News - Hyndland After School Club

Reopening and Spring Holiday

March 17, 2021March 12, 2021

After confirmation from the Scottish Government, we can confirm that from Monday 15th March, Hyndland After School Club will reopen to all children across Primary 1 to Primary 7. This will include: Breakfast Club – 7:45am – 9/9:15am After School Club – 3pm – 6pm We will be operating much the same as we did … Read more

Government faces call to support after-school sector

February 5, 2021

The chief executive of the Scottish Out of School Network, Irene Audain, has written to the Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd MSP, and Cabinet Secretary for Education John Swinney to highlight financial and other concerns the school age childcare sector is experiencing because of measures introduced to tackle Covid-19.

‘We need strong wooden playground shelters to keep dry’

January 11, 2021

Fundraising is under way to keep children dry and warm as teaching turns to more outdoor learning. Three sturdy wooden shelters are being sought to protect pupils at Hyndland Primary School from the elements. The school’s parent council has launched a fundraiser and is appealing for donations from the community. A fundraising page says: “We … Read more

Annual General Meeting

January 6, 2021

Parents/Carers and friends of the Afty are warmly invited to attend the our annual general meeting on Tuesday 26^th January at 7.30pm. This AGM will be conducted via Zoom – details to follow nearer the time.

• Read our annual report for 2019-2020

We hope you will join us to hear a little about the Afty year 2019-2020 (our year end is 30^th June) and how we have been coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. This AGM is a little late – we would normally have our meeting in October, but the current situation has delayed it this time.

New Lock-Down/School Closures

January 6, 2021January 5, 2021

2021 hasn’t started as we might have hoped for, but we are preparing to deal with the current situation as best we can.

We will be following the Scottish Government rules and will be closing our clubs to all but keyworker families in the first instance until further notice. Except for our sister club at Thornwood Primary which will not be providing a service to keyworker children as the demand did not warrant staying open.

December newsletter

December 25, 2020December 21, 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Sorry, this is not the Christmas message we were hoping to send out today!

School Re-opening

In view of the recent Scottish Government announcements, we write to let you know it is our intention, subject to demand from keyworkers families, to reopen only for keyworker children registered with us from the 6^th of January until further notice.