Category Archives: Primary 6/7

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION* Launch of ParentsPortal for Annual Data Check

In support of Renfrewshire’s ambition to provide better communications between parents/carers and our schools, we are excited to launch Parentsportal.scot – an exciting new initiative which enables and creates a digital relationship between parents, pupils and schools.

The portal is designed to replace the ‘schoolbag run’, giving parents online access to a range of school-related services.  At the heart of the system, is a secure online account through mygov.scot which is referred to as a ‘My Account’.  This is already used in over half of Renfrewshire schools enabling parents to make payments online.

The first phase of the service will introduce basic information about your school and will allow you to link to your child and update your own, as well as your child’s details as part of the Annual Data Check process, that is now managed electronically.

As the portal develops, we look forward to seeing more services introduced in the coming months.

On signing up to the portal, you will be able to link to your child and gain access to the services which are currently available.  Please note this service is only available to Primary and Secondary children.  In order to link to your child, the data you provide during the sign up process must match the most up-to-date data that your child’s school holds.

Click on the link below to get started:

http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/schools/parentsportal

A step-by-step guide can also be accessed by clicking the image below:

Welcome Back

It has been wonderful welcoming back lots of our pupils and families over the last few days and we look forward to welcoming our P5 and P6 children tomorrow.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for supporting us in ensuring that the school is a safe place for everyone by adhering to all the new guidance. It is essential that physical distancing must be in place and we must remind you that anyone dropping a child at school should keep 2m from other households and staff at all times.

Please remember our new drop off and pick up times to help us reduce the number of people in the playground and give the pupils space inside to start the day with hand washing.

The children have all been settling in well and enjoying being back at school. A reminder that children will be outside daily for break and lunchtimes as well as for an increased amount of their learning time. Please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather with sturdy shoes that will also suffice for P.E. (which will take place outside). Our relaxed uniform remains in place to accommodate this.

Just a reminder that packed lunches are available at no cost to all P1-P3 pupils. If you qualify, P4-7 pupils can apply for Free School Meals via the Renfrewshire Council website, Each day, pupils in receipt of lunch will have a choice of a Cheese, Ham or Tuna sandwich.

Please click on the link below to view a Welcome Back leaflet for parents and carers from Renfrewshire Council.

 

Parent and Carer Survey Response

Earlier this month, Renfrewshire Council asked parents and carers to submit their questions on schools and nurseries. Thank you to everyone who took part, there was a phenomenal response with more than 1,000 questions.  

 

Your most-asked questions were put to Steven Quinn, Director of Children’s Services, which you can see at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/coronavirus-schools. You can also find answers to many more questions there too. 

 

Thank you for your continued patience and support for our school during this difficult time. We hope to see you back in our school as soon as it is safe to do so. 

HT Update – End of week

We are now at the end of our 4th week of Home Learning and I would like to take this opportunity again to let you know how incredibly proud we all are to be part of the St David’s community.

It has been wonderful to hear from so many of you on the phone, via text, by email and on the Facebook page. We hope to speak to even more of you next week. Please remember we are always here if you need anything at all.

We want to make sure that we are getting Home Learning right for everyone and have created a brief survey to gather your opinions. It should only take a couple of minutes to complete and as always, your feedback is invaluable to determining our next steps.

You can access the survey by clicking on this link:  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKT3Ew0Z-Q85Bv5om4Pf6v_NUMTRCTVJKWUpXR1IxVVJVSEFJOENOMkRUMi4u

alternatively you can hover your phone/tablet camera over the QR link below:

A reminder that next week is a little different:

Monday 4th May – Online learning day

Tuesday 5th May – Online learning day

Wednesday 6th May – In Service Day – Children on holiday

Thursday 7th May – In Service Day – Children on holiday

Friday 8th May – Holiday

Monday 11th May – Online learning day

Well done everyone – have a great weekend.

Mrs Berry

A huge well done to all of our pupils in Primary 7 who performed in two shows this evening at Johnstone Town Hall.

Alongside the P7s from Cochrane Castle, our P7s did a fantatstic job and showed their skills in drama, creativity, confidence and teamwork.

We can’t wait to see what the future holds for our pupils and we’re sure that they won’t be limited by anyone or anything.