We have been advised by the school kitchen that they will only be able to offer soup and sandwiches to pupils on Thursday 18th January as their water supply is being switched off that morning.

To enable the school kitchen to make up the sandwiches for Thursday, the class teachers will be taking pre-orders on Monday and/or Tuesday.  Could you please discuss with your child whether they wish to order a school meal that day and what filling option they would prefer (Cheese, Ham or Tuna) so that they have the information ready for their class teacher at the beginning of next week.

We have also been advised of a change of menu on Thursday 25th January to celebrate Burns Day.  Haggis, neeps and tatties will replace hot 1 chicken curry for all pupils that day, the rest of the menu will remain the same.

Giffnock Primary School – Additional Assembly Date

P6B and Mrs Livingstone Friday 12 January 2018 at 09:50

Dear Parent/ Carer,

During the school year each class will present their own assembly.

Your child’s class will send you an invitation in advance to attend; please reply to this so that we know for seating arrangements.

Pushchairs:

Parents/ carers with pushchairs can access the school via the front ramp entrance and pushchairs can then be ‘parked’ in the Brown hall (for Health & Safety reasons please do not leave buggies in the corridors).

Secured entry system:

As the safety of our pupils is a priority at all times and following Health & Safety guidelines, can parents/ carers please remember not to ‘buzz’ other parents into the school building as everyone should gain entry via the main office door. Thank you.

We look forward to welcoming you to share in the children’s learning!

Dyslexia Unwrapped is a new website from #dyslexiascotland to support children and young people with dyslexia. The website has lots of useful information and fun activities.

https://unwrapped.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/

As part of our continuing work on supporting pupils in their Health and Well Being we offer a variety of information drop ins.

Last term we hosted a session on supporting communication skills and your feedback was very important as we use this to respond to commonly raised issues by offering sessions to address and support these.

From conversations and feedback, the difficulty of supporting good sleep patterns and routines was raised. As Mrs Carney is our fully trained Ambassador for Sleep Scotland at Giffnock Primary, we would like to offer our next session on this area.

We have attached an  information leaflet on Sound Sleep for further details.

Sound Sleep Leaflet

Mrs Carney will be hosting a Sleep Scotland drop in meeting on Wednesday 24th January 2018 at 2pm at Giffnock Primary in the school library.

If you would be interested in attending we would be delighted to see you.

Please contact the school office either by phone or email to confirm your interest so we know numbers for seating and refreshments.

Over the course of January we will be looking at creative ways to celebrate the use of Scots Language, with a particular whole school focus during the week commencing 8th January 2018.

The attached letter provides more information:

Giffnock Myths and Legends

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 Christmas Service on Wednesday 20th December 2017 at 1.30pm.  If your child normally has a home lunch it would appreciated if they could remain in school on Wednesday or be returned by 1.00pm at the very latest as the children will be leaving early to walk to the church. All pupils will return to school after the service to be dismissed

Please note that the primary school will finish early at 2.30pm on Wednesday 20th December 2017 and the afternoon nursery class will finish at 4.00pm.  There will be no PM wrap sessions that day.

The primary school and nursery will resume as normal on Thursday 4th January 2018.

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