It was so lovely to welcome our children back to school today for the new session.  Our 81 Primary 1 children have settled in well and have had a fabulous start to their learning journey with us at Gargieston.  We have also welcomed 4 new pupils at the Primary 4 stage and Miss McGrane & Miss McConnell to our teaching staff team.  Mrs Greer will join our clerical team on Wednesday and will be with us 3 days each week.

With our school roll continuing to grow, it will be necessary to make some organisational changes to routines.  From Wednesday 22nd August, only Primary 1 pupils will have permission to enter the school building from 8.50am as a ‘soft start’ to their day.  Children from Primary 2 upwards will line up in the playground and will be collected by their teacher at 9am.

We had a very busy assembly this afternoon for all 390 pupils where the children were introduced to our new promoting positive relationships and behaviour system – ‘Reach for the Stars’.  This is a new approach for Gargieston but it is one that the staff team have fully embraced and I am sure that the children will too.  Ask your children about it today and look out for more information to follow in terms of a leaflet and parent workshops.