Please see below for the winter edition of the Support for Families South West Edinburgh Winter Edition. Support for Families South West Edinburgh Winter Edition 2020

Should you need support applying for the EU Settlement Scheme, the following website has been set up in order to support families with their EU settled status applications. https://citizensrightsproject.org/ The website is available in many different EU languages as you can see below. There is also a 1-2-1 support section (pictured):https://citizensrightsproject.org/1-2-1-support/

All pupils should return to school Wednesday afternoon P6+P7 from Wednesday 23rdNovember. Please find a copy of our study programme for Wednesday 25th November 2020. There is a wide selection of courses and programmes for your son/daughter to choose and I would ask that they complete this Form and send it back as soon as possible and ...

Covid-19 has changed all our lives – immensely, and abruptly. The past few months have been incredibly tough for us all, and there continues to be great uncertainty about what will happen next. Responding to the pandemic has seen people pull together across communities. Council teams too continue to pull out all the stops to keep ...

Dear Parent/Carer, Please find our latest version of our Schools Adaptation Plan. The main things to considerations in this are the links to new Scottish Government Guidance, the new advice on face coverings and the return for all S4,S5 and S6 pupils on Wednesday 18th November. Some good news,  our PE Department in now operational and ...

Scottish Government announced additional funding for Free School Meals for Local Authorities last week. As a result, a Free School Meals payment of £13.50 per child will be made to all eligible families for the October holiday. Free School Meals payments will also be made for the Christmas, February and Easter holidays. 6324 payments have been issued and ...

Scottish Child Payment is a new benefit being introduced by the Scottish Government to tackle child poverty. It is for low income families already in receipt of qualifying benefits. To start with, Scottish Child Payment will be available to families with children under six years of age only. We remain committed to rolling out this ...

A new app to help trace and combat the spread of coronavirus has gone live in Scotland. Downloading the Protect Scotland app will mean you’ll then get an alert if you’ve come into close contact with anyone who then reports that they’ve tested positive. The software will be used to support the Test and Protect ...

SOUTH WEST ADULT LEARNING Introduction to Scots Literacy Guid Fer a Laugh Pack 2 released in October 2020 Order your FREE pack now Introduction to Scots Literacy - Whit’s it a’aboot? It's about learning Scots language and auld wordsTake a look at Scots comedy and writingHae a guid laugh at ourselves and others We’ll be using poems, songs, comedy, jokes, ...

Please see the latest version of the school plan below: WHEC Adapatation Plan V1.4 - 7.9- 18.9

From Monday 31 August payments for lunch must be made using Parent Pay as we can longer accept cash in school. 32% of our pupils have now registered for Parent Pay with 68% still to do so. Registering is straight forward and guidance was issued home during July. If you need reminding of how to register please contact admin@whec.edin.sch.uk If ...

National Galleries of Scotland Art Competition - S1-S3!!!!!!Win art materials and have your work shown in the National Gallery of Scotland!!! The closing date has not been set yet, but will be sometime in Autumn so keep your entries and bring them into school so we can enter them into the competition. There are categories ...

Is your child turning 16? Our partners at Maximise have created this useful resource with information on changes to Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit. For more information or advice please call CHAI on 0131 442 2100

Dear parent/carer. Please find attached the most recent correspondence from City of Edinburgh Council. By the end of this week, I will post on our website our school plans with more detail on when your son/daughter should return to school, what’s to be expected in our ‘new normal’ and how we are supporting blended learning. ...