Hendrie Award

Nominations of pupils towards the Hendrie Award, for contributing to their community, should be completed by the 5th of June.  Please use the online form below to nominate.

The Children’s Champion  – Hendrie Family Award
At a meeting in the Crown Inn Hall on the 6th of May 1864, the burgh of Galston was established by the householders of the town. One of the main proposers of this act, was a banker by the name of Mr John Hendrie. With this in mind the Hendrie family, who still live and work within the Galston area, have donated a fund for the establishment of a prize for the pupils of Galston Primary School. This is to encourage the children to promote Galston and help their fellow pupils and members of the community, wherever possible.
We are a Rights Respecting school in conjunction with members of the Hendrie family and staff in school we award a trophy at our annual prize giving in June.
The award is given to a child who has acted in a way that ensures one or more of the articles from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are promoted within the school and/or the wider community of Galston.
Children should be nominated by staff, House Captains and by community organisations using a simple nomination form. The nominations will then be considered by school staff and a representative of the Hendrie Family.
The Children’s Champion will receive the Hendrie Family Trophy.
We are looking for children who are or may have been an active member of a youth group or club and been a good ambassador. Alternatively, someone who has been involved in community initiatives ie a litter pick, gardening etc or someone who has helped and supported other children to feel included and safe.
Nomination forms are available from the school office or using the link below to access an electronic form.
We would encourage you to share this information as widely as possible and for you or any member of the community to make your nominations by 5th June.

https://forms.office.com/e/5dmh2xDih5

Thank you

Change of Date – Sports Day

In order to give parents as much notice as possible, due to the prediction of heavy rain on Wednesday, (22nd May) we have decided to delay Sports Day.  This will now take place on Friday 24th May when the weather should be drier. Any further updates will be sent out via the School App as soon as possible.

This will also change the theme of the Wednesday’s walk to school to crazy hair and on Friday the theme will be sports attire.

We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.  Thank you

Parking Plea P7S

This is the first in a series of letters written by each class in the school.

Pupils want to highlight their concerns with regards the car park particularly in the afternoon.  These concerns have been raised by pupils to the pupil council representatives, eco committee members and the right respecting group.  In every query, pupils from every class asked these committees to help and to see if there was anything that the group could do to help sort it out.  Parents have also raised the issue with the Parent Council.

The children are passionate about their school, their friends and their safety and this is reflected in the letters they have written.

Please read the attached letter from P7S

Primary 7s Parking Letter Final

Walk to School Week

Just a reminder for today and Walk to School Week.

It’s wear sunglasses and/or sunhat today when walking to school.

Look out for a letter from P7S later today about our parking campaign.

Have a lovely walk and remember to add your walk to the total for the day!

Walk to School Week

From the 20th to the 24th May is Walk to School Week and the school’s Eco-committee and pupils would really like for as many families to join in as possible.  Each day they have decided on and extra element of fun to add in.

Monday 20th – Wear a hat or sunglasses.
Tuesday 21st – Wear bright clothes or accessories.
Wednesday 22nd – Wear Sporty clothes for Sports Day, House colours are optional.
Thursday 23rd – Wear odd socks.
Friday 24th – Crazy hair day
Walking to school helps us all “Exercise to Energise”, helps us be more awake and ready to start learning in the morning and helps the car parking issues we have in school.
Let’s do it!