JRSO Update

We would like to say a big thank you to our local businesses, Physioflexx and Blair Garage, for sponsoring our new JRSO team members. We will be thanking our supporters in our own way very soon. Watch this space.. We would like to introduce Blair and Phizz. Alongside ourselves and Miss McMillan, we will be carrying out a Road Safety campaign, focusing on safe parking and use of the drop off option, in the morning of week beginning 5th February. More information will be coming your way soon.

 

Rosie, Arran, Finn and Aimee

Our Vision – January 2024 Challenge

LEARN TODAY, LEAD TOMORROW

In January, we will be thinking about our vision and what it means to us.

What is a vision?

  • Our goal
  • Something we strive for
  • Future tense and ambitious

What does our vision mean to us?

  • Importance of learning
  • If we learn, we will be ready for the future
  • Learners today are leaders of tomorrow

As all of our children are leaders and lead in different ways, in January we will be exploring our vision in class and at home. We ask that you discuss the following questions with your child at home to prepare them for the class task.

As our vision is something we strive and work towards, think about the following:

  • What you think you’ll be leading in the future?
  • What job would you like to do when you grow up?
  • Why do you think you will be good at leading in this?

Parents’ Evening Questionnaire Feedback from November 2023

Thank you to everyone who completed the parent questionnaire during Parents’ Evening. Please see what the responses were below, along with some further information.

Question Reponses Additional Information
How many of our school values can you name? Please share these with us. May 2023 November 2023 Parents/carers are more familiar with our values.
29% knew all values 38% know all values
20% knew two or three values 39% know two or three values
33% knew no values 14% know no values
What is our vision?

 

Our Vision: Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow

 37% know our vision and were able to share it with our P7 leaders Our new vision was introduced at the end of the last session. We are delighted that many of our parents/carers know our new vision and to improve on this further, we will be sharing a family homework challenge in January focusing on our new vision.
63% were not sure what the new vision is
We have experienced some technical difficulties with our school app. Are you now able to access it? 85% have experienced technical difficulties East Ayrshire Council and the school have been working closely with staff for Safer Schools Scotland to trouble shoot some of the issues. As the app is our main way of communicating with you, we need you to let us know if you are continuing to have difficulties so that we can help with this. Please come into school to see us if this is the case.
14% have not experienced technical difficulties
1% do not use the app
Do you use the date section on our school app? 64% use the date section of the app (Calendar) The date section of the app is a work in progress. It can be found if you swipe the tiles to the left. We are continuing to try to make this as user friendly as possible. It is an Outlook calendar. You can change the view to day, week or month. If there is one than one item in a date (You see the +2 sign), just scroll over to the right and you will see the items. Sometimes we add additional information for events and to view this, just click on the event.
36% do not use the date section of the app (Calendar)
Rate how helpful you find our school Blog in providing information about our school. 3.5/5 star rating The school Blog is a website that aims to provide parents/carers with static information that can be accessed at any time. This includes a variety of menus and is a place where we save documents and policies. Please take a look by simply Googling ‘Nether Robertland Blog’ or alternatively, you can access the Blog from the app by clicking on the second tile.
Do you follow our school Twitter/X 50% follow us We currently have 544 followers. We use Twitter/X to share our school and classes successes and achievements. This is a platform that allows parents/carers to share in some of the wonderful learning that takes place in our school.
50% do not follow us

 
If you follow us on Twitter/X, do you like the Tweets/posts? 55% like the tweets/posts We would like our parents/carers to interact with our tweets/posts. We invite you to click on the love heart and/or leave a comment.
31% do not like the tweets/posts
14% sometimes like the tweets/posts
Do we provide opportunities for you to engage with the school and your child’s learning? 73% said that we provide opportunities Ways we provide opportunities for you to engage in your child’s learning:

·         Weekly homework

·         Family homework challenges

·         Meet the Teacher event at the start of term

·         This session every class will have a parental engagement event

·         Competitions

·         School Blog

·         Twitter/X
4% said that we do not provide opportunities
23% said that we somewhat provide opportunities
Do you have any suggestions for how we can improve upon parental engagement? ·         Communication to be more in advance

·         More classroom visits

·         More Twitter/X posts

·         Parent/teacher learner sessions

 We continue to reflect and act on parent/carers view to ensure that parental engagement is prioritised.
Are you aware of how homework is communicated for your child? 89% are aware how homework is communicated P3 to P7 classes – Homework is communicated through Teams

P1 – P2 classes – Homework is communicated through the individual class Blogs
11% are not aware of how homework is communicated
Do you value homework as an opportunity to support your child’s learning further? 67% value homework We feel that we need to gather more views regarding how we take forward homework at our school. We will be consulting with you on this in May 2024.
12% do not value homework
21% somewhat value homework

November’s Family Values Challenge

We would like to say a huge thanks to all of our families and children who took part in November’s Value of the Month challenge. This focused on our value of teamwork. We asked our families to share what teamwork looked in in your homes and in the community. As a family, you selected three words that describe the quality required to display good teamwork and you shared this by putting these words into Menti. We are now pleased to share what this looks like to you. This is represented by the word cloud below. The words that are bigger are those that were selected the most. We are delighted to see aspects such as fun, kind and cooperation are in bold.

Value of the Month – Determination

As a school we have identified the following ways we can show determination.

  • Work hard, be motivated and rise to challenges
  • Never giving up, even when it is hard
  • Making mistakes and to keep trying until you succeed

As our value this month for December is determination, we would love you to share any videos or photos of your family showing determination. Please share these with us via the school email, which can be found below.

eaNetherRobertland.PS@eastayrshire.org.uk

We look forward to seeing all the great examples of determination.

 

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 – Listen up! Respect our Rights

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 will take place from Monday 13 – Friday 17 November with the theme of ‘Listen Up! (Respect our Rights)’ – because bullying is never acceptable.

respectme, Scotland’s anti-bullying service, was launched in March 2007. Their vision is of a respecting, just, equal and inclusive Scotland in which all children and young people can live free from bullying and harassment and are encouraged to reach their full potential. Their work is driven by a focus on children’s rights.

During Anti-Bullying Week 2023, all children will be exploring the theme of Listen up! Respect our Rights through class activities and whole school approaches. Learning will be shared via Twitter/X so please look our for these and feel free to give us a like or comment.

To support your child further, please see the Parent Tool Kit below.

Anti-Bullying Parent Tool Kit 2023

Value of the Month – Teamwork

As our value this month is teamwork, we are spending time thinking about how to show teamwork in school and at home. In school, we have identified the following ways we can show teamwork and we are working hard on this.

  • Working together to get things done
  • Sharing ideas and listening to others
  • Valuing the opinions of others

This month, we invite you to:

  1. Discuss with your family what teamwork looks like in your home and in the community. As a family, select three words that describe the qualities required to display good teamwork.
  2. Click on the link or use the QR code below to share your responses with us at school.
  3. You will share your responses with the class week beginning 27th November.

To support living by our values in school, at home and in our local community, we have given every family one of our values magnets to display in your home as a reminder.

Value of the Month Family Challenge – Responsibility

As our value this month is responsibility, we are spending time thinking about how to be respectful. In school, we have identified the following ways we can show responsibility and we are working hard on this.

  • Making good choices
  • Being trustworthy
  • Caring for our school community

This month, we invite you to:

  1. Discuss with your family what things you do in your home and community to show responsibility. This might be being responsible for making your own pack lunch or doing a community event with one of your clubs.
  2. Complete the sheet by drawing pictures or making a list, showing what things you do to show responsibility. You might need to ask an adult at home to help with this. Your teacher will give this out.
  3. You will be discussing how you have displayed responsibility in your home and community during week beginning Monday 30th October. We can’t wait to hear all about your experiences.

To support living by our values in school, at home and in our local community, we have given every family one of our values magnets to display in your home as a reminder.

 

JUPITER PARENT LETTER

Dear Parent/Carer,

EAC – Journey to Jupiter

We are delighted to be participating in East Ayrshire Council’s new Active Travel
initiative Journey to Jupiter this session. The aim of this project is to get young
people walking to school in a bid to further reduce our carbon emissions here in
East Ayrshire, while also reducing congestion at our school gates and promoting
Active Travel.

Each time our young people travel to/from school by walking, scooting/cycling,
they will earn an S-mile for their class.

Park & Stride – pupils will earn an S-Mile even if they walk part of the journey
to/from school. A walking circuit will be available in the playground for pupils who
travel to school by taxi/bus and for any pupil who wishes to gather bonus S-miles
for their class during break/lunch times.

Bonus S-Miles can be earned by parents/siblings/staff walking the journey to
school too. Class walks, outings and Daily Mile time also earn S-Miles for classes.
Classes will receive certificates/rewards each time they set a new walking record
for their class. We will collate our S-Miles each week in school and send our totals
to the Climate Change Team at East Ayrshire Council each month.
The Launch!

Once all participating schools have banked 444,000 S-Miles, we will have enough
power bars to launch our EAC Clean Green rocket, sending it all the way to Jupiter.
We will begin collecting S-Miles on Tuesday 26
th September and continue to
gather as many as we can throughout the year.

Thank you in advance for supporting our Journey to Jupiter.
From our NRPS Climate Champions

Please see below a letter regarding the Jupiter initiative.

Parent_carer letter – Jupiter

Value of the Month Family Challenge – Respect

As our value this month is respect, we are spending time thinking about how to be respectful. In school, we have identified the following ways we can show respect and we are working hard on this.

  • Being polite and kind to others
  • Treating others the way you want to be treated
  • Consider others’ feelings, wishes and rights

This month, we invite you to:

  1. Discuss with your family what things you can do to show respect at home and in your community. This might be making your bed, spending time with a family member or walking the dog.
  2. Carryout some things that show respect and fill the inside and outside of the house with pictures or words to show what you have achieved this month. You might need to ask an adult at home to help with this. Your teacher will give this out.
  3. You will be discussing how you have displayed respect in your home and community during week beginning Tuesday 26th September. We can’t wait to hear all about your experiences.

To support living by our values in school, at home and in our local community, we will be giving every family one of our values magnets to display in your home as a reminder.

SCRIPTURE UNION GROUP INFORMATION

Please find below, information regarding the Scripture Union After School Club.

Thank you.

You may be aware that Scripture Union run fun lunchtime or afternoon  groups for children in many schools across the country. During covid restrictions we started a new Stewarton SU  group for all Stewarton schools and it meets at John Knox church on a  Monday after school starting this Monday(28th)

It’s a great place for the children to come and play and relax after school. They have games, crafts, snacks and explore a bible story each week.

The Stewarton group is for Primary 4 -7  and is held at John Knox Church, High St Stewarton on Mondays during term time 330pm – 430pm with the doors open at 315pm for children who get out of achool earlier. Children need to be registered here.https://form.jotform.com/232322739482357