Welcome back to all children and families from P2 to P7 and a very warm welcome to our new children and families in Primary 1.
So far all of the children have settled well into their new classes and with new class teachers and the Big Buddies have been supporting Primary 1 children.
To find out whats happening in and around the school this term take a look at our newsletter by clicking the Deerpark icon below.
We sang our school song – We are the children of Deerpark School – very loudly and our stars of the week were presented with their stickers and certificates.
Stewart House Captains , gave out Numeracy Star awards. Numeracy Stars for this week are Kailyn , Jake E, Miley , Aimee C, Hannah & Mhya , Leah and Leah .
Bruce House Captains, gave out Literacy Stars for this week. They are Tyler , Thomas N, All of Primary 2, Dean and Lacey, Kerryn and Billie Jo, Mia and Ayden.
Star Pupils for this week, awarded by Schaw House Captains, are Charleigh & Euan, Robert , NoahP, Hannan M, Luke, Rhys and Phoebe .
Makaton Signers of the week are Katie , Annie , Billierose & Miley, Leah and Declan. They were presented with their certificates by Wallace House Captains.
Primary 5/6 demonstrated some of their learning through the brass project and played ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’. They were fantastic.
The parent council presented Primary 7s with their Prom Goody Bags.
Well done everyone. We are proud of you all.
Our Leavers’ Assembly will take place on Thursday at 2pm. Hope to see you there.
Have a happy and relaxing weekend everyone.
We talked about all of the activities that had taken place during Health Week and a little bit about Sauchie Community Sports this afternoon for new entrants of Deerpark, Craigbank and Fishcross Primaries and next year’s big buddies. We’re really looking forward to it.
Stewart House Captains , gave out Numeracy Star awards. Numeracy Stars for this week are Damien ,Patrycja, Rosie , Leah, Harry and Lewis L.
Schaw House Captains, gave out Literacy Stars for this week. They are Chloe W, Ross, Miley ,Arminas , Declan and Brandon, Antosia, Shane andTaylor.
Star Pupils for this week, awarded by Bruce House Captains , are Chloe F , Kier , Sophie , Kady , Charlie and Logan .
Makaton Signers of the week are Katie , Annie , Steven and Xander . They were presented with their certificates byWallace House Captains.
This was also our Merit Award Assembly for April and May. The following certificates were awarded to:-
Resilience – Chloe and Primary 6/7
Fun – Thomas N and Damien
Safe – Taylor
Tolerance – Billierose , Kaylee and Olivia
Respectful – Hannah Mc , Hannah and Chloe F
Nurturing – Cerys , Olivia, Katie and Skye
Effort – Taryn , Lacey , Kad , Euan , John and Layton
Well done everyone. We are proud of you all.
Have a happy and safe weekend everyone.
A gentle reminder to all
parents/carers/family and friends that
cars should not be parked on the pavement
or double yellow lines outside the school
gates as this creates a road safety hazard
for all accessing the school grounds.
Cars are not permitted in the school grounds
between 8:30 and 9:10 and 2:45 and
3:15 to ensure safe access for all
pedestrians and easy access for Lochies
transport, staff vehicles. We would also
like to remind you that in the interests of
health and safety, dogs are not permitted
within the school grounds. This issue is
discussed regularly at Parent Council who
are fully supportive of our guidelines on
this. Thank you in advance for your cooperation
and respect for the safety of
our children.
There are many ways to find out what is
happening in school. We regularly update
our Twitter feed and Class dojo with
photos and information about learning and
events happening across the school.
Follow us @DeerparkPrimary
As well as this, our school website is
on GLOW . All classes have their own
blogs, which children have the opportunity
to contribute to. Please take a look!
Our main forms of communication are Class
Dojo and via Groupcall Messenger.
Groupcall Messenger is used by most
secondary schools and some primaries and
allows us to contact the right people at the
right time via text message, email,
voicemail, Xpressions App or letter.
