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The information below is our latest news.

Mr McKay

(Head Teacher)

 

Christmas Concert

Watch and listen to our amazing youngsters at the links below

 

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Watch and listen to Lucy and Fraser's own composition for anti-bullying education

 https://youtu.be/g7FazGFfIjI

 

 

Please see below the S4 Prelim timetable which has been shared with young people

S4 Prelims

S4/5/6 Digital Support Information Evening

 

Please see the link below to the materials we used at the evening

Presentation

Demonstrations

 

 

SLC Bus Consultation - Newton Farm and Cambuslang

Cambuslang/Newton Farm to Uddingston Grammar – safe walking route assessment outcome

 

Following the approval to implement the new policy on mainstream secondary school transport(distance eligibility of more than 3 miles) from August 2025, we have now assessed the walking route between Cambuslang/Newton Farm to Uddingston Grammar.

Historically, this route was assessed as being unsafe and this position remains unchanged.

This means that current pupils and new pupils who live in the Cambuslang/Newton Farm area within the catchment of Uddingston Grammar will continue to be eligible to receive school transport based on road safety regardless of distance from school.

Other parental requests for walking route assessments are ongoing for other areas and further information will be provided to parents in due course.

 

S1 information evening

S1 Information Evening August 2024

 

School Car Park

As you will know our school car park can get very busy at peak times. If you are dropping your youngster or collecting them at the start or end of school, please arrange a suitable pick - up/drop off spot outwith the school grounds. If you do chose to come in, be prepared for a lengthy wait. We have a number of young people who receive ASN transport and they will be prioritised. You may find it considerably easier parking in the areas around the school. Please also keep the bus bays clear as the buses have a much larger turning circle than a car and need significantly more space.

 

SLC Bus Consultation outcome

Change to mainstream secondary school transport from August 2025 - SLC only

 

On 7 August 2024, the Council’s Executive Committee approved a change to the qualifying distance for mainstream secondary school transport.

From August 2025, those attending their catchment mainstream secondary school will only be entitled to transport where they live more than 3 miles away from school (currently more than 2 miles).

From November 2024, families currently receiving mainstream secondary school transport will be notified on whether they will be affected by the new policy starting in August 2025.

It will remain the responsibility of parents to get their children to school if they are not eligible for school transport, however, the council has committed to working with schools, parents, and pupils to review school travel plans and implement mitigating actions where it could help lessen the impact on families and support more sustainable and active travel. This would include, where appropriate and possible within each school community, the surveying of parents on how they intend getting their child to school, promotion of wider active travel such as the under 22 free bus pass scheme, engagement with transport operators,  walking bus initiatives, any park and stride potential, promotion of cycle routes and connecting parents interested in car sharing or parent led transport.

Anyone concerned about a walking route can request a safe walking route assessment using this link. Safe walking route request | Instructions (southlanarkshire.gov.uk)

Please note that current transport arrangements for primary school and ASN pupils remain unaffected.

This decision was taken under a backdrop of financial pressures and will bring the policy into line with legislation and with most other councils in Scotland. Further information on the new policy for mainstream secondary school transport can be found in our FAQs V13 policy update Comments, complaints and consultations - South Lanarkshire Council

 

Applications for the Pupil Leadership Team are open

Pupil Leadership Team
Applications open - Wed 21st Aug
Applications close - Fri 30th Aug
Click here to access link - https://forms.gle/dhsDmJcEqg1PafAq7

More info in Google Classroom

 

Welcome back Session 2024-25

Welcome to Session 2024-25 in Uddingston Grammar School. This year we are joined by 250 new S1, taking our roll to 1380 young people. We are also joined by a number of new staff as well and we hope that everyone has a great year.

 

S4/5/6 EASTER SCHOOL 2024

 

Please see below the Easter School timetable which we will offer during the first week of the holidays. Young people need to sign up in advance with the named teachers and please remember that there will not be any canteen facilities or school buses.

