Calside Courier

Calside Primary School, Dumfries

November 19, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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P5 Learner Conferences

Unfortunately due to staff absence, we have to cancel the learner conferences for P5. These will be rescheduled when possible.

If you have an urgent query, please contact Mrs Gamble who will assist.

Learner conferences for all other classes will still go ahead.

November 15, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Children In Need- Best Day Ever

What a great day we had yesterday with Steel the Gladiator and Pudsey Bear visiting us for Children in Need: lots of photos and videos on the Class Sways. Look out for us in the papers, on social media and on the television! Watch some here:

BEST DAY EVER!

November 1, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Friday email 1st November

Good morning and welcome back for Term 2.
In the maildrop today, you will find the diary dates for this term as they currently stand. This can also be found here: Diary dates 2024-2025 Term 2 as well as on the Dates page on the website. Term 2 is always busy and I am sure there will be further additions!  Coming up in the next few weeks: the Pupil Council will continue to sell poppies for Poppy Scotland until Remembrance Day on 11th November. We will celebrate Children in Need on Friday 15th November: everyone is invited to come in their jammies, if they wish to, and we ask for donations to Children in Need.
Also in the maildrop for the primary pupils, you will find details for the learner conferences on 19th and 20th November. It can also be found here: Learner Conferences Nov 2024 Please return your appointment request slip by Tuesday 5th November to allow the staff time to co-ordinate appointment times for families. Your allocated appointment will then be sent out to you.
P7 parents will receive a separate email with details from Dumfries High School for the Health & Wellbeing day: DHS HWB Day ParentCarer letter 2024

October 11, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Friday 11th October

Please find the wider achievements newsletter for this term attached: October 2024 Wider Achievements Newsletter. What a lot of very busy, very successful children we have. The Digital Leaders have also set up a Wider Achievements Sway which will build up over the year to show how we are all developing a wide range of interests and skills:
We suggest that you bookmark it.
We finish today for the October holiday, and school will reopen on Monday 28th October. During the first week back, we will celebrate Halloween on Thursday 31st October. Your child/ren are invited to come in their spooky costumes should they wish to. The Pupil Council have also invited families to carve pumpkins over the holidays and they will judge them on Halloween.
We will also be selling poppies for Poppy Scotland in the run up to Remembrance Day on 11th November. These are at the office, and we ask that a donation is made to Poppy Scotland for these poppies.
Have a lovely holiday, and we will see you all on Monday 28th October.

October 4, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Friday 4th October

A few reminders today as to lots going on next week:
  • On Monday, the school photographer will be briefly revisiting to take photos of those children who did not get their photo taken when he visited a couple of weeks ago.
  • P4 start their swimming lessons on Tuesday, and will be swimming again on Wednesday and Thursday.
  • P7 will also be going to DGOne on Wednesday, but not swimming! They will be attending Operation Safety.
  • On Thursday, the NHS will be visiting to undertake the flu vaccinations.
  • On Friday afternoon, there will be Stay and Play in the nursery.
A further reminder (in case you need it) that the school closes for the autumn holiday next Friday 11th October, and returns on Monday 28th October.
In the maildrop today, you will find a letter from the Pupil Council who are organising our Halloween activities on Thursday 31st October. This is to give you chance to organise costumes and/or carved pumpkins over the holidays should your child/ren wish to participate.

September 27, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Friday email 27th September

In the maildrop today, you will find the September newsletter. It is also attached here for ease, as well as the Parental Engagement and Involvement Strategy for this session:
We have also attached the Home Learning guidance again for your information: Calside Home Learning guidance leaflet
It has been lovely to hear all the amazing wider achievements that the children have had this term. The classes are loving the photos in particular. You will find a reminder of the teacher emails in the newsletter should you wish to send photos or if you have further successes to share.
A few busy days still to come in the next few weeks: a reminder of the diary dates can be found on the school website “Calside Courier” as well as in the newsletter.

September 20, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Wider Achievements

In the maildrop, you will find a reply slip for your child’s wider achievements in the maildrop this week. It can also be found here: Celebrating Wider Achievements reply slip  We would appreciate replies by the end of September so that your child/ren’s achievements can be celebrated in school.
Please remember that we celebrate all kinds of wider achievement, not just attendance at clubs or winning a trophy (although they are great too). Our guide to wider achievements can be seen here: Celebrating Wider Achievements

September 20, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Update on the Nursery and School Improvement Plans

In the Friday email on 20th September, we shared update on the progress that we have made so far this session with the Nursery Improvement Plan and the School Improvement Plan. This progress aligns with the action points agreed with HMiE when they inspected the school in June. You can read the update here: Improvement Plans Update to Parents Sept 2024

September 13, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Homework Guidance

In the maildrop on 13th September, parents/carers should have receive a copy of our Home Learning guidance: this follows national guidance for home learning, and is based on educational research as to the value and impact of home learning at primary level. We appreciate that each child and each family situation is different: this is why the home learning guidance is flexible. A copy can be seen here: Calside Home Learning guidance leaflet
If you wish to request additional literacy or numeracy practice, you should contact the class teacher directly. Their email addresses are on the Class Sways, class newsletters and on the school website.
On Tuesday 17th, we will be holding our first Come and Join Us of the year. This is an opportunity for you to come and see what life is like in class and meet the teachers.  Just drop in from 2pm onwards.

August 23, 2024
by Mrs Gamble
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Friday email 23rd August: welcome back!

Lovely to see all the children back with us this week, despite the very changeable weather! Given the forecast for the next few weeks, we recommend that all the children have raincoats, and possibly wellies….
As usual, you will find the maildrop rather full today as we begin the new session. You should have:
The diary dates for this session were attached to the email. The diary dates can also be found on the school website in the Dates for Your Diary section at the top of this page.  We suggest you add this website to your favourites to make it easy to locate.
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