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Well done to former
@stninianshigh
pupil
@andrewrobertso5
- what an AMAZING achievement! Everyone in East Renfrewshire is so proud of the part you've played in helping
@LFC
win the
@ChampionsLeague
⚽ 🏆 👏
#WeAreEastRen
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Our first ever Gaelic school opened its doors today within
@ThornliebankPS
.
Good luck to the Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Thornliebank pupils, staff and wider school community for this exciting new chapter.
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Scottish Government advice for tomorrow is: 'Do not travel'. As a result all schools in East Renfrewshire will be closed on Wednesday 28th of February.
We will notify you of plans for Thursday tomorrow, keep an eye on this channel as well as school twitter accounts
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Well done and a MASSIVE thanks to all our frontline and support staff for all the hard work you are all doing during these difficult times. Keep it up – we can’t thank you enough!
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East Renfrewshire Provost Mary Montague has raised the Union flag at Council HQ in Eastwood to mark the Coronation of King Charles III.
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👏 Congratulations to
@stninianshigh
Head Teacher John Docherty, who has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
🎉A well-deserved accolade for a dedicated 41-year teaching career!
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A big thanks to the
@GreggsOfficial
store in Barrhead who, after closing last night, donated all their lovely food to the council 👏 Our staff are now packing it up and distributing it to the most vulnerable in our community 👍
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Get your football fix in East Ren this summer ⚽ 🌞 Our fantastic all weather pitches at Barrhead, Woodfarm and Mearns Castle High Schools will be open all day and night for public use – no booking required 👍 The fun kicks off on Friday 14 June 😃
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📸 Last week we told you about the fantastic work our high schools were doing to produce vital face masks. We are delighted to see that they are being used on the front line, including two of our local GPs! Thank you
@BarrheadHighSch
@StLukesHigh
@mearnshigh
@EastwoodHighERC
👏
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Due to the expected severe weather, all council buildings will be closed for the rest of today.
All our schools will be closed tomorrow, Thursday 1 March
Our gritting team will continue to work through the night treating priority routes.
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📸 Our refuse collectors would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has left them a note or gift, or given them a wave as they carry out their work!
In these challenging times we are all facing, a little kindness goes a long way ❤️
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We welcome the Scottish Government’s announcement to aim for all pupils to return to school after the summer break. We look forward to welcoming back all children on 12 August and will now prepare and plan for this. We will inform parents if there are any further changes.
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Amazing job by our Design and Technology teachers
@BarrheadHighSch
,
@EastwoodHighERC
,
@StLukesHigh
and
@mearnshigh
over the last few days making vital face masks for frontline health and care staff across East Renfrewshire. Great job - well done!
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It is that time of the week when we say a big thank you to our key workers and NHS heroes 👏 Here is how Annabella from Clarkston shows her appreciation 💃 Along with her musical neighbour, they have already raised more than £200 for the NHS!
#ClapForCarers
#StayHomeSaveLives
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We can’t wait to welcome back all our pupils to schools from Wednesday 12 August, following the First Minister's confirmation we can proceed on this basis. We’re working hard to put in the required measures to ensure everyone's safety and look forward to being back in school!
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All our schools and nurseries will remain closed tomorrow (Friday).
We will update over the weekend with regards to Monday.
We will post an update about Council buildings and services later today.
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People across the area are doing what they can to support during these difficult times. Check out the work council staff and volunteers have been doing to make food packs to send to those children most in need. Well done for everyone's contribution - we're all in this together!
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School opening arrangements tomorrow. We will continue to closely monitor the weather overnight. Any decisions regarding the potential impact on schools will be taken first thing tomorrow and we will provide updates on the council's social media channels and our website.
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We have appointed Mark Ratter as our new Director of Education. Mark will take over from Mhairi Shaw when she retires at the end of next month. Congratulations and we wish him every success in the role!
Read more👉
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This is great news for East Renfrewshire and some of our most vulnerable residents.
We're delighted that all residents in East Ren care homes have now had the Covid-19 vaccination - with a few follow ups & remaining staff jabs taking place.
This week GPs will begin vaccinating our over 80s population. Please do not call your GP, they will be in touch with you.
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As we head into the summer holidays, we'd like to say a HUGE thank you to all of our pupils, teachers & school staff and parents for continually going above and beyond in these incredibly challenging circumstances 👏
Have a great break - we can't wait to see you all in August!
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👏 Every Thursday at 8pm we
#ClapForCarers
in appreciation of all key workers!
