Category: Parents

Universal Credit information

You may be aware that there have been changes to the way DYP payments are made under the Universal Credit System. This may also mean there will be two payments over a holiday period.

For further information please go to:

www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/uc or https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit

If you have an enquiry you can also contact:

East Renfrewshire Council Money Advice Team on http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/money

Or Customer Services Team at customerservices@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk or alternatively call them on 0141 577 3001

We hope this information is of use to you,

last Day of term and church service

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all to join us at Orchardhill Parish Church to celebrate with the children and staff at our Church Service on Friday 21st December 2018 at 1:15pm.  If your child normally has a home lunch it would be appreciated if they could remain in school on that particular Friday.  If this is not possible please advise your child’s class teacher and we would advise you that the lunch break will be from 11:50am and they must return by 12:40pm at the very latest as the children will be leaving early to walk to the church.  As P1 and P2 pupils will be hosting the service they will be having an earlier lunch break (along with House Captains, Vice Captains and musicians) from 11:00am until 11:50am as they will be leaving for the church by 12 noon.

All pupils will return to school after the service.  Primary pupils will be dismissed at the earlier time of 2:30pm but the afternoon nursery pupils will not be dismissed until 4:00pm (although you may take your nursery child earlier should you so wish).

We would remind you that the school is closed to pupils from Monday 24th December 2018 until Sunday 6th January 2019 and will resume as normal on Monday 7th January 2019.

May we take this opportunity to wish you all a safe and happy holiday.

Hopscotch Theatre

You may have noticed from the parental calendar that Hopscotch Theatre will be visiting the school during the morning of Wednesday 12th December 2018 to entertain the pupils.

There will be two performances in our Gym Hall and in view of the timings it will unfortunately not be possible for the school kitchen to serve tuck at break time that day.

We wanted to give you advance warning and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Changes to tuck

As you may be aware the school kitchen offer a healthy snack to pupils at break everyday with cupcakes and cookies only available one day a week on Wednesdays.  To cope with the popularity of these items the school kitchen is now splitting the availability of cupcakes and cookies as undernoted:

 

P1-P3 pupils – cupcakes and cookies available on Wednesdays at break (Upper School pupils will only be able to purchase a healthy snack)
P4-P7 pupils – cupcakes and cookies available on Thursdays at break (Lower School pupils will only be able to purchase a healthy snack)

water bottles

Could we please remind you to provide a water bottle for your child in order for them to keep hydrated and as children also need to have a drink during PE lessons.

Although water fountains are available in school we are finding that many pupils do not bring a suitable container.

Sports Clubs P1 – P3

We are the Sports Committee. We want to help everyone get more active and play more sport. To do this we need information about what clubs P1-3 are going to outside of school.

If you have some time could you fill in this short questionnaire (5 minutes or less!) to tell us about your child’s clubs. This will help us plan clubs for Term 2 and see which clubs in Giffnock are really popular.

Follow the link to our Forms

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKeu_wdzIk0xHnONy0Tg-lilUMjBWWFRKUlhFS0pKMUFISFpEMTZMMDNBMi4u

Thank you!

Cameron, Harry (P7 Chairs) and Giffnock Sports Committee

Christmas Fayre

Preparations are nearly complete and we are looking forward to welcoming you all to our annual Christmas Fayre on Saturday 24th November 2018.

Again we would invite pupils to wear something ‘festive’ on Friday 23rd November and our amazing class teachers will be collecting voluntary donations for our Red Stall that day.

All donations are very much appreciated but your help is also necessary to ensure these events continue to run. If you are able to spare some time on the 24th between 12 and 3 pm then please contact us at giffnockpc@hotmail.co.uk.

All money raised goes towards every child in the school.

Many thanks.

Giffnock Primary Parent Council

Recycle old pens and pencils with the eco committee

We are now registered as a BIC school and nursery.

We would love you to donate dried up pens (felt tips, whiteboard pens, biros) and pencils that may be too short to use or broken.

We can recycle them and collect points which can then be turned into charitable donations for charities of our choice.

Click on the link to find out more.

https://www.terracycle.co.uk/en-GB/brigades/the-writing-instruments-brigade-r

Please send your donations into school with your child who will give it to their class teacher to be passed on to Miss Emo who is co-ordinating this intiative.

Thanks for your help,

Giffnock Eco Committee

Scottish Sun Free Books for schools

As you are aware Giffnock Primary School have registered with the Scottish Sun for Free Books for Schools.  We have had a great response and we thank you for your support so far. 

We understand that this coming Tuesday 13th November the Sun Newspaper will be running a bonus token day which would help us on reaching the required target.  Please hand any  tokens into our school office.

Parent council Christmas fayre

 

The Parent Council is looking forward to welcoming you to your Christmas Fair on Saturday, 24th November from 12-3pm and we need your help in order to make this event a huge success!  The more you raise, the more equipment, books and technology the school can buy.

You can help us in the following ways:

  • donations of toys, books or teddies that are looking for a new home
  • an item for the Christmas hampers

This year each class will create a festive hamper that will be raffled off at the Fair and we need your help.  Please remember items must be non-perishable food items and any alcohol will need to be handed to the Parent Council hub – see below – as pupils can’t bring alcohol to school.

The Parent Council hub will collect ALL donations in the playground on Thursday, 8th, Friday 9th &  Monday, 12th November at school drop off and collection times or sent in school bags (non-alcoholic).

Raffle tickets will be sent home with your child shortly for sale. Please sell as many as you can!

If you can help out on the day, please email giffnockpc@homail.co.uk and we’ll get in touch.

Please follow us on Facebook and twitter for further information on the Fayre and other community events and thanks again for your continued support.