Month: May 2019

cream tea for all our supporters

Dear Parent/Carer and Giffnock families,

Throughout the course of the busy school year we are so fortunate to have a large amount of people who generously give of their time to support our school in a variety of ways, for example:- Parent Council, Cookalong, curriculum support, extra curriculum clubs, trips and excursions, volunteering, sharing skills, workshops, fundraising, gardening, our nursery entrance mural…. the list goes on!

We would like to invite all of our supporters to a special Cream Tea to thank you for all of your help; without you we couldn’t do the added special things we do.

If you are available to drop into school on Friday 21 June at 2.15pm, till just before the bell at 3pm, then we would love to see you.  Please don’t be shy – we want to celebrate our school community!

If you will be able to attend could you please reply to this email with your RSVP – thank you.

Best wishes

All at Giffnock Primary School

change of lunch menu 5th june

We have been advised by the school kitchen that there will be a change of menu on Wednesday 5th June 2019 – details are below.

SUMMER BBQ
Wednesday 5th June 2019
Starter
Golden Melon wedges
*****
Chargrilled Chicken in a wrap
With bbq sauce, and crunchy summer salad
Or
Cheese and Roasted Tomato Quiche
Served with homemade Coleslaw
*****
Dessert
Summer Fruit
***Baked Potato Sandwich and Baguette options also available***

website maintenance

We have been notified by East Renfrewshire Council that due to essential maintenance on our Glow Blogs environment the school website will be unavailable for any users (both internal and external) from Friday 31st May until Monday 3rd June 2019.  Anyone trying to access the website during this period should be taken to a page informing them of the maintenance.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Health and wellbeing

We wanted to share the following matter with you in order to raise awareness. One of our children recently brought into the nursery class with them a small number of multi-vitamin pills. Whilst none of these were swallowed and no other concerns arose, we wanted to share this with you and ask for your co-operation and vigilance at home.

Family 1st Team

Dear Parent/Carer,

The Family 1st team are offering a range of ideas and practical help for families with children from 0-11 years.

Team worker Julie Douglas can be contacted on 07393752547 and is available for impartial advice and support on for example:-

  • School
  • Health
  • Home
  • Money
  • Parenting
  • Confidence
  • ASN

To find out more about how you and your family could benefit give Julie a call, Mondays and Tuesdays (also available during non- school term time).

Please see attached leaflet for further information.

 

Family first leaflet

First Minister’s reading Challenge

PRIMARY 1 – PRIMARY 7

Dear Parent / Carer

Giffnock Primary School’s First Minister’s Reading Challenge is coming to an end – please see attachment for full details.

Your child should bring in their Reading Passport, information about their Reading Challenge and their Reading Journey, on Friday 31st May.

There will be certificates for four different categories (pupils do not have to enter all categories) 1. Class Reading the Most Books.

2. Pupil Reading the Most Books (Upper and Lower school).

3. Pupil’s Personalised Reading Challenges.

4. Your Pupil Reading Journey

Entries for 3 & 4 will be collected from classes (e-mail soft copies can be sent to schoolmail@giffnock.e-renfrew.sch.uk  if you wish).

Please ask your child to speak to a School Librarian if they have any queries, require further details or regarding lost Reading Passports.

More information about the challenges can be found here:

FMRC Primary school challenges

Good luck – and enjoy reading!

Regards

Giffnock Primary School Librarians

school travel survey

The Council are seeking your input into school travel issues in the area and would like you to complete a very quick online survey and add comments to an interactive map.

https://erschoolssurvey.commonplace.is/

There is also a section for pupils if you wish to assist your child in completing a survey.  There will be opportunities in school soon for discussion and debate on road safety and active travel choices, along with a chance for the children to complete the survey.

Finally, there is a section for anyone in the wider community to complete, therefore you may wish to promote this further yourself.

If you have school travel concerns, this is an excellent forum to voice them!

Giffnock Primary Parent Council

Pre-loved school uniform

In an effort to support all families the Parent Council would like to introduce a system to re-use “pre-loved uniform”.  At the end of the school day on a Friday (starting on Friday 31st May and weekly thereafter until the end of term) we will arrange for a rail of uniform items to be available at the “Ramp Entrance” to the school.  Parent / carers are invited to help themselves to the items of pre-loved school clothing.  There is no charge for the clothing, instead we ask that you donate any items of clean school uniform that you no longer need as and when they become available.  A box will also be available on a Friday in this area for your donations.

