Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice and guidance for schools - August 2021 - June 2022

As we enter the next phases of the Scottish Government's road map out of lock down in response to the coronavirus global pandemic we will post current information here on the recovery, resilience and reconnection framework for our schools and learning.

• Free School Meals October Holiday Payment update - Monday 13 September 2021

Maureen McKenna, Executive Director of Education has written to financially eligible families today to let them know about the additional October Holiday payment.

Read the full letter here:

 Free School Meal October Holiday Payment update [103kb]

• GGC NHS Public Health letters - updated information for nurseries and schools - Sunday 22 August 2021

Our schools and nurseries are following the Scottish Government's updated advice on self-isolation which came into force on Monday 9 August when the country moved to beyond Level 0.  Families were issued with copies of the letter for information along with a letter from the Director of Education at the start of the new school term.

These letters have now been translated into the following languages:

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Arabic [170kb]  New Letter for Term 2021 - School - Arabic [172kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Cantonese [246kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Cantonese [248kb]

 Confirmed Case - Nursery August updated - NHS public health letter [124kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - English [326kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Farsi [217kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Farsi [222kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Kurdish [191kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Kurdish [196kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Mandarin [255kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Mandarin [257kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Polish [165kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Mandarin [257kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Polish [165kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Polish [165kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Portuguese [124kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Portuguese [129kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Punjabi [182kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Punjabi [185kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Romanian [160kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Romanian [163kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Russian [182kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Russian [183kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Slovak [161kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Slovak [162kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Urdu [289kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Urdu [288kb]

 Letter for New Term 2021 - Nursery - Vietnamese [178kb]  Letter for New Term 2021 - Schools - Vietnamese [176kb]

• Back to school arrangements - Parent and Carers' letters from Maureen McKenna, Executive Director of Education - Tuesday 10 August 2021

Following the Scottish Government's update on the country's move to Beyond Level 0 from Monday 9 August, information has been sent out to all nursery, primary and secondary families about arrangements that will be in place from the start of the new term on Monday 16 August 2021.

This includes a letter from NHS Public Health colleagues with details on the new self-isolation rules.

Copies of the letters are below:

 Back to School Letter - Nursery [83kb]

 NHS Public Health self-isolation update - Nursery [72kb]

 Back to School Letter - Primary [101kb]

 Back to School Letter - Secondary [101kb]

 NHS Public Health self-isolation update - Primary and Secondary [71kb]