If youhaven’t already signed up to Groupcall
please contact the school with your most
up to date mobile number and/or email
address.
In 2018/19 session our 4 priorities are
to continue to improve learning and
teaching in order to raise
attainment,
develop effective approached to
promoting positive health and
wellbeing,
improve family learning and parental
engagement, and
further develop approaches to
moderation to ensure that teacher
professional judgement of
Curriculum for Excellence levels are
robust
A sketch note of our school improvement plan will be available very soon on our school website. Paper copies of the full plan will also be available from the school office in the new session.
Our Pupil Equity Fund for 2018/19 is £77760. A
proportion of this is allocated for HR and finance which is centrally resourced within Clackmannanshire Council.
We continue to fund our additional learning assistants. We
will also fund Mrs Stevenson to work an additional 2.5 days a week to allow Mrs Kelly (PT) and Mr Patterson (PT) additional non class contact time to lead school improvement, Growth Mindset work with Sonia Grant, Wellbeing Scotland counselling service and family
learning/parental engagement.
As family learning and parental engagement is one of our priorities we’d like to invite parents/carers to meet with Mrs Bernard
at 9am on 7 June or 2pm on 13 June to listen to your ideas about how you’d like to hear about your child’s learning, family learning opportunities that you’d like to see in school and how you’d like to be moreinvolved.
If you’d like to attend either session please email the school at
deerpark@edu.clacks.co.uk or call the school on 01259 452218 for catering purposes. Each session will take no longer than one hour. Alternatively, if you are unable to attend but would like to share
your views you can complete a short online survey which will be sent out via Class Dojo school story and Groupcall Messenger over
the next week or so.
It is with mixed emotions that we share
the news that Mrs Hutchison will be
retiring at the end of June.
Mrs Hutchison has been part of the Deerpark Family for
many years and has developed very positive
relationships with children and families
during her time as well as working hard to
ensure that our children have the very
best experiences whilst at school.
We are sad to lose Mrs Hutchison but delighted
that she will be spending her time with
family and friends enjoying life.
We would like to wish Mrs Hutchison all the very
best in this new and exciting chapter
Primary 1M – Mrs McDowall
Primary 1W – Miss Wyman
Primary 2 – Miss Fox
Primary 3 – Mrs Stevenson
Primary 4 – Mrs Kelly (DHT) 1 day a week and Mrs McLuckie 4 days a week
Primary 5/6 – Mrs Robertson
Primary 6/7 – Mr Patterson (PT) 3 days a week & Mrs Kelly (PT) 2 days a week
Mr Patterson and Mrs Kelly will have 2
days a week non class committed to take
leadership roles within the school and as
part of our school improvement plan.
Primary 6 will be split between Primary 5/6
and Primary 6/7 as was this session.
Parents and Carers of Primary 6 children
for next session will receive a separate
letter advising them which class their child
will be in.
The organisation of classes follows the
authorities Organisation of Learning Policy
which states that Headteachers should
take the following into account:-
• Number of children in the school
• Children’s ages
• Gender, to ensure a good mix of
boys and girls
A copy of ‘How learning is organised in
schools – Information for Parents’ leaflet
and ‘Moving Classes – Advice for you’ for
children can be found on our school
website. Please contact the school if you
would like a paper copy.
Attainment, achievement and learning
opportunities of all children are regularly
monitored by class teachers and the
Headteacher to ensure equality of
opportunity. Children with additional
support needs are supported through the
staged intervention process. Please
contact the school if you would like further
information about staged intervention.
The Eco Warriors spent their time this week planting trees on part of the playing field that they have designated as the new Wildlife Area.
They would really appreciate that anyone playing in/around that area respect the trees and all the hard work they put into planting them. It will be sectioned off, in due course, but meantime we hope that the trees can thrive where they are.
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Preview information regarding Clackmannanshire Attainment Challenge for Parents and Carers by clicking the image above.
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