 

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SAMH EASTER SUPPORT SESSIONS

Please see below a timetable of online support sessions being offered by SAMH over the Easter break

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HMIe visit 26th February to 1st March 2024

Hi everyone, we are being visited by the Inspectors for Education at the end of February. They will come to see our school, spend time in classes, speak with young people, staff, partners and parents and carers about the school. At the end of their visit, the team will meet with the Senior Leadership Team of the School and representatives from SLC to discuss their findings. Later on next term, they will publish their report.

As part of their pre-visit work, the Inspection team have a series of questionnaires. We will share the staff ones and pupil ones in school and the parent/carer one and the partners one are at the links below. They don't take too long to complete, so if you have some time, please let them know your thoughts.

They close on the 16th February. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Parent/Carer Questionnaire

Partners Questionnaire

 

S4 Parents Evening

Please see the letter below which has been issued.

S4 Parents Evening Letter

 

S4/5/6 Supported Study  - Jan - March 2024 (after school)

Please see the schedule below. Sessions last for an hour after school and young people must make their own arrangements for getting home after them.

Each Monday, young people may use the ICT rooms for independent study, to access Scholar, e-Sgoil or Ai support

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 S4/5/6 Supported Study 2024

 

 

S5/6 January 2024 Prelims

Please see below the timetable which has been distributed to young people

S5/6 Prelim timetable Jan 24

 

Update - 8th November 2023 - Strike cancellation

As you may have picked up over the weekend, Unison have cancelled their planned Industrial Action on the 8th November whilst they consider a revised offer from CoSLA. School is open to everyone as normal.

 

Planned Industrial Action update - Nov 8th

Please see the letter issued on the 2nd November re - Industrial action affecting S1-3.

Industrial Action - 8th November 2023

 

Please see below the letter issued by email 

Parent-Carer notice of strike 8th November 2023

 

 

S2 and S4 Mental Health and Wellbeing survey

SHINE Survey Letter

 

Planned Industrial Action update - Sept 22nd

re-strikes next Tue-Thur

Below is the communication sent to all parents/careers parentpay email address today.

From Uddingston Grammar School

Hi everyone,
Please see the link below to the SLC communication which confirms that schools will remain closed on Tue-Thur next week due to the Industrial Action. (Copy and paste it into a browser eg Chrome)
https://twitter.com/SouthLanCouncil/status/1705205546217787399?t=AOt_51NMBGqxfOz_-n_RJA&s=19
Young people should, if possible, follow their school timetable for the days of the strike action. They log into their glow account and select Google classrooms. Once here they go into the appropriate class where the teacher will have clicked the ‘Meet’ link. The teacher will be ‘live’ in the class, and may be using the video function and/or live chatbar function. Materials, resources, tasks will be posted and explained by the teacher using one or both of these functions. Young people can ask questions directly or in the chatbar (the teacher will let them know) and work posted will remain in the class for anyone who is unable to join at the time scheduled. Young people should not use their own video function.
Young people are used to using Google classes, but should they have any issues, please contact the school and we will do our best to resolve them.
School reopens as normal on Friday.

 

 


Please see the link below for the letter we have been asked to distribute regarding planned Industrial action by Local Government unions on the 26/27/28th September 2023

Industrial Action letter Sept 2023

In the event of the planned industrial action being carried out, young people should log into their Google classes and follow their normal school timetable. Teachers will be posting learning materials, resources and tasks each period and will be 'live' in the Google classes either by video function or by live chatbar function. This means that young people can interact with them. Young people should not use the video function on their device. We know that not all young people will be able to access online learning at the time on their timetable, so all tasks and materials will be posted and young people can still access these.

We are likely to find out via press release if the strikes are to be cancelled/postponed. If they do occur, school will re-open as normal on Friday.

 

 

Parentportal is live for all of our parents/carers - please see below

 

School session 2023/24

Welcome back everyone. This year we are joined by around 1380 young people and over 100 staff. We have a number of new permanent additions to our teaching staff this Session, including Mrs McGregor and Mr McKenzie in Support for Learning, Mr Gallacher in Computing, Ms Wilmott in Art, Ms Hunter in PE, Mrs Cairns in Music, Mrs Hughes in Languages, Ms Anderson in Maths, Ms Cunningham in History and we are also joined by Mr Campbell, acting DHT for S1.

