As we are making our final preparations for our return to school in August 2020, we have attached some important information below which will tell you everything you need to know. As always, this information is subject to change – where this is required, we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

You should have received a text message from the school today which informed you as to which group your child is in – please check the text to ensure you access the appropriate letter below based on the group your child has been allocated to. This information letter will let you know which days your child should attend and also any information about staggered start and finish times to help us maximise learning time on our return.

Please click on the links below to access the relevant information for your child. If you haven’t received a text message today, please contact the school office who can provide the required information and update your contact details.

We appreciate your patience and co-operation throughout this period of significant change. Please be reassured that we are doing everything we can to ensure a safe return to school for all pupils and staff.

If you have any questions with regard to any of this information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

We are all aware of the challenges, pressures and stresses that have arisen during the COVID-19 crisis and the unusual circumstances we all find ourselves in.

 To help children and families with wellbeing concerns arising during the COVID-19 school closure period, Renfrewshire Educational Psychology Service have set up a new service and it is already receiving positive feedback.

This service can be via email, call-back and signposting all  staffed by Educational Psychologists and Specialist Teachers, with an agreed level of confidentiality to parents and children.

The Support Helpline can be accessed by any Renfrewshire or Children’s Services Partnership team. If you feel that this would be of benefit to you or your family, then please get in touch with us through the current communication channels:

• email us at:  stdavidsenquiries@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• reply to a school text message
• request a call back in a feedback form from your class teacher
• send a message in Seesaw

We are here to help and look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey – we have already started to take on board your ideas. For example, the launch of Seesaw last week which has been an amazing success.

The results speak for themselves, however we want to stress to you that we understand this is a difficult time for everyone but we are all in this together. Please don’t worry that you are not doing enough or that it seems other people are doing things differently. Do what you can, when you can – make sure your family are happy and healthy and let us know when or what we can do to help. The building may be closed, but the St David’s community is still here.

Congratulations to our Golden Ticket Winners who have started off 2020 in a really positive way by being excellent school ambassadors and displaying our school value of Achieving.

We are very proud of them

#achieving

Today I was invited along to the final Active Schools Dance club to watch the girls perform the dance routine they have been working on. It was lovely to see everyone participating in an activity which they clearly love and finding a way to have an active lifestyle in the future.

We have some very talented dancers! Fantastic way of demonstrating our shared value of Together.

Well done to our Golden Ticket winners who have been modelling our school value of Excellence. We are so proud of them and the fantastic example they are setting to our school community.