{"id":3091,"date":"2025-08-22T15:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:33:17","slug":"welcome-to-session-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Session 25\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/screenshot-2025-08-22-161233\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/screenshot-2025-08-22-161233\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22151249\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-161233.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"583,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2025-08-22 161233\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22151249\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-161233-300x172.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22151249\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-161233.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3096\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22151249\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-161233-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22151249\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-161233-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22151249\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-161233.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>We are so excited to be back at school for another session.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We hope all our P7s from last year enjoyed their first week as S1s at their respective schools.<\/p>\n<p>Our new P1s are AMAZING!!\u00a0 We cannot believe how they have taken to school routines.\u00a0 Every single one of them is a little star.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to our P6 buddies for being such a great support, especially in assembly this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Newsletters and diary dates have been issued this week alongside forms to be completed.\u00a0 Please ensure these are returned to school as soon as possible.\u00a0 \u00a0Keep an eye out for further details of events. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/diary-dates-for-parents\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3103\">diary dates for parents <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/newsletter-aug-2025\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3104\">Newsletter Aug 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have not already used the QR code to complete photographic and Acceptable Use consent you can also use these links.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/mm9Ld7k9SQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photographic Consent<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/EhyRijyjSj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acceptable Use Consent<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Staffing Update<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mrs Tennant finished with us to today to commence her maternity leave.\u00a0 We are so excited to hear of the arrival of baby Tennant within the new few weeks.\u00a0 We will be sure to let you know.\u00a0 Mrs Tennant has been our Digital Leader in school and worked with our pupil digital leaders to submit our evidence of the use of digital technologies to support and enhance learning.\u00a0 We are absolutely delighted to tell you that we have been awarded our Digital Schools Award!\u00a0 What a great way for Mrs Tennant to finish up.\u00a0 Congratulations to everyone across the school!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/screenshot-2025-08-22-155258\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3094\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3094\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/screenshot-2025-08-22-155258\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22145418\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-155258.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"402,284\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2025-08-22 155258\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22145418\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-155258-300x212.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22145418\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-155258.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3094\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22145418\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-155258-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22145418\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-155258-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/uploads\/sites\/7069\/2025\/08\/22145418\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-155258.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Wider Achievements<\/h3>\n<p>Please remember to share wider Achievements with us.\u00a0 If your child has achievements to share with us from over the holiday period please be sure to have these in on time for next week&#8217;s Friday Assembly.\u00a0 Assemblies are now on Fridays so if your child has a certificate, medal or trophy to show these can be brought in on a Friday.\u00a0 \u00a0Please use this form to tell us.\u00a0 This can also be found on the school app under &#8216;surveys&#8217;.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/ShxrvAtbYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSCARs<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Social Media<\/h3>\n<p>We kindly ask that if anyone has a concern or requires further information from us,\u00a0 you contact the school directly in the first instance.\u00a0 We ask that social media and WhatsApp groups are not used to discuss school issues in a public or group forum.\u00a0 These are a great way to keep in touch with other parents from across the school when used appropriately.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>THANK YOU\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We would like to say a huge thank you to all our families.\u00a0 Every single pupil has been in school uniform and our attendance is almost 100% for the week!\u00a0 Let&#8217;s keep this up!\u00a0 Thank you also for your cooperation with the new drop off arrangements in the morning.\u00a0 It is greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>As a gentle reminder &#8211; please do not use the school carpark at drop off and pick up times.\u00a0 We also encourage that you avoid driving into the road leading to the school.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll leave you with a couple of photographs of our two P6\/7 classes.\u00a0 Look out for more photos coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend and we will see you all again on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Bradley and all the staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/screenshot-2025-08-22-161119\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3095\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3095\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/screenshot-2025-08-22-161119\/\" 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Our new P1s are AMAZING!!\u00a0 We cannot believe how they have taken to school routines.\u00a0 Every single one of them is a little star. Thank &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/2025\/08\/22\/welcome-to-session-25-26\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to Session 25\/26<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6640,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3091"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3105,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions\/3105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}