Dear Parent/Carer

Industrial Action – Teacher Trade Unions

I am writing to inform you that following a ballot of their members, trade unions for Teacher employees have informed the Council of their plans for industrial action.

The planned strike day is Thursday, 24 November 2022.

Based on the information currently available, Primary, Secondary and ASN schools will not be able

to open for pupils.  This includes nursery classes in Primary schools.

Please note that 52-week nurseries and stand-alone nurseries will be able to open as normal. This

includes St Paul’s Nursery, Newton Farm Nursery and St Mary’s Nursery, Lanark, which although

based in schools are not subject to closure.

The purpose of this letter is to let you know of the planned industrial action on 24 November by the teacher trades unions and that the school is likely to be closed on this day.  You may wish to make contingency plans for childcare on 24 November 2022.

School breakfast clubs will not operate on the day of the strike.

Yours sincerely

Head Teacher

Online Booking System

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Book your Parent’s Night Appointment

I would like to invite you to meet with your child’s class teacher on Thursday 17 November, except room 15 which is on 21 and 23 November 2023.

The meetings will be held in school between 3.30-5.30pm and 6.30-8.30pm.

We have introduced a new parent appointment booking system which allows you to choose your own appointment time.

You will receive an email confirming your appointment(s).

Appointments can be made from 9 November up to 16 November. Should you need to make any changes after 16 November please contact the school office.

Please visit https://stjohnsham.schoolcloud.co.uk

A log in form is on screen. You need to type in the main contact’s name and your child’s name and date of birth.

You will be taken to a booking page with two options- Automatic or manual. Choose manual and then press next.

To select the time which suits you best, click on any green cell, blue cells signify you already have an appointment and grey cells are unavailable.

To change an appointment, delete the original by hovering over the blue box and clicking delete. Then choose an alternative time.

Once you’re finished booking your appointment “click here” to finish the booking process.

If you do not have access to the internet, please call the school office who will be happy to add appointments on your behalf.

I look forward to seeing you on Thursday 17 November.

Your faithfully,

Alison Hope

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Dear Parent/Carer,

I am writing to confirm that all schools and early years establishments will be closed on Monday 19 September.

This day of closure will align with the declared bank holiday, the end of the mourning period for the passing of Her Majesty the Queen and to pay respects on the day of her funeral. Regards.

Your sincerely,

Des Dickson, Education Operations Manager

Good Morning,

I hope you are all well and settling into the new term. I am delighted to share with you information on a new P4/5 Multi Sport Community Club which is going to start on Wednesday 21^st September from 4.30-5.30pm at Holy Cross High School and run for 4 weeks. The club will be led by our Sports Coach Academy pupils from across the Hamilton area and always supervised by myself and my colleagues. Please could you share the following link to your P4 and P5 parents/guardians for them to sign up for the club. This could be shared to your school app or twitter page.

All permissions etc are taken from the form so we don’t need any paper copies. If you have any pupils without access to the internet, please let me know and I can drop in a paper permission form.

We look forward to welcoming your pupils to the club !!!

Many thanks,

Lucy Brown

Active Schools Coordinator

Hamilton Grammar Cluster

Parents/carers are most welcome to come along to our Parent Council Meeting on Monday at 7pm. Details are in the attached documents.

Dear Parent/Carer

Industrial Action – Local Government Trade Unions

You may recall that we let you know earlier about the potential impact of targeted industrial action by the Local Government Trade Unions.

I can now confirm that there is extensive support from a wide range of unions for the 3-day strike on Tuesday 6 September, Wednesday 7 September and Thursday 8 September 2022.

Given the impact that this withdrawal of labour by janitorial, cleaning, catering and support staff will have the Council has taken the decision to close the school on health and safety grounds on these days.

The council is making arrangements to help those families who are entitled to a free school meal. A free school meal payment of £7.50 is expected to be made by Thursday 8 September 2022.  The payment will be made directly into bank accounts.  However, if there is an issue, please contact us and we will support you in this regard.

We regret the inconvenience that the school closure will cause families and at this stage would urge you to make plans for alternative arrangements for your child during this time.

The school will re-open again on Friday 9 September 2022.

Yours sincerely

Alison Hope.

Head Teacher