Please see the letter below regarding our school uniform for when we return in August 2020.
Category Archives: School Blog
✨School Update✨
We know that there is lots of discussion about education and schools in the media and recognise that this is a time of uncertainty for everyone in our school community.
Please be assured that behind the scenes, we are working hard within local and national guidance to prepare recovery plans which will allow the safe return of pupils and staff to school. You can read an update from the Director of Children’s Services, Steven Quinn, here.
When we have the answers and plans, we will share them with you as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience and support during this time and want you to know that the safety and wellbeing of our children and staff is, as always, paramount.
We will be in touch very soon to share plans to support our new Primary 1 pupils and our current Primary 7 pupils with transition support at the end of the month. We are really looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and some new ones too.
In the meantime, please remember that we are still here. Here to support the pupils on their learning journey and also to support our school community – if you need to get in touch you can do so via our email, social media channels, Seesaw and by replying to a text message.
You will have received a text today with a link to our Annual Parent/Carer Survey – you can also access it by clicking here. The survey remains open until 6pm on the 11th June – your views are essential to our planning for next session and beyond, and we would really appreciate it if you could spare a few minutes to share these with us.
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.
Scottish Government Update
Scottish Government has set out the route map for schools and nurseries to reopen for children and young people across Scotland. You can read a statement from Director of Children’s Services, Steven Quinn, about the route map on the council’s website.
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/coronavirus-educationroutemap
Coping During COVID: Children and Families Wellbeing Support
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.
Home Learning Survey Results
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.
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
Active Schools – Online Workshops
After an extremely successful online workshop pilot Active Schools are pleased to announce that they 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).
Active Schools will also post about this on their social media channels to make sure everyone is kept up to date. As an organisation during these challenging times, Active Schools just want to say a massive thank you for your continued support. They also want to thank everyone that joined us on their digital journey and please ensure to tag @RL4Leisure on Facebook and @RLSportServices on Twitter using the hashtag #RLSportAtHome to share your families skills.
Update for Emergency Childcare Arrangements
Please click on the link below to read the latest communication from the Local Authority with regards to Emergency Childcare Arrangements which take effect from today.
Active Schools Update
We are sorry that our clubs and camps have had to be cancelled for a short while, but we are establishing something exciting and opening online workshops for all the family to take part in at home. That’s right – we will be hosting our workshops online to keep young people (and parents/guardians) active during this time, educating them and keeping their skills up to date. It’s important to us that we still deliver a service of value and provide young people with some normality in these times.
We are working in the background at the moment to establish our first Dance Workshop that will be released on Wednesday 25th March 2020. In order to take part in this workshop please visit https://renfrewshire-leisure.class4kids.co.uk/ and sign up now. You will receive an automatic booking confirmation immediately and then on Wednesday 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 dance moves.