This week our teachers, support staff and education team are also clapping for pupils across East Ren who continue to work really hard in these challenging times. Well done to all! 👏
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All schools and nurseries will be open as usual tomorrow (Monday). Our janitors and roads teams have worked hard to clear car parks and pavements near schools as much as possible. But with cold weather forecast overnight remember to take care when travelling.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the Clarkston Disaster.
On 21 October 1971 a gas explosion occurred beneath the Clarkston Toll shops and resulted in the tragic death of 22 people.
Please join us at 2.50pm today in a minute's silence to remember those we lost.
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Our first ever Gaelic school will open within Thornliebank Primary in August.
Check out this video to hear more about it from our new Principal Teacher for Gaelic.
For more information about Gaelic Medium Education, call the school on 0141 570 7440.
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❗️Industrial action due to start on 6 Sept has now been suspended.
All our high schools, primaries, ASN and nurseries and family centres will now open as normal on 6, 7, 8 Sept.
Cleansing strikes planned for 6-14 Sept are also off and bin collections will return to normal.
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It is time to
#ClapForOurCarers
👏
We cannot thank all the NHS heroes and key workers enough for everything they are doing for us all ❤️
Here is Iain from our Community Safety Team joining in on the weekly celebration 🎼
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They did it! Congrats to one of
@Stninianshigh
’s finest
@andrewrobertso5
and the rest of the
@ScotlandNT
on qualifying for
#Euro2020
#NoScotlandNoParty
👏
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Our school hubs which have been running since the start of lockdown and to provide summer holiday cover for key workers come to an end today. A huge thanks to all the staff who have worked so hard to support these pupils during these challenging times. 👏👏👏
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#GeneralElection2109
Result: Davidson (Lab): 6,855; Masterton (Con): 19,451; McGlynn (LibDem): 4,174; Oswald (SNP): 24,877. Kirsten Oswald (SNP) is elected MP for East Renfrewshire. Turnout: 76.9%.
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👏 Remember to
#ClapForCarers
tonight at 8pm as a thank you to all the NHS, council staff and key workers carrying out vital work to help us all get through this 💪
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♻️ Bins update: we are reintroducing recycling collections with our green & brown bins. This will start on w/c Mon 4 May with your green & brown bins emptied on your collection day. Check the tweet below for the 3 week cycle. Find more info here: (1/2)
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We're taking part in the Eat Out to Help Out scheme & the price of school meals will be discounted by 50% on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays for the rest of August!
Reductions will begin on Monday 17 August & apply to lunch time meals only. Free school meal funds aren't included.
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❤️ Following the incident at the
#EURO2020
match between Denmark and Finland, we are reminding residents of the 24 life-saving defibrillators we have in place across East Renfrewshire.
You can find the full list here:
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🙌 Well done to everyone
@stninianshigh
for achieving such an amazing inspection report. With 2 excellents and 2 very goods, it's the best in Scotland! Read more 👉
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🎨Check out this fantastic piece by Michael from St Ninian's 👏
Adv Higher pupil Michael Dudgeon submitted this gorgeous piece of work as part of
#portraitsfornhsheroes
@stninianshigh
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Carolside Primary had a very special visitor this morning…the one and only
@thebodycoach
🏃🏻
The entire school (plus parents and a couple of pooches!) did a workout with Joe and then some lucky pupils had the chance to ask him a question 🗣️
A big thanks to Joe for coming along 🤸🏽♀️
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Our new Humanitarian Food Hub has opened at
@BarrheadHighSch
to distribute food parcels to local people in need.
Thanks to
@FShareGlasgow
for adding to our supplies and also
@Tesco
and
@asda
for donating carrier bags.
You can find out more here ➡️
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Today is National
#ThankATeacher
Day 🙌 So we'd like to say a huge thank you to all of our teachers and support staff for everything they do for our pupils! 👏
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🍂 We are pleased to announce that weekly brown bin collections will resume w/c Mon 3 Aug.
ℹ️ With grey, green and blue bins already back to the normal 3 week cycle, this signals a return to full bin service.
👏 Thanks to everyone for their patience over the past few months.
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The Scottish Government has announced schools and nurseries across Scotland will close at the end of the school day this Friday (20 March) – we are working on plans to put in place to support families and will announce these as soon as we can.