Over the Summer we had another phase of our building works completed, adding 4 large classrooms and a smaller classroom within the existing footprint of the school which will raise our capacity to take in our growing roll. This will be the last of the internal works before ay additional external works are undertaken. Remember, as the roll rises space comes under more demands eg the canteen area and the car park - parents/carers are reminded that they should not use the car park as a pick-up or drop-off as queues are likely and we need access for ASN transport.

Our monthly newsletters will be issued again on the website and via parentpay and parent portal and we will continue to communicate with home via email and groupcall (text message)

Welcome back everyone.

 

 

Please see below information about the Parent/carer online evening on the 24th May

S3 Parent/Carer Evening letter

 

Please see below a letter regarding Parent Pay Fusion App for P7 as well as the presentation for the Paris trip

NEC Parents Information

Paris March 23

EASTER SCHOOL S4/5/6 2023

April 3rd  - April 6th

See the link below and sign up before we finish for the break

Easter School 2023

 

Please see the links below for information discussed at the S2 into S3 Curricular Pathways evening:

https://www.npfs.org.uk/

https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/

 

Please click on the box below for the link to the S2 into S3 Curricular Pathways PowerPoint

Mrs McTiernan

S2 into S3 Curricular Pathways PowerPoint

 

Please see the SQA page for the Supported Study Timetable for S4/5/6 at N5/Higher and Advanced Higher.

 

Please see below the link to the letter for Planned Industrial Action on the 28th/1st March 2023

Parent/Carer letter - 28th/1st March

 

Please see the link below for the S2 into S3 subject choice information booklet

S2 Options 2023 booklet

 Please see the links below for the S4/5 subject choice information

Senior Options Booklet 2023-24.docx

 

Please see the link below for the S2/4/5 Careers Information Evening Letter (2nd March 7-8.30pm)

Careers Evening Letter March 2nd 2023

Please see below links to the S2 Parent/Carer Evening letter and the online appointment booking guide

S2 Parents/Carer Evening - Feb 23

Online Booking Guide

Please see the link below for our 2022/2023 School Handbook

Uddingston Grammar School Handbook

 

Please see the link below for a letter issued on the 20th January about planned industrial action on 3rd February

Parent/Carer letter re - 3rd February

 

Please see the link below for a letter issued on the 21st December about planned industrial action in January 2023

21st December Parents letter

 

Please see the link below to a letter regarding planned teacher industrial action in January 2023

Parents/carers letter December 2022

 

Please see below a letter we have been asked to share by Public Health regarding the Strep A cases you may have heard about in the news.

Streptococcal schools letter 7-12-22

 

Please click the buttons below to access the PowerPoints from the S1 Parental Engagement Evening.

Mrs McTiernan

Growth Mindset

 Mrs Keenan's presentation

 

Please see below letters sent home via parentpay email about planned industrial action.

 

Industrial action update letter 7th December

Letter_30_November_2022.doc

 

Please see below the S4 December Prelim timetable - this has been issued to young people, sent home via parentpay email, and is on the Base Classroom

S4 Prelims December 2022

 

We have an online S1 Parent/Carer Consultation Evening on 2nd November 2022 4.15-7pm. Please see below the letter sent home and the online booking guide.

 

S1 Parent/Carer letter

Online booking guide

 

Please see below the letter confirming the closure for the State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on the 19th September 2022

19th Sept Closure

 

Planned industrial action on the 6/7/8th September has been postponed. Schools will be open as normal.

Please see below a letter from SLC confirming the postponement of planned Industrial action on the 6/7/8th September

5th Sept Parent/Carer

Due to planned Industrial Action, all SLC schools will be closed on Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th September. Please see below a letter from our HQ.

31st August Parent/Carer

 

Please click on the link below to see a letter from SLC about possible strikes affecting schools on the 6/7/8th September 2022.

