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WLC’s Advice Shop and the Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian

Message from WLC’s Advice Shop and the Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian, both of which offer support and advice to families with money worries.

Advice Shop

We know this can be a challenging time for some households.

If you have money worries and need help, please contact the Advice Shop by phoning 01506 283000 to speak to an adviser who can offer advice and support. Or complete the referral form:

If you are in urgent need of immediate financial assistance West Lothian Council’s Scottish Welfare Fund may be able to help. Please refer to the guidance to apply for a crisis grant:

Our ‘Money Talks’ team is a Scottish Government sponsored scheme specifically introduced to help families and older people at or approaching retirement age or any other low income household. This is a very positive programme which will have a major contribution to the reduction in Child Poverty.

Citizens Advice Bureau

The team can offer a free, complete and confidential financial health check to make sure that families have all the support needed and where there is some worry about debt to get access to specialist help. The check can also identify if families are paying too much for services like gas and electricity.

The team can access other specialist services about money, work, benefits or indeed any other issue that families might need a bit of advice about.

Parents can get in touch by:

Calling our advice line – 01506 432977 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday) and ask for a call back from Money Talks.

Texting us on 07712 305764

Emailing us at enquiries@cabwestlothian.casonline.org.uk and ask for Money Talks

Visiting our website www.cabwestlothian.org.uk where they can find links to self-help advice and how to access the national Money Talks service.

Primary 2 Homework for October 2020

Hi Primary 2. Homework will be different at the moment, as we are unable to send anything home. All homework will be posted on the blog for now. There is a homework grid below for the month of October. Please complete the Literacy and Maths/Numeracy tasks daily. All other activities can be done throughout the month. Please focus on tricky words with your child. The word walls are below. If your child can read them all – please help them to practice spelling the words. Any questions – please ask. Thank you!

 

 

 

 

Primary 1 homework

Hello Primary 1,

 

This year homework will be slightly different as we will not be sending this home in paper form. All your homework will be posted online. Below you will find the homework grid where you can complete the different activities throughout the month of October.

P1 Homework grid Oct20

We have also added a sway to help you to complete your homework.

Have lots of fun

Miss Beaton and Mrs Melia

P7 have been learning about area and perimeter. We have been designing zoo enclosures with very specific area and perimeter sizes.  It was more difficult than we expected and we had to adapt our designs to meet the challenge success criteria.

Polkemmet Primary School – Back to School Information

Dear parents/carers,

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

Date Polkemmet Primary School
Tuesday 11th August 2020 In-service day – staff only
Wednesday 12th August 2020 ELC/Nursery resumes (morning, afternoon, and full day sessions)

P1 (morning session)

P2, P3, P4 (full day session)

P5,6,7- Home Learning

Thursday 13th August 2020 ELC/Nursery (morning, afternoon, and full day sessions)

P1 (morning session)

P5, 6, 7 (full day session)

P2,3,4- Home Learning

Friday 14 August No ELC pupils attend nursery on Friday

All pupils (P1-7) attend school

Week Beginning 17th August 2020 P1-7 full day