We hope that this will continue to support all families with the cost of school uniforms alongside the other options that you are already aware of; brand new uniform through Schoolwear Made Easy (www.schoolwearmadeeasy.com) and nearly new uniform through Apparelxchange (www.apparelxchange.co.uk).

Giffnock Primary Parent Council

School Show tickets

We are delighted to share that the tickets for our school show, Rock Bottom, will be on sale the week beginning the 13th of May. All the children P4-P7 will be performing on both evenings Tuesday 11th June and Wednesday 12th June. The principal character roles will be for one of these evenings and further information confirming which evening will be shared before the ticket release. The tickets can be purchased from Eastwood Theatre at the box office or online.
http://www.eastwoodparktheatre.co.uk/

When tickets are released initially there will be a limit of two tickets per transaction for the first two weeks of sale and there after any extra tickets will also be available for purchase on a first come first serve basis. This is to give all families the opportunity to purchase tickets if they wish. We are expecting a high demand for tickets so it is advisable to book quickly to avoid disappointment! Tickets will be priced at £7.50. For health and safety reasons ticket must be issued for all audience members.

Over the coming weeks the P1-P3 children will experience and a enjoy a range of scenes and songs from the show however they will not see the show in its entirety as it is not possible to accommodate the whole school at our dress rehearsal safely.

The P4-P7 children have already been working incredibly hard and we thank you for your continued support in making this a wonderful experience for your children.

East Renfrewshire School Travel Survey Launch

As you may be aware, as a school community we have continued to plan and implement a range of activities and communication to support our families’ safety on the roads within the immediate school area.  This has often been led by our Junior Road Safety Officers Pupil Group, but has also included ongoing communication with our Parent Council, a local Councillor, our Community Wardens and local police.

As part of these activities, we would be grateful if you were able to spend a few minutes completing the survey detailed below which can be accessed through the link there.

https://erschoolssurvey.commonplace.is/ – Click on ‘Have Your Say’ to get started

This includes

–          survey for parents or guardians

–          survey for local communities, aimed at residents and community groups

–          An interactive map to identify specific issues, barriers or opportunities getting to school

An initial deadline for feedback is 29 May 2019, however, the platform will be open throughout 2019 to assist with future planning.

taking home confidential information

Dear Parent / Carer

As you know we do not usually issue texts unless we need to convey urgent information or if we need to monitor responses.  We would like to advise you in advance that we will be issuing a text tomorrow because new Data Protection law means that periodically we need to check your wishes for your child taking home confidential information.  You have already completed paperwork to consent to your child bringing home confidential information but if we do not receive your response to tomorrow’s text it will mean that next session we are unable to send home items such as end of year reports or the annual data information which we issue in August.

Please do NOT respond to this email but we would be grateful if you could reply to the text tomorrow – a copy of which is shown below.

“New Data Protection law means we need to check your wishes for your child taking home confidential information.  If you are happy to continue reply 1, if you are not happy reply 2.  Please only use numerical 1 or 2 in your reply, no other characters.  Thank you”

If you have any queries please telephone the school office rather than replying to this email.

Pupil Support informal parental drop in sessions in May and June

Informal Parent Drop In
All welcome
Giffnock Primary School

Monday 13th May 2019 at 2.30pm in school library
Wednesday 12th June 2019 at 9am in school library

As part of our ongoing partnership working we would like to invite
you to our informal drop ins on pupil support. In the past we have
shared a variety of information from specialists and staff available
from Speech and Language therapists, Oral Health staff and school
support staff.

Want to find out how to support your child more? Or have any
concerns re your child’s learning? Then come along to our coffee and
chat times. Share your story and gather some information and
helpful hints.
We look forward to meeting with you all again.

Dates and times at school library
Monday 13th May at 2.30pm

Mr McGee School Educational Psychologist
Ms McLeod School Support for Pupil teacher
Ms Rawley Support for Pupil Co ordinator

  • Role of Educational Psychologist
  • Supporting ASD pupils and families
  • Support overview at Giffnock Nursery and Primary
Wednesday 12th June at 9am

Mr McGee School Educational Psychologist
Mrs Carney School Support for Pupil teacher
Ms McLeod School Support for Pupil teacher
Ms Rawley Support for Pupil Co ordinator

  • Preparing for change and transition
  • Using Emotionworks Programme to support emotional literacy and resilience
  • Use of support groups at Giffnock Nursery and Primary
  • Available for any questions and advice