Parent-carer letter No 1

 

Please click the link below to access the whole school welcome back letter

Welcome Back - August 2022

 

Please click the link below to access the S1 Parent/Carer welcome letter

 

S1 Parent/Carer Welcome Letter 

 

 

Covid-19 information update (May 2022)

Please see below a letter from Professor Leitch

Parental Letter

 

 

School Trip Day 2022 (S1-4)

Please see the brochure below. Young people need to sign up with the trip leader by Wednesday 10th May. It will be put on parentpay following this.

Activity Day 2022

 

The Scottish government has published revised guidance for how schools operate after Easter as part of the covid mitigations. You can read the guidance here;

https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-reducing-the-risks-in-schools/

 

 

 

S2 INTO S3 PERSONALISATION AND CHOICE BOOKLET

Google Forms accessible via Page 6

Please click below for the link to the S2 into S3 Personalisation and Choice Information Booklet.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or queries.

Mrs McTiernan

S2 INTO S3 PERSONALISATION AND CHOICE BOOKLET

 

 LINK TO P7 VIRTUAL PARENT/CARER MEETING

 

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HPV Letters

S1 HPV letter

S2 HPV letter

 

 School Uniform Letter

 Parent/Carer School Uniform Letter January 2022

 January 2022 update

We have received updated letters from the NHS for 'low risk' contacts.  These letters are for young people and staff deemed 'low risk' contacts of someone within the school who has subsequently had a positive test returned for covid-19. 'This means they may have shared a classroom or had some other low risk contact in school.'

Low Risk pupils Jan 2022

Low Risk Staff Jan 2022

 

 

On the 5th January, the First Minister issued new guidance around self-isolation following a positive covid result/close contact covid positive result. The revised guidance is below;

Changes from 6th January

 

 

December 2021 update

Currently, whether it is an omicron variant, or delta, schools have to treat each case as the same. 

From 11th December, anyone  in a household with either type of covid must now isolate for 10 days, irrespective of their own test results or vaccine status.

Public Health may ask the school to assist with some contact tracing - seating plans and so on. If a youngster is identified as a close-contact, they may be contacted by Test and Trace and issued with the 'Low risk contact' letter (below). 

This still allows non-household contacts of positive cases to be exempted from isolation if they are fully vaccinated adults/aged under 18, asymptomatic and return a negative PCR test.

 

Below is a letter from Professor Jason Leitch to all families across Scotland regarding covid-19

Letter from Prof Leitch

 Also below is a letter from the NHS for young people deemed 'low risk' contacts of someone within the school who has subsequently had a positive test returned for covid-19. 'This means they may have shared a classroom or had some other low risk contact in school.'

Low Risk - Pupils

Low Risk - Staff

 

Possible Catchment Review

October 2021 update - below is a copy of the letter distributed.

Dear Parent/Guardian

 

Statutory Consultation Proposal: change the catchment areas of Newton Farm Primary School and Hallside Primary School to balance pupil numbers more effectively within the two schools and to alter the secondary school those pupils in the rezoned area would attend from Uddingston Grammar to Cathkin High.

 

We are looking for your views on realigning the catchment areas for Newton Farm Primary School and Hallside Primary School, and thereby also changing the secondary school for those pupils in the affected areas from Uddingston Grammar to Cathkin High School.

 

We are inviting responses to this consultation by Monday 6 December 2021

 

There is a period of Statutory Consultation for this proposal which will commence Monday 25 October 2021 and conclude on Monday 6 December 2021. 

 

A virtual public meeting, to which you are invited, to discuss the proposals will be held on

 

9 November 2021 from 6pm-7pm

 

10 November 2021 from 6pm-7pm

 

To register your intention to attend one of these meetings please call 01698 452088 or email educationconsultations@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

 

If you are unable to participate in this form of public meeting then please call 01698 452088 to discuss alternative options.

 

Consultation Process

Consultation is an essential part of the policy making process.  It gives us the opportunity to consider your opinion and views on what we are proposing.

