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What?

                                            Children’s Mental Health Week                                                Take part in ‘Dress to Express‘ to support Place2Be, a charity who raise vital funds to help more children and young people get the emotional support they need. 

When?

Thursday 10th February

How?

Donate £2 to Place2Be and come to nursery or school dressed to express yourself. For example, if you have a bright and bubbly personality you may choose to wear bright and whacky clothing. Remember, they don’t have to match…!

Please no PJs or  football clothing.

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Why?

Place2Be believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. They create safe spaces in schools where students can open up without pressure, arming them with emotional skills to help deal with everything life throws at them. As a charity, Place2Be rely heavily on the generosity and support of the community to continue their essential work in the future and to reach children before it’s too late.

Please note that we have a section on our blog called ‘Mental Health Support for Parents’ It can be found under the tab ‘Parents’.

Applications for the 2022 intake of Scottish FA JD Performance School pupils now open.

The next intake is open to Primary 7 pupils entering S1 in August 2022 with the programme for players who are eligible to play for Scotland.

Click here to find out more

The theme this year is

‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’

We want to give children at Gargieston the skills to support one another, and the strategies to spot and speak out against harmful and misleading content online.

Through Safer Internet Day 2022 we will look at why inaccurate content exists, where it comes from, and what children can do to ensure they are safe.

From gaming and chat, to streaming and video, young people are shaping the interactive entertainment spaces they are a part of. Safer Internet Day 2022 celebrates young people’s role in creating a safer internet, whether that is whilst gaming and creating content, or interacting with their friends and peers.

If you would like to build on this at home with your children, click on the link below to see how Oscar keeps himself safe whilst he is online.

Oscars Adventures in the Online World

Please note that we have a section on our blog called ‘Internet Safety and Cyber Resilience’ where parents/carers can find information about how to support their children. This can be found under the ‘Parents’ tab.

Last Friday our P7s enjoyed their Burns Supper. The acts were recorded and put together for friends and family to watch at home. 

Enjoy!

Click here to watch

New National Entitlement Card 

Following previous information posted regarding the New National Entitlement Card to support the Free Bus Travel Scheme.

Please see below for Links to Application Forms

Application Link for 5-10 Year Olds

East Ayrshire Council – Grange Education Group – NEC Application Form 1

Application Link for 11-15 Year Olds

East Ayrshire Council – Grange Education Group – NEC Application Form 2

Very well done to Georgia Hammond, P3B and her sister Zoe, P5B who got their Brownie charity badge. They both sold a lot of their old toys (with their grans’s help) over the few months leading up to Christmas. Their cousin also donated 2 toys to be sold. In total they raised £500 for the Ayrshire Hospice. Here is a  photo of them both getting their Brownie badge and a photo of Georgia with the certificate the hospice sent them for their efforts.                                  This is a super achievement and a huge amount of money raised for a very worthwhile charity. Well done, Georgia and Zoe.  We are very proud of you both!!

The parent council have asked us to let everyone know about this event. 

 

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Ahead of our public annoucement on Monday, we wanted you all to be the first to know that our Virtual Sessions will return next month with a Short Virtual Sessions: 
Building Foundations: Exploring the Psychology and Physicality of Playing. 

Featuring Guest Artists including Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Elena Urioste, Richard O’Neill, Laura van der Heijden, and our Founder and Artistic Director, Nicola Benedetti, we invite you all to join us on this journey of collective development and discovery.

We believe strongly in the addressing of our foundations, within which we advocate for individuality and creativity to be applied. There is no one way to play, one way to make music, one interpretation, or one methodology or pedagogy. We hope these sessions will deepen this dialogue, and we will all learn something from the experience.

HOW THE SESSIONS WORK 

The Sessions take place between 12-18 February.

The Sessions include…
Live String Sessions – Saturday 12 February
Live Wellbeing for Musicians Sessions – Sunday 13 February
Live Panel Discussion hosted by Nicola Benedetti – Sunday 13  February
Daily Challenges Open to All – from Monday 14 February
LIVE STRING SESSIONS

On Saturday 12 February, we will host a series of live tutorials for all ages and stages of string players with our tutors and guest artists. These will focus on string technique and exploring the fundamental principles of playing our instruments. Our guest artists will be divided between the sessions. You can attend or watch back the recording of more than one level of Session (adults/young people separately). Times for each session are listed on our website and these Sessions take place on Zoom.

LIVE WELLBEING FOR MUSICIANS SESSIONS (ALL INSTRUMENTS) 
AND PANEL DISCUSSION 
On Sunday 13 February, violinist, yogi, and co-founder of Intermission, Melissa White will be delivering three sessions dedicated to wellbeing for musicians (all instruments, all ages – live session times on our website, recordings available for catch up).

The live weekend will conclude with a panel discussion hosted by Nicola Benedetti from 7-8pm GMT, with guests including violinist Alina Ibragimova and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. All those registered for the Session will have access to Zoom (young people) or YouTube live stream (adults) where you will be able to interact with the guests via the chat.

DAILY CHALLENGES
From Monday 14 February, we will be releasing a series of daily challenges from guest artists and tutors for all levels and all instruments. You can take part by trying out the challenges and sharing them with us via a link we will send to registered participants, or on social media. The challenges have no time limits and you can access these as often as you would like.

Register Here

To ensure you have the information ahead of the live weekend on 12-13 February, please register by the end of the day Thursday 10 February. Registration will remain open throughout.

Our NPFS East Ayrshire rep has sent details of how to access some free learning resources for both primary and secondary stages. These resources include recorded lessons, online resources, webinars and links to other appropriate e-learning. This content would be particularly useful to supplement learning whilst needing to isolate.

More info of how to access the resources can be found on the pdf attached.

NeLO flyer for parents and carers