the learning. Please be patient with them.

The message is still the same, don’t stress or get frustrated. Leave it, do something else and try again later.

Keep up the great work. You have all been amazing. I’m loving popping into your Zoom meets. It is so nice to see all the smiling faces. It is the highlight of my day!

Good morning and welcome to week 2 of our home learning. I hope that you all had a nice weekend. The weather was lovely and

I hope you managed to spend some time out in the fresh air whilst staying safe and well.

This weekend some of the staff took part in the #toiletrollchallenge  You may have seen this on twitter but here is the extended version.

Have a great day and remember do what you can. If the technology is being unhelpful go and do something else and come back later.

Good morning everybody. We’ve made it to the last day of a very different week but one that will nonetheless become our norm for the time being.

This week we have all learned new things.  We have learned that we need to be patient. Things don’t always work first time – Teams has certainly taught us that.  We’ve also learned to be flexible and adaptable and if one thing doesn’t work something else might – the P1S tried the Team meeting but it didn’t do what they wanted so they changed to Zoom. We’ve also learned about the importance of our school as a supportive community – the posts in the General Feed, Chill Out Zone and emails are full of positive comments and examples of everyone helping each other.

So, if you have not managed to get into the assignments, download or upload documents or complete any of the tasks set please do not worry. You have still been learning valuable skills for the future.

Your teachers have been learning too and next week we will make some adjustments to the tasks so that you can complete more offline and be less reliant on the technology.

Have a lovely weekend. Stay well and we will see you all again on Monday.

Please find attached the free school meal and clothing grant application form. If you think you may be entitled to this service but have not applied as your child is in P1-3, or for any other reason please complete and return the  form as soon as possible.  Please note there is no online form therefor you must print the one attached to the email.

If you currently receive free school meals and are having difficulty receiving your payment please email bishoptonenquiries@renfrewshire.gov.uk  with details of your issues and we will forward it to the correct person.

FSMCG Application 1920

Please see the attached letter on the update regarding childcare arrangements for key workers.

Childcare arrangements – 23-03-20

Good morning everyone. I hope you are all well this  morning.

Please remember to try and check in with your teacher at some point during the day.  If you are having difficulty accessing the tasks in Teams, try not to get stressed or frustrated. We know you are all doing your best and hopefully things will become easier over the next few days.

Have a good day. Remember to take your breaks too 🙂

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all that you have done today. The staff have been blown away with the positivity and desire to keep up with the learning from their pupils.

We know that there have been issues today with connectivity, access to different software and more but in general we all got through it.

Please don’t stress if you are having difficulty. Do what you can, we understand that you will have other priorities and may not have access to technology. If you message your teacher and they don’t get back to you right away don’t panic. Do something else away from the computer and maybe have a go again a  bit later.

All we ask is that you check in regularly with your teacher and do what you can with the activities posted.

See you all again tomorrow and remember you can still catch up with your friends in the Chill Out Zone.  Have a good evening.

Good morning all. Today we are all starting on a different journey in Bishopton Primary School as we embark on the first day of online digital learning. This is a new experience for us all and I am sure it will take us all a few days to get it right so please don’t worry if you are not up and running straight away.

If you can manage, we are asking that you complete a Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing (Active) and one more general task per day. Your teacher will post these on the assignments tab.

Although we are not together physically, we are still the Bishopton family and we will continue to help and support each other as much as we can. Some of your teachers are working in the hubs to support Key Workers families so it may be another member of staff who is monitoring your team throughout the week.

Please remember the General channel on your class team is for learning chat only. This is where your teacher will post any important information and where you can ask any questions related to your learning. Also remember to use the reply function rather than start a new conversation each time,

The Chill Out Zone is the space where you can still meet virtually with your friends. School rules still apply, only use kind words and actions in this chat and do not post anything that is against the acceptable use policy. This channel will be monitored occasionally by teachers but we would ask parents to help us out by reinforcing these rules with your child.

As I said this is a new experience and we are all learning together. If, for any reason, you need to get in touch with us  the school enquiries email address is still active.

Good luck today lets hope that the internet holds up 🙂

If you/your child are having difficulty accessing Glow with the username and password, click the picture above and complete the contact form to have details reset. This form can also be accessed in the main blog menu, underneath the Glow login button.

Please do not add comments to this post or on the blog regarding password issues.

(The contact form will only be monitored during school hours)

On behalf of the school I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone within the community who has pulled together over the last few days as we have dealt with these unprecedented times.

Staff have been working tirelessly both in school and in isolation to ensure that we are geared up for remote digital learning. We hope to be able to provide an excellent service to our pupils throughout the shutdown period.  Your children should have received their GLOW logins and information on how to access these resources has been posted on the blog.

Teaching staff and SMT will keep in touch with our families on a regular basis. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch. The enquiries email will still be monitored during school hours and we will respond as soon as we can. We are here to help as much as we possibly can.

We all appreciate that it is disappointing for pupils that the term has ended prematurely, however our efforts over the last few days have been focused on preparing for the period of uncertainty  and ensuring that there is continuity of learning for all pupils moving forward.

Our best wishes go to our Primary 7 pupils. We are hoping that we get an opportunity to spend time with them before the end of June but this is by no means guaranteed. This will certainly be a year for them to remember but not for the reasons we had hoped. Their resilience will certainly be tested over the next few weeks and we hope they emerge stronger and more ready to take on the challenges that high school will bring.

Pupil reports which are due to go out on the 2nd of April will now be sent to you electronically. This will be done through your child’s glow email address. Please be patient as teachers will also be dealing with high volumes of traffic on their computers, also many will be volunteering to man the schools open for key worker staff, so this may take an extra bit of time.  If you do not receive your report within a couple of days from the date above please get in touch and let us know.

Information will be provided to you on the situation moving forward through all the appropriate channels if and when it becomes available.

Once again our deepest thanks. This is a situation that no one could have predicted.  It is in times like these that we all need to live up to our school values. Take care, be kind and most of all look after each other.

We all look forward to returning to Bishopton Primary all the stronger as soon as we are allowed to.