Flu Nasal Spray Vaccination Programme for Primary School children, Autumn term 2020
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With the cooperation and support from schools, 70% of primary school children in Lothian were immunised in 2019 – the highest vaccination uptake rate yet.
Flu vaccination is more important than ever in the context of COVID-19 to decrease
pressure on the NHS, and improve the baseline health of the most vulnerable.

Information around flu vaccination and consent will be sent out to parents and carers next week.

Please note that translations of the leaflet and consent form guidance are available on the links below, in the following languages:
English, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Gaelic, Hindi, Hungarian, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Slovakian, Traditional Chinese (Cantonese), Urdu

Leaflet: www.healthscotland.com/documents/23735.aspx
Consent form guidance: http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/27663.aspx

The communication text will be translated into Arabic, Bengali, Polish and Urdu and made available on the Inclusion Hub here within the next week: NHS – Public Health (translations)

Thank you.

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below a letter with an update from Mrs Gowans.

Update- Thursday 13th August

Thank you.

 

We are sure the past few weeks have been a very busy and perhaps stressful time for families. We hope the Back to School tips are giving you some ideas to support wellbeing. We’d love to hear the things that help to boost your wellbeing.    

 

Back to School Tip #9: Respect Yourself – Be proud of your child and yourself  

 

 

 

Your child: Help your child make a list of the things they have learnt and enjoyed over the last few months. E.g. learned to hula hoop, baking, mountain biking. Share and celebrate these with family and friends.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                      You:    Think about and share all the ways you and the family have adjusted to the challenges over the last few months and acknowledge together, the strengths you’ve shown. There may have been ups and downs but remind yourself of the things you managed to do. Such as using video calls, cooking family meals, supporting your child with their learning or exploring your neighbourhood.

 

                                                                                                                                               

 

Together: You may wish to put together a scrap book or time capsule to help remember this extraordinary time. It could include photographs of the things you did at home, news articles, letters, interviews from different family members, etc.

 

For more information about going Back to School and supporting your own and your child’s wellbeing visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/backtoschool

 

#buildingresilience #BackToSchoolEdin

 

We’re looking forward to welcoming the second half of our pupils returning to school today! We’ll have the final Building Resilience tip for you tomorrow.

Stay safe!

 

As is usual as the start of each session, our Class Pages need to be set up for the new year. We will inform you when the class pages are ready for the new session, but this is just to let you know that the class pages may look empty if you visit them over the next few days!

On Microsoft Teams, each class and stage team has been updated, and we plan to continue to use Teams for some activities throughout the year. Staff will inform of this as and when is relevant. Please let us know if you need an update of your login details for this.

We look forward to sharing our learning with you again as soon as possible!

Thanks.

 

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below a letter with an update of information from Mrs Gowans.

Update for Wednesday 12th August

Thank you.

For those of you returning to school today, we hope you have a great day! We are going to be posting some more Back to School tips each day for the rest of the week. We’d love to hear which tip has been your favourite.

Back to School Tip #8: Get Active – Keep going, or get started

It’s proven that physical activity boosts our sense of well-being.

Your Child: If your child started to be more active during lockdown, think about how this can be continued. If not, what small steps could you encourage. Be curious about what may interest them and plan how they could try something new.
You: A lot of us were more active individually as well as together as a family – playing games, going for cycle rides and walks together. We will have noticed the benefit; plan how you can keep these activities going.
Together: As lockdown eases we can benefit from more exercise outdoors and reduce some of family screen time and online activity.
Remember little rewards to yourself and family can help establish a good habit!
For more information about going Back to School and supporting your own and your child’s wellbeing visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/backtoschool

#buildingresilience #BackToSchoolEdin

We’re so delighted to see some of our children returning to school today! We look forward to seeing the rest of the school tomorrow, and will have another Building Resilience tip for you then!

Stay safe!

 

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below a letter with further information from Mrs Gowans.

Further Update-Tuesday 11th August

Thank you!

Good morning everyone!

Please see below a letter from Mrs Gowans with information around dropping children off at school  in the morning, and collecting them at the end of the school day.

Arrangements for Drop Off and Collection- August 2020

Please also see below a plan of the school, showing where each class will have their designated lining up spot. It would be useful to share this with children before they return to school, so they know which side of the school to find their teacher!

School Entry Plan for August 2020

We look forward to seeing you all this week!

 

We all want to help our children and young people make as smooth a transition as possible back to school and to feel safe and happy there. To find lots of helpful tips, down load the Building Resilience- Back to School Tips for families at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/backtoschool
#buildingresilience #BackToSchoolEdin

We hope you and your child are feeling ready to return to school tomorrow or very soon. Some of our Back to School tips may give you some ideas and help you all focus on the positives.

Back to School Tip #7: Make a Difference – Small things can make a difference

Your Child: Discuss with your child what they did to make a difference to someone in your community or your environment over the past few months. Like displaying a rainbow, shopping for a grandparent or cutting the grass for a neighbour.
Acknowledge the small things – for example notice your child when they help a sibling, put litter in the bin, help around the home.

You: Talk about who or what made a difference to you or your family during lockdown.
This could be something that seems small, like someone calling when you needed cheering up. Consider how you made a difference and what else you’d like to do.

Together: By each of us washing our hands, wearing a mask and keeping a distance we help protect others.

For more information about going Back to School and supporting your own and your child’s wellbeing visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/backtoschool
#buildingresilience #BackToSchoolEdin

We have another tip for you tomorrow! We look forward to seeing some of you then!

Stay safe!

 

We all want to help our children and young people make as smooth a transition as possible back into school and to feel safe and happy there. All week we will be sharing some more tips which will hopefully give some helpful ideas.

 

Back to School Tip #6: Take a Moment – We all need some time out

 

Your Child: Reflect on what you have noticed helps or may help your child to cope with new or difficult situations or emotions such as listening to music, jumping on the trampoline, etc. It might be helpful to practice new coping strategies together and plan for how these can be used when things are tricky.

 

                                                                                                                                                          You: Being a parent can be really tough, doing things to look after our own wellbeing helps to manage stress, boost our confidence and makes us more able to cope with the ups and downs. Try to prioritise doing something that improves your wellbeing – it might help to set aside some time each day. You could- chat with a friend, go for a walk, read a book, go fishing, etc.

 

                                                                                                                                                         Together: If appropriate share with your child a way you have managed a difficult situation.

 

For more information about going Back to School and supporting your own and your child’s wellbeing visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/backtoschool

 

#buildingresilience #BackToSchoolEdin

 

Look out for another tip tomorrow! Stay safe!