Have a look below to see the trailer for our 2017 Giffnock Primary School Show – ‘The Amazing Adventures of SuperStan’. Tickets go on sale on Monday 22ndMay!
Month: May 2017
Giffnock Primary School Show P4 – P7
We are delighted to announce that tickets for our show will be on sale at Eastwood Theatre Box Office and through the online ticketing system from Monday 22nd May. Tickets will be restricted to 2 per customer for the first week only. From Monday 29th May, the remaining tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis. All tickets are priced at a very reasonable flat-rate of £5. We are expecting a high demand for tickets so it is advisable to book quickly to avoid disappointment!
Please see the attached letter for full details:
Free School Meal Entitlement and Pupil Equity Funding
The Scottish Executive has recently provided significant funding to schools across Scotland in order to further support equity in learning for all children. The Executive decided to base the amount that each school received upon the number of children with a Free School Meal entitlement and their intention is to continue this funding for at least a further three years.
If your child is eligible for a Free School Meal entitlement, we would encourage you to register for this as not only will it provide that benefit for your own child, it will also result in additional funding through the Pupil Equity Fund being provided to Giffnock Primary School.
Within our cluster, we are aiming to raise the profile of this entitlement and Woodfarm High School has put together a flier which details relevant information; whilst some of the details on it are specific to Woodfarm, it does provide clear and useful guidance.
If you would like any further information or support with the process, our school office can assist you further in this matter.
Click on the links below for further information.
Pupil Equity Fund Parental Letter May 17
Walk to School Week
Giffnock Primary School Walk to School Week
At Giffnock Primary School, we are keen to encourage children to be healthy, safe and care for the environment. Walking all or part of the journey to school is a great way for children to get fit, healthy and active.
Of course, we understand that it might not be realistic for everyone to walk the whole way, but why not ‘Park and Stride’ – that is, park the car further away from the school gates and walk the last bit of the journey together?
Walking Bus activities
- We will encourage all children to walk to school between 15th and 19th May.
- A staff member will organise an informal Walking Bus to support children to walk the last part of their journey together.
- Pupils should meet at our meeting point at the entrance to Huntly Park, next to the pavilion, ready to walk back to school at 8:40am.
- Children will be issued with a fluorescent vest and will walk down Church Road, Rosslea Drive, onto Academy Road and into school.
All parents wishing to accompany the Walking Bus will be most welcome.
Click on the link below to see the full letter:
Parent Council Events
Our next Parent Council meeting is on Monday 22nd May at 7pm in the staff room which you are welcome to come along to.
Then our final fundraising and social event of the year is Quingo on Friday 2nd June from 7pm – 10pm at Giffnock North Athletics Social Club.
Quingo is a family fun night with a quiz, prize bingo, raffle and kids disco. Tickets are priced at £5 each which includes pizza and pakora. Infants are free and larger families will only be charged for up to two children’s tickets.
Quingo tickets will be on sale in school in the front playground on Friday 19th May at drop off and pick up. Any remaining tickets after the 19th can be reserved by emailing giffnockpc@hotmail.co.uk and if we are oversubscribed, we will have a waiting list so please notify us if you buy tickets but can no longer attend.
If you can help with donations of prizes, please do get in touch with the PC.
We had a fantastic night last year and we are looking forward to seeing lots of families there again this year.
Thank you for your continued support.
Giffnock Primary Parent Council.
Digital Learning Week and free access to Microsoft 365
During the week beginning Monday 15th May, Giffnock Primary will be supporting the national ‘Digital Learning Week’ initiative. The aim is to promote digital learning through encouraging our children to try new forms of digital technology. Some of our children have put together this promotional ‘video’ using a tellagami app on the iPads. Look out for tweets during the week on our school twitter feeds to find out what our classes are getting up to.
We also wanted to highlight for you the free access to Microsoft 365 programmes that is available to all of our children outside of school through their Glow logins. Each of our children has their own Glow login which they can use both inside and out of school, enabling free access to all of the Microsoft 365 suite.
Election dates
Dear Parent / Carer
We would like to remind you that the school and nursery will be closed on Thursday 4th May 2017 as it is being used as a polling station for the local election.
Could you please also note that the school and nursery will be closed on Thursday 8th June 2017 as it will again be used as a polling station for the general election.
all stars cricket club p1-p4
ALL STARS CRICKET CLUB P1-4
Active Schools in partnership with East Renfrewshire Cricket Club are offering all P1-4 children across East Renfrewshire primary schools the opportunity to participate in the National ‘ALLSTARS CRICKET PROGRAMME’. This is starting on Tuesday 23rd May at Woodfarm Cricket Pitches from 5-6pm.
The club will run for 8 weeks and parents will need to register their children online to book their place as places are limited.
Register at www.eastrenfrencricketclub.com
The cost is £40.00 for block – this includes coaching and kids get a bag with their own cricket kit!
So try a new sport sign up now for some fun cricket lessons…
