{"id":9250,"date":"2023-01-12T15:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/?page_id=9250"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:00:06","slug":"mrs-johnstone-ht","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/mrs-johnstone-ht\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs Johnstone &#8211; HT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my posts. I will update this as we share information via our App too. Newest items are at the top.<\/p>\n<p>During our in service day staff were working on what do we want our children to be?<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf1f WHAT MATTERS TO US \ud83c\udf1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d <strong>RESPECT<\/strong><br \/>\nTreat everyone, ourselves, our property and our environment with care.<\/p>\n<p>\u2764\ufe0f <strong>KINDNESS<\/strong><br \/>\nBe inclusive, helpful and considerate in everything we do.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcaa <strong>RESILIENCE<\/strong><br \/>\nKeep trying, learn from mistakes and be brave.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>RESPONSIBILITY<\/strong><br \/>\nMake good choices and take ownership of our actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50 <strong>ACHIEVEMENT<\/strong><br \/>\nAlways give our best and take pride in our learning.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Respect \u2022 Kindness \u2022 Resilience \u2022 Responsibility \u2022 Achievement&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Together we learn, grow and succeed to be the best we can be.<\/em> \ud83c\udf1f<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We have been working hard on our child friendly versions of our Improvement Plan and our excellent lesson. We think you will enjoy our adventure map that explains what we are working on this session. The children will here about this at assemblies and be part of making changes to Literacy, Numeracy, Curriculum, IT and Modern Languages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/09\/15073805\/The_Annanhill_Adventure_Map_2.pdf\">The_Annanhill_Adventure_Map_(2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/mrs-johnstone-ht\/school\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1079,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"school\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12398\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/annanhillprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1799\/2026\/08\/24082110\/school.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon, and welcome back,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have had a very busy few days in school. The classes are looking great and we wanted to let you know about a few updates we have had over the summer. The staff have worked very hard during the summer. Our children returned on Wednesday, and the high standard of uniform was excellent. Where possible we want to maintain this as this does lead to better behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>We have continued to reinforce our values of Respect, Kindness and Achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Our management team has changed this session with Mrs Haggerty is the depute for the infant department and Mr Simpson is the depute for Pr4-7. Mrs Gilmour-McGuire is the principal teacher for the upper department. We are delighted to welcome back Mr Dickson to the school. He will be taking on Non class contact this session.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few reminders &#8230;..<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remember to label all clothing especially jackets and jumpers<\/li>\n<li>Check menus to see what is on offer for lunches and if it is not something your child will eat, please send a packed lunch \u2013 PLEASE ORDER IN ADVANCE!!!!<\/li>\n<li>No toys to school &#8211; where possible<\/li>\n<li>Trading cards are only allowed on a Friday<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your child knows the arrangements for drop off and pick ups<\/li>\n<li>No fizzy juice &#8211; cans not permitted<\/li>\n<li>No nuts<\/li>\n<li>No dogs in the playground or inside the gates<\/li>\n<li>Please ensure you email or phone in your absences as texts will be sent at 9:30 \u2013 these<strong><u> must<\/u><\/strong> be responded to. Telephone 01563 549988 (ext 2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last session we had a big push on attendance and unauthorised absence. This is still a Scottish government focus, and we need to work together to ensure we maximise pupils\u2019 attendance at school. Late coming and early pick ups was becoming a real concern last session, and we will be contacting families where this is becoming a regular pattern. As part of the family wellbeing fund, we were successful in securing a bid. This has helped us finance a parent\u2019s room, parent focus groups and a community support worker called Gillian White. We are delighted to welcome Gillian as part of our team, and she can\u2019t wait to work with our families across the school.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Every school day matters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"639\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"112\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"107\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"110\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"107\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"112\"><strong>100 %<\/strong> Excellent Attendance<\/td>\n<td width=\"107\"><strong>98%<\/strong> Impressive<\/p>\n<p>4 days off<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\"><strong>96% <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good<\/p>\n<p>8 days off<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\"><strong>94% <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Needs to Improve<\/p>\n<p>12 days off<\/td>\n<td width=\"107\"><strong>90% <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Danger Zone<\/p>\n<p>19 days off<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><strong>80%<\/strong> Extreme Impact<\/p>\n<p>38 days off<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A plea from myself to become more involved in our school community. It is essential that we have volunteers of parents, carers and grandparents to help our school. This can be anything from helping within classrooms to supporting the running of the parent council. Our parent council team is depleted in numbers again and for a school of 455 children we only have 5 or 6 members who regularly attend. Please help!<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school. Please do not contact the teachers directly. Our <a href=\"mailto:eaannanhill.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk\">eaannanhill.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk<\/a> is the best place to make contact so any concerns can be directed to the appropriate person.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">As part of our Improvement Plan Cycle it is now time for us to gather our evaluations from all our stakeholders.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Each year we have to evaluate our current improvement plan and set new targets for next session.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">As parent and carers, we value your opinion and would like to seek your views within our current improvement plan and if you have any suggestions for next session.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Our current priorities are:<\/div>\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:true}\">\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my posts. I will update this as we share information via our App too. Newest items are at the top. During our in service day staff were working on what do we want our children to be? \ud83c\udf1f WHAT MATTERS TO US \ud83c\udf1f \ud83e\udd1d RESPECT Treat everyone, ourselves, our property and our environment &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/mrs-johnstone-ht\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mrs Johnstone &#8211; HT<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3794,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9250"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12486,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9250\/revisions\/12486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/annanhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}