Supporting Your Child’s Language
A reminder about the SLT Parent Workshop – Supporting your Child’s Language which will take place on Tuesday 29th October 9:30 – 10:30 in the Staffroom.
We look forward to seeing you all.
Out of School Activities
Out of School Activities for pupils
Please check the Parents Page for a list of activities/clubs that are available to the young people of Isobel Mair School.
Contact the school if you require more information regarding any of the activities.
Amendments to the Parent/Carer Support Group
Please note change of arrangements for the Parent/Carer Support Group which are taking place.
The evening group will now start next Wednesday 30.11.2013 at Williamwood High and run for the next five Thursdays. The day group starts on Monday 28.10.2013 as planned but will now be held in Clarkston Halls, Clarkston Road, Clarkston, G76 8NE.
Any interested parents please contact the school.
SenoryO
A magical experience through the senses
Some of our pupils had a wondeful sensory experience yesterday.
We were delighted to welcome Scottish Opera and their exciting SensoryO performance to the pupils.
Set in a magical, night-time world where anything is possible, SensoryO took the pupils on a train ride through the jungle to meet a friendly lion who sleeps under the stars. Rich in sound, rhythm and music, the show introduced everyone to a live performance in a fun, engaging environment.
The set is inviting and tactile and the show features a mix of live and recorded vocals and exciting percussive sounds to inspire the imagination and bring the adventure to life.
Have a look at some of our photographs below that highlights how engaging our pupils were during the sensory performance.
Fragile X Family Support Worker
Message below from Sandra Thom who is currently working as a Family Support Worker with the Fragile X Society.
I am writing to introduce myself to you and your colleagues. I am currently working with the Fragile X Society as their Family Support Worker for Scotland, this post is funded by the Scottish Government as part of their autism strategy funding.
My role is to provide information and support for families affected by Fragile X. This includes providing information and signposting families to relevant services within their local areas mainly by email, in depth telephone support and letter. We have a range of information papers available and I will also be available to provide information to professionals working with children, young people or adults with Fragile X.
I am available Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm. My contact details are outlined below and my email address is sandra@fragilex.org.uk or contact me at any time if you would benefit from any of our specific information pertinent to education.
Kind Regards
Sandra
Secret Challenge
What is the Secret Challenge?
This week all classes have been involved in a secret challenge set by Mrs Wallace and the Senior Management Team.
The challenge involves all classes writing a short fiction or non fiction book as part of our Green Flag Eco Activities and feature topics such as litter, school grounds or waste minimisation.
Mrs Wallace also informed the classes that prizes will be awarded for the best book.
Watch this space for updates on the books created by the pupils.
ASN Friendly Dentist
Do you that there are 3 ASN friendly dentists in East Renfrewshire to help support our young people with additional support needs.
They have projectors on the ceiling, sensory lights etc… and there are talking social story books about the specific dentist the child will be visiting.
Contact the school office for more details of the dental practices.
Parent/Carer Group
Reminder about the forthcoming parent/carer group of children with additional support needs
Dear Parent/Carer
Group for parents and carers of children with additional needs
We are running a group work programme for parents and carers of children & young people who have additional support needs. The focus of the group will be varied and we plan to cover issues such as grief and loss reactions to disability, handling behaviour strategies, person centred planning, building self esteem, recognising gifts and capacities and benefit entitlement.
The group will be run by three social workers from the Integrated Schools Team, Roberta Margison, Lynn Devine and Lucy Rutherford. The aim of the group is to inform and empower parents and carers for the benefit of themselves and the children they look after. There will be short talks from a Welfare Rights Officer, Educational Psychologist, Enable and East Renfrewshire Carers Centre to help people make the most of services offered in their local communities.
The groups will run over six concurrent weeks, a day group starting on Monday 28th October 2013 between 10 and 12:30am and an evening group starting on Thursday 24th of October 2013 between 6 and 8:30pm. The venue for the groups will be Williamwood School, Eaglesham Road,Clarkston, G67 8RF. Refreshments will be provided.
If you wish to attend the group please reply to me by 21st of October 2013 by phone 0141 5772034 or email Lucy.Rutherford@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk. Confirmation of a place will follow on receipt of your reply.
Eco Week – Stone Soup
Stone Soup
As part of Eco week Class Orkney along with Class Unst planned an event to bring everyone together in celebrating the outdoors.
Using the wonderful outdoor space at IMS, and sme of the Forest School resources, the two classes worked together to create an eco-experience for the whole school.
