Letters to Parent/Carer

Notice Board

Dear Parents,

The Scottish Government is developing a National Breakfast Club Offer, with the aim of making a free breakfast club available to all children in primary school, including children attending special schools, by August 2027.

The offer is intended to provide children with access to a nutritious breakfast and a positive, supportive start to the school day, while also giving parents and carers the option of an early drop-off before school.

The programme forms part of wider work to build a system of school age childcare in Scotland. The Scottish Government hopes that breakfast clubs can help reduce the cost of the school day, support parents to work, study or train, and improve outcomes for children, including attendance, wellbeing and readiness to learn. Provision is expected to be delivered flexibly, recognising that the needs of children, families and communities may differ across Scotland.

Whether your family currently uses a breakfast club or not, we are interested in understanding your needs, any barriers you may face in accessing support, and what would be most important to you in a future breakfast club offer. Your insights will help inform the development of the National Breakfast Club Offer and our understanding of the needs and circumstances of families of children attending special schools and children with additional support needs in mainstream settings.

Consultation sessions will take place via MS teams on the following dates and times and we would appreciate your time to discuss and offer your opinions of how we can get this right.

Parents/Carers of children and young people in specialist provision – 20^th August at 12pm
Parents/carers of children and young people in mainstream schools – 19^th August at 7pm

Parents/Carers of children and young people in specialist provision- 20^th August at 12pm

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/370662704593004?p=pJ45BX7U9xt7VKg8Xh

Meeting ID: 370 662 704 593 004

Passcode: ZC7we6is

Parents/carers of children and young people in mainstream schools – 19^th August at 7pm

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/373176044993905?p=KQPZhuVbmiHdEJ22Nw

Meeting ID: 373 176 044 993 905

Passcode: BP9fC3mx

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Day Services and Supported Living Options in Edinburgh for Young People with Significant Intellectual/Learning Disabilities – this is the Padlet managed by CEC / YAD listing some adult services available in and around Edinburgh.

Compass – online transition planning tool – this is the tool that will create a transition timeline for you keeping you on track about what happens when.

Parent/Carer Guide to ASN Post School Enhanced Transition Planning – this is a Padlet managed by CEC / YAD – a Guide to Transition Planning

And here are links to some good videos:

Impact of Digital Passports – YouTube – video explaining why it is so good to have a care passport in place. A really good watch!

What is a Guardianship Order? – Who would need one and when?

I have also attached the care passports templates that I spoke about.

Everyone is welcome to get in touch with me directly if they wish to.

They can access my contact details, see my availability and explore some of my resources by clicking on this link: Rachela Klimczewska | Linktree

Transition out of School Explained slides

PAMIS Digital Passport Template September 2021

PAMIS Oaklands template with respiratory slides

mycommpass-template

Thank you again!