Schools and nurseries will close from this Friday
@NicolaSturgeon
announces. I appreciate this will be very disruptive but it is necessary. We are working with Councils to support young people preparing for
@sqanews
exams, are vulnerable and whose parents are essential workers.
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We will welcome back a small number of pupils on a rota basis from Monday 15 June to support key transition groups, in line with Scottish Government guidance. Schools will be in touch directly to provide detail of attendance patterns.
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Well done to our cleaners and janitors who won a prestigious national award for being the best in the UK🏆
The team was congratulated on their achievement at a recent Education Committee👏
A great achievement for all the staff🎉
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Congratulations to Stan Esson who was named as Citizen of the Year 2022 for his volunteering efforts with East Renfrewshire Foodbank. 🏆
Stan was awarded the Provost Award for his tireless work which spans almost a decade.
Well done Stan, we are so grateful for your efforts! 👏
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With the first week 'back at school' almost complete, here's some words of wisdom from the Head Teachers at our hub schools. Well done to everyone who is supporting children with learning at home - you're doing great. We're all in this together! 👍
#CouncilsCare
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It is time to
#ClapForOurCarers
👏 Pupils
@CarlibarPS
this week showed their appreciation for all the amazing key workers who continue to go above and beyond for all of us. Here is our Cleaning & Janitorial Co-ordinator John helping the pupils celebrate in style🎼
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Our teams are working hard to keep key services going. Here’s our staff dealing with essential calls from residents and processing Scottish Welfare Fund calls. Thanks for your patience just now. For SWF call 577 3475 and for other enquiries call 577 3001, email or use live chat.
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🌈 What a beautiful video staff from Carlibar Communication Service (CCS) have made to keep in touch with their pupils - using Makaton to communicate. The CCS is for primary aged children who require intensive additional support with their communication needs.
#CouncilsCare
🌈
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UPDATE - SCHOOLS
We expect all schools & nurseries will open on Monday as normal. We will provide updates here & our website if the weather deteriorates over the weekend. Parents should also monitor school & nursery websites for additional updates.
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🙌Congratulations to our newly accredited
#ReadingRecovery
teachers from
@EastRenCouncil
and
@GlasgowCC
! Thanks to Provost
@FletcherEastRen
and Councillor
@PFOKane
for joining us to recognise their hard work and to Mia from
@BraidbarPS
for reading us her favourite book
@ILC_IOE
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👏 Well done to everyone
@OLM_Primary
for getting such an amazing inspection report - the only school in Scotland to get an excellent for 'raising attainment and achievement'. Education Convener
@PFOKane
popped in to say congratulations. Check out what he had to say 👇
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Congratulations to Ms Boyle, Depute Head Teacher
@EastwoodHighERC
who has been presented with a Scottish Schools’ Football Association 20 Year Award! Ms Boyle is the first female teacher to be honoured with this award after her involvement in football at Eastwood! ⚽
@sschoolsfa
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Congrats to the amazing young people who have served as Head Boy and Head Girl in our 7 High Schools over the last year. They were presented with certificates by Cllr
@PFOKane
Convener for Education. Well done everyone and thanks for your wonderful contribution 👏🏼 👏🏼
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With over 2,000 votes cast, our five biggest gritters are now ready for winter! ❄️
The winning names are:
•Brrrhead
•Maidenchill
•Thaw-rnliebank
•Weather-Lee
•We Built This Gritty on Clarkston Toll
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So far this morning all ERC schools are open. We will continue to keep the situation under review as the morning progresses and will provide further updates on our social media channels and website.
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A Covid-19 testing unit will be operational at Greenlaw Business Centre, Newton Mearns, from 10am Monday. Some initial testing took place today. Tests are by appointment only. To book, visit: Only people with symptoms should book a test.
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We are the first local authority in the UK to invest in a class set of virtual reality headsets for all of our schools. More than 900 ClassVR headsets are being rolled out across East Ren and will offer pupils an enhanced learning experience. More at
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Pupils
@KirkhillPS
had a super exciting morning when
@thebodycoach
dropped in to do a special work out with them!
It was all part of Joe's new book tour - and what a welcome the children gave him!
