{"id":587,"date":"2020-08-31T15:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/?p=587"},"modified":"2020-08-31T16:42:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T16:42:31","slug":"newsletter-monday-31st-august-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2020\/08\/31\/newsletter-monday-31st-august-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter &#8211; Monday 31st August 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Family and Friends of Gelston Primary School,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>House Captains and Vice-Captains<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am delighted to announce the Captains and Vice Captains for each House are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Falcons:\u00a0<\/strong> House Captain is Ava Proudfoot and Vice-Captain is Alexa Swalwell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owls:\u00a0<\/strong> House Captain is Milly Allison<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eagles:\u00a0<\/strong> House Captain is Rose Parker and Vice-Captain is Fern McMinn<\/p>\n<p>All pupils did extremely well in presenting their speeches to their peers.\u00a0 Congratulations to them all!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staffing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am also delighted to welcome Miss Sarah White as our Clerical Assistant who will be covering Miss Campbell&#8217;s Maternity position at Crossmichael.\u00a0 She will also answer the telephone for Gelston Primary School at times.\u00a0 Gelston Office hours are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday:<\/strong> Miss McNeill before school.\u00a0 No Clerical in Gelston during school hours so you will be transferred to Mrs Benson or Miss White<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday:\u00a0<\/strong> Miss McNeill before school and Mrs Benson during school hours<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday:<\/strong> Miss McNeill before school.\u00a0 No Clerical in Gelston during school hours so you will be transferred to Mrs Benson or Miss White<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday:<\/strong>\u00a0 Miss McNeill before school.\u00a0 No Clerical in Gelston during school hours so you will be transferred to Mrs Benson or Miss White<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday:<\/strong> Miss McNeill before school and Mrs Benson during school hours<\/p>\n<p>If you have an urgent message then please contact the Headteacher&#8217;s mobile on 07741 686730.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>School Meals Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a copy of the school meals menu for your information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/crossmichael\/uploads\/sites\/7652\/2020\/08\/31142544\/0409-19-Primary-School-meal-leaflet-end-of-2020.pdf\">0409-19 Primary School meal leaflet end of 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updates on Covid-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I will continue to keep you updated on the latest advice about Covid-19 arrangements.\u00a0 Please see the letter received today from Professor Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director, Scottish Government:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/crossmichael\/uploads\/sites\/7652\/2020\/08\/31164157\/Coronavirus-Jason-Leitch-Letter-on-testing-and-common-colds-31-August-2020.pdf\">Coronavirus &#8211; Jason Leitch Letter on testing and common colds &#8211; 31 August 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If I need to add any information to the blog then I will notify you by Group call text first.\u00a0 Thank you for your patience and support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Mary E Lidstone-Scott<\/p>\n<p>Headteacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Family and Friends of Gelston Primary School, &nbsp; House Captains and Vice-Captains I am delighted to announce the Captains and Vice Captains for each House are: Falcons:\u00a0 House Captain is Ava Proudfoot and Vice-Captain is Alexa Swalwell Owls:\u00a0 House Captain is Milly Allison Eagles:\u00a0 House Captain is Rose Parker and Vice-Captain is Fern McMinn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2020\/08\/31\/newsletter-monday-31st-august-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Newsletter &#8211; Monday 31st August 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}