P1 – P7
Dear Parent / Carer
We would advise you that there will be new lunch menus for all P1-P3 pupils and P4-P7 pupils from 24th October 2016.
The menus are available on the council’s website and they will be updated by East Renfrewshire Council during the October holiday week.
The menus can also be accessed through a link on the school website – for your assistance the link can be found as undernoted:
P2 – P7
Dear Parent / Carer
The following after school clubs will start after the October holiday, week commencing 24th October 2016 for a 5 week period. You will already have received a text message if your child has secured a place at one of the clubs.
Craft Club – Tuesday
Scripture Union Club – Tuesday
Football Club – Tuesday
Film Club – Wednesday
Cheerleading Club – Thursday
A register is always taken for our after school clubs and therefore could we please ask that if your child is unable to attend for any reason that you telephone the school office before the starting time of the club.
Get ready for the Halloween Disco! Details are below!
East Renfrewshire Football Development is running a series of football activities for all ages during the October Holiday. For full details, please click on the link below:
Nursery – P7
Dear Parent / Carer
We would be very grateful if you could use the link below to access our citizen space parent survey and leave your comments regarding last week’s Parent Meetings.
https://getinvolved.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/education/330e8da4
Many thanks.
The latest newsletter from the Nursery can be seen here:
On Thursday 27th of October there will be a special Halloween themed lunch menu. Try some delicacies such as Brain Box Soup or Witches’ Broomsticks!
The menu can be seen in full here:
Parent/Carers of Nursery to P7
East Renfrewshire Council has issued new guidelines for the administration of medicines in school. The guidelines can be seen in full by clicking on the links below.
Key points to note are:
Nursery – P7
Dear Parent / Carer
We would like to invite you to our “Inclusion & Diversity Service” on Thursday 13th October at Orchardhill Parish Church starting at 1.30pm.
All pupils will return to school from the church to be dismissed at the normal time.
As you have already been notified, the school is closed to pupils on Friday 14th October as this is an “In Service” day.
We hope that you have an enjoyable October holiday and look forward to seeing the pupils back at their normal time on Monday 24th October.
East Renfrewshire Council has four swimming pools and runs lessons for all ages in the venues.
For further information please click in the link below to access the Council’s swimming lessons brochure.
www.bit.ly/ERCLswimminglessons
Dear Parent / Carer
We always want to encourage children to enjoy reading for pleasure and that’s why we’re holding a Book Fair on our Parents’ Evenings this Wednesday and Thursday.
The Travelling Book Company Fair will be held in the Library and there are hundreds of exciting titles to browse through with your child. We get commission from every book that is bought and this commission enables us to buy new books for the library, for class topics and for class reading.
The Travelling Book Company brings a fantastic range of great children’s books right into the school for the children to explore. The range contains a balanced mix of fiction, non-fiction and activity titles, carefully put together so that there will be something for everyone. On the shelves you will find humour, action, drama, intrigue and mystery!
Children will be given a leaflet which gives an idea of the range and price of books, but there are lots more to see on the night!
We hope that you and your child will enjoy the leaflet and looking at the books on Wednesday or Thursday.
Happy reading!
National Care Leavers Week will run from 21st to 29th of Oct. These events will be run by the Youth Intensive Support Team and have been jointly planned by staff and young people. There are a number of events running over the week. Fur full details, click on the PDF below.
The latest letter for parents/carers of P7 pupils has been issued and can be read here:
As part of our ongoing work on supporting diversity and inclusion we are celebrating the ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ national initiative in school on Tuesday 11th October 2016.
Full details are in the letter below:
We have compiled a booklet to help provide general information to parents and carers about the Health & Wellbeing and Physical Activity that goes on at Giffnock Primary. Within this document, you will see that the current PE days are detailed for our classes. We hope that you find this useful and have placed it below and under the ‘Parents’ tab.
Children 1st has launched a Create a Smile campaign on to ask people to show Scotland’s children they all deserve lives free from abuse and neglect.
Children 1st has a long history of supporting children and families who have experienced or are at risk of abuse and would never underestimate the seriousness of it, or the damaging effects it can have throughout a child’s lifetime. The complex nature of child abuse makes it difficult for many members of the public to see how they can personally make a difference. Through the #createasmile campaign they want to encourage members of the public to take a small action via social media to show they care about children who have and are experiencing abuse today. They will use this as a starting point to engage the public in a conversation about the many different ways people can support children in Scotland to live free from abuse and trauma.
You can support the campaign by visiting www.createasmile.org.uk to #createasmile – and sharing this via your social media platforms.
If you have any questions or would like more information about the campaign, please do not hesitate to contact Policy Manager, Harriet Hall: harriet.hall@children1st.org.uk
A new calendar of events for parents and carers has been put under the ‘Parents’ tab. This will be updated during the course of the year as any dates may need to be added/ changed.
At Giffnock, we want to find a range of ways in which to communicate with the wider school community and to share our children’s learning. We are now establishing a Twitter feed following on from the successful launch of the Nursery Twitter feed.
Full details can be read here:
School Twitter launch letter Sep 16
https://twitter.com/GiffnockNursery
Over the last two sessions at Giffnock Primary, a great deal of effort has gone into developing a wide range of sporting activities and opportunities for our children, both during and outside of school hours. The school has now been recognised by Sport Scotland for its work and has gained a Gold Award.
Full details can be seen here:
Primary 1 – 7
Dear Parent / Carer
Many thanks if you have already returned the annual consent form pack to your child’s class teacher.
We had hoped to have all packs returned by Friday 9th September and therefore if you have not returned the pack could you please send this into school tomorrow.
We are also awaiting some flu immunisation forms and if this has not been returned we would again be grateful if this could be sent into school tomorrow.
