Some of our senior pupils have work experience at the café at Crookfur Cottages which is open to the public on Mondays from 9.45 –11.15am.
We would love it, if you can drop in for coffee and scone to support them.
Category Archives: Parents
Autism Friendly Sessions at Airspace
Airspace are now holding Autism friendly sessions every Sunday from 9am-10am.
Sessions are priced at £10.95
Click here for more information
Do you look after someone?
Do you provide unpaid support to a relative or friend who could not manage without your help and live in East Renfrewshire?
Come along to a meeting at Clarkston halls on Tuesday 17th January 10:30 -12:30pm.
Welcome Back
Welcome back everyone and hope you had a peaceful holiday.
We are looking forward to this session, lots of learning and pupil achievements.
What home means to me!
PSP Partners are hosting a housing conference on the 26th January 2017 at the Scottish Youth Theatre called “What Home Means to Me”.
Hanen Guide
Staff in the Isobel Mair Family Centre have developed this Hanen Guide.
If you would like a copy, please contact the school office.
Eat Better Feel Better
Eat Better Feel Better
The ARC in partnership with Young Enterprise Scotland are recruiting families to be part of this programme.
If you want to make healthy changes on how to shop, cook and eat as a family, click on the link and complete
the registration.
Paragon’s Ising Fest-Off Celebrations
You are invited to an exciting, Christmassy, fundraising event Paragon is hosting called ‘Ising Fest-Off’ on Saturday 10th December at the CCA (see address below.)
It’ll be an afternoon of cakes, games and singing from 3:30-5pm followed by an Open Mic evening from 6pm with performances from Sense Scotland’s amazing Sensatronic-Lab, Paragon Horizons participants and anyone else who would like to get up and share something.
This is a free event for all the family to come along and enjoy. We will have some delicious cakes on offer with all proceeds going to supporting Paragon’s inclusive programmes so would really appreciate any baked goods that can be contributed to the event!
We very much hope to see you there. If you have any enquiries at all, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Charlotte Riley Gibson Programme and Communications Manager Paragon Music CCA,
350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD
0141 354 0234
0748 403 1151
Donations for Christmas Fair
We are looking for donations from Parents/Carers/Friends/Family to sell on the day to raise funds for the school.
Please send in the following items to help support the
Parent Council:
BOTTLES or GIFTS for the Tombola Stall and Raffle
(These can be any food or drink bottles – alcoholic/non-alcoholic,
or any unwanted gifts or donations in good condition)
w/c 28 November HOMEBAKING (up to morning of (1st December)
Last year we raised over £2000 much needed funds for the
school- LET’S BEAT THAT!
It is a really important fund raiser for the school so we need your support to donate, come along , buy raffle tickets and make
it a success.
Many Thanks. (IMS School & Parent Council).
Christmas Countdown
Transition Parents’ group
Please note that the next Parents’ Group meeting will be held on the 2nd December at 9:30am in the IMS Conference Room.
ERA Parent Support Group
ERA group, November Parent Support Meeting will be held on Tuesday 15th November at Carlibar Primary School in Barrhead.
ERA meets Kaos club parents, and they will feed back on the AGM consultation.
There will also be an opportunity for coffee and chat, and chance to meet other parents and families.
All welcome.
Christmas Sparkle Day
Please note that the free sessions at Cosgrove are only available to parents of pupils previously attending Chavey Down – apologies for any confusion this caused as we were unaware of this
restriction until today.
PAMIS’ Mobiloo
PAMIS’ Mobiloo
PAMIS is launching its fundraising campaign for a Scottish Mobiloo on World Toilet Day, Sat 19 Nov 2016.
Mobiloo, which is based near Oxford, are bringing up their Mobiloo to support PAMIS in their launch, and to help promote the fundraising campaign.
Check out the flyer for details of the promotional tour at Glasgow Science Centre and the Kelpies.
A PAMIS Mobiloo will give people with PMLD and complex needs the opportunities that, at the moment, are sometimes unavailable due to the lack of fully accessible toilets.
Transition Parents’ Support Group
The next meeting of the Transition Parents’ Support group will take place at Isobel Mair School on
Friday 11th November at 9.15am
Representatives from the Resource Centres and Local Area
Co-ordinators will be attending.
Contact mailto:chris-cfc96@hotmail.co.uk for more details
School Photographs
Before the October break pupils had their photo taken outdoors with the photographer.
School photo packs have been sent home and now ready for purchase.
Remember to look up the unique code to view more of the school photos taken with Gerri Campbell Photography.
SupERkids iPad Training
SupERkids are pleased to invite the parents of our SupERkids to an event where you will learn how to use your iPad / tablet.
The Family Fund is running a project to support families to get the best from their iPads. They are running some free sessions
for families with an approved Apple Education Trainer. Training sessions will be tailored to cover topics most suited to parents’ and carers’ needs.
The session will take place on Thursday 24th November from 6:30-8:30pm.
Click here for more details and then use the link to register a place.
Click here to register a place.
Parents’ Evening
Parents’ Evening will take place on Thursday 3rd November.
Appointments with class teachers will have been sent out via class diaries.
We look forward to seeing you all.
Harvest Service
Join us for our Harvest Service this morning at 10:30am in the main school.
Change of Date, Go Green for Halloween
Please note the change of date for Go Green for Halloween.
It has been rescheduled from Friday 28th October to Monday 31st October at 10am.
Go Green for Halloween on Monday 31st October, 10am.
Join class Islay for some scary activities and whatever you dress up as for Halloween, make it green and raise money for the NSPCC.
