Dear Parent\/Carer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we approach the next stage of our phased return, it is a\ngood time to share with you how we plan to welcome the pupils back into school.\nThe 15th<\/sup> March will see all Primary return and S4 return in full\nalso. S1, S2 and S3 will be in school 5 days out of 10, over the next 2 weeks;\nlearning from home on the days not in school. Parents of these groups will have\nreceived an email indicating which days their child is in school. This\ntimetable maximises the time pupils will be in school, whilst prioritising the\nS4 class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In BJHS, we understand that Health & Wellbeing (HWB)\nunderpins everything \u2013 if the pupils are not secure in their wellbeing, they\nare not in a position to learn. That is why we will have a real focus on HWB as\nmore pupils begin to return next week. So what does this mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We know that all pupils will not have had the same experience\nlearning from home since Christmas. This may add to pupil anxiety coming back\nand some may be apprehensive about what they have missed or what others have\nachieved. The school message is clear \u2013 try not to worry about it, we have time\non our side. We know that time in school is incredibly valuable and every day\nthe pupils are back within school, we gain a better understanding of the needs\nof our pupils. And as we do so, we will understand where any targeted support\nshould go. That support could be in many forms; access to a dedicated member of\nstaff, additional homework club sessions, lunchtime\/after school clubs, soft\nstarts\/ends, breakfast clubs, the Seasons For Growth programme, the School\nCounselling Service, Enhanced Transition, GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every\nChild) and several others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So our priority is to ensure our pupils are able to reconnect<\/strong>\nwith each other, with staff and with learning. This first 2 week period (before\nthe Easter holidays) will focus on HWB activities that promote opportunities\nfor being together with their friends, being outside (weather permitting!),\nlistening to pupils\u2019 concerns\/ideas and having fun with their classmates and\nthe wider school staff. This will allow the school to develop plans on how we recover<\/strong>\nand how we build resilience<\/strong> \u2013 in our pupils and our staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This past year is something that none of us have ever\nexperienced before and our only way through it is to support each other;\npupils, parents and staff. We are incredibly lucky to stay in a community where\nwe are very good at supporting each other and this is the time for us all to\nwork together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The school staff are incredibly excited to see the pupils\nback in next week and we look forward to working with you between now and\nSummer. If anyone has any concerns, questions or worries about this next stage\nof return, please do not hesitate to get in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best wishes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paul Thomson<\/p>\n\n\n\n Head Teacher <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Parent\/Carer, As we approach the next stage of our phased return, it is a good time to share with you how we plan to welcome the pupils back into school. The 15th March will see all Primary return and S4 return in full also. S1, S2 and S3 will be in school 5 days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5187,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5184\/revisions\/5187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}