West Lothian Council Advice: Home Learning

Support to Parents and Carers

“We want to take this opportunity to thank you for all that you are doing to support your child’s learning in these uncertain times. We appreciate the challenges  that we are all facing as we adapt to the current circumstances and hope that you find the information in this link helpful to you as you continue to support your family’s wellbeing.”

West Lothain Council – Easter Holidays

The Easter break begins from Friday 3 April until Monday 20 April. While it might feel very different from the traditional Easter holidays it is still important for everyone to give themselves a break. Check out the links below for useful information and for some ideas on how pupils and families can keep busy over the Easter period:

West Lothian Communication about School Closures

We note today’s announcement by the First Minister regarding schools closing to pupils from Monday 23 March.

We are awaiting further details from the Scottish Government, and will confirm details with pupils and parents/carers as soon as we can.

Extensive preparations have already been made for this situation and we will work to maintain learning and to support students at this difficult time.

Parent Consultations

Dear parent/ carer,
Following West Lothian advice we are cancelling our Parent Consultations next week.
Instead of the face to face meeting, we will provide an overview of learning that the children have experienced in term 3. If you have any specific questions about your child you will be able to email the school. This overview will be issued prior to the Easter holidays, and staff will follow up on any questions or concerns you may have after that.
Thank you for continuing to support and work with us during this time.
Kind regards,
Miss Burton

Parent/ Carer Ethos Survey

Each session West Lothian issue a parent ethos survey for families to complete about your child’s school. The findings of this questionnaire, along with our school evaluations, help us to plan future  improvements.

Thank you to everyone who has already taken part in the questionnaire. We would value if you could take ten minutes to complete the survey using the link below.

https://www.esurveycreator.co.uk/s/6b30b67

 

Election Day Arrangements Reminders

As you are aware Thursday 12th December  is an Election Day. Our school dinner hall is a voting station but our school and nursery will be open as normal.

Children attending Breakfast Club should enter through the main office and go into the gym hall.

School lunches that day will be green tray only (packed lunch) or children can bring their own packed lunch to school.

 

Parent Portal

Dear parent/ carer,

The letter below  was issued to all parents in June through groupcall from West Lothian Council. 50% of  our school families are now using this service.

It is important that ALL our families sign up to use this service for a number of reasons:

  • It the expectation from West Lothian Council that all families use this service unless you have no access to the internet.
  • You will complete the annual data check process electronically.
  • You can update your own as well as your child’s details at any time.
  • EE2 forms will be completed on this portal.

This will also improve communication between home and school, use less paper and protect our admin staff’s time (due to a reduction in hours).

The annual data check has been issued from West Council through Parent Portal.  We therefore request that you sign up as soon as possible, as it is essential that we have up to date information about your child and their emergency contact details.

We appreciate your support with this, and if you do have any issues or concerns please contact the school office on 01506 280995 or wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk

Kind regards,

Miss Burton

Education Services

West Lothian Civic Centre

Howden South Road

Livingston

EH54 6FF

Dear Parent/GuardianIn support of West Lothian Council’s ambition to transform communications between parents/carers we have been working with national partners to develop a “Parents Portal”.

The portal is designed to replace the ‘schoolbag run’, giving parents online access to a range of school-related services. At the heart of the system is a secure online account through mygov.scot which is referred to as a ‘My Account’, and this is already used in all West Lothian schools to enable parents to make online payments.

Initially, this new service will introduce basic information about your child’s school and will allow you to:-

  • link to your child
  • view school calendar
  • view your child’s class timetable (for pupils in secondary school)
  • view your child’s attendance
  • complete the annual data check process electronically
  • update your own as well as your child’s details at any time
  • access Parent Zone and MyWestLothian
  • access online school payments (iPayImpact)

As the product develops we look forward to seeing more services introduced including electronic permission slips and consent forms.

This is an exciting first phase of a new initiative which enables and creates a digital relationship between parents, pupils and schools.

For further information, guidance and access to parentsportal.scot, please click on the link below:-

parentsportal.scot

On signing up to the portal, you will be able to link to your child and gain access to the above named services which are currently available. Please note this service is only available to Primary and Secondary children. In order to link to your child the data you provide during the sign up process must match the most up-to-date data that your child’s school holds.

We hope that parentsportal.scot and its services will become an integral part of you and your child’s school experience.

Yours sincerely

James Cameron

Head of Education (Learning, Policy and Resources

Election Day Arrangements

As you are aware Thursday 12th December  is an Election Day. Our school dinner hall is a voting station but our school and nursery will be open as normal.

Children attending Breakfast Club should enter through the main office and go into the gym hall.

School lunches that day will be green tray only (packed lunch) or children can bring their own packed lunch to school.

 

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