Our Easter Church Services will be held on Thursday 29th March. The P1-4 service will start at 10:00am and the P5-7
service will start at 1:00pm.

The services will be held in Broom Parish Church and will be led by Rev Jim Boag.  Our Senior Choir and Guitar Group will be performing at both services. Some ladies from Broom Church have kindly offered to provide tea and coffee in the vestibule after the services. All donations for coffee will go to a charity chosen by Broom Church.
Due to the timings of the services we have made the following changes for Thursday 29th March only:
Whole school lunchtime 11:45 am – 12:30 pm
We look forward to you joining us at Broom Church.

UNCRC Article 14
Every child has the right to think and believe what they want
and to practise their religion.

UNCRC Article 30
Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs
and religion of their family.

School will close on the
29th March at 2.30pm.
Please note
normal arrangements will apply for
pupils using school transport.
School will return next session on Monday 16th April 2018.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

Kirkhill Primary is fully open and operating as normal today, Tuesday 6th March.

Children will be dismissed at 3pm as usual.

Please give yourself plenty of time for the journey and contact the school if you have any difficulty with this.

Our pupils were so disappointed to miss out on all the fun activities the Librarian Pupil Group had planned for World Book Day last Thursday that they have rescheduled it for this Friday 9th February.

On Friday pupils, if they wish, can :
1. Come to school dressed as a Book Character
2. Bring a book to swap for another

During the day pupils will be taking part in fun activities including:
Reading for pleasure throughout the day,
Classroom quiz, Guess the Book from photographs of food

UNCRC Article 29
Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and
abilities to the full.

School is open as usual tomorrow, Monday 5th March.
We look forward to seeing everyone back at school!

Kirkhill Primary, along with all other ERC schools, will remain  closed on Friday 2nd March due to the ongoing severe weather.

Due to the unexpected severe weather, Kirkhill Primary will remain closed tomorrow, Thursday 1st March.

Please take care and enjoy your snow day!

Government advice for tomorrow is now confirmed as ‘do not travel’.

All East Renfrewshire schools will be closed tomorrow (28th February). For clarity, neither staff nor pupils should report to school tomorrow. Updates regarding Thursday (1st March) will be posted on council and school TWITTER feeds and websites.

UNCRC Article 31
Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

UNCRC Article 24
Every child has the right to the best possible health.

UNCRC Article 31
Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

UNCRC Article 24
Every child has the right to the best possible health.

Parents, Pupils and Teachers
Are welcome to our
OPEN MEETING
Wednesday 21st February 2018

Supporting Dyslexia within Higher Education
By Claire Rattray from University of Glasgