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.
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.
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
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.
Our H&WB group are reviewing our ‘Respect for All Statement’ for addressing bullying which was created in 2020. We would appreciate it if you could spare 5 minutes to give us some feedback using the Form below. Please submit your thoughts by Monday 7th February.
Thank you!
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
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.
Last week, for P4-7, there was a Rights Respecting Schools raffle. This was a great opportunity to revisit and revise all the Articles of the UNCRC that we have looked at since last March when we returned to school from lockdown. Everyone took up to a maximum of 3 pieces of paper and wrote their name, the number of an Article of the UNCRC they could remember and a description of what that article was about. In each class, these papers were put into a tub and, on Friday afternoon, winners from each class were drawn from all the entries. The winners were:- P4A – Rose Slater, Rachel Gray P4B – Poppy Jupp, Isla Clarke (photo above) P4C – Amy Elder, Grace Boyce P5A – Finlay McPhail, Bobby Cowan P5B – Callie Parker, Lauren Rankin P6A – Emma Wright, Luke Roxburgh P6B – Ellie McLatchie, Anaya Rana, Pip Newlands P7A – Elliot Ferrie, Harvey Dow, Nina Bednarek P7B – Phoebe Dunlop, Lucy Cowley
The winners received prizes of stationery. As part of their prize, most of the winners received a sharpener in the shape of a globe of the world. This is to remind us all that we are all Global Citizens and that the Rights contained in the UNCRC are for all children in the world. It is also a reminder of how lucky we are since, in some poorer countries of the world, it can be difficult for children to have all their Rights.
Here you can also see 3 of our Pledge Trees with Articles we have looked at all around. There are 4 Pledge trees in the school corridor, one for each House – red, blue, green and yellow. Each year group within the school put their thumbprint on the trees in a different shade of their House colour. All teaching and non-teaching staff have added their thumbprint too to show that we have ALL signed up to the Rights within the UNCRC – the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. A huge thank you to Mrs. Wallace, our of our parents, who sketched out the shape of the trees for us. The UNCRC is posted below which you can discuss with your parents at home.
