By Friday 17 December, Renfrewshire Council will make two payments to parents and carers of primary-school children who are entitled to a free school meal on the basis of low income.

The first payment of £160 per child is part of the Scottish Government extending the Scottish Child Payment to children aged six to 16.

The second payment of £22.50 per child is in place of free school meals over the Christmas break.

That means a total of £182.50 will be paid into bank accounts in December.

These payments will only be made to parents of children eligible to receive a free school meal on the basis of low income.

Children who receive a universal school meal (those in P1, P2, P3 and P4) will only receive a payment if:

-your child is entitled to receive a free school meal on the basis of low income

-you have applied for free school meals.

If you have already applied for free school meals this school year (August 2021 to June 2022), you do not need to apply again.

If you haven’t applied for free school meals, you can do so now using the MyAccount form on the council’s website. You can also check if you qualify to apply. See free school meals payments during school holidays for more information.

If your child will be 5 between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023, you should register them for school now.

Apply by Friday 5 November 2021 using this link: www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/P1-registration

You can only register your child at one local school, either the denominational or the non-denominational school in your catchment area (where you live).

If you, or someone you’re helping, can’t register online, phone your local primary school and make an appointment to register in person during the registration dates.

If you want your child to go to another school outside of your catchment area, you’ll need to:

-register your child at a school in your catchment area first

-apply for a place at a school outside your catchment area (placing request) or phone us at 0300 300 0170.

If you can’t register your child for school till after Friday 5 November, please contact your local school directly.

You will have read in our School Improvement Plan 2021-22 about our journey on the RNRA programme. We are looking for your help!

The staff team have created a survey to capture the views of our parents on how nurturing our school is.

We would be delighted if you could spare 5 minutes to complete the following survey before Tuesday 30th November.

https://forms.office.com/r/Z3XBxJ4TBK

Thank you.

Well done to everyone in St Fergus’ as we have been awarded The Digital School’s Scotland Award!

Thank you to Mr Reid and our Digital Leaders for leading us through the validation process. I am sure we will continue to work hard to ensure that the digitally enhanced teaching and learning in our school will help our children prepare for living and working in the 21st Century!

Feel free to read our report 👇

Renfrewshire Council-St-Fergus-Primary-School-validation-report

Just a reminder that tomorrow Thursday 23rd September, is our first Non- Uniform Day of the new session. We are asking that you pay £1 per family for school funds via your parent pay account.

For our Primary 1 parent’s I know that you haven’t yet received your activation letters for parent pay but you can pay once your account is set up. These letters will be issued by the parent pay team soon.

The school will be closed on Friday 24th and Monday 27th September for the holiday weekend ! We hope you all have a lovely long weekend!

Tuesday 28 September: Baked potato with tuna mayo & salad OR Tomato herb & basil pasta with salad and garlic bread

Wednesday 29 September: Mince & mash with green beans OR Veggie nuggets with mash and green beans

We are a nut, mango and kiwi free zone as we have children with severe allergies which, for these children, is life threatening.

We are asking  for your co-operation and ensure that no nuts, mangos or kiwi’s are brought in to school for snack or lunch.

Please note that these ingredients can be found in flavoured water, chocolate spread, biscuits, cereal bars etc. Please always check the ingredients.

The Paisley Diocese would like to share their newsletter with all parents and carers. Please click on the link below.

Parents newsletter August 2021

Please see below the letter that was issued today:

School photographs August  2021

All children will receive an individual/family group photo proof in their school bag next week. Only Primary 1 and Primary 7 will  be photographed as a class group.