Looking forward to seeing it on
@STVNews
tonight with
@polly_bartlett
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Congratulations Mr McLachlan! We have our fingers crossed😀👏
Carolside community are today celebrating the announcement of the finalists of the Scottish Education Awards 2020. We are delighted that Mr McLachlan was chosen as a finalist in the Head Teacher of the Year Award category! 👏
@Carolside_ELCC
@EastRenCouncil
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East Renfrewshire Provost Mary Montague expresses her sadness at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Pupils from primary and secondary schools from across the authority took part in the Active Schools Cross Country event at Rouken Glen Park this morning! 🏃♂️🎖️🏃🏼♀️ Well done to everyone involved 👏
@ERCL4
@sportscotland
#activeschools
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❗ Following the advice issued by the Scottish Government this week, we've closed car parks at our parks to prevent people driving to them and ignoring the stay at home guidance.
The parks remain open, but you must follow social distancing guidelines if you visit them.
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It's so important we're all getting regular exercise, but please do not travel by car to local attractions - such as Whitelee Windfarm, Rouken Glen and Dams to Darnley Country Park - as this can mean there are too many people all in the same place. Follow the government's advice.
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👏👏 Congratulations to Tariq Chishti, Netherlee Post and News, regional champion in
@ScotlandsTowns
High Street Hero Awards.
Highly commended were
@giftedglasgow
in Clarkston & Busby volunteer Ashton Wilson with 16 other
#HighStreetHeroes
in East Ren:
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Schools close at 5pm tomorrow (Friday 20 March). Following today’s announcement by the Scottish Government about support that will be in place for some families, we are currently working on our plans and will be in touch directly with those families.
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Good luck to former
@stninianshigh
pupil
@andrewrobertso5
in Saturday’s
@ChampionsLeague
final. Everyone in
#EastRenfrewshire
is right behind you!
#WeAreEastRen
@ERC_Ed_Director
@LFC
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Well done to everyone at
@BarrheadHighSch
for achieving an outstanding inspection report👏
With 2 excellent ratings and 2 very goods, the school is alongside the best ever achieved in Scotland🙌
Fantastic work from all the staff, families, partners and wider school community👍
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🎥 Frank works in our Roads team 🚚 Throughout winter, the team work across East Ren, day and night, gritting our roads to make travel safer for us all. We spoke to Frank's grandchildren to find out what they think about the important work he does ☺️
@ReadyScotland
#WinterReady
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It is important that parents/carers know the whereabouts of their children at this time.
@EastRenPolice
& the Council have received numerous reports of youths gathering in large numbers in public spaces. No-one should be gathering with people from more than 2 households
#StaySafe
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Wow - how impressive! 👏🤸
It’s not everyday you get to somersault over your Head Teacher! Cool as a cucumber though. Our amazing senior coaches performing and supporting!
@BarrheadHighSch
@ERCL4
@Barrheadpe
#raisethebarr
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🚲 The A77 on Ayr Road & Fenwick Road is set to become a safer place for people to walk, cycle & wheel as the
#SpacesForPeople
project progresses. From Mon 7 Dec, we will install protective measures, creating a physical barrier between the road & cycle lane on Ayr Road. (1/3)
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With almost 2,000 residents in East Renfrewshire in the most vulnerable category as we battle against coronavirus, our staff have been working over the weekend to call them and make sure they have all the support they need! Thanks and keep up the great work! 👏
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Free school meals in primary schools are now extended to all P4s.
No need to apply, just send your child for lunch!
From January 2022 it's being extended to all P5s.
And from August 2022 all primary pupils can get a free lunch.
Check out our menus:
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A huge well done to our fantastic young people who served as Head Boy and Head Girl in our seven High Schools & Isobel Mair this year. They were thanked for their contributions at an event at Eastwood House today & were presented with certificates & trophies. Congratulations! 👏
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🎆 Happy New Year to everyone in East Renfrewshire 🎉
2020 was incredibly tough for many of us, so here is to a better year for everyone in 2021!
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@robmcccc
Our community safety team have been delivering food parcels to vulnerable residents, cleaning products & PPE to health workers and driving home carers to their visits. You don't have to clap but please don't criticise those who take a couple of minutes to give their thanks.
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📹We're encouraging our residents to shop, eat & drink local during this difficult time. Today we're shining a spotlight on just some of the amazing businesses you can support in Giffnock & Thornliebank 👇
#ScotlandLovesLocal
#LoveLocal
#ShopLocal
@jenniferreoch
@ScotlandsTowns
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Congratulations to former
@stninianshigh
pupil
@andrewrobertso5
on being named the new
@ScotlandNT
captain. Well deserved and good luck from everyone in
#EastRenfrewshire
.
