West Lothian Council would like to hear from parents/carers about their experiences of supporting their children to learn from home during this period of remote learning. We appreciate all you are doing and your feedback will help us to continue to support our schools and families at this time. For more information or support, please get in touch with your child’s school. They are there to help. Our telephone support service is also available for West Lothian families. We are here to listen and support you – 01506 283130 There are 7 questions and it should take 2-3 minutes to complete. If you have more than one child, please complete a survey form for each of your children in turn. Thank you.
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West Lothian Council Surveys
Find below a survey from West Lothian Council that we would encourage you to complete by Friday 29th January.
West Lothian Council would like to hear from parents/carers about their experiences of supporting their children to learn from home during this period of remote learning.
We appreciate all you are doing and your feedback will help us to continue to support our schools and families at this time. For more information or support, please get in touch with your child’s school. They are there to help. Our telephone support service is also available for West Lothian families. We are here to listen and support you – 01506 283130
There are 7 questions and it should take 2-3 minutes to complete. If you have more than one child, please complete a survey form for each of your children in turn.
Thank you.
Accessing Glow/Teams through a Games Console
Remember those Games Consoles that have web browsers could be used for Online Learning!
Accessing Online Learning via Playstation
First navigate to the far right and select library.
Next select Applications then select Internet Browser.
Click start.
Then press the triangle on the controller and type in Glow RM UNIFY.
Press R2 to search.
Click the first link that you see
This will direct you to the GLOW login page where you can now enter your login details.
Once logged in you will see Microsoft Teams on your Launch Pad click on teams and select your class team.
This is where your daily tasks will be.
Accessing Online Learning via Xbox
Plug a keyboard into the Xbox USB slot.
Go into my games and apps.
Find Microsoft Edge and select.
Type in: Glow RM Unify and search.
This will direct you to the GLOW login page where you can now enter your login details.
You can then access your work through Microsoft Teams where your tasks will be uploaded within your class channel.
Just don’t get distracted by the games until the work is done!
Introducing www.myon.co.uk
myON is essentially an online library which has some additional tools. It will be the main source of reading material for home and school use.
myON is from Renaissance Learning, the same company that provides Accelerated Reader, a program that has been used in school for a number of years. myON has some integration with Accelerated Reader and Star Reading which is used to help select books at an appropriate level.
Please take some time to look at the Parent Information Sheet and the introductory video. Please take some time to connect Star Reader Scores.
It would also be useful to download the App and set up access on as many devices as possible to ensure easy access.
During the next week or two, it would be really helpful if everyone becomes familiar with the books that are available. Begin to read some books and start to add to the “list” of books you would like to read.
Try the audio function with some books and try just reading others and see your time spent reading add up. Take some quizzes!
Integrate myON into your daily routine!
Watch this video https://share.vidyard.com/watch/6f2MCaN4B1eQNpuVK4QxnF?
Look at this parent guide: Parent-Guide-to-myON-1
Enjoy!
Sumdog West Lothian Competition
Welcome to the contest!
Sumdog’s West Lothian Maths Contest is now underway.
As it progresses, you’ll find the latest scores on the leaderboards: In case it’s useful, we’ve got some helpful support pages showing you how to play: |
Seesaw Permission Letter – action required P1- P3
Seesaw is a new resource for P1 to P3.
Please check school bags for a permission letter that needs to be completed, signed and returned. Please return as soon as possible.
Further information from https://web.seesaw.me/remote-learning?utm_medium=learnhowbutton&utm_campaign=remotelearning&utm_source=homepage
Find a copy of the permission letter below.
Teach Your Monster to Read – Free App
To help you get back into the swing of things, we’re making Teach Your Monster to Read free to download from Wednesday.
We know it’s been a very challenging year and we hope to help out a little by giving you the entire series of award-winning literacy games for nothing.
The not-for-profit app is approved by the government’s DfE Hungry Little Minds campaign and has been played by over 22 million kids across the world.
Once downloaded, there’s nothing else to pay. Please let your friends know so we can help their kids learn to read too.
Oh, and if you want to play across a few devices, make sure you sign up for a free account at teachyourmonstertoread.com first.
Download your Teach Your Monster to Read app between Weds September 16th and Tues September 22nd 2020:
Primary 1 Homework Week Beginning 14th September 2020
Primary 1 Homework will be posted on the blog every Monday. The children should work on tasks throughout the week. They will be given a jotter home to complete the tasks in but this should not be returned to the school every week. Please click on the link below to access your child’s homework tasks.
Primary 1 Homework Week Beginning 14th September 2020
Thank you
Miss McCullagh
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Common Cold and COVID-19 Symptoms
Professor Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director
E: HealthConditionCovidEnquiries@gov.scot
To Parents / Carers
31 August 2020
Common Cold and COVID-19 Symptoms
I understand these last few months have often been challenging, particularly for parents and carers. Now that schools and nurseries have returned I am writing to provide some advice where a child or young person in your care presents with symptoms of the common cold or similar bugs during this pandemic.
Following the return of schools after a prolonged break, it is common for colds and similar viral infections to circulate. In many cases, children will be well enough to attend school and continue their learning with little or no interruption to their education. In other cases, for instance where they have quite a heavy cold, they may need to take a day or two off to recover.
This is not the case for children and young people with potential COVID-19 symptoms, they are required to self-isolate and seek a test through nhsinform.scot or by calling 0800 028 2816.
In order to ensure your children do not miss out on their education, it is important to be clear about how COVID-19 symptoms differ from those of other infections that we normally see circulating at this time of year.
COVID-19 Symptoms
It is important that all of us – including those who make up the community around a school – are vigilant for the symptoms of COVID-19 and understand what actions we should take if someone develops them, either at school or at home.
The main symptoms to be aware of are:
new continuous cough
fever/high temperature
loss of, or change in, sense of smell or taste
Coronavirus – Jason Leitch Letter on testing and common colds – 31 August 2020