The activity was based on the story of “Stone Soup”, where a group of hungry soldiers teach a village full of people a valuable lesson in sharing and kindness.
Read more about the event below.
West of Scotland Swimming Gala
Good luck to pupils from classes Orkney, Shetland and Yell classes who are participating in the West of Scotland Swimming Gala today.
October Holiday
All parents and carers are kindly reminded of the In-Service Day on Friday 11th October. The school will be closed to allow staff to undertake In-set training.
School will be closed from Monday 14th October and reopens on Monday 21st October
Happy Holidays
Dates for Parents
Please check out the Parents page.
We have updated dates for your diary of holidays and special events taking place in the school this year.
The Mair the Merrier Cafe – “Grand Opening”
“Grand Opening”
Classes Tiree and Whalsay have been working really hard on their enterprise/business topic.
They decided to open a cafe called “The Mair the Merrier”. The Grand Opening takes place tomorrow, Tuesday 8th October at 11.30.
Over the last few weeks they have worked on various skills and learning experiences linked to CfE as the cafe developed……….
- Creating a name
- Designing a logo
- Creating a flyer/poster to advertise the event
- Brainstorm the skills required for particular jobs
- Interview for jobs
- Guest list
- Menu planning
- Pricing
- Shopping list
- Cooking
- The event
Both classes decided that for the grand opening they would invite parents from classes Tiree, Whalsay and school staff. Pupils are all set for the big event and are enthusiastically looking forward to putting all these skills into the big event tomorrow.
Good Luck Everyone.
Parents’ Evening
Parents’ evening will take place today 7th October 2013.
Appointments will already have been arranged with the class teachers.
Look forward to seeing you all.
Parent/Carers Group
Are you interested in attending 6 week groupwork programme for parent/carers of children and young people who have additional support needs.
The content will cover things like behaviour management strategies, welfare benefit entitlements, what is local area co-ordination, PCP. The aim of the group is to inform, empower and enable parents/carers which will ultimately benefit the young people they care for. There will hopefully be speakers from other agencies too.
Roberta Margison will be facilitating the evening group with Lynn Devine and the daytime group with Lucy Rutherford.
An information letter and application details will be sent out soon to parents. Places are limited so please ensure to respond early.
The groups will take place on the following dates:
Evening group Every THURSDAY beginning 24TH October, 6PM – 8.30PM for 6 weeks at Williamwood High School. (Week 2 will be held on Wed 30th due to Halloween).
Daytime group will take place Every MONDAY beginning 28th October, 10am – 12.30pm for 6 weeks at Williamwood High School.
mAIRwavesFM have posted a new recording
This week on mAIRwavesFM class Whalsay and Tiree discuss their recent findings all about safety in the kitchen.
Musa was our guest presenter and introcued this weeks topic.
The class had an interactive lesson using the SMARTBoard, where they had to find dangers in the kitchen, then identify them and state why they would be a danger.
Their learning intentions and success criteria can be found below
Learning Intentions:
1. To understand the dangers when working in the kitchen
2. To identify who can help us when we are working in the kitchen
Success Criteria:
1. I can state 2 possible dangers when working in the kitchen
2. I can state the name of 1 or 2 people who can help me in the kitchen
Listen here to see if they have met their success criteria.
Disablity Gymnastics Open Day
Disablity Gymnastics Open Day
Monday 14th October 1:00 – 3:00pm
On Monday 14th October an open session will be held for people with additional support needs who wish to take part in gymnastics.
The session will be led by expert disability coaches from City of Glasgow Gymnastics Club and Irvine Bay Gymnastics club and the participants will train with national squad gymnasts.
To find out more information or to register for the event please contact 01294276834 or email angela.turner@strath.ac.uk
MacMillan Cancer Coffee Morning
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the recent MacMillan Coffe Morning, organised by the staff and pupils of Loch Ness.
A great morning was had by all and the delicious home baking went down a treat.
At the end of the coffee morning the staff and pupils gave everyone a demonstration of Reels on Wheels.
We are delighted to let you know that the magnificent amount of £350 was raised on thday and now a cheque for that amount is on it’s way to MacMillan Cancer Care.
Parents’ Night
Parents’ Night will take place on Monday 7th October 2013.
Appointments will already have been made with the class teacher and sent home via the school diaries.
Harvest Service
Please join us for our Harvest Service at Newton Mearns Baptist Church on Thursday 3rd October at 10:30am.
Please remember to send in any donations to school with your child.
This year all Harvest donations will be given to East Renfrewshire’s Food Bank.
All welcome.
