Dear Families and Friends of Crossmichael and Gelston Primary Schools,<\/p>\n
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I hope this newsletter finds you well.\u00a0 Spring has arrived at Gelston with pupils looking at life cycles, biodiversity and interdependence. Please look at our class Facebook pages for further information.<\/p>\n
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May Day Holiday – Monday 3rd May<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n School is closed this Monday for a May Day holiday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n P7 Hoodies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Our Primary 7 pupils are enjoying wearing their new hoodies.\u00a0 I think you’ll agree that they look very smart!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Parent Council Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This evening our Parent Council are having an extra meeting to agree on the constitution.\u00a0 This meeting will be brief and will be held at 7pm via the Facebook room application.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Behind the scenes, the Parent Council have been applying for grants to raise enough funds to build an outdoor classroom at the school.\u00a0 We aim for this to be available for community use too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Details of our next meeting will follow shortly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sports Day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Gelston Sports Day will be held on 10th June.\u00a0 Pupils will participate in races and potted sports.\u00a0 \u00a0Unfortunately, we are not yet able to invite parents to spectate but we will keep you updated with photographs on the Blog and class Facebook pages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pupil Progress Reports<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n End of year summary reports will be sent to parents at the end of term.\u00a0 Please rest assured that we will get in touch with you if we feel that your child is experiencing any barriers to learning.\u00a0 We have gathered a range of assessment evidence to inform us about pupil progress and this helps us to ensure that we are meeting learners’ needs.\u00a0 In the meantime, if you have any concerns about your child’s progress then please contact your child’s teacher.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n P7 Leavers Assembly<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n We aim to have an end of term assembly outside so that P7 parents can attend.\u00a0 We are keeping an eye on current guidance and hope to confirm arrangements soon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n School Trips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n We would like to take pupils on a school trip to a local destination but we must be mindful of the guidance.\u00a0 Again we hope to confirm arrangements soon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best wishes,<\/p>\n Mary Lidstone-Scott<\/p>\n Headteacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Families and Friends of Crossmichael and Gelston Primary Schools, I hope this newsletter finds you well.\u00a0 Spring has arrived at Gelston with pupils looking at life cycles, biodiversity and interdependence. Please look at our class Facebook pages for further information. May Day Holiday – Monday 3rd May School is closed this Monday … Continue reading “Newsletter – Monday 26th April 2021”<\/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-789","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\/789","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=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":790,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}