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Class Organisation 2017/18 and Acting Depute Headteacher

Mrs Kelly, Depute Headteacher, is now on maternity leave.  Mrs McKenzie has recently been appointed as Acting Depute Headteacher and will take up this post at the start of the new session in August 2017.

Classes and class teachers for next session, starting in August 2017, are as follows

Primary 1W – Miss Wyman

Primary 1R – Ms Reilly

Primary 2 – Miss Fox

Primary 3 – Mrs Hutchison & Mrs Stevenson

Primary 4 – Mrs Kelly & Mrs McDowall/Acting DHT

Primary 5/6 – Mrs Robertson (Miss Yarrow)

Primary 6/7 – Mr Patterson

Angela Coulter, Early Intervention Team will continue to support children and families in Primary 1 – 3. Further information regarding Angela’s work will be shared in the new session.

All children will have an opportunity to meet with their class teacher where possible on Thursday 15 June.

Water Bottle Purchase

The school has a number of water bottles for sale.

Each bottle comes with 5 caps which allows you to replace the cap when needed and for cleaning.

The cost for a bottle and 5 extra caps is £2.00.

If you think you would be interested in buying a bottle and 5 caps please complete the form which was sent home this week  and send to the school office with the correct amount of money.

Focus on Wearing Uniform

Since the start of Term 3, we have had a renewed focus on wearing school uniform.

This was after consultation with parents / carers, children and staff.

It is important for the children to feel part of their school ‘team’ and feel pride in representing their school.

It is also recognised that wearing school uniform enables children to feel equal with their peers and prevents issues over children having / not having designer clothes or labels (a cause of bullying).

As a school we are now monitoring who is / is not wearing uniform and are recording this.

Children who wear uniform every day within the school month will be rewarded with an extra playtime. As well as this, we expect those children who represent the school at events and as teams to wear school uniform.

After analysing our records, the following percentages show children who wore uniform every day in January: P1: 100% P2: 77% P3:78% P4: 65% P5: 64% P6: 80% P7: 58%

Without doubt, these percentages require improvement and for this we need the support of parents / carers at home.

View our uniform guidelines here

House System Changes

House System Changes Following information gathered after a recent survey by House Captains, some changes have been implemented across the school.

All classes now have 4 coloured house cups, to allow house point buttons to be earned during class time when children display our school values.

This will also help all children to remember the names of each house and the house that they are part of!

This term the House Captains will be hosting a house meeting with all children from their houses involved.

Towards the end of the term, a fun challenge will be organised for classes whereby children can earn points for their house whilst working as part of their house team.

PE This Term

PE this term is as follows:-
P1 Basic Moves
P2 Basic Moves
P3 Developing Games – Net
P4 Football
P5 Fitness and Cricket
P6 Badminton
P7 Football

All PE lessons will be indoors for this block so please bring a pair of shorts, trackies or leggings, change of tshirt and a change of shoes. For safety reasons please don’t wear the shoes you wear to school in the gym hall, bring a separate pair.