Welcome to the contest!

Sumdog’s West Lothian is now underway.

As it progresses, you’ll find the latest scores on the leaderboards:

Contest leaderboards

In case it’s useful, we’ve got some helpful support pages showing you how to play:

How to play

We hope you all enjoy the contest! If you would like to enter more classes, you can still do so:

Manage your entry

Best of luck to St Joseph’s Primary !

Primary 1- Friday 19th June 2020

Happy Friday P1! You have completed another week of home learning, you are all doing a great job! I have loved hearing from you all on the ‘check in/ check out’ forms! Please continue to complete these whenever you can!

I hope you have all enjoyed our virtual trip to Disney this week! Today you can continue with the Disney tasks, Education City and Sumdog!

Today is Day 19 of our ‘Doodle Challenges!’ Good luck! 30-days-of-doodles challenge

Have a great weekend! Missing you all lots!

Miss McCullagh

Primary 1- Thursday 18th June 2020

Good morning P1!

I hope you are all keeping well and enjoying our activities this week! It is great to hear that so many of you are enjoying our Disney trip!

Today you can continue with the Disney activities, Education City and Sumdog! It is also Day 18 of our ‘Doodle challenges!’ 30-days-of-doodles challenge

Have a fantastic day P1 and please remember to complete the ‘check in’ on the blog when you can!

Miss McCullagh

Primary 1- Wednesday 17th June 2020

Good morning P1!

I hope you are all having a great week! Please remember to complete the ‘check in/ check out’ forms on the blog when you can, I love hearing from you all!

Today please continue with our virtual Disney trip, Education City and Sumdog.

It is also Day 17 of our ‘doodle challenges’ today! I can imagine these doodles will be fantastic with the great imaginations you all have!

30-days-of-doodles challenge

Have a great day, missing you all!

Miss McCullagh

Primary 3 – Update

Hi Primary 3,

I apologise to those of you who have tried to access the spelling assessment and could not access it. I have now changed the settings and you can access the test.

The Glasgow Science Centre is also running online videos that you can watch:

https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/gsc-at-home/coming-soon

Past videos are here: https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/gsc-at-home/enjoy-again

Miss Graham

Apply for Clothing Grant, Free School Meals and Free Milk

If you have not applied for Free School Meals, Milk and Clothing Grant check out the information below:

Families in receipt of the following will be eligible for Free School Meals and a Clothing Grant:

Income Support / Pension Credit
Income-based Jobseekers’ Allowance
Any Income-Related element of Employment and Support Allowance
Working Tax Credit and/or Child Tax Credit with an annual income of £7,330 or less
Universal Credit where “take-home pay” does not exceed £610.

Families in receipt of the following will be eligible for a Clothing Grant only

Working Tax Credit and/or Child Tax Credit with an annual income of £16,105 or less
Universal Credit where “take-home pay” does not exceed £1,342.

All children in primary 1, 2 and 3 will receive free school lunches, regardless of financial circumstances, however families who are in receipt of the above benefits should complete an application to ensure their child receives free milk and a clothing grant.

School Pupils

Applications can be made by completing our online form. You may need to send us evidence of your benefits to support your application. Any Tax Credit Award Notices should show a confirmed income for 2019/2020.

Emails/letters from Education Services and school Group Call texts will be sent to parents, as a reminder to apply, however applications can be made at any time. We will contact families directly if we already know they are in receipt of a qualifying benefit.

Apply online for school clothing grant, free school meals and milk application form

Nursery Children

If your child attends one of our early learning and childcare establishments for full day provision, and you are eligible for free school meals, a lunch will be provided on the days your child attends. You can apply using the link below;

Apply online for free school meals for nursery children in full day provision

Clothing grants are not paid to children attending early learning and childcare.

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We look forward to sharing all our learning news and successes with you.

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Don’t forget to check “School” for general information and updates.

Primary 1- Tuesday 16th June 2020

Good Morning Primary 1!

I hope you are all well and have enjoyed the first part of our virtual trip to Disney! There are also numeracy and literacy activities to complete on Education City and Sumdog this week!

Today I would like you to continue with our Disney trip activities, please remember they do not need to be completed in order and not all activities need to be completed, the day by day set up is only there as a guide, should you wish to follow it.

There are new science activities on Education City! Please watch the ‘Learn it’ video before completing the activity.

It is Day 16 of our ‘Doodle Challenges’ today! 30-days-of-doodles challenge

I hope you all have a great day and please complete the ‘check in/ check out’ forms on the blog when you can! I love hearing about all the fantastic things you have been doing at home.

Miss McCullagh