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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee (Virtual)
National Planning Framework 4
Meeting date: 25 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
That is great; thanks to you all for your responses.
I do not know whether you saw the session with the first panel, but Dr Booth and Jacqueline Lynn stressed the need for infrastructure to allow women and young girls to get active and feel safe in the community. Has that issue been adequately addressed, or should there be more focus on it?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
What has been the impact on learning of omicron—on teachers and staff absences? I put that question to Douglas Hutchison.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
I, too, offer my congratulations to Douglas Hutchison. It is great to know that you have so much background in, and experience of, ASN.
There has been a lot of investment from the Scottish Government in mental health, including the £60 million for counsellors across secondary schools, but I hear that the provision is quite patchy. In some areas, it seems to be working and there seems to be great progress, but there is not so much progress in other areas. Can you comment on the challenges in that regard? How might we improve provision? Regional improvement collaboratives might be looking at that. I do not know whether the matter comes under Simon Cameron’s remit, in relation to a wider view, or whether it might be a question for Douglas Hutchison.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
Thank you.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
That is great. Thank you.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
That is really helpful.
Finally, what impact is pupil and teacher absence having on prelim examinations? Are you feeling quite confident that, should there be further issues with Covid that result in further absences or school closures as we approach the exams, the process will be much better this year? Are you confident that it will be a satisfactory process, with satisfactory outcomes for our young people?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
Just for clarity, the standard continuous assessment material—[Inaudible.]—the year seems to be absolutely fine. It seems to be there and is solid. Is that correct?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
Yes, I want to know about the impact of omicron on teaching and on staff absences.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
That is great. That is really helpful, Douglas.
Are you finding quite a bit of variation across the country? Are there different pressures in different places at different times? Are people stepping in to offer additional support outside their own areas? How is that fitting together? How is that working?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Covid-19 and Schools
Meeting date: 19 January 2022
Stephanie Callaghan
Are you now at a point where you are able to do some planning, based on how the pandemic is impacting pupils’ learning, or are you not really at that stage yet, because you are still at the firefighting stage?
