Having had to postpone sports day due to weather last we were more than ready to have it today! Thank you to everyone who came along to support us and cheer us on. The parents were also fabulous during the parent novelty race. Photographs will be published next week.
Please read Primary 4T’s parking plea by clicking on the link below.
Please read the letter from P6W with regards the parking at school.
Please read the letter from Primary 1S about parking by clicking the link below.
Please read Primary 2M’s letter about how you could help them.
In the run up to the Galston Gala Day on June the 8th the pupils took part in the Development Trust competition. The Trustees had a difficult time judging the entries as they found the posters to be excellent.
The Overall Winner – Myka P7
Runners Up Primary 1 to 4 – Elissa, Cade, Orla, Frankie
Runners up Primary 5 to 7 – Kaila, Bonnie
Well done everyone who participated.
Thank you to the Galston Community Development Trustees for the prizes and sweets handed in for the winners, runners up and best in class. They were gratefully received and appreciated by the pupils.
Mobile phones are a great way for children and young people to keep in contact with their parents, carers and friends, especially as they begin a new school year. However, issues may arise if our children and young people excitedly share their mobile phone number with other pupils in their new school year group and even wider, as they perhaps join ‘WhatsApp’ group chats or other social media group chats.
This can lead to your child or young person sharing their mobile phone number with a whole year group and being included in what could amount to over one hundred school pupils on single group chat! The reality of this is that they don’t all know each other, they will all be from different backgrounds, they will all have different levels of online awareness and they will most likely be seeing messages, images and even video footage shared in the group which you, as a parent or carer, would not like them to see but which is out with your control. This situation can be difficult to manage and could be distressing in relation to what is read or seen. Coupled to this, peer pressure could lead to bullying.
WhatsApp is by far the most used messaging App although there are many other similar messaging Apps, and it allows users to send instant messages only to contacts that they have added to their WhatsApp account. Only people who have a WhatsApp account can send and receive messages through the app. Messages can be sent ‘one to one’ or within a ‘group conversation’ and for all messages sent, WhatsApp sends “read receipts” to tell sender if the message was delivered, read, seen or played. These settings can be changed, see the ‘how to guide for parents’ link below for more information. In relation to a group chat on any social media platform, even those as a parent or carer you are involved with, you have no control what will be sent, seen or shared so it is worthwhile having a conversation with your child or young person about this.
We know peer pressure can lead to people of any age doing something they otherwise would not do, online or offline, so this awareness during your child or young persons’ early years is very important.
Our colleagues at Internet Matters have created information resources below to inform you of how the social media platform “ WhatsApp” operates and how you can you can put measures in place to protect what your child or young person sees on the app and awareness on the apps security settings.
Most popular apps – a guide to parents
NSPCC Top Tips for Parents and Carers
Due to the considerable rain and the puddles on the running track Sports Day has been postponed. The next date that had been provisionally booked is the 31st May. Again, this is weather dependant.
As today is Sports day today’s theme is sports clothes for Walk to School Week. These can be in your house colours:
Portland – Red, Polwarth – Yellow, Titchfield – Blue, Bentinck – Green
Come on now let’s have a final push to add to those tallies!
Please read the letter from the pupil council representative in Primary 3G
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