 

Following the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered and used to inform and influence the decision making process along with a range of other available information and evidence.

 

When the consultation period has ended, the Council will collate all of the relevant written representations received during the consultation period and oral representations made at the public meeting.  Thereafter, the following information will be provided to Education Scotland (formerly HM Inspectorate of Education, HMIe):

 

  • A copy of relevant written representations made to the Council on the proposal (or summary of them if agreed with Education Scotland)
  • A summary of oral representations made at the public meeting
  • Other relevant documentation, so far as is practicable.

 


Education Scotland may make contact or visit the schools affected by the proposal and will report back to the Council on the educational aspects of the proposal taking account of the above, and in so far that Education Scotland considers them relevant, any written representations made directly to them. 

 

After receiving Education Scotland’s report, the Council will review the proposal taking account of relevant written representations received during the consultation period, oral representations made during the public meeting and Education Scotland’s report.  The Council will then prepare and publish a consultation report which will include a recommendation on the proposal and make it available for inspection.  The Council will inform any person who made relevant written representations on the proposal of the publication of the report.  The consultation report will be published 3 weeks before the proposal is formally considered by the Executive Committee of the Council.

 

You are encouraged to submit your views by writing to:

 

South Lanarkshire Council

Education Resources (Central Support Team)

NewtonFarm/Hallside - Consultation Response

Freepost SC05520

Hamilton, ML3 0BR

 

or by email: educationconsultations@southlanarkshire.gov.uk 

 

or online via the South Lanarkshire Council’s website’s consultation page.

 

Go to the consultation documents at

SLC Documents

 

A copy of the letter can be viewed here

Letter re - Consultation

 

 

 

September 2021 - SLC are considering a catchment review between Newton Farm and Hallside Primaries. At this point, it is only a consideration - more details follow.

The statement is below,

 

‘The Council is considering a catchment review between Newton Farm and Hallside Primary Schools to better balance pupil numbers more effectively across the two schools.  This will have implications for the associated secondary school. There is an Executive Committee meeting being held Wed 22 September to consider the matter and we will update again following the meeting.’ 

 

There is an attached Committee paper which will be discussed on the 22nd September.

Committee Paper re - NFPS and HPS catchments

I'll let you know any more details as and when I receive them.

 

School re-opening August 2021

 

Please see below a welcome back letter from Mr McDaid, Executive Director of Education

Mr McDaid - Welcome back

Please also see below a letter from NHS Public Health about the new self-isolation guidance

NHS letter for re-opening

Please also see a letter outlining what happens when we have a positive case 

Covid Case letter

 

Please see a 'shortish' video welcome back below 

Welcome back August 2021

Please also see an updated risk assessment for the August re-opening

Risk Assessment August 21

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

below is a series of letters and items of communication we have issued around the Coronavirus pandemic and how it has/is affecting school business.

5th August 2021

LFD covid test kits will be available for collection by pupils from 10 am on Thursday 12th August (Inset day). Please collect your kits so that you can take a test on Sunday evening prior to returning to school. New S1 will need to be accompanied by an adult as we do not have completed consent forms for you. Thanks.

 

 

Below is the letter and assessment portfolio copy regarding the Alternative Certification Model the SQA are running this year

SQA evidence letter

Evidence Portfolio

 

below is a letter from the Director of Public Health. Take care everyone.

Letter from the NHS

 

 

on the 18th December, the First Minister, Ms Sturgeon announced an extension to the Christmas break, with staff and the children of key workers and vulnerable young people returning to school from the 6th of January (SLC return date) and online learning taking place from the 11th of January 2021. Currently, we expect to reopen for normal day-to-day teaching from the 18th January 2021.

