Headteacher Update May 2018
Dear Families,
This final term is flying by already! It has been such a super year so far with many successes and achievements.
You may remember this time last year I asked all of the children, staff and families what they thought was great about our school and nursery and what could be improved. Your feedback is very important and it helped us decide what to focus on. I also sent out a ‘You said, We did’ sheet to share this.
Well it is that time of year again and I will soon be sending out an online survey for you to complete (it should only take 5 mins) and I would also like to offer a drop in evening session too. This will be on Tuesday 22nd May from 5.30pm until 6.30pm. I will even provide some snacks! It is yet another opportunity to share your views.
We have worked really hard this session to offer more opportunities for learning to be shared and have taken your views into account.
Here is a reminder!
- 3 opportunities for visiting classes in the first term (early morning, afternoon and evening)
- 2 Family Conference Evenings (October and March)
- Literacy Curriculum evening
- Health and Well Being Exhibition afternoon (after school)
- Bullying Policy consultations (early morning and after school)
- Literacy Leaflet sent home (how you can help)
- HWB leaflet (what to expect)
- Termly forecast on Dojo on upcoming learning in each class and how you can support at home
- Book Gifting Party afternoons
- Rhyme Time Sharing in the nursery
- Sharing the Learning afternoons in each class
- Opportunities to become part of our volunteer team and help with learning in class and on school trips and to the woods etc
- Open door policy/Dojo messenger to speak to teachers, support team and leadership team at any time. We pride ourselves on how promptly we respond to any concerns you have.
Literacy Curriculum Evening and Health and well being Exhibition
It was wonderful to see so many people at our Literacy Curriculum Evening and also at our Health and Well-being Exhibition!
Everyone should have received the leaflet about how you can help at home in literacy and please find attached the Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood information leaflet. Our approach is based on the national curriculum.
Attendance
Attend today – Achieve tomorrow
I am delighted to find improved attendance for some of our children. Please note, I respectfully ask you write to me to request approval for any absence longer than 2 days. I will then respond with a letter.
Remember – 90% attendance over the course of the year means nearly a month of learning and teaching lost. It is critical children attend school in order to meet the expected standards. Thank you for your continued support with this.
Dates for your diary
Thursday 10th May – Bullying Policy Consultation 8.30am
Tuesday 22nd May – Family Consultation on what we do well and what we could do better with Mrs Laird 5.30pm
Tuesday 22nd May – Parent Council Meeting 6.30pm
Tuesday 29th May – Sports Day P5-P7 1.30-3pm
Wednesday 30th May Sports Day P1-P4 1.30-3pm
Wednesday 30th May
& Thursday 31st May – Lornshill Transition Days
Friday 1st June – Go Yellow Day for Strathcarron Hospice
Saturday 2nd June – Parent Council Summer Fayre 10am – 12 noon
Saturday 2nd June – Rotary Club Hike 10am
Thursday 28th June – P7 Leavers Assembly 9.30am
Friday 29th June – End of term service 9.30am
School finishes at 1.30pm
National Recognition
The Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, recently retweeted our work. We are so proud to get this national recognition and lots of schools from across Scotland are now contacting us to learn more about the amazing work we are doing!
Please access our school website
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/cl/clackmannanprimary/
and Twitter account @clackmannanPS for more news at any time. This is how we share our achievements with the wider world.
Please also find attached how we have spent our Pupil Equity Funding. If you have any further ideas for this coming year then let me know. Your feedback is very important.
I look forward to getting your responses to the online survey (just ask your teacher/key worker for a paper copy) and also to having a chat in person on Tuesday 22nd May from 5.30 onwards.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Mrs Laird
Headteacher
