We finish at 2.30 pm on Friday 20th December for Christmas Break.

Bus children will be collected most likely at 2.00 pm but we will confirm this as soon as we know for sure.

Christmas Church Service will take place on Wednesday, 18th December at 9.45am.  The service will be led by our P5 children (including P5s from the P4/5 class) with participation from others too! A collection will be taken which will go to Hillhouse.  We do hope you can join us!

The Parent Council have drafted a new constitution and would like some consultation from Parents. If you have any comments can you please send to mpspcsocial@gmail.com by the close of business on Monday 16th December. A paper copy can be found if required at the school office.

Click on link below

Final Draft Mauchline PS ECC Parent Council Constitution Oct 19 copy

Make sure that Santa comes to your house on Christmas Eve!

Primary 4 will be selling Magical Reindeer Dust in the Infant Play Area every day at 1pm. Each bag costs 50p.

Make sure you get yours!

On Wednesday 20th of November, the UN convention on the Rights of the Child will be 30 years old!!

To celebrate, the whole school will dress down on Wednesday the 20th November & will try to wear blue. This is a free event to raise awareness. Pupils will also take part in activities in class during the day to celebrate the special occasion.

The Eco Committee organised the school to take part in Outdoor Classroom Day on Thursday 7th November. Classes who learned outdoors that day spoke to the whole school at the assembly last Friday.

The next Outdoor Classroom Day is Thursday 21st May.

Outdoor-Classroom-Day-certificate

A letter coming home today with your child re school closure on 12th December as the school will be used as a Polling Station for the General Election.

The Parent Council are organising and hosting a Christmas Fayre being held in the school on Friday 29th November 2019

They are looking for donations for both the children and adult tombola.

This year at Mauchline Primary, we have joined many other schools across the UK, and beyond, who use the PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) Programme.  We will have PATHS lessons twice a week.

What is PATHS?

PATHS is a programme of lessons and strategies that helps children manage their emotions, communicate effectively and problem solve independently.

It takes a holistic approach to include all children, families and staff therefore we will be running information sessions soon!

PATHS is a research based programme grounded in the science of children’s brain development. It uses progressive schemes of work, engaging resources and diverse activities to establish a positive classroom.

PATHS helps children with…

• Self-esteem, self-confidence and self-control
• Frustration & anger management
• Attention and concentration
• Thinking before they act out in anger
• Emotional understanding
• Expressing their feelings in a positive way
• Understanding that all feelings are okay, but some behaviours are not ok
• Preparing for change (e.g. moving to high school)

For more information, feel free to get in touch with the school or have a look at the handout or website below. Also, keep an eye out for information sessions coming soon!

Paths_parent_handout1

http://www.pathseducation.co.uk/what-is-paths/paths-curriculum/