Hurlford Primary School and Early Childhood Centre

SESSION 2019-20

Senior Management Team:

• Mrs Campbell, Head Teacher
• Miss Mair, Depute Head Teacher
• Miss Frew, Acting Principal Teacher

Office Staff:

• Mrs Petherick, Senior Clerical Assistant
• Mrs Ross , Clerical Assistant

Classroom Assistants:

1. Mrs Paton (Monday-Friday)
2. Mrs Mills (Tuesday- Thursday)
3. Mrs Mooney (Monday-Friday)

Janitor:

• Mr Mason

Welcome Back! I hope you’ve had an enjoyable holiday. We are looking forward to welcoming our pupils back to school on  Monday 19^th   August.

We have a number of new staff joining our team:

• Miss Wilson who will be teaching P3 (Monday), P5W(Wednesday) and P2 (Thursday & Friday)
• Miss Paraskeva who will teaching P7F (Monday/Tuesday), P4 (Wednesday) ad P7J (Friday)
•  Mrs McCrindle will be joining us as EAST teacher on Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays.

We wish Mrs Miller well as she goes on maternity leave on Wednesday. Miss Frew, will take on the role of Acting Principal Teacher

Primary 1 only : On Monday and Tuesday of the first week-we have informal entry to school between 9.15am and 9.30am through the main door. P1 pupils should be collected from their class at 2.30pm on Monday and Tuesday.

From Wednesday 21^st   August, P1 pupils will line up outside in the infant playground at 9am and children should be picked up from the infant playground at 2.55pm. Parents should   come forward to your child’s class teacher to collect them.

LINING UP

Staff will be in the playground from 8.50am. Prior to 9am, Parents/Carers please stay on the pavement.

At 9am/interval & lunchtime:

• Primary 1- 3 will line up in the infant playground.
• Primary 4-7 will line up in the main playground.

At 3pm:

• Primary 1- 2 will exit into the infant playground.
• Primary 3-7 will exit via the main door.

PLAYGROUND AREAS

• Primary 1- 3 in the infant playground.
• Primary 4-7 in the main playground.

SCHOOL LUNCHES

• Primary 1- 3 free school meals.
• Pupils may bring a packed lunch, if you prefer. Due to a child with a severe nut allergy, please do not send your child with any products containing nuts. Many thanks for your support with this important matter.
• Payment for school meals/trips is via ParentPay.
• School Meal choices are found on Hurlford

SCHOOL UNIFORM/PUPIL PROPERTY

• To ensure items are not lost or mixed up, please make sure all items of clothing are labelled (e.g. clothing, bags, water bottles, packed lunches, shoes, gym bags, etc.) If your child has a black school jacket, add something that will help your child to identify it quickly (e.g. key ring, ribbon, etc.)
• If you would like to get something from our school clothing bank, please contact the main office, staff will be able to help you. Many thanks to everyone who handed in old school uniforms for others to benefit from.
• Please do not send your child to school with expensive property.
• Please remind your child to take care of their property.

COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS/CARERS

• Most communication with be via the Hurlford Primary School and ECC App
• Information about our school will also be put on our GLOW blog. Access is also through the above app :
• Each class will put information on their class blog weekly.

 WEEKLY TIMETABLE

*Golden Time ceased.