Council hands out 500 laptops to needy children to boost learning
More than 500 laptops have been handed out to pupils as Renfrewshire Council vows children from low-income families will not be left behind during home schooling.
The council said it is helping more students learn online, will reissue paper learning packs in August and is offering assistance to parents struggling to carry out home schooling as it is awarded funding for the new academic year.
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The £4.5million handed over by the Scottish Government will be used by education chiefs to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on children's learning.
The money is part of the Attainment Challenge Fund and will allow the council to plough cash into schemes that best support children from the area's most deprived households.
It will be shared across all 62 schools in the local authority area.
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Read More Related ArticlesThe council can also take advantage of a £9million pot designed to get laptops and internet access to children trying to follow tasks and learn online.
The council says it has already dished out 500 Chrome notebooks to youngsters and says paper learning packs will be handed out by schools when they launch a mixture of home and school learning in August.
Schools have also, the local authority says, tried to make sure approaches to home learning are as easy as possible for parents and carers to follow.
Councillor Jim Paterson, convener of the council's education and children's services board, told the Express: "One of our main priorities is to ensure that all children in Renfrewshire receive an education that ensures they fulfil their potential, regardless of their background.
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Read More Related Articles"Having been the first council to be rated 'excellent' for our work in reducing the poverty-related attainment gap, we know that what we have been doing is working – but we are always looking for new and innovative ways to help our young people thrive.
"This funding will assist us to continue to close the gap, while now providing a specific emphasis on supporting the safety, well-being and resilience of young people as they transition back into schools and early learning and childcare settings following the coronavirus pandemic."
He added: "Children will have access to the appropriate resources to support their learning in all curricular areas such as literacy and numeracy, and our staff will be upskilled to deliver new methods of learning and teaching - with more than 1,000 teachers already having done so.
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Read More Related Articles"We will continue to deliver health and wellbeing projects such as Place 2 Be, PATHS and Renfrewshire Nurturing Relationships Approach, which provide vital social and emotional support for our children and young people – particularly during these difficult times.
Top news stories from Daily Record"I'm looking forward to seeing the impact of this funding in our schools as we continue to provide the best possible education for each and every young person in Renfrewshire."
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