Please note we have made a few amendements to our Parent Diary.
Please click ‘Save the Date’ on the right for our latest version.
P3 parents – learning workshop moved from 1st December to 30th November.
Apologies for any inconvience.
Category Archives: parents
Smile Please
Tempest Photography will visit the school on Friday 26th August to take individual and family photographs.
We ask all pupils attend in full school unform on this day.
They will return at a later date to take class groups.
Welcome Back
A great start to the new school session.
All the children were looking very smart in their school uniforms, a big thank you to the parents for supporting this.
The weather has to be warm this week, please remember sun screen/hats and water bottles.
We will soon have our parent diary available for all those important diary dates.
Miss Hunter
Greenbank Gardens Wheelbarrow Competition 11th & 12th June 2016
We have 2 entries in this years competition, one from each of our 1st and 2nd level skills acadamies.
The theme being the Queens 90th Birthday I am sure you will agree they both look great.
If you are planning on visiting Greenbank Gardens over the weekend to see the wheelbarrow entries you will receive a 50% discount on entry if you mention your child has an entry from Busby Primary School.
Sports Day : Friday 10th June
All school pupils will attend sports day at Williamwood High School running track.
Parents/carers, Grandparents all welcome – games start at 1.00pm.
Nursery – AM Children – 10.45 in the field at the rear of the school.
Nursery – PM Children – 2.45 in the field at the rear of the school.
Again all welcome to join them.
P3 Come and sing days
East Renfrewshire Council
Music Service
P3 Come and Sing Days
for
Junior Choir
Saturday 14 May and Saturday 21 May 2016
Williamwood High School
You may attend on any of the dates at the registration time
9.00am registration for group starting:
9.30am to 10.30am
Pupils must wear white soled shoes.
On arrival please complete a registration form with contact details.
Signs will direct you to the location once you enter the building.
Membership fees apply; you will receive details on the day.
Children attending singing games can be offered a place in the Junior Choirs starting August 2016.
There will be scope for recruitment to the choir program in later year groups
Themed lunch days
We have special themed buffet lunch on Thursday 12th May & a BBQ lunch w/c 12th June
2017-2018 Holiday Dates
Book Fair 25th to 29th April 2016
As previous years, we have our Book Fair the same week as Parents’ Night to allow parents time to browse through the books with their children on the evening of your interview.
Pupils will also have an opportunity to visit the Book Fair with their class. You are welcome to come along during the day and help your child choose a book, please refer to the timetable below.
Book Fair Timetable April 2016
All commission raised will go directly to enhancing each class library and nursery class resources.
Parent Diary Update
We updated our parent diary with a few new events.
Guide Dog Afternoon Tea Sunday 20th March 2016
Our Afternoon Tea will take take place in Busby Church Hall, between 2pm and 4pm on Sunday the 20th of March. You will be able to buy the tartan hearts you created on the Guide Dog takeover day for £1.
– Minimum donation is £3 for adults and 50p per child which includes refreshments and home baking. All the money we raise will go to Guide Dogs.
Please come along and help support us.
Fran, Lou, Eilidh, Sophie
Consultation on the future of early learning and childcare.
East Renfrewshire Council launched a consultation on the future of early learning and childcare on Monday 11th January 2016 via citizen space.
If this affects you we be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to read the consultation and complete the survey.
The consultation can be found at https://getinvolved.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/education/consultation-on-the-future-of-early-learning-and-c
Burns Day Menu
To celebrate ‘Burns Day’ the kitchen as offering a special menu on Monday.
The National Parent Forum “In a nutshell”
The National Parent Forum of Scotland has been working with Skills Development Scotland as part of the programme of work underway in Developing the Young Workforce. They have produced some tailored information for parents, as part of our successful “in a nutshell” series, which covers the new Careers Education Standard launched at SLF 2015.
This new nutshell will provide parents with basic information about the initial role of this programme in schools.
This nutshell has been published and will be heading home with your child via school. If you would like a preview please use the link below.
http://www.npfs.org.uk/career-education-a-world-of-possibilities/
