Author: H. vicpark

Dear Parents & Carers

Please find below details of our upcoming free online parent and carer Mental Health workshops. Each workshop provides you with the skills and knowledge required to support not only support your child’s mental health but also your own, which is particularly important when looking after others. This is your chance to connect with other parents across South Lanarkshire in a safe and supportive environment. If you have any questions please contact Catherine.knox@samh.org. Space are limited so please click on the link below to book your space.

22/04/2024  Understanding & Managing Stress & Anxiety     1.00pm

23/04/2024   Mental Health Awareness                                     10.00am

24/04/2024   Managing My Wellbeing                                       1.00pm

25/04/2024   Listening to & Supporting My Child                    6.00pm

30/04/2024   Managing My Wellbeing                                       12.00pm

01/05/2024    Listening to & Supporting My Child                    1.00pm

02/05/2024   Understanding & Managing Stress & Anxiety   10.00am

02/05/2024   Mental Health Awareness                                     6.00pm

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/samh-lets-connect-team-clydesdale-69441409893

Best wishes

Catherine Knox

SAMH Let’s Connect Team Leader

Children & Young People 

Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1UZ

Please click on this link to view our most current Handbook

B Final Handbook Victoria Park Primary Guidelines 2023

Victoria Park School’s Parent Council would like to invite all our parents and carers to come into school for a brew and a blether on Thursday the 8th February at 1.30pm. Come along to meet other parents for an informal cuppa and a chat.

For your diary: There will be another Brew and A Blether on Thursday 7th March – watch this space.

All SLC schools have been asked to share details of this consultation. Please see message below for details.

Statutory Consultation Proposal: to alter the qualifying distance for free secondary school mainstream transport to those living over 3 miles from their catchment secondary school. (current entitlement is more than 2 miles).

The Council will be conducting a statutory consultation on the proposal to alter the qualifying distance for free secondary school mainstream transport to those living over 3 miles from their catchment secondary school. (current entitlement is more than 2 miles).

The proposal will be open to statutory public consultation from Monday 15 January to Friday 1 March 2024. Public meetings will take place during the week of the 29 January 2024.

Details on this proposal will be contained in a Consultation Proposal Document, including how to feedback any comments and how to book a place at a public meeting. 

 The proposal document will be available via the following link from 15 January 2024.

Comments, complaints and consultations – South Lanarkshire Council 

 

Please see attached information about workshops available to parents and carers.

If you would like more details use the QR code in the leaflets or contact the office. We have copies of flyers for each of the separate workshops available on request

Workshop calendar Nov-Dec 2023

In the event of school being closed on Wednesday next week – Please see the previous post “Home Learning – Autumn Pack”  Below are some additional  learning activities for you to try with your child indoors and out. If you can please let us know how you and your child got on with any of the activities in the comments below.

Home Learning My Body

Some links to further resources for learning around our bodies

weather yoga cards (1).

Pictures of weather yoga positions and links links to videos of simple yoga moves

washing dishes

A Picture Communication Symbol chat board to support communication while doing the dishes together

sensory boxes

We all like a sensory box at Victoria Park. Here are some ideas for things to put in a bag or box to play with while sharing “joint attention”

Reminder for our Parents/Carers.

School will be closed to pupils on Tuesday 10th January. For your information please refer to the parents /carers letter sent by the Head Teacher before the break regarding industrial action.

 

Parentsportal.scot is a new digital service to help replace the traditional ‘school bag run’ by providing direct communication to parents and carers through a growing suite of online services.  Through parentsportal.scot parents and carers will be able to grant permissions for school trips, view school lunch menus, view attendance, complete the annual data check, book parents evening and link directly to ParentPay to make payment for school meals, to name but a few.

From Wednesday, 11 January 2023 if your child attends a school within the Carluke Learning Community will be able to link their child and start to access the online service.

We hope you enjoy these beautiful Christmas Trees created by Sam in Room 7, Cole in Room 6 and MB in Room 4