Midlothian Coronavirus Emergency Help Guide – 14December2020
Dec 18th, 2020 by mfadmin
Support Organisations for Men in Midlothian
Dec 16th, 2020 by mfadmin
Midlothian Food and Key Essential Fund
Dec 16th, 2020 by mfadmin
Covid Update – Changes to Isolation Period
Dec 14th, 2020 by mfadmin
Free School Meals, BACS and Additional Payments
Dec 10th, 2020 by mfadmin
Midlothian Council Update – Free School Meals, BACS and Additional Payments;
- All payments are made only to parents/carers where a pupil is eligible for Free School Meals.
- Where a pupil is currently not eligible for Free School Meals and a parent/carers think they may be eligible, the application process must be followed and completed.
- The retrospective payment for the school holiday period in October was recently agreed by the Scottish Government.
- The Christmas Holiday payment covers the period for P1-P3 pupils eligible for Free School Meals.
- As part of the First Minister’s Winter Plan for Social Protection, the Scottish Government announced that a £100 payment per eligible child be made to families in receipt of Free School Meals.
- Children and young people receiving universal Free School Meal provision – i.e. those in P1-P3 who would not qualify for Free School Meals on low income criteria – are not eligible.
- It will only cover pupils currently eligible and applications received up until Tues 22nd December 2020 which are subsequently approved.
- Payments for any applications received on or before Tuesday 22nd December 2020 but not yet completed/processed will be made by Friday 15th January 2021.
If you have any Free School Meals enquiries please email: FSMAwards@Midlothian.gov.uk
If you have any wider queries about welfare and benefits please see Council website where there are various resources to consider: https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/200296/coronavirus/625/council_tax_benefits_and_welfare
Please see link below to a statement regarding the decision by the Depute First Minister not to close schools early at the Christmas Break.
https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/200296/coronavirus/626/latest_updates
MPS – Newsletter – November-Christmas 2020
Nov 25th, 2020 by mfadmin
Newsletters – November 2020
Nov 17th, 2020 by mfadmin
Smacking Ban
Nov 12th, 2020 by mfadmin
The law on all forms of physical punishment of children in Scotland changed on 7 November 2020. From this date all forms of physical punishment of children became against the law in Scotland. Scotland is the first part of the UK to ban the smacking of children.
This change in the law is about making things better for children in Scotland.
For more information visit the Scottish Government website
Connecting to home Wifi
Nov 10th, 2020 by mfadmin
Should you need assistance on how to connect a Chromebook to your home Wifi please watch the short video on the subject. This can be found as follows:
Go to Midlothian Council schools page – www.athena.mgfl.net
Click the purple “Parents Information” box at the top left of the screen
This takes you into the Distance Learning Portal Page
Click the arrow symbol next to “Other Tools” at the top right of the page.
Select “Chromebook”
Scroll down the page and select the video “Connecting a Chromebook to your WiFi”