Our Book Fair will be in the school library for Parent/Teacher meetings – please come and visit us!

As you are aware jotters were sent home with pupils on Friday 1st November to be returned to school today.

Thank you to those of you who have returned the jotters but could we please ask those of you who have not returned them to do so tomorrow as they will be needed during parent appointment on Wednesday and Thursday.

The photographer from Tempest will be in school on Tuesday 5^th November 2019.

Could primary school pupils please wear full school uniform (shirt and tie) on this day.

This year only WHOLE CLASS photographs will be taken.

Proofs will be sent home together with the information package detailing about costs/orders. H. Tempest will be dealing directly with payment for the photographs so please ensure that exact money or cheque, made payable to H. Tempest Limited, is returned to school at the appropriate time.

Please telephone the school office if you do not wish your child to have their photograph taken.

PRIMARY 6-7 (ONLY PUPILS ATTENDING TRIP)

Dear Parent / Carer

Our Primary 6/7 children will soon be off on the Premiership Experience trip to have a fabulous day at the Etihad Stadium for the Manchester City V Southampton match.

In preparation for their visit, we will hand out an Administration of Medicines (Light Green) form which needs to be completed, if relevant, and returned with the medication, clearly labelled showing the child’s name, in a bag on Saturday. Please also include travel sickness medication if needed.

Due to the road works on Fenwick Road, on Saturday morning we ask that the children meet at the bus stop across from Sainsburys.

Please note the following itinerary for the trip:

• Arrival to Fenwick Road – 06.45
• Depart from Giffnock at 07.00
• Comfort break at service station on journey down
• Estimated to arrive at Etihad Stadium – 12.00
• Pre match activities at City Football Academy – 12.30
• Match kick-off: 15:00
• Comfort break at service station on return journey
• Returning to Giffnock PS around 22.15 allowing for traffic

Children will need food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They can bring food with them, purchase other food at service station stops, or indeed purchase all of their food at stops. Please make sure your child has packed food and/or money with them for the entire day.

Children are permitted to bring electrical devices to keep themselves entertained at your discretion (mobile phones, tablets, etc.). Please be aware that any electrical items brought are at the responsibility of the child and the school cannot accept any responsibility for damaged or missing items. We are happy for the children to take photographs of this wonderful experience but to be respectful about taking photos of others and not posting on social media.

You will have already received an email to advise you that the P7B class assembly will be held on Friday 22nd November.  Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances we are unable to proceed with this date and therefore the class assembly has been re-arranged and will now take place on Friday 27th March 2020.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

 

Further to our previous Family Support Team drop in, families asked what technology can be used to support pupils further with their learning. Mrs Carney has kindly organised an information sharing session with Call Scotland who are able to share ideas on how technology can be used at home and at school to support children.

Please find school meal menus attached. These menus begin from 22 October 2019.

Primary Menu to April 2020

Halal Primary Menu to April 2020

This is a link to East Renfrewshire Council’s website for School meals.

https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/menus

Here are our assembly and church service dates up to December 2019.

We recently shared information relating to homework with you in our latest Newsletter:

Giffnock Newsletter September 2019

In addition, we have put together a set of Spelling Homework Guidelines for all stages between P2 and P7 which link to the spelling words being sent home today (P1 class teachers will be providing different guidance for their children). We hope that these documents will support fun and engaging ways to consolidate learning at home. We will be sending home paper copies of these this week, however as there are website links within these guidelines we wanted to provide you with this here. The link below takes you to our ‘Languages and Literacy’ page on our school website; if you then simply scroll down you will be able to select the relevant link to the Spelling Homework Guidelines for your child’s stage:

Languages and Literacy

As always, we would value any feedback that you have on these and how they are supporting your family in the coming weeks and months.

Making school food healthier
More fruit and vegetables, less processed red meat
and sugar on the menu.

https://www.gov.scot/news/making-school-food-healthier

The Scottish Government and all local authorities are jointly committed to providing the healthiest food to children and young people. This commitment is underpinned by a duty to provide school meals that meet strict nutritional requirements, including encouraging the use of fresh, local and sustainable produce
School food regulations will be amended to ensure:

A minimum of two full portions of vegetables and a full portion of fruit are offered as part of a school lunch, with full portions of fruit and or vegetables also available in, for example, tuck shops

A minimum weekly amount in the school menu of red and processed red meat provision – such as bacon, ham and pepperoni

For Primary schools – Ensure no more than 175g of red and red processed meat can be provided over the course of the school week, of which no more than 100g should be red processed meat. All of the 175g amount can be used for unprocessed freshly prepared red meat.

This is a new standard and is based on the Scottish Dietary Goal for red and processed meat which is supported by scientific evidence based dietary recommendations to limit intakes of these foods to 70g per day with the purpose of protecting the health of children and young people. Therefore if a child is to have processed meat in their diet this can be managed at home by parents/carers.
Dietary advice highlights red meat as a major source of iron and zinc which can contribute to meeting the recommended nutrient intakes for primary school lunches removal of fruit juice and smoothies from primary and secondary schools to help reduce sugar intake.
The measures follow extensive consultation and advice from a working group comprising health, nutrition and education experts.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-responses-consultation-nutritional-requirements-food-drink-schools

Currently all East Renfrewshire school meals are nutritionally analysed and comply with the existing regulations laid down by the Scottish Government.

All medically prescribed diets will be accommodated on receipt of an Acute Services Division referral form from a hospital dietician or a Doctor’s letter detailing dietary requirements.