 

Self-isolation dates changed from the 14th December to a 10 day period, Please see the letter from NHS confirming this National change here

Updated isolation dates

 

on the 8th of December, the DFMS, Mr Swinney announced that there would be no external examinations for Highers or advanced Highers and that instead, they would follow the same programme as the National 5 qualifications. view his statement here

DFMS Statement

 

 

on 26th November, the Scottish government published their guidance for the Christmas holiday period. It can be accessed here

Christmas Guidance

 

on 17th November, the First Minister Ms Sturgeon announced that South Lanarkshire (and North) was to move from the current Level 3 covid restrictions to Level 4 restrictions. This would begin on Friday 20th November at 6pm and continue through until the 11th of December. Schools are open as normal.

Watch part of the statement here

Statement about schools

A summary of the Level 4 restrictions is provided below;

Level 4 measures

the other Level restrictions are here:

Level 3 measures

Level 2 measures

Level 1 measures

Level 0 measures

and the Scottish government guidance for schools is attached here:

Scot Gov Level 3 and 4 school advice

The general covid guidance we receive from Education Scotland and the Scottish Government is attached here:

 Strategic framework for opening schools

 Facecoverings

 

Below are our letters regarding cases identified. Before these are posted, everyone involved has been informed and the relevant actions taken.

If your youngster has to self-isolate, there is classwork on the google classrooms and if you are in S1-3 there is literacy and Numeracy work in the base classroom and if you are in S4-6 there are e-Sgoil links and Scholar materials in your base classrooms. Please go to the Working at Home page for more information.

 

Keep well everyone.

 

Parental letter June 11th

Parental letter May 12th

Parental letter April 26th

Parental letter Dec 21st

Parental letter Dec 10th

Parental letter Dec 4th

Parental letter Nov 29th

Parental letter Nov 25th

Parental letter Nov 22nd 

Parental letter Nov 17th

Parental letter Nov 13th

Parental letter Nov 9th

Parental letter Nov 7th

Parental letter Nov 5th

 Parental letter Nov 2nd

 Parental letter Oct (31st)

Parental letter Oct 28th

Parental letter Oct 27th

Parental letter Oct 2020

Parental letter Sept 2020

in this sections you will find copies of the letters and guidance issued by us/to us about the safe re-opening of schools.

information about Face Coverings

Face coverings

Below is the letter from NHS Lanarkshire regarding the case in the school community

Uddingston NHS letter

The link below takes you to our Friday am message to all young people

Friday message

attached is the formal welcome back letter from the 11th August

Parental letter

Below is the Risk assessment prepared for young people and staff returning to school

Risk Assessment

I have attached the guidance sheet we will issue to youngsters on Day 1 and take them through the points on it.

Pupil Information

Attached is a Parent/Carer information leaflet regarding school openings from SLC (7th August 2020)

Parental Information - SLC

Attached is a Parent/Carer information leaflet regarding school transport arrangements from SLC (7th August 2020)

 School Transport Guidance

Below is the letter issued 5th August about the arrangements for re-opening on the 12th August.

Welcome back August 2020

Young people will use the sanitisers and go straight to their registration class each day on coming into the school building in the morning to avoid a build up in The Street. If young people still had money on your card for a school lunch, it will still be on it, and if young people have retained a locker key it MUST be returned to the office  - there will be no lockers issued until guidance changes. Only ASN taxi's should be in the car park before and after school - if you are dropping your youngster, please drop them outside school and they will then walk in and go to their dedicated entrance.

The classes are

S1-S3 Registration

S4-6 Registration

 

3rd August 2020

Below is a letter from Mr McDaid, Executive Director of Education about the reopening of schools. The details for the phased arrangements will be posted here on the 5th August.

Parental letter 3-08-20

 

30th July 2020

Below is the guidance from the Scottish Government about the reopening of schools from the 11th August 2020. I'll update you with what SLC say.

Guidance from 30th July

 

Below is a statement from the Deputy First Minister Mr John Swinney about reopening.

The final decision will be taken on the 30th July 2020.

See the video clip below

Mr Swinney statement - 23rd July 2020

 

On the 16th July, the First Minister and the DFMS John Swinney released more advice about reopening schools in August as well as school transport. This will be reviewed before we return. You can read it here;

Scot Gov schools 16th July

Scot Gov School transport 16th July

 

Below is the letter dated 24th June about re-opening and it follows the announcement that all pupils return on the 12th August. It discusses this as our Plan A and the contingency, Plan B, should full re-opening not happen.

