Two Meter Social Distancing

2020 08 29 – Letter to parents and carers from NHS Lothian Public Health

Dear parents/carers,

I would like to keep you updated regarding Polkemmet Primary School plans to re-open on the 12^th August 2020.

READY TO RETURN – Our primary focus has been the physical safety, mental and emotional wellbeing of children and staff, in planning our return to school. We know that some families may have found the lockdown difficult, we all have different levels of worry or anxiety about our return to school, this is normal. Our planning will put wellbeing at the heart of our school return/curriculum.

We are immensely proud of our children and we thank all parents and carers for their understanding, resilience and support throughout.

Back to School Arrangements August 2020 V2

PUPIL RETURN TO SCHOOL DATES – AUGUST 2020

Dear parents/carers,

I would like to keep you updated regarding Polkemmet Nursery Class plans to re-open on the 12^th August 2020.

Ready to return – Our primary focus has been the physical safety, mental and emotional wellbeing of children and staff, in planning our return to nursery. We know that some families may have found the lockdown very difficult, we all have different levels of worry or anxiety about our return to nursery, this is normal. Our planning will put wellbeing at the heart of our nursery return and curriculum.

We are immensely proud of our children and we thank you, the parent and carers for your understanding and resilience throughout.

7-8-2020 Nursery Return Letter for Parents

Asthma Week  24-30 August

Top tips to help manage the risk of asthma attacks from NHS Lothian

Each year we see an increase in asthma attacks in children when they return to school which often result in admission to hospital.  Check out our top tips to try and avoid this happening.

 Remember, asthma attacks are serious and you need to get help day or night if your child is not responding to their blue inhaler.

Asthma Week 35 School Poster 2020 v0.2 APPROVED

West Lothian Council would like to hear from parents/carers about their experiences of supporting their children to learn from home during the current school closures.

Your feedback will help us to continue to support our schools and families at this time.

If you have more than one child, please complete a survey form for each of your children in turn.

There are 8 questions and it should take 2-3 minutes to complete.

Thank you for your time and feedback.

Parents – https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKZrs4PcouytMv6A2R0y6TENUNk80TkYxMDlGMjI1R1RPV1k4VTVDNEs3NC4u

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you are safe and well.

As part of ongoing school self-evaluation we would like to ask all of our parents and carers to spend just a few minutes completing this anonymous survey.

This will help us to further enhance the unique and distinctive characteristic, spirit and culture of our school community.

The survey can be completed online via the link noted below and can be accessed through portable devices.

If you prefer we can provide you with a paper copy of the survey to complete.

Parents – https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKZrs4PcouytMv6A2R0y6TENUNk80TkYxMDlGMjI1R1RPV1k4VTVDNEs3NC4u

Thank you for your time to complete the survey.

The Speech and Language , PEF team are releasing 4 posts on Facebook week beginning 18^th May to help parents and families.

These posts aim to make parents aware of some of the activities that help develop their child’s speech, language and communication skills in the classroom and how parents can still support these skills at home.

Posts will focus activities to support learning new words, improving listening skills and ways to develop team building and problem solving skills.

Information  can be accessed can be found at:

www.facebook.com/NHSLothianSLT

West Lothian Educational Psychology Telephone Services – extended service hours to commence, Monday 27th April 2020, Monday to Friday from 9am -15.30pm.

Telephone consultation service – during school closure period

For: Parents/carers, school staff, young people and other agencies seeking support & advice to improve the wellbeing and
educational outcomes for our
children and young people at this
difficult time.

When:
Monday – Friday: 9.00am to 3.30pm
Contact:
Call: 01506 283130 to leave a message with your details (name, number, school etc.) and one of the  psychologists will
call you back. Or, you can  e-mail : ed.psych@westlothian.gov.uk

Corona virus – helpful resources can also be found on the Educational Psychology  webpage:
https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/50765/Coronavirus-Helpful-Resources

2020-04-20-Flyer-telephone-support-service.pdf

The Scottish Government has launched Clear Your Head, a new mental health campaign aimed at helping people through challenges that they may face.

https://clearyourhead.scot/