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.
Tag: Parents
Dounans Residential Week for P7
The latest letter for parents/carers of P7 pupils has been issued and can be read here:
Show Racism the Red Card
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:
Create a Smile Campaign
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
Twitter feed for Giffnock Primary
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
Sport Scotland Gold Award
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:
Data forms to be returned to school
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.
School Meals Price Increase
Primary School Only
Dear Parent / Carer
It has been brought to our attention that parent / carers may not have been notified by East Renfrewshire Authority that from August 2016 a small increase has been levied to our school meal provision for pupils. We have been asked to advise you that this is the first increase for two years.
Primary School – main meal £2.00
Primary School – cold lunch £1.90
The authority has advised us that they are in the process of updating the cost on their website.
Pupil Leadership and Voice
At Giffnock Primary, we want our children to have a wide range of learning opportunities and it is very important that they have a variety of ways in which they can participate in the leadership of learning, both within their own classrooms and the wider school community. A broad set of skills for life, learning and work can be developed through such experiences. The letter below details the various ways in which children can participate:
Dounans Residential Visit for P7
Parents of children in P7 are invited to attend an information evening on Tuesday 20 September.
Full details are here:
Giffnock Sports Hub Come and Try Day 27 August
Giffnock Sports Hub is having an Open Day on Saturday 27th August at Giffnock Tennis Club. Come and try a range of different sports from 10m to 1pm. For more details click on the link below.
Meet the Teacher
We are pleased to extend an invitation to you to come along and meet your child’s teacher on the evening of Wednesday 31st August 2016. To find out more, please click on the link below:
New Orchard Park one-way & Academy Road parking
On 17 June the Council approved the making of both the East Renfrewshire Council (Giffnock Area) (On-Street) (Waiting and Loading) Order 2016 and the East Renfrewshire Council (Orchard Park, Giffnock) (One Way) Order 2016. Both of the new traffic regulation orders (TROs) will come into effect 1 August 2016.
Two items affect Giffnock Primary and Nursery:
- Orchard Park will become a one-way road with traffic only allowed to travel from Academy Road towards Fenwick Road (no more turning onto Orchard Park from Fenwick Rd)
- New parking restrictions around the school and nursery will largely remain the same but the largest change will be the addition of new yellow line school zig-zags along Academy Road at each the pedestrian crossing build outs
For further details, click on the links below.
Giffnock on street waiting restrictions
Giffnock On-Street W&L Restrictions 2016 – (Public Notice) (Made Order)
Rocket Seeds from Space
Rocket Science Project
The wait is over… On Wednesday we finally found out that the rocket seeds which were in the blue packet were the ones which were on the ISS! As the Rocket Science team were enjoying rocket ice lollies (of course!) they watched the video of Tim Peake announcing which colour of packet contained the space seeds. You can watch it for yourself by following the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV6bXBt4Ug0
Those you who have followed our updates here will remember that our seedlings from the blue packet did not grow as well as those from the red packet: they were slightly smaller and had fewer leaves. It will be into the new school session before we know the results from the whole experiment and whether or not the differences are significant for plans to grow fresh food in space. If the number of children at our recent Careers Fair saying they want to be scientists is anything to go by, Tim Peake’s mission to inspire the next generation has been a success.
Eastwood Park Theatre Summer Programme
The summer programme for Eastwood Park Theatre has just been released. Full details can be found here:
World of Work
On Thursday and Friday last week, Giffnock Primary pupils enjoyed a chance to find out about different types of jobs that you could do. Mr McNeill had arranged for parents to come in to the school and set up a small display so that children could find out about different jobs. We had a doctor, a civil engineer, a baker, a policeman and lots of others. Children enjoyed themselves visiting the different displays and talking to parents about different jobs. P7 pupils also practised their interview skills on each other!
June newsletter and last day of term
PARENTS/CARERS
JUNE NEWSLETTER ATTACHED
Please note: Summer service will be held at Orchardhill Parish Church at 11am on Friday 24th June – a very warm welcome to everyone.
The school and nursery will close at 1pm and there will be no staff or pupils in the building after this time.
Special Bulletin June 2016 GPS
Next Session
School will resume for pupils on Monday 15th August at 8.55 a.m. Primary 1 children will start between 9.15 am – 9.45 am on the first day.
Gaelic Playtime in the summer holidays
Gaelic playtime ‘Thig a chluich’ will continue after School summer holidays . The event is in Stamperland Community Centre. More information can be found in the link below.
Giffnock Primary supporting charities
As a school community we support many charities close to the hearts of our children and families.
Diabetes UK
The collection from our Christmas Service went to Diabetes UK. Mrs Kitson received the money at an assembly. Children from the school also took part in a sponsored swim for the Charity.
Pupils from Giffnock Primary appeared in a video showing how Type 1 diabetes will not prevent you taking part in sport!
They also appeared in the news on STV:
http://player.stv.tv/episode/3ap1/live-five/
Muscular Dystrophy UK
At the end of term service in June the charity collection will go towards Muscular Dystrophy UK.
However as there is a special personal story told by one of our families we encourage you to follow these links to find out more and how to support them further:-
http://www.musculardystrophyuk.org/get-involved/family-funds/funds/nicolas-ninjas/
https://www.facebook.com/nicolasninjas/timeline
Go Team Nicola!
Go Newton Mearns – Active Travel Path Fund Day – Sunday 19 June
East Renfrewshire Council has built a new travel path in Newton Mearns. The opening day is this Sunday 19th June. There will be lots of activities for everyone and you can find out more here:
