Dear Parents and Carers,
What a busy and productive term we have had, I cannot believe we are almost at the end of 2024!!
Only 8 sleeps until Christmas and we are all enjoying a festive final week of term…
Cinema trip – We are looking forward to our P1-7 trip to Cineworld tomorrow to see ‘Despicable Me 4’. The children can wear a Christmas jumper and should bring a small snack and drink (Reminder: no fizzy or energy drinks please). Please provide your child P5-7 with a packed lunch from home to help us on our return. Orders for school packed lunches closed on 11th December.
Christmas Cheer – Thank you so much to everyone who managed along last Friday to enjoy the children performing their Christmas songs. Thanks also for buying Christmas raffle tickets and reindeer food; we will discuss what this can be spent on in the new year. The children certainly provided lots of Christmas cheer and I hope you all left feeling warm and festively fuzzy. I would like to thank the staff for their hard work in preparing for Friday, a great time was had by all!
School Fund – Here are the minutes of November’s school fund meeting – School Fund Finance Meeting 7.11.24
Understanding and Supporting Your Child – Please see below a flyer for information about some new sessions being delivered for parents/carers by CAMHS. These sessions support parents’ understanding of the strengths and difficulties experienced by their child where there are concerns around possible neurodivergent characteristics that cause difficulties for the child. Following these initial 2 session, where parents build a profile of their child, participants are then given access to a further pick n mix suite of training where they can consider next steps from sleep management, understanding and supporting behaviour, executive function, communication etc.
Whole School Topic – After the holidays we will embark on our whole school topic “School of the Future“. This was decided during our last curriculum review when the plan for the new Monifieth High School was in work. It is perfectly timed with the new school opening in August. The main learning outcomes for this are computing science and social studies. If you have any skills in these areas then please share this with your child’s class teacher as soon as possible via Dojo.
Parental Engagement / Grange Gabbers – I am looking for a group of interested and willing parents to meet with me to discuss school improvements, our curriculum review and the fundraising that links to these improvements. Here is a link to a form to leave your details and dates that suit best. I will confirm arrangements after the holidays: https://forms.office.com/e/MHZvtw7QSj
Dates for your diary:
- End of term 2 – Friday 20th December (3.00pm finish for ALL)
- Start of term 3 – Monday 6th January
- Learn to Learn – Friday 17th January
- Grange Gabbers (all parents welcome – to discuss school improvements as above) – Wednesday 22nd / Thursday 23rd January TBC
- Golden Table – Friday 24th January
- MAD groups – Friday 24th January 1.40-2.25pm
- Learner Led Conferences – Monday 10th and Wednesday 12th February 3.30-6.30pm
- In-service day – Thursday 13th February – school closed to pupils
- Mid term holiday – Friday 14th and Monday 17th February
- Cross Country Event – 18th March
- Learn to Learn – Friday 21st February
- Golden Table – Friday 28th February
- MAD groups – Friday 28th February 1.40-2.25pm
- Progress Update 2 issued to parents – Friday 28th February
- GLEE Competition – 7th March
- CBM Netball Tournament– 12th March 9-12pm
- Sharing our Learning (for parents) – Friday 14th March 2.00-3.00pm
- Learn to Learn – Friday 21st March
- CBM Football Tournament – 21st March 9-12pm
- Golden Table – Friday 28th March
- CBM Girls Football Tournament – Friday 28th March
- Day of Dance – 31st March
- End of term 3 – Friday 4th April (3.00pm finish for ALL)
I hope you all have a wonderful family Christmas. We look forward to welcoming the children back in 2025 for lots more.
Great Grange Learning!🎅
