Good luck to all our Burns Finalists who are going to Belmont Academy on Saturday 1st March to compete in the Burns Federation Competition. Remember you have already shown yourself to be confident individuals and you will be fantastic!
Category Archives: Parent Information
Congratulations Enterprising P3
How enterprising are Primary 3? Their Best Scottish Tuckshop really was the best. They managed to raise the grand total of:
£657.94
Amazing! Thank you to all of the children, parent/carers and local businesses who helped them to raise this phenomenal amount. We very much appreciate your support.
Now they are just having to work out what to spend it on!
PE Kit Letter
Dear Parent/Carer
We have noticed that there has been a lot of children forgetting to bring PE kit to school on their PE days. This results in children being unable to take part and having to sit at the side. Could you please read the attached letter and ensure that your child brings a PE kit to school on the days allocated to their class.
Thank You
P3 Enterprise – Scottish Tuck Shop
Next week sees the return of the P3 Scottish Tuck Shop. This was a very popular event last year and the children are keen to see it return.
The classes have a timetable of their tuck shop day as shown below:
Base 4 children and Mrs Smith’s P6/7 – Monday 17th
Base 3 children – Tuesday 18th
Base 2 children – Wednesday 19th (most of P3 have chosen to have this during their Parents Open Afternoon but they can have it for snack should they wish)
Primary 2 in Base 2 will be given a time slot before break to purchase items.
Base 1 children – Thursday 20th
On the last day, Friday 21st, the children will have an opportunity to buy from the tuck shop for the final time as a trolley will come round before break.
If possible please bring change with you for your items.
Items on sale will be Irn Bru/Red Kola, tablet, fudge, teacakes, snowballs and chew bars, to name but a few items! We will also have a selection of cakes donated by Greggs but are unable to say at this point which day that will be as they are kindly donating these to school at some point next week.
Please note that this is a child led Enterprise activity therefore we would advise you discuss with your child beforehand if they have any allergies which items they would be able to purchase as we are unable to cater for all dietary requirements.
Prices will range from 20p to £1 although we do have a limited number of tablet and fudge boxes at £2 which retail between £2.75 to £3.00 normally.
Thank you for your support in this Enterprise Venture.
IDL Showcase – reminder
You are invited to come along on Tuesday the 21st of January, between 6 and 7p.m., to our open evening where the children will be showing their interdisciplinary learning (Topic work) . We are looking forward to seeing you there and sharing our learning with you.
Parent Group
Galston Parent group will start again on Tuesday 14th January from 2pm- 3pm, led by Mrs Willsden. The topic over the next few weeks will be ‘Understanding anxiety and distressed behaviour’. The first 2 sessions will involve viewing the pre recorded NEST workshops together, followed by discussion.
Please note that parents can also view these workshops at home on the NEST website https://www.nest.scot/videos.
Celine Dyer from NEST is unable to attend the session on Tuesday 21st January but has arranged to attend on Tuesday 28th January from 2pm- 3pm to answer any questions based on the workshop.
All parents are welcome to join. Tea and coffee will be available.
The Unsinkable Ship – Titanic
Our P5 pupils are planning a visit to the Titanic Experience in Belfast on 6th May 2025. The children would leave the school at 9:00am and return at 11:30pm. approximately.The cost of this trip would be around £80 – £85 per person. At this time we are looking for feedback to find out if parents would be interested in their child attending a trip to the Titanic Experience. This trip will only be able to go ahead if there is enough interest to fill the spaces required. Please complete the form and submit it to the school no later than Friday 10th January at 3:00opm.by following the link below
Parent Group
Galston Parent group will start again on Tuesday 14th January from 2pm- 3pm, led by Mrs Willsden. The topic over the next few weeks will be ‘Understanding anxiety and distressed behaviour‘. The first 2 sessions will involve viewing the pre recorded NEST workshops together, followed by discussion.
Please note that parents can also view these workshops at home on the NEST website https://www.nest.scot/videos.
Celine Dyer from NEST will attend the session on Tuesday 21st January from 2pm- 3pm to answer any questions based on the workshop.
All parents are welcome to join. Tea and coffee will be available.
Secondary School registration for P7
As you are no doubt aware, your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education at the beginning of the new school session (August 2025).
Secondary school hand books are available at: https://eastayrshi.re/SchoolHandbooks
Please complete the online P7 transfer application at http://eastayrshi.re/p7transfer no later than Friday 20 December 2024.
Coffee and Carols
We are pleased to inform you that we will be performing our annual Coffee and Carols Show (including our P1s Nativity) on the following dates:-
· Wednesday 11th December – 1.30pm – 3.00pm
· Thursday 12th December – 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Tickets are priced at £3.00 each and are limited to 2 per family at one performance only. Tickets will be on sale from the school office from Thursday 28th November. We are unable to reserve any tickets as we are restricted in total numbers due to the size of the hall. Tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis. To help us out if you have the correct money to pay for your ticket this would be greatly appreciated. There will be a reserve list generated on the off chance that there are any tickets left.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you at our Christmas Shows
