Our next Wider Achievement Assembly will be on Monday 2nd March.
Any pupils with medals or certificates for the assembly should bring them into school with their Wider Achievement slip tomorrow or on Monday morning.
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Children’s Mental Health Week
At Gargieston, we recognise that being healthy is about more than just our physical health. This session, as part of our improvement plan, we are focusing on supporting our children with their mental and emotional health.
We thought this graphic produced to celebrate Children’s Mental Health week had some lovely prompts for nurturing a child’s mental health.
**Wider Achievements**
Our next Wider Achievement Assembly will be on Monday 3rd February.
Any pupils with medals or certificates for the assembly should bring them into school with their Wider Achievement slip tomorrow or on Monday.
Dyslexia Friendly Schools Gold Award
Following our assessors visit on 15th January 2020, I am delighted to share with you that we have maintained our Dyslexia Friendly Schools Gold Award. The assessors commented on the lovely ethos of everyone working together to do the best for all pupils and the excellent systems in place from our ECC to P1 which ensures a smooth transition for all.
The panel identified many key areas of good practice and particularly enjoyed hearing about the work that is being developed across the school to support pupil Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Gargieston Fundraising Group
Did you know that our fabulous Gargieston Fundraising Group have a Facebook page?
Like and follow them to keep updated with their fundraising events and how the money they raise is used to enhance our school.
Running Club
Please note that there will be no running club tomorrow.
Running club for P5 and P6 will resume on Wednesday 15th January.
Happy New Year!
We hope that you all had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed the festivities.
We are looking forward to welcoming our children back to school on Monday 6th January at 9am for another busy and exciting term at Gargieston PS & ECC 🙂
Merry Christmas!
Thanks to your generosity at the Christmas Service, we raised £223.67 for Crosshouse Childrens Fund.
On behalf of the staff team at Gargieston PS & ECC, I would like to thank you for your support this term and wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We look forward to welcoming you all back for the new term on Monday 6th January 2020 🙂
A Christmas Thought – Thank You is Enough!
With Christmas fast approaching, we are all more mindful than ever of the effects of poverty on the lives of families in our area. Some families may feel under pressure to show their appreciation to staff in the school through bringing in expensive gifts.
Last year the BBC ran a feature about this with the simple message that thank you is enough. We want to share this message with you this year to reassure any parents that are worried about affording a gift for a teacher in the run up to the Christmas break.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46580014
I would like to reassure you that there is no ban on bringing gifts for staff, but that a thank you, a card, a handmade token of appreciation and the thought behind these small gestures, is more than enough for us.
Wishing you all the best this festive season,
Julie McKee
Head Teacher
Wider Achievement Assembly
Our next Wider Achievement Assembly will be held on Monday 2nd December.
Children should bring in any achievements along with their wider achievement award slip either tomorrow or on Monday 2nd December.
Slips can be obtained from class teachers or the school office.
