GOING FOR GOLD!

Congratulations to Mrs Adirangga, the Sports Council and the wider school community for all of their hard work which has resulted in us achieving our Gold School Sport Award, a national recognition for our continuous improvement in physical education and school sport opportunities. A fantastic team effort from everyone!

 

Criteria for ‘Gold Award’:

1. Physical education

All pupils should have access to 2 hours/2 periods of physical education.

2. School sport

All pupils should have access to a range of quality extra curricular sports and activities to take part in before, during and after school.

3. Pathways

There should be clear pathways to a range of community sport opportunities to encourage life long participation for all pupils.

4. Compete and perform

Opportunities to compete and perform in events, festivals and competitions

5. Celebrating sport

At all levels including; participation, performance, spectating, leading, coaching and officiating.

6. Leadership

Opportunities for pupils to lead, coach, officiate and influence sport in their schools.

7. Career Long Professional Learning (CLPL)

A choice of quality physical education and sport related Career Long Professional Development (CLPL) opportunities on offer for all staff and volunteer deliverers.

8. Recognition and awards

Recognition and awards for the staff and volunteers who give up their time to support, organise or deliver extra curricular sport and physical activity opportunities in the school.

 

Some information and reminders for this term! Please keep checking back for updates!

 

Thursday 18th April	Through The Decades Open Afternoon 1.30pm – 3pm. An opportunity to share in the learning the pupils have been doing this term and to see school photographs and memorabilia from the last 60 years.
Friday 26th April	P2 Bake sale
Friday 3rd May	P2  Class Assembly
Wednesday 8th May	Parents appointments 4.30pm – 7.30pm
Saturday 18th May	CPSA Gala Day 12pm – 4pm
Monday 20th May	Health week
Thursday 23rd May Friday 24th May Monday 27th May Friday 31st May Friday 7th June Monday 24th June Wednesday 26th June	Sports Day School Closed School Closed P1 Bake Sale P1 Assembly P7 Challenge Matches Summer Service and Prize Giving

Primary 1 Maths Learning Support at Home – Activities and Ideas!

Please click on this link for some information on activities, support and ideas to support our young learners!

p1 Maths at Home

Green Tree Schools Award

We are very pleased to announce that we have received our Bronze Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Schools Award!

As a school community we have achieved this by:

*recycling stamps

*weekly outdoor learning experiences in our Forget Me Not Woods

*our Walk To School Day once a month campaign

*ordering trees to plant in our school grounds through Woodland Trust

*Continuing to recycle paper, careful energy consumption and waste monitoring at lunch times.

Well done everyone!

We have some of the latest tips on encouraging our young readers! Please click on the image below!

Diary Dates for 2019…

 

 

Friday 25th January – Scottish Celebration Afternoon

 

Friday 1st February – P3 Assembly

P4 Bake Sale

 

Friday 1st March – P5 Assembly

Friday 1st March – P3 Bake Sale

Wednesday 6th March – 60th Anniversary of Formal Opening of Cardross Primary School 

Friday 22nd March – P7 Easter Codes (Cardross Church)

Tuesday 26th March – Afternoon Performance of School Show

Wednesday 27th March – Evening Performance of School Show

Thursday 28th March – Evening Performance of School Show

 

Please send in your used stamps to school by the end of January and we will post off to our local Dogs Trust!

 

Reading Force

Whether your family is at home together or apart because of deployment, training, or distance, reading the same book, talking about it and sharing your thoughts, and making a scrapbook is fun for everyone and will be a shared experience you will always remember.

Reading Force is free for all Forces families, Reserves, Cadets, and Ex-Forces families. It is fun and easy to take part. Friends can participate too.

Please check www.readingforce.org.uk

Bake Sales

Each class will take charge of a bake sale this session and raise funds for local and national charities!

Friday 16th November 2018 – p6

Friday 14th December 2018 – p5

Friday 25th January 2019 – p4

Friday 1st March 2019 – p3

Friday 26th April 2019 – p2

Thursday 31st May 2019 – p1

Friday 21st June 2019 – p7

 

 

The school will host its annual Senior Citizens Harvest Festival celebration next week on Wednesday 3rd October from 10am until 11am! Complimentary tea, coffee and shortbread will be available as well as entertainment from across the school stages! Primary 6 are working hard to produce soup packages for our guests too!

We are delighted to welcome everyone back for another busy year in Cardross!

All of the children have settled well and are enjoying the new challenges presented to them!

Please keep checking back for updates on class blog pages in the coming weeks!

#GOFORIT

This year our theme for Health Week is Health Bodies, Healthy Minds.

Health Week 2018

 

We were delighted to receive the publication of our very positive HMIe Report from Education Scotland.

Follow the link here to read both parts – or find it later under the Parents / Documents tab on the Drop down menu, above.

Inspection report letter

Summarised Inspection Findings

Well Done everyone!