23 September 2021

Dear Parents / Carers

As we approach the September Weekend, I wanted to thank you for your continued support as we continue to navigate the ever changing landscape.

It has been great to have all our children and young people back with us and I have been so impressed at how quickly they have settled into their new classes.

We are hoping that as of next week we will be able to arrange some planned outings for classes with an emphasis on Health and Wellbeing. We will look at each class individually and work alongside the class teacher to decide what supports are required before going out. We will keep you informed about any trips planned for your child’s class.

We have linked in again this session with Hear my Music and Nordoff Robbins and I am delighted that they will be able to come into school to support our young people.

We are also in the process of organising some drama and art projects in October for the children and young people to participate in.

Before Lockdown we had been successful in our application for funds to develop a rebound therapy programme. We now have all the equipment required and are looking to get this programme up and running in October. Classes will be in touch if your child is involved in this programme.

We continue to work alongside the Paisley Callants Rotary Club, and we have been asked to create some pieces of art work for two of the bedrooms at Ronald McDonald house. Watch this space for some very creative pieces of art from our children and young people.

We have organised for M and M productions to come to the school on 26^th October to perform “Pirates of the Caribbean”. We will continue to follow Covid procedures during this visit.

Contact

We continue to monitor our communication to ensure that all enquiries are dealt with as quickly as possible and if you need to get in touch with us you can do so by:

• Emailing our school enquires mailbox – riverbraeenquiries@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• Replying to any school text
• Via google classrooms
• By telephoning the school on 0300 300 1372
• The school App – General information for pupils and staffKind Regards                                                                                                                    Michelle Welsh

Renfrewshire Active Schools have now launched our Pupil Activity Survey for 21/22. This short survey allows your Active Schools coordinator to learn more about your levels of activity and work to provide opportunities to engage pupils in sport. This form also allow for pupils and parents to suggest sports or activities they wish to try. These suggestions will then be used by your Active Schools coordinator to offer the right extracurricular clubs in schools and aim to have more pupils more active. The survey also provides the opportunity for adults and young people to volunteer within Active Schools or the wider RL programmes. The closing date for this survey is 13 November 2021.

Chris

Please see the direct link to the pupil activity survey;

https://www.cognitoforms.com/RenfrewshireLeisure3/pupilsurveyphysicalactivityandschoolclubs

Please find below a link to a new Active Families community club starting this week.

https://www.renfrewshireleisure.com/active-families-disability-sport-activity-club/

17^th August 2021

Dear Parents / Carers

We are delighted to welcome back our children and our new starts to school. They have all settled well into their new class and are enjoying the company of their new friends.

We are still applying the same COVID regulations that we had in place before the summer, and these will be reviewed by the council over the next 6 weeks. We will keep you informed once we receive any updates. Thank you for your continued support with this matter.

Due to the Scottish Government regulations (The Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020) we will no longer be able to buy or provide snacks for the children and young people. Please ensure your child comes to school with a healthy snack and a water bottle. We are a nut free school so can I please ask that any snack provided does not contain nuts. If you need to discuss this further, then please do not hesitate to get in touch. I have provided the link below for more information.

The Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (legislation.gov.uk)

We said goodbye to our leavers in the summer. We wish them every success for the future. I would also like to give a big welcome to all our new Primary 1 children who have joined us this session.

Contact Information

We continue to monitor our communication to ensure that all enquiries are dealt with as quickly as possible and if you need to get in touch with us you can do so by

• Emailing our school enquires mailbox – riverbraeenquiries@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• Replying to any school text
• Via google classrooms
• By telephoning the school on 0300 300 1372
• The school App – General information for pupils and staff

Michelle Welsh

Leadership Equity Ambition Respect Nurture

Summer activities for families, children and young people.

The Renfrewshire Get into Summer programme starts on Monday 28 June.

A wide range of fun-filled, free activities will be available across Renfrewshire for children and young people aged 5 to 25 to enjoy as part of the government funded summer programme.

More information about the programme can be found at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/get-into-summer

A list of local activities is available on the Young Scot  https://young.scot/renfrewshire and Renfrewshire Leisure websites.

Self-Directed Support Training for Parent Carers

Thursday 26 August 10.30 am to 12.30 pm

If you would like to know more about Self-Directed Support and the four options available then please join us online on Thursday 26 August.

The session will take place online, via Microsoft Teams.

We will send out the link and joining details a few days before the training.

For more information and to request the link to join the session, please contact

Susan.woods@renfrewshire.gov.uk or fiona@renfrewshirecarers.org.uk

We are delighted to announce that Calum Coutts is a Pearson National Teaching Awards Winner!  Our very own Digital Innovator Award Winner – Well done Calum, we are so proud of you.

Dear Parents / Carers

Welcome to our Riverbrae Newsletter.

Please click on the link below for more information.

Riverbrae Summer Newsletter 2021

Message from Steven Quinn Director of Children’s Services

Please click on the link below for more information.

Primary & ELC parent carer letter June 21