If you did not manage to collect your child’s resource pack today, you can do so from the school office between 9:30-12pm tomorrow (Fri 1st May).
Thank you to all parents who collected resource packs and brought back books today, we really appreciate your continued support.
Resources for families during Covid-19 school closures
In order to identify what resources you may require during this period of Covid-19 closure I would be grateful if you could take a few moments to complete the online survey, link attached. Thank you
Please click here to access the form
As of
Thursday 26th March SLC will move to a Hub model and will operate 20 hubs across four geographical areas in SLC.
There is a central application process for hubs
managed by Education Resources. Eligibility criteria will be detailed in the application form.
Application forms for Early Years and school aged children will go live via the council website and twitter this evening. A link to the form can be found below.
Hubs will be regarded as child care provision for key workers and will be managed and staffed by volunteers from within the localities.
The initial deadline for parental returns is
9am on Wed 25th March 2020. HQ will manage this process including notifying parents directly. Applications received thereafter will be allocated spaces on the basis of availability.
https://forms.gle/jbYuYd5BLaBxE2uc7
Emergency childcare
will be provided again tomorrow, Tuesday 24th March, for children
whose parents are in the following categories:
FOR CATEGORY 1 SERVICES:
Health and Care workers directly supporting
COVID response, and associated staff; Health and Care workers supporting life
threatening emergency work, as well as critical primary and community care
provision; energy suppliers (small numbers identified as top priority already);
staff providing childcare/learning for other category 1 staff
CATEGORY 2 SERVICES:
Police, fire and rescue, ambulance,
prison service
*Please note that this is for those families whose children are well and who do not have another family member who is not in the above categories.
School
lunches for children entitled to free school meals (this includes all P1-P3)
will be available between 12pm and 1.30pm.
Please call the school office before 9.30am to advise of attendance and
place lunch order. Parents bringing
their child for lunch may also order a meal.
Please be aware that this provision is for lunch only.
Again, we
thank you for your patience at such an unprecedented time. I would also like to
express my sincere thanks to our wonderful Woodpark staff who have stepped up
to face this huge challenge, demonstrating
their commitment to ensuring that, as far as possible, learning continues
remotely and emergency childcare can be provided.
If you have still to collect your
child’s home learning pack please come to the school office between 9am and 3pm
tomorrow, or call if that is not possible so we can make arrangements, thank
you.
We will
continue to keep you up to date via our website, app and Twitter.
Meantime,
keep safe and well everybody.
Debbie MacKenna Head Teacher
Woodpark Primary School
Emergency Childcare Provision
Childcare provision is offered as follows:
Category 1 – Health and Care workers directly supporting COVID response, and associated staff; Health and Care workers supporting life threatening emergency work, as well as critical primary and community care provision; Energy suppliers (small numbers identified as top priority already); staff providing childcare/learning for other category 1 staff. This also includes police, fire, ambulance and prison staff. The service must only be used by those staff whose children are well and in cases where
no other childcare provision can be made.
Procedure – Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March 2020 (9am-3pm)
- Please use the google form from our school website – http://www.woodpark-pri.s- lanark.sch.uk This allows us to anticipate how many children we are likely to have and how we can attempt to implement social distancing measures.
- Bring your child to the main entrance at 9am. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please ensure you have communicated the details for home time to a member of staff. There will be no access to the playground in the morning or at home time. Please take the necessary precautions of distancing yourself from others when you are dropping children off.
- Your child will be registered and directed accordingly.
- Please note that Monday and Tuesday are for childcare provision purposes rather than educational provision. However, children should bring their home learning packs with them.
- Children will be dismissed at 3pm from the main entrance.
- Your child must not bring toys or objects from home.
- Your child is not required to wear school uniform.
We appreciate that this is a very challenging time for all, and life has been disrupted beyond measure. We would respectfully ask that parents pay attention to the fact that this service is currently ONLY for those category 1 workers who are providing front line service. For all other health and social care workers who do not yet qualify, please remember the authority are working on further plans and this information will be shared as and when we receive this via our school website and Twitter feed.
Free Meal Entitlement
If your child/children are entitled to a free school meal, and they are well, a lunch will be offered in the school dining hall betweeen12.30 – 1.30. Please contact the school before 9.30am to advise of attendance and to order.
Pupils should enter via the rear dining hall door. Children who are attending for their lunch are only allowed to have their lunch and then they must go back home – they will not be allowed to stay for any further school activity unless they fall into the above category of provision. Parent/carer of child attending for school lunch may also have a lunch if wished.
We will continue to keep you updated via our website, school app and Twitter.
Debbie MacKenna, Head Teacher 22.3.2020
South Lanarkshire Council have issued a letter today stating that all SLC schools and nurseries will be open on Monday and Tuesday to children of those key workers in Category 1, who have no one at home to look after them.
Category 1 key workers include:
Health and Care workers supporting COVID-19 and associated staff
Health and Care workers supporting life threatening emergency work, as well as critical primary and community care provision
Energy suppliers
Staff providing childcare for other Category 1 staff
All secondary carers should be utilised in the first instance. If there is a parent/carer at home or an older sibling, then children should not be sent to school.
Please note that this is a childcare cover arrangement. Educational provision will be made via our home learning packs and Google Classroom activities as advised earlier this week.
Free School Meals
The school will provide lunches on Monday and Tuesday of next week for anyone entitled to a free school meal. This includes all children in P1-3. This provision will be available between 12pm and 1.30pm, and will also be available to accompanying parents/carers. Please enter via the dining hall doors at the rear of the school building.
If your child is coming in for lunch, please phone the school office by 9.30am each day so we have an idea of numbers and what lunch to order for your child/yourself.
Please see letter from South Lanarkshire Council Education Resources – link in separate post.
Lastly, to all our children and families that we may not see for a while, please stay safe, don’t forget to link in to Google Classrooms each weekday and we look forward very much to seeing you all again as soon as we can. Take care.
Debbie MacKenna, Head Teacher
Home learning resources collection –
Could I ask that if you or another family member is able to come to the school today to collect learning packs for children currently absent from school, to come along at the following times:
P6 and P7 – 9.30-9.45am
P3 and P4 – 9.45-10am
P1 and P1/2 – 10-10.15am
P2 and P5 – 11-11.15am
