Useful Websites for Parents S4-S6
Departments across the school have been sharing ways in which students can prepare for upcoming National 5 and Higher courses by creating guides for home learning, click on the images for more information.
4 Tips for Parents
Dear Parents and Carers,
You are all welcome to the next Parent Council meeting:
We will also have our usual headteacher’s report and an update on Parent Council Work, including how we can help at the School Open Evening on 28th March.
There will be tea, coffee and biscuits.
To find the Social Subjects 3 room: from the entrance hall, turn right along the main corridor. Social Subjects 3 is on the right hand side of the corridor.
If you can’t get to the meeting, but would like to comment on the consultation, please let me know by emailing drummond.parent.council@gmail.com
If you’d like to stay in contact, please follow us on twitter: @DCHSparents or ask to join our email group.
Our full list of meetings this year is:
It would be great to see you at any or all of them.
Best Wishes,
David, Chair, Drummond Community High School Parent Council
The next meeting of Drummond Parent Council is on Wednesday 16th March from 6:30pm to 8pm in the school staff room. As usual, all parents & carers are welcome and there will be tea, coffee and biscuits.
The agenda is:
If you’d like to raise any issues with the Parent Council, please contact us by email drummond.parent.council@gmail.com or leave a message with the school office.
Please find a link to the Spring Programmes, Activities and Groups booklet for Parents and Carers in North East Edinburgh: PACS Booklet NE January 2016 (PDF, 588KB).
All of the current Parenting Programmes offered by Edinburgh Council are now listed on joininedinburgh.org these lists are continually updated when new programmes are planned. Online application forms are available for PoPP- Incredible Years and Triple P and Teen Triple P.
Want to get ‘In on the Act’?
This Act of the Scottish Parliament is about additional support needs.
An additional support need is anything which creates a barrier to a child’s learning and anything which means the child needs some extra support compared to other children.
For more information go online to find an information booklet at:
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/inontheact
Recognise, Reflect and Resolve
Free Conflict Resolution training event for Parents and Carers
Friday 5th and 12th February 2016,
9.30-11.30am,
Gate 55, 55 Sighthill Road, EH11 4PB
The course which will be delivered by SCCR (Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution) will provide an opportunity to reflect on what it’s like for teenagers growing up and the potential triggers of conflict in families. Discussions will help parents and carers to reflect on the different ways to resolve conflict in different situations.
If you would like to book a space please email jillian.hart@edinburgh.gov.uk or call 07860 736129 and provide your name, contact telephone number and email address (if you have one).
Raising Teens with Confidence course at Drummond Community High School – ON MONDAY
We are offering parents and carers the chance to take part in the Raising Teens with Confidence course at Drummond Community High School which starts on THIS MONDAY, Monday 2nd March from 6.30-8.30. This course aims to give parents and carers time to explore how they can best support their teenage children and cope themselves with all the changes that the teenage years bring. If you are interested please email naomi.stewart@ea.edin.sch.uk or just turn up at the school reception on Monday at 6.30pm.
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