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Staffing Update

Mrs McKenzie, Acting Depute, will be
taking up a new post within another local
authority in the New Year. Mrs McKenzie
has been invaluable in supporting all of us in
our improvement journey and has
developed good relationships with all of the
children and staff, particularly Primary 4,
since August. Mrs McKenzie will be greatly
missed and we wish her all the very best in
her new post.

Mrs McDowall will return from maternity
leave as class teacher to Primary 4 on 22
January.

Mrs Kelly, Principal Teacher, will
work with Primary 4 full time until then.

Mrs Kelly, Depute Headteacher, will return
from maternity leave on 19 February. We
very much look forward to welcoming both
Mrs McDowall and Mrs Kelly, back to
Deerpark.

Angela Coulter, Early Intervention Team,
left for a new job early in December.
Vicky Mosettig will be taking over from
Angela in the New Year.

Friday Assembly

Image result for pudseyIt was great to see so many children and staff taking part in our efforts to raise money for Children In Need by wearing onesies or pyjamas.

It was a very colourful asssembly with lots of minions,superheros, disney princesses, animals, spots and Pudseys!

We raised £128.75!!!! Well done everyone!

Numeracy Stars for this week are Chloe F , Jake K ,Conner , Aimee Gl , Ellie , Layton and Phoebe

Literacy Stars for this week are Damien , Jake E, Kayla,Billierose, Miley, Sophie, Amber & Rosie, Dean , Megan, Declan  and Lewis Mc

Star Pupils for this week are Daniel , Ross , Taryn & Noah S , Hannah Mc , Hannah , Chloe Mc  and Ciaran& Shane .

Makaton Signers of the week are Katie and Nikodem .

Congratulations to all of our Stars. We are so proud of you all.

Please remember that next week school is closed to pupils onThursday and Friday for in-service days.

Our staff will beparticipating in training for outdoor learning and reading as part ofour school improvement plan.

Dates for Your Diary ~ December

1 December – Parent Council Christmas Fayre

13 December – Christmas Concert

15 December – Parent Council Christmas Disco (6:30 -8:30pm)

18 December – P3 & P4 Christmas Party

19 December – P 5,6 & 7 Christmas Party

20 December – MacRobert Panto

21 December – P1 & P2 Christmas Party

22 December – Last Day of term – School closes at 1:05pm

Snapshot Jotters

From 6 to 10 November all children’s learning was recorded in their Snapshot Jotter.

These were sent home with children on Friday 17 November.

We’d be grateful if you could spend a few minutes looking through this with your child and discussing their learning.

There is an evaluation on the final page for the week where you can read your child’s comments and add your own thoughts too.

Snapshot jotters should be returned to school by 27 November so that they can be used again in May 2018.

We hope that you find this useful prior to parents’ evenings.

Friday Assembly

wordle 3This morning we talked about our school values – resilience,safety, fun, tolerance, respect, nurturing and effort.

Next week we will be presenting our merit awards for children who have consistently demonstrated these values throughout September.

We also talked about how smart everyone looks wearing school uniform for school photos yesterday and it is great to see almost everyone in school uniform today.

Image result for school uniform clipartEvery child who wears school uniform every day that they are in school during September, and every month thereafter, will earn themselves and extra playtime next week.

 

We said well done to Leah, Chloe P, Daniel, Layton and Dylan P  for taking part in Cross Country League Race 1.

Primary 4 were awarded certificates of participation for Fun Fours last Friday.

We wish P5 girls all the best in the Girls Only Fun Fours Festival this afternoon.

Well done everyone.  We are very proud of you.

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.

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.