Busby Primary School Parent Council AGM will be held at Williamwood High School at 6.45pm tonight.
Please see AGM Agenda and Minutes of last meeting.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Busby PC
Edinburgh Book Festival 2015
Our annual whole school trip to the Edinburgh Book Festival has proven
once again to be a hit with all the pupils who have been enjoying author stories,
workshops and time in Charlotte Square – even the sun made it for the day!
All classes now on their return journey and we are sure they will be looking forward to sharing the
experience of the day with you at home.
Early Years Literacy Curriculum Evening
An Early Years Curriculum Evening has been arranged for Thursday 3rd September 2015
6.00pm – 7.00pm
all nursery parent/carers (current and new) along with Primary 1 parent/carers welcome.
Sharon Hunter, Head Teacher
Skills Academy
Skills Academy (formally master class) started this week and has been met with great enthusiasm for all the pupils.
Remember if you have a skill to share in any of the following themes please don’t hesitate to contact me.
- Creativity (film making)
- Food Technology
- Life Skills (first aid/resilience)
- Community
- Design and Manufacture
Sharon Hunter, Head Teacher
Meet the Staff Wedneday 26th August
Thank you to all parents for the great turn out at meet the staff event last night.
It was a pleasure once again to welcome all parents new and returning.
Thank you for your useful feedback on school improvement. We are working on our parental calendar of events for this session which we will post on the website when ready.
Sharon Hunter, Head Teacher
August Newsletter
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Welcome Back!
Welcome to all our new and returning pupils to Busby Primary School.
We very proud to see how smart all our pupils looked in their school uniforms, thank you to pupils and parents for this.
Even the sun returned – just in time! Lets hope for some nice weather over the coming months.
Note for diary!!!!
We have the school photographer coming on Monday 17th August to catch all the pupils at their best!
They will take class, individual and family photographs.
Tartan Tycoons – Questionnaire Results
The proposal to create a Busby Primary School tartan was developed in order to create a sense of identity as a Scottish primary school in our local East Renfrewshire community. The idea is being supported by Kinloch Anderson who have offered to register one of the tartans designed by our pupils. This provides an exciting opportunity for Busby Primary School to lead the way in a unique initiative that has never been done before.
In order to progress this initiative we feel that it is vital to consult parents to provide a sense of ownership with regards to the final decision being made. The children and staff members were also consulted in this decision. The pupils carried out their own market research with the parents of Busby Primary school.
Through a Masterclass, tartan designs have been submitted by children in the second level of the school which provides ownership of the initiative and ensures that children are involved at all stages of the process. The final decision on the design of the busby tartan is yet to be made by our guest judges.
June Newsletter
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School Videos
Please click on the links in the ‘School Video’ section on the left hand side to see the films we have made showcasing life at Busby. Our ‘Loving the Learning’ film highlights the work being carried out in our master classes with a focus on food and health. The two ‘Ten Pieces’ films celebrate the pupils’ achievements during this fantastic project with the BBC. We hope you enjoy them.
Hanen Presentation for Parents
Please click here to see the Hanen presentation used at the recent Nursery parents meeting. Hanen is an approach to developing literacy and reading skills.
ERC Parent Equality Forum
Please click Parent Equalities Forum minute May 2015 for the minutes from the latest Parent Equality Forum.
Scottish Government Survey: Parents of 3 or 4 year olds views towards uptake of increased hours of free childcare
The Scottish Government has proposed to increase the provision of free childcare to 1140 hours per year for children who are 3 or 4 years old, as well as for vulnerable 2 year olds who are eligible for the 600 hours free entitlement through the Children & Young People’s Act 2014. With this in mind the Government are conducting a survey exploring how parents would wish to use this increase. The results of this survey will help guide policy on early years child care provision. In order for the survey to produce representative results it is important that we reach as many parents of 3 or 4 year old children from as wide a variety of back grounds as possible, this includes those who do not currently use free child-care provision.
The survey is available at the following link.
https://response.questback.com/scottishgovernment/childcaresurvey
May Newsletter
Please click here for a copy of the May newsletter. Previous newsletters can be found under the ‘Newsletter’ tab.
