Category: Parents

Parental session

 

There will be a parental session on, ‘Social and Communication Difficulties – Supporting Anxieties at Home’ for any interested parents: Thursday 4th October, 2-3pm in the library. The Support for Pupils team look forward to seeing you there.

 

Dress-Up Days and Learning Themes

For your information, as part of our children’s learning throughout this school year we will be supporting a number of themes. Some of these will give the option of wearing an alternative to school uniform that day and a few of these days are upcoming:

  • Friday 5th October – wear red clothing to support the ‘Show a Red Card to Racism’ initiative (optional donations will be collected for the charity)
  • Thursday 11th October – wear purple clothing to support the ‘Plaster it Purple’ initiative being run by the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity (optional donations, including at our church service, will be donated to the charity). A representative from the charity will be attending a whole school assembly on the 28th September to explain the work of the charity which has directly supported some of our children and families
  • Friday 26th October – crazy hair day, donations to support our Halloween themed Parent Council fundraising activities that afternoon, in conjunction with our first Community Café

These and other events are highlighted in the parent calendar available as usual on our school website and through the following link:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/public/Giffnock/uploads/sites/84/2018/09/GPS-Parental-Annual-Calendar-of-Events-18-19-2.pdf

 

Active School Tennis

Dear Parent/Carer

P4 Tennis Club in partnership with Giffnock Tennis Club

Your child has the opportunity to attend a new block of tennis coaching sessions, based at Giffnock Tennis Club. All sessions will be delivered by qualified coaches from the club with full details being as follows:
Venue: Giffnock Tennis Club, 4 Percy Drive, Giffnock, G46 6PA
Day: Monday
Dates: 1st Oct, 8th Oct, 22nd, 29th Oct, 5th Nov (5 weeks – Not on 15th Oct due to Oct Holiday)
Time: 3:45 – 4:30pm

Cost: £10 (to be paid to the club on week 1, tennis rackets can be provided if required)

Places are limited so if your child would like to attend, please email Schools@giffnock-ltc.co.uk by no later than 5.00pm on Tuesday 25th September to register your child’s interest. Please include the following information when emailing:

Name of child
Child’s Date of Birth
Reference – Woodfarm Cluster P4 Monday
A confirmation email will then be sent from Giffnock Tennis Club with a copy of the tennis club’s safeguarding children form, which must be completed and returned prior to the start of the first session.

Parents/carers will have sole responsibility for dropping off and collecting their children from each session. Children should bring a filled water bottle and wear appropriate clothing for outdoor activity (e.g. tracksuit bottoms, jumper, sports shoes and a waterproof jacket).

Please note that these sessions are run through a close partnership between Giffnock Tennis Squash & Hockey Club and ERCL Active Schools and therefore Giffnock Tennis Club will share your child’s name and school for statistical purposes with us.

Yours faithfully,
Marie Baxter & Craig Gordon

Active School Co-ordinators

GPS parent council AGM

The Annual General Meeting  (with Cheese & Wine) of the GPS Parent Council will be held on Thursday, 4 October in the School Library at 7pm.  ALL WELCOME!  It would be great to see you, so please come along.

If you would like to join the Parent Council or have a question regarding what it involves, then please reply and let us know.  It is important that you are able to attend at least 3-4 meetings a year in order to contribute to discussion around school issues.

The GPS Parent Council meeting schedule for the year is as follows.

Wed 21 Nov – Staffroom 9am

Fri 11 Jan – Staffroom 1.30pm

Mon 25 Feb – Staffroom 7pm

Wed 17 Apr – Staffroom 9 am

Fri 7 June – Staffroom 1.30pm

If you are not able to commit to the PC meetings, then you may be able to support in other ways e.g. through volunteering as a helper at fundraising events or helping organise events.  If you would like to be added to the volunteer mailing list or have an idea about a fundraising event, then also let us know!

Thanks for your support to date.

Regards
Giffnock Primary Parent Council

judo club

Pro Judo- JUDO CLUB.

Fantastic trial Offer for all pupils across the Woodfarm Cluster.

Schools have recently received some Judo taster sessions from Pro Judo Head Coach, Brian Long. The idea of taster sessions within schools is to give children an opportunity to experience a new sports/activity that they may have not participated in locally. The children really enjoyed the judo session and were enthusiastic about the prospect of joining a judo club in East Renfrewshire. Pro Judo has been established since 2006, with 19 clubs across the West of Scotland it is the largest judo provider in Schools.  All coaches are fully qualified and the organisation has a pathway in place to progress children from grass roots to performance athletes.

After the recent taster sessions in schools and enjoyment of the children, Pro Judo are looking to offer pupils the chance to take part in a 4 week trial offer of Judo at one of their classes.

There are a number of clubs running across East Renfrewshire. The closest classes to your school are below.

Venue:             The Maccabi Youth and Sports Centre, Giffnock

Time:               3:45-4:30pm

Cost:                £4 for the trial block for 4 weeks.

You can email: bookings-eastren@projudo.co.uk

Or  Book via link:   https://projudo.class4kids.co.uk/term/20/East+Renfrewshire+After+School

If your child is interested in attending please book on by clicking on the appropriate link above or email: bookings-eastren@projudo.co.uk to get the link.Please book the trial offer. This is only £1 per week for the 4 week trial.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us at baxterm1@ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk or gordonc4@ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk or call us at 07800 629690.

 

annual consent forms

Thank you to those families who have already returned their annual consent forms to class teachers.

If you have not as yet returned the forms to your child’s class teacher could we ask that you do so as soon as possible as children will not be able to take part in certain school activities without your written consent.

 

Scottish government parenting plan

The Scottish Government has produced a new resource designed to provide guidance for families going through separation or divorce – Your Parenting Plan.

First published in 2006, as the Parenting Agreement for Scotland, the Plan has been refreshed by the Scottish Government in conjunction with a number of key agencies, and will be promoted over the coming weeks to help as many families as possible access practical advice.

You can download or request a copy of the Parenting Plan here:mygov.scot/parentingplan

There is also a Charter for Grandchildren that sits alongside Your Parenting Plan – mygov.scot/publications/parenting-plan-charter-grandchildren.

 

free school meals

 

Can we please remind parents / carers that entitlement to free school meals only applies to the academic year in which you apply and will cease at the end of June that year.  As a goodwill gesture our school kitchen have been providing free school meals to those pupils who had applied for session 2017-18 to allow parents / carers sufficient time to reapply for session 2018-19.

We would advise you however that with effect from Thursday 30th August the school kitchen will be unable to provide a free school meal to any pupil who is not on the current register.  If you have not already made an application for the current academic year may we recommend that you do so as soon as possible as your child will be charged.  You may like to send your child to school with a packed lunch until confirmation is received of entitlement.

To register for free school meals you need to follow this link www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals

This information does not apply to current P1 – P3 pupils who are entitlement to free school meals without having to make an application.

Finally, please see the attached note with regard to guidance on free school meal entitlement and Pupil Equity Funding.

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