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Rigside Primary School will be closed on Friday 25th September and Monday 28th September for the September weekend.
The school will also be closed to pupils on Tuesday 29th September as it is an in-service day.
School re-opens to pupils on Wednesday 30th September.
Following some fantastic speeches and digital voting, our house captains and vice-captains for the 2020/2021 sessions have now been selected. Our captains and vice-captains are:
Collierhall
Captain- Leah Tiernan
Vice-captain- Katie Donoghue
Ponfeigh
Captain- Tyler Dickson
Vice-captain- Oliver McAllister and Max Androshchuk
Tinto
Captain- Macey McLaughlin
Vice-captain- Skye McKay
Well done to all our pupils who applied for the roles and prepared and delivered speeches to the school. We are so proud of you all!
We can now confirm that Tuesday 29 September 2020 will be the 2nd in-service day for 2020/21 academic year.
The school will be closed on this day to pupils and will reopen on Wednesday 30 September.
Rigside PS is changing their homework policy in relation to COVID-19 and will be going digital from October.
Please see the attached flyer detailing this new policy.
If you feel that your child will require/benefit from a digital device to complete their homework from October, please contact gw14rigsidepsictc@glow.sch.uk, giving your child’s name and if you will also require a WIFI connectivity device.
Mrs Mechan has issued a letter with protocol for dealing with pupils displaying Covid-19 symptoms. Please make yourself familiar with these.
An electronic copy of the letter can be found here: Covid19 Protocol 260820
Alternatively, a paper copy will be sent home this evening- please check your child’s bag.
School Lunch Menu for this week. Children will order these in class each morning as normal.
Children can still bring a packed lunch if they wish, however, we are encouraging pupils to not have home lunches at this time. You can find more information on lunches in our recovery plan.
South Lanarkshire Council have provided a useful question and answer document to attempt to answer any questions you or your child(ren) may have about their return to school this week. You can find this along with school transport guidance that may be useful for our parents with older children attending Lanark Grammar.
School Transport Letter-guidance[10644]
2020-08-07 – Q&A – Primary & EY[10642]
Please see our guidance regarding Rigside PS pupils returning to school next week. Our recovery plan is also available to view. This includes information about our new policies and procedures for when we return. Please read these carefully as it includes information about:
Rigside PS Recovery Plan AUGUST 2020
We look forward to seeing everyone next week.
Please find update from Education’s Executive Director regarding the reopening of schools next week.
We will be in touch later this week with additional relevant information. We are looking forward to welcoming pupils back from next Wednesday.
The Executive Director of Education at South Lanarkshire Council has asked us to share his update.
An update on our school’s position on reopening will be shared with you soon.