 

 School re-opening

Next is a letter from Mr McDaid, Executive Director of Education, regarding planning for re-opening

Mr McDaid letter 24/6/20

OPENING DAY ARRANGEMENTS (PLAN A and PLAN B - contingency)

Opening Day August 2020

 

Below is an outline of Plan B - the contingency (which hopefully we will not require)

What will a week look like under lockdown?

 

Group A is S1/3/4

Group B is S2/5/6

Each week in school is split by a weekend. You will be in school either 2 or 3 days each week, The best way to look at it is your week starts on a Thursday and you are in school until the following Wednesday. You are then at home undertaking learning in Google classes until the following Thursday when you come back to school. (See the letter above)

 

Rolling week timetable

 See a larger copy of this here

Lockdown timetable

 

Below is a copy of our School Calendar assuming all things are back to normal in August - we still have an Inset to put in (Inset 2 has been changed to let young people back on the 12th August). If we are still 'socially distancing' then this will be updated to reflect changes in Parents Evenings and so on.

 

School Calendar session 2020/21

Attached is the information received from Scot Gov about return to schools and the routemap for everyone out of lockdown

 

Scotland's routemap

Reopening Schools strategy

 

To access GROUPS in Glow email please watch this video

Important: Could all pupils please login to their GLOW email and check the GROUP section. DHT's and teachers will be emailing them through this. If you have any problems with this please email the school office for help.  gw18uddgoffice@glow.sch.uk

To access Glow Groups on your mobile phone, you'll first need to access them on a desktop or laptop computer. This video shows you how to re-direct Group emails into your inbox.

A common problem occurs when trying to access Glow or Google Classroom on a device that already has a personal Gmail account. Watch this if you need to know how to remove a personal Gmail account from your device.

 

Pupils can download Outlook to their phones and link this to their GLOW accounts so they can use their emails and view GROUPS (this is how DHT's and their teachers will contact them). This tutorial explains all

 
We are in the process of implementing Google Guardian Email Summaries for Google Classroom. For more information please read this letter. Pupils can read this letter.

Change of Timetable and new google codes letter is below

New Google Codes 2020-21

 

To all our future S1's : Preparing you for Uddingston Grammar letter below

P7 Letter

Our Change of timetable letter is below

New Timetable

See letters from Mr McDaid below

 

June 16th 2020 letter

June 2020 letter

Parents letter

 Senior Pupils Letter

 

SCHOOL IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

From Thursday 25th March, SLC will supervise youngsters of essential workers  in Hub establishments (we are not one of those). Parents MUST apply using the link below

Arrangements will be made for the children of the following groups:

Essential workers - a google form to register who these are will be distributed;

Free meals entitled children - who may attend at lunchtime.

SQA  - the exams have been cancelled for this year. Read the SQA statement here

Trips - foreign trips between now and the Summer have been cancelled or postponed and we will inform parents and carers about refunds as and when the companies involved give us those details.

Working at home - in the Pupils & section of our website, you will find a working at home link. Young people should find their teacher/subject, and work will be made available for completion at home should you have to self-isolate or the school closes

We will keep you updated here and on twitter as the situation progresses. All school activities which are not teaching and learning eg visits, Leaver's Ball, Award Ceremony,  Parents Evening etc have now been cancelled until further notice. School trip refunds/Leavers Ball refunds will be issued once the situation becomes clearer and young people who did not return their locker key must do so as soon as school re-opens. Funds on the school dinner tickets will be carried forward for when the school re-opens. We spoke to all young people and explained this as well as giving them guidance from Public Health.

We will keep you updated here and on twitter as the situation progresses.

Guidance for parents and carers can be found at the NHS links below;

 

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19#self-isolation-advice-for-people-without-symptoms

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19#overview


https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19#common-questions


https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19#stay-at-home-advice