Here is “The Wash Hands Song” we will be singing when you come back to school in August to help us keep our hands clean.
Important information for Parents and Carers
2020-06-16 Parent-Carer Letter
Please click on the link above to view a letter to Parents and Carers from Tony McDaid, Executive Director of Education, South Lanarkshire Council. This letter outlines the plan for opening South Lanarkshire schools safely in August
Signs of the Week!
This weeks signs are all about having a picnic. Enjoy signing along with Leeanne.
Parental Involvement and Engagement – Update
It seems like a lifetime ago we asked you for your views around parental involvement and engagement. I would like to give you an update on some of the things that came out of the questionnaire we sent out. In total we received 14 returns so thank you to the families that completed this as it really does help us plan and respond to the needs of our school.
We asked you if you currently feel supported in engaging in your child’s life at school. More than one person could reply to this per family so in total we had 15 people who responded yes to this. Three people replied sometimes and we had no replies that said they did not feel supported.
Some comments relating to this:
“As it’s my child’s first year and has only been in a few months so not sure this is applicable but from what I have seen so far VP is open and inclusive for parents”.
“I feel supported in engaging out our child’s life at school because I am always kept up to date with my child’s diary at school. There is always someone available at school if I need to ask any questions.”
We also asked do you currently feel supported in knowing how to support your child to be the best they can be at home? 14 replied to say yes and three replied to say sometimes. There were zero responses for no.
Comments around this question were:
“Yes because she is turning out to be a great little girl.”
“I have a great support system at home from professionals to family members.”
You said/We did
You provided lots of great ideas for increasing parental involvement and engagement.
You said you would like more ways to communicate with us and get more information on our school.
We have refreshed and updated our school website for you as well as starting a Twitter page to give you information about our school. Due to school closures we have been making more phone calls to families which has been a great way of connecting with you.
You said you would like more workshops and information about support.
We have directed parents towards support groups like “Early Bird” which is run by National Autistic Society. We have provided links on our website that are directed towards families. We have invited in speech and language to attend our parents evenings to meet directly with you.
We will be keen to keep talking to you about how we can increase parental involvement and engagement, thank you for all of your replies so far!
Love Shine a Light
Jean-Marie from our teaching staff has created a video with a favourite song here at Victoria Park School!
Sports Day Video
Some of the teachers have had great fun taking part in the sports day activities! We would love to see what you have been doing at home too! Thanks to Diane for making this video!
Maddisynn Wider Achievement
Well done to Maddisynn for her great use of balance to ride her new hover board! This looks super tricky!
Home Learning Survey
We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who took part in our home learning survey. We had 13 responses which were very helpful for us to understand how you found home learning at the beginning of the school closure.
We found it very encouraging that everyone who responded said they felt very supported by the school and they thought the new website was great.
Please continue to respond to future surveys as it really does help us with how respond to the needs of our school.
Victoria Park Sports Day!
Hello everyone! Diane has organised our sports day activities! Please have a look at all the different things that you can do and send us some photographs of your child taking part so that we can share them as part of our Summer Celebration!
Keep an eye out for our teacher sports day video later in the week!
Signs of the Week
The signs for this week are all about breakfast time. Have fun signing along with Leeanne!