Helpful Links

Keep checking!! Links will be updated on a regular basis.

SQA announcements and what they mean for our young people – Information on SQA from Glasgow’s Executive Director of Education

SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR IPAD? - PHONE 0141 287 4000

S3 pupils can use the temporary username and password below in Scholar to study for their N5s that they are taking next year. Your own username and password will be issued shortly. Open scholar from your glow launchpad.

Username:          ges3nat5

Password:           bird70pear

Aberlour Urgent Assistance Fund

Glasgow Science Centre  #GSCAHome - 10am Every day

School of Hard Knocks Wellbeing Pack

SQA Digital Past Papers - Can be saved and emailed for marking.

Making the Most of GLOW

LESSON PLANNING/ STUDY TIPS

Twitter thread from Trinity College, Dublin about structuring time twitter.com/TCDHealthP/status/1239602673109938181

Twitter thread of tips for online learning from @katesymons2 twitter.com/katesymons2/status/1239490473556877312

Video on study plan structuring from University of Groningen youtube.com/watch?v=qRE0WicGz4I

Video on General Study Tips and Techniques youtube.com/watch?v=3rFNnhYMlQY

Tips from BuzzFeed remote contributors about working from home buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/work-from-home-hacks

Free printable calendars: print out the months you need, block out and plan waterproofpaper.com/calendar/

USEFUL VIDEOS

Using Showbie as a Student

Using Showbie as a Parent

SELF HELP RESOURCES

A meditation app is currently offering free one year subscription twitter.com/balanceapp/status/1239253806824722433?s=20

The Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland site has some information about children’s rights in a time of crisis and a number of helpful links to resources  

https://www.cypcs.org.uk/news/in-the-news/getting-human-rights-advice-in-scary-times-the-coronavirus

Mental Health First Aid

NHS Health Scotland Mental Health First Aid signposts to a range of useful resources. A handout has been developed with links to useful organisations and resources for each of the following types of mental health condition:

Anxiety          Depression          Suicide and self-harm          Psychosis

There are also resources specifically for young people. 

Mental Health resources youngminds.org.uk, young.scot/get-informed/national/how-to-look-after-your-mental-wellbeing, headspace.com (free 2 week trial), mind.org.uk

Useful post about looking after your mental health during COVID-19 from the Mental Health Foundation mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/looking-after-your-mental-health-during-coronavirus-outbreak

Good news network: just good news stories from around the world that you might otherwise miss right now goodnewsnetwork.org

Couch to 5K: create social distance through running bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/43501261

Steps for Stress stepsforstress.org

WELLBEING PODCASTS

mentalhealth.org.uk/podcasts-and-videos

CORONAVIRUS INFO 

Useful advice for young people young.scot/campaigns/national/coronavirus

An explanation for younger children tes.com/teaching-resource/child-friendly-explanation-of-coronavirus-by-manuela-molina-12267168

BBC info bbc.co.uk/news/health-51711227

Glasgow's Learning for Sustainability Information