School Newsletter

Newsletter – September 2013

Now that the P1 children are in full time I want to say welcome to our new pupils and welcome back to our returning pupils. It is great to see how smart everyone looks in their school uniform. We look forward to working with you all over the next session and sharing the children’s achievements

School Uniform

We continue the policy of strongly supporting the wearing of school uniform. The pupils are looking so smart and we hope that we can keep this up for the whole year. If you have any queries about uniform please contact the school office. It is also a great help to the staff if all items are clearly marked with the pupils’ names.

Personal Belongings

I want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that Aberdeen City Council does not hold any insurance to cover the loss of personal belongings. We strongly advise that pupils do not bring items of high value to school. The school will not be able to replace anything that is lost or damaged.

Curriculum Evenings

We will be holding a curriculum evening for the parents of primary 1 pupils over the next few weeks. This will give us the chance to share with you the teaching and learning that goes on in a primary 1 classroom. Later on in the year we will be holding a curriculum evening for parents of the P2-7 pupils to share with you what is happening at these stages.

More details to follow soon.

 

Staffing Updates

We are delighted to welcome Mr. Miah to the school. He will be taking over from Mrs. Legdon in the P2 class. We also are delighted to welcome Miss Hutcheon and Mr. McGregor to the school team this year.

School Dates

We have listed below the term dates for the year. We will be meeting soon to work out dates for parent interviews, sports days etc and will add these to the blog as soon as they are fixed.

 

Security

I want to remind all parents/carers of P1-7 pupils that they must not walk through  the school building without reporting to the school office first. This will help us to maintain the safety and security of everyone.

School Blog

In an attempt to maintain our Eco School ambitions and reduce paper use this will be the only school newsletter to come out on paper. In future all newsletters will be posted on the blog. We will remind everyone by text each time a newsletter is posted. If you still need to receive a paper copy of the newsletter. Please fill in the tear off slip below and return it to the office.

 

Session 2013 – 2014

Term 1: 19 August 2013 – 11 October 2013

  • Teachers Training Day – Monday 19 August 2013
  • In-Service Day – Monday 19 August 2013
  • Pupils Return – Tuesday 20 August 2013
  • September Holiday – Friday 20 and Monday 23 September 2013
  • Term Ends – Friday 11 October 2013
  • October Holiday – Monday 14 to Friday 25 October 2013

Term 2: 28 October 2013 – 20 December 2013

  • Term Starts – Monday 28 October 2013
  • In-Service day – Monday 11th November 2013
  • Term Ends – Friday 20 December 2013
  • Christmas Holiday – Monday 23 December 2013 to Friday 3 January 2014

Term 3: 6 January 2014 – 4 April 2014

  • Term starts – Monday 6 January 2014
  • In-Service Day – Friday 14th February 2014
  • Mid Term – Monday 17 February 2014
  • In-Service Day – Tuesday 18th February 2014
  • Term Ends – Friday 4 April 2014
  • Easter Holidays – Monday 7 to Monday 21 April 2014 (Good Friday 18 April 2014)

Term 4: 22 April 2014 – 4 July 2014

  • Term Starts – Tuesday 22 April 2014
  • In-Service Day – Friday 2nd May 2014
  • May Day Holiday – Monday 5 May 2014
  • Term Ends – Friday 4 July 2014