Scottish Government Free Bus Travel Scheme
Please see attached document on information on the New National Entitlement Cards to support Free Bus Travel for 5 to 12 year olds.
Link to Application Forms will follow
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Fundraising for Ayrshire Hospice
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!!
Virtual Music Sessions
The parent council have asked us to let everyone know about this event.
CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO OUR WEBSITEAhead 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.
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.
Message from The Parent Council
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
Parent Council Meeting – Tonight
The next meeting of Gargieston PC will be held this evening at 7pm via a Teams meeting.
A warm welcome is extended to all parents and carers. The meetings can be joined by dialling in from your phone, or via video call from a smartphone, tablet or laptop.
For joining details please email gargiestonparentcouncil@gmail.com and an invite will be sent to your email address.
If you are a current member of our Parent Council an invite has already been sent.
Gargieston’s Scottish Celebration
All of our classes have been enjoying learning about Scotland throughout January.
All classes had the pleasure of taking part in a full school virtual celebration of Scottish poetry and songs.
We hope you enjoy the fantastic contributions made by pupils from all across the school.
ECC & Primary 1
Primary 2 & 3
Primary 4 & 5
Primary 6 & 7
Parents/Carers of P7 Pupils
In order for Grange Academy to share information with you, please ensure you have the ‘School App for Parents’ downloaded.
Once you open the app, click the top right hand icon, then click ‘Add School’ and search for ‘Grange Academy’. They have asked that this is done by Thursday 27th January.
Thank you and if you have any problems please contact the school office.
JRSO Road Safety
JRSO
We believe that road safety is a very important thing in our community. The safety of your child is our number one priority! We have been a bit worried recently about children coming to school when it’s darker. When they wear a dark jacket cars cannot see them and this is very dangerous. Here is a picture which very clearly shows this danger. So we encourage that you give your child a brighter jacket, a torch, a reflector for their bag or jacket. Be Seen, Be Safe!
On Monday we are going to launch a competition where the children will have the chance to design a colourful high vis vest if they wish, the closing date will be Friday 28th January. The winner from each class will win a JRSO goodie bag!
Happy designing!
The P7 JRSOs
Message from the Parent Council
I have just been sent details of an online event from our East Ayrshire NPFS rep John, which may be of interest to you. National Parent Form of Scotland are working in partnership with Education Scotland and Common Sense to run this event on supporting your child or young person to safely set up devices. The event is for all parents/carers in Scotland.
The session is being held on Thursday evening and you can register via the link below:
P7 Registration for Secondary Education
Dear Parent/Carer
As you will know, your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education at the beginning of the new school session (August 2022).
Please complete the online P7 transfer application at http://eastayrshi.re/p7transfer no later than Wednesday 26 January 2022.
Your secondary school will already be in communication with your child via primary school to provide information and hand books are available at: www.eac.eu/secondaryschoolhandbooks.
We very much hope that visits and events may be possible later in the year to allow you and your child to visit their new school.
