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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
STEM WEEK!
Busby Police investigate serious crime!
STEM week got well and truly underway with the STEM committee ‘ inspectors’ leading the investigation as to how one of our ipads got broken! The day started with a whole school assembly with some very special STEM ambassadors and visitors finding out about the crime, followed by the STEM detectives meeting with DI Hunter & PC Cunningham to formulate a plan to take forward the investigation.
Over the next few days, each class will investigate a particular aspect of the crime from fingerprint analysis, CCTV footage to DNA and footprint analysis. It is hope from today’s gathering of evidence, the team will be in a position to interview suspects of the crime tomorrow and perhaps be in a position to work out ‘whodunnit’ from there.
In addition to this, we had a very special visit from Mr Carmon, who shared his knowledge of being a radiographer with a number of classes, along with Mr Wallace, who visited some classes and delivered some hands on engineering activities. Dr Blyth also visited classes this morning to discuss parts of the body and how they work.
We have created our own Busby Police logo. We are all been having great fun learning about science.
March Newsletter & Updated 15/16 Parent Diary
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Parent Diary 15-16 March 16 Update
Important updates and dates of school closures for Polling Days.
Super Hero Sports Day 17th March 2016
Following on from a recent homework task, voting is underway to choose our Sporting Super Hero Mascot.
Super Hero Sports Day is on 17th March when pupils can come to school dressed as their favourite Sporting Hero or ready to participate in their favourite sport. P.E. activities will take place throughout the day which will demonstate the Busby Core Values and how they are central to sportsmanshop. As this will also be STEM week we will also be looking the body and how it responds to exercise and the benefits of keeping healthy.
FANTASTIC FEBRUARY
Special Lunch Menu on Thursday 25th February
This will replace the normal menu for the day.
Lidl health factor bus
Pupils in Primary 2, 3 and 4 enjoyed a visit from the Lidl Health Factor Bus on Monday 25th January. They all took part in an exercise workshop in our gym hall and made a smoothie on the bus. Our thanks to Norma and her team from Lidl who made the day very enjoyable for the children.
A sample of the day ……..
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.
Updated Parent Diary
We have made some updates to our parent diary.
IMPORTANT UPDATE – School will be closed 5th May 2016 as we are to be used a poling staion.
Local MP visits Busby Primary School
Our local MP Kirsten Oswald enjoying a recent school tour, led by our Head Boy, Cameron and Head Girl, Annie.
(with our Head Teacher, Sharon Hunter)
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/
Equalities Forum
The next Parent Equalities Forum is to be held on 14 January 2016 at Woodfarm Hight School 7pm – 9.00pm
Agenda
1. Update on Education Department’s Equalities Delivery Plan
2. Update on ERC’s ‘Hate Crime’ Group
3. Input from Show Racism the Red Card
4. AOCB
January Newsletter
Happy New Year to all pupils and parents.
Our January Newsletter below will keep you upto date on what’s going on in school this month.
Miss Hunter