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Thank you to all the nurses in East Renfrewshire for all that you do 👩⚕️👨⚕️
Today is the 200th Birthday of
#FlorenceNightingale
&
#InternationalNursesDay
- we are very proud of every single one of our nursing staff.
From our district and community nurses to mental health to health visitors, they support our residents in every stage of life
#thankyou
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We had some remarkable results from our pupils today, including
@mearnshigh
's Danyaal Butt who secured 5 As in his Highers 🙌 Now the 16-year-old from Newton Mearns is targeting sporting glory as he aims to compete @ the 2024 Olympics in Tae Kwon Do 🏅
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Parents and carers of children set to start P1 and S1 in August will receive letters in the next few days confirming their offer of a place. All details required will be on the letter. Placing requests will be dealt with as usual and responded to no later than the end of April.
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🧚Residents in Giffnock and Eaglesham have brought cheer to local children by creating fairy trails to enjoy! The wooded area in Huntly Park now has lots of fairy doors and messages of hope, while painted stones and fairy doors are also appearing in Eaglesham. Well done everyone!
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The
@NHSGGC
Covid19 vaccination centres at Barrhead Foundry and Carmichael Hall, in Giffnock, start operating tomorrow (Monday).
Remember you must have been allocated an appointment before attending.
Watch this short walk through at Carmichael Hall, so you know what to expect👇
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🍕 We continue to provide 1350 free school meals to pupils across the area, as we work hard to support those most in need during these difficult times. Each food pack has ingredients for a range of recipes. Here's how to make our yummy vegetarian pizzas. Bon appetit 🤤
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Following the First Minister's update about easing of lockdown, there are many aspects we now need to consider. Service updates will be provided in due course, including our approach to schools returning. Please remember to still observe social distancing at all times.
#StaySafe
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Congratulations to Barrhead resident
@bem_rena
who has worked hard whilst isolating throughout COVID-19 to complete the 80 hours required to achieve her Level 7 Community Achievement Award 👏 Rena is completely dedicated to her local community and is so deserving of this award!
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We understand that when the weather is nice, we want to go outside, but please do not drive to any of our parks.
Car parks at our parks are now closed to prevent people driving to them and ignoring the stay at home guidance.
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Our very own
@RoukenGlenPark
has just been named
@FieldsInTrust
UK's Best Park voted by YOU! Thank-you every1 & well done to our parks team!
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🔊Josh Parker from St Ninian's High School has been appointed as a Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament for the Eastwood constituency in the first ever youth led by-election in East Renfrewshire.
@OfficialSYP
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All the work carried out to prepare for blended learning and social distancing will be valuable as contingency plans and if we are required to move to this model at a later date.
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Well done to everyone
@StMarksPrimary1
in Barrhead for their great inspection report! 👍 Read more here:
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Well done to pupils from
@MearnsCastleHS
who delivered record breaking results this year 🥳
Next stop…St Luke’s High ➡️
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Staff from across the Council and HSCP would like to say thanks to everyone in East Ren for following the guidance, staying safe and playing their part in these challenging times ❤️
#CouncilCares
#StayHomeSaveLives
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A sad loss for the whole school community. Thoughts with his family.
Sad to learn of the passing of Mr Fox, our much loved School Crossing Patrol - he ensured the safe crossing and wellbeing of all of our young people
@neilston_madras
over many years. He will be missed by the entire community. Thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.
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It’s been another record-breaking year of exam results in East Renfrewshire. 🏆
Well done to all our pupils for everything they’ve achieved. 👏
Find out more about the results here:
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Fantastic celebrating the amazing contribution all of our Head Pupils have made to their schools this year🌟
Well done all of you and good luck for the future!🎉
@BarrheadHighSch
@EastwoodHighERC
@IsobelMair
@mearnshigh
@StLukesHigh
@stninianshigh
@WilliamwoodHS
@WoodfarmHigh
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⚽ 🏑 It was a special day for
@Mearns_Primary
as they opened their newly-refurbished pitch.
✂️ Mhairi Shaw, a former Head Teacher at the school, was on hand to cut the ribbon.
🎉 It was also Mhairi's last day as Director of Education - happy retirement
@ERC_Ed_Director
!
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Wow! This is fantastic 😊
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Today we raised our rainbow flag to show our support for our LGBTI community and mark
@PrideGlasgow
celebrations this weekend! Find out more:
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: People in East Renfrewshire face additional restrictions from midnight. The new measures can be found here: In keeping with the latest guidance, all our schools and nurseries will be open as normal tomorrow.
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