{"id":2462,"date":"2026-08-21T08:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T07:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/grangeprimaryschoolblog\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2026-08-21T21:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:08:05","slug":"parent-update-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/grangeprimaryschoolblog\/2026\/08\/21\/parent-update-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Update – August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
\ud83e\udd17<\/span><\/b>Welcome Back<\/span><\/b>\ud83e\udd17<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

It was wonderful to welcome our school community back on Tuesday all looking so smart and refreshed! Welcome to our new families not only in Nursery and Primary 1 but right across the school! I do hope you all had a wonderful summer.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It has been a week of catching up with friends and colleagues and I have thoroughly enjoyed hearing all the children\u2019s stories of their summer adventures in the corridors, playground and dinner hall. I was at Monifieth High School yesterday morning, and it was equally as lovely to bump into a few of our P7 leavers who all seem to be setlling in well!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are looking forward to the term and year ahead!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our new Primary 1\u2019s are settling into school life very well and we have all been very impressed at how quickly they are getting into the new routines. The children are doing a great job. You should be very proud parents!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our new nursery children have had lots of fun exploring the different environments including our Onery, Nursery Garden and rooms and it has been lovely to hear laughter and excitement outside my office.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We have finished the week\u00a0 (P2-7) with our first \u201cLearn 2 Learn\u201d of the session talking about curiosity and the importance of asking questions and how to ask deep questions. This was linked to our \u201cLearner Quality\u201d of the month\u2026 Believe in Yourself Benji!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We revisited our 3 simple rules of Being Kind, Being Safe and Believe and what the expectations of each were and how we can achieve these by making good choices.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The children were informed what we, as a whole school, are working on improving this session. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

School Improvement Priorities<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Every year we gather data from pupils, staff and parents that informs what we are going to be working on as a school for the following session.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a link to the visuals that explain a bit more about what we are improving this session along with the standards and quality report for last session:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/grangeprimaryschoolblog\/school-improvement\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Staff News<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Miss Smith has returned to school as Mrs Baxter after a beautiful wedding in July. Huge congratulations to the happy couple!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We have welcomed some new members to our staff team this term:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n