Whitecrook Primary School

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL

School/ELCC Closure – Supporting Key Workers who have children

Dear parent/carer,

As you will be aware, the Scottish Government announced last night that schools and nurseries will close on Friday.

A commitment has been made to provide basic education facilities to ensure key workers, including those employed in the emergency services, care sector or other critical service area can continue to go to work.

We are asking you to complete the survey below to help us plan resources.

https://forms.gle/ActsGMRoTaEZEHWc9


The First Minister announced yesterday that all schools and Early Learning and Childcare Centres in Scotland are to close on Friday due to the continuing impact of Covid-19 (coronavirus).

We have been planning for this situation over a number of weeks and have been working closely with our headteachers to ensure learning can continue in these circumstances.

I appreciate this is an uncertain time for you and your family and am writing today to explain the approaches we will be taking in West Dunbartonshire to provide education for your children while schools are closed.

Access to learning

Your child’s school or Early Learning and Childcare Centre will provide specific details on any work they wish your child to complete while not at school. A text message will be issued to all parents and carers with details of how to access learning resources. This will include use of ourcloud.buzz, our virtual learning environment, as well as providing practical activities for children to complete away from a screen.

Alongside the learning resources provided for your child from their school and/or Early Learning and Childcare Centre, there will be more general weekly ‘Home Learning Challenges’ issued by West Dunbartonshire Council. These will be fun games and activities linked to learning that you can do at home with your children. These will be posted on the WDC website and Facebook page every Monday and Wednesday morning for children 0-3, 3-5 (Nursery), 5-8(P1-P4), 9-11 (P5-P7), and 11 – 14 (S1-S3).

Senior Phase

Senior Phase students will maintain contact with staff google classrooms to complete coursework through ourcloud.buzz. A text message will be issued from the school with further detail on how to access this for your children. Once the SQA confirms details for the forthcoming examination diet, we will make necessary local arrangements and update parents and carers directly.

Local Support Hubs

14 local support hubs will be operated in schools across West Dunbartonshire to ensure access to lunch and other resources for those entitled to free school meals and also to support children whose parents or primary carers are employed in key worker roles, such as the NHS or emergency services. Further detail of the Hub locations will be issued directly to parents on Monday. The Hubs will be operational by Wednesday.

Wellbeing Support

We know this is a difficult situation for many families in our community, and we want to ensure you are fully supported with any challenges ahead. Our educational psychology team will be available to provide advice, guidance and support during this unprecedented situation. Contact information will be shared through WDC website and Facebook.

My thoughts are with you and your families.



Covid-19 updates (19.3.20)

All children will be able to access their digital classroom by following the link on their classroom page (see menu at the top of this page). In order to access the classroom the children will need the username (followed by @ourcloud.buzz) and password they use to log onto a chrome book in school. Teachers will access the digital classrooms every day throughout the school closure and will be able to read any questions or comments that the pupils have to make about the tasks/activities they are doing. It is important to note that teachers will not be able to answer specific questions about individual pupils using this system because comments are open for everyone to read and are therefore not private or confidential.

Click on the link below to access help with Google Classrooms.

Google Classroom guide

I am delighted to warmly welcome you to the Whitecrook Primary School and Early Learning and Childcare Centre official website.

We offer a full range of educational opportunities for children aged from 3-12 years and are delighted that you have chosen Whitecrook School for your child already or that you are considering us to educate your child.

We are very proud of the successes of our school, the excellent relationships we have with our children, families and friends within our community and the team of people who work hard to make our school a happy place where we can ‘Be The Best That We Can Be’. We hope that this close cooperation and partnership will enhance and support your child’s development throughout these important primary years.

We have 5 values that we REACH for:

Respect

Equity

Achieve

Compassion

Honesty

We expect everyone in our school community to reach for these values so that we can all be the best that we can be!

Mrs Joanne Paton


Contact Details

Head Teacher: Mrs Joanne Paton

Location: Cochno Street, Clydebank G81 1RQ

Telephone: 0141 533 3038

Email: schooloffice.whitecrook@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Twitter: @whitecrookps