2/9/22
This week pupils were awarded for showing our school value: EQUALITY
P1 – Rocco P
P1/2 – Lloyd D
P2 – Niko C
P3 – Honor P
P3/4 – Dylan M
P4/5 – Harry W
P5 – Pippa H
P6 – Amy J
P7 – Cerys W
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Stars of the Week 26/8/22
26/8/22
This week pupils were awarded for showing our school value: RESPONSIBILITY
P1 – Alice M
P1/2 – Perry K
P2 – Lewis J
P3 – Belle R
P3/4 – Chloe M
P4/5 – David Y
P5 – Ryan H
P6 – Conlyn B
P7 – Aimee F
Parental Involvement Calendar
Please click on the link attached to view our Parental Involvement calendar for this school year.
Print it out to display at home or add the dates to your diary.
As you will see, we have lots of opportunities to welcome our families in and we cannot wait!
S1 Biscuit and Blether
A wee message for our former pupils who are currently in S1…
Today’s 3pm Biscuit and Blether with Mrs Clarke and Mrs Bradford is cancelled and will now be next Friday 30th September. This will be the final session.
Apologies for the short notice.
Additional public holiday arrangements for Tuesday 20 September 2022
Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen on Thursday 8 September 2022 we are observing a period of National Mourning.
The UK Government has announced an additional one-off Bank Holiday on the day of Her Majesty’s State Funeral – Monday 19 September 2022.
As this falls on our September Public Holiday we can confirm that East Ayrshire Council will move this Public Holiday from Monday 19 September 2022 to Tuesday 20 September 2022.
School will reopen on Wednesday 21st September at 9am.
Additional public holiday arrangements for Tuesday 20 September 2022 (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
Parent’s Phonics Presentation
Next Wednesday 21st September, before you are invited to visit your child’s class for Bring a Parent to School Day, P1, P1/2 and P3 parents/carers are invited along to hear about how Phonics is delivered at the early Primary stages. We are keen to show you how you can support your child at home in order to improve their Literacy abilities.
Please enter via the Community Entrance to join us at 1.45pm in the hall before visiting your child’s class at 2.15pm.
⚽️Glenafton Athletic Official “Kids Kick About Sessions”⚽️
Thanks to a recent successful funding bid Glenafton Athletic FC are delighted to offer FREE community football sessions.
This is a 4-week trial period where we are excited to bring sessions for kids aged 2 to primary 4.
Fingers crossed that the trial period is a success, and we can look at continuing this into the future.
Sessions will be on a Monday and will begin on 26th September 2022 at Loch Park with coaching from first team signing Dylan O’Kane and sessional staff.
– Mini Kickers (Age 2 to Pre School) @ 4.15pm to 5pm *Adult Supervision and Participation ESSENTIAL*
– Primary 1 & Primary 2 Kids @ 5pm to 6pm
– Primary 3 & Primary 4 Kids @ 6pm to 7pm
Look out for special guest appearances! And a celebration event at the end of the 4wks!
These are fun filled and relaxed sessions with no pressure to commit to anything more at this stage 🙂
Place confirmation will be emailed to the appropriate parent/carer no later than 23/09/22
Register here NOW: https://forms.office.com/r/zeZFv7A5v0
Bring a Parent to School Day is back!!!
We are delighted that Covid mitigations have now eased and we can welcome our families back into school!
We would like to invite parents/carers into school to visit your child’s class, see their work and meet their teacher.
This will take place over a series of Wednesday afternoons leading up to the October holidays. (Classes, dates and times can be found below).
Please enter the school via the Community Entrance. At the end of each session, parents/carers will be able to leave, to go to their child’s exit point. This will allow our Covid cleaning procedures to take place before the school bell rings and children are brought outside.
Wednesday 14th September 2.15-2.45pm: P1 (Mrs Johnstone) & P1/2 (Mrs Armour)
Wednesday 21st September 2.15-2.45pm: P3 (Mrs Elliott)
Wednesday 28th September 2.15-2.45pm: P2 (Miss McQueen) & P3/4 (Mrs Petrie)
Wednesday 5th October 2.15-2.45pm: P4/5 (Miss Nicholl) & P5 (Mrs Frew)
Wednesday 12th October 2.15-2.45pm: P6 (Mrs McNulty) & P7 (Mrs Clarke)
Our classes will be showcasing our Active Literacy and Numeracy resources and we will have parental information packs available for you to take away, to help you when supporting your child’s learning at home.
We look forward to welcoming you all back into the school building and thank you in anticipation of your support with this.
The Exchange August Newsletter
The Exchange Counselling Service are delighted to share their first newsletter of the year with you. They are a wonderful service within East Ayrshire that supports not only our children but their families.
Click on the link below to view their August newsletter.
East Ayrshire School Counselling & Psychological Wellbeing Supports Newsletter (office.com)
Come along to our Parent’s Group!
We are very excited to be able to welcome our families back into school again and are keen to start a Parent’s Group on a Wednesday morning.
Please see the poster below for more information and complete the attached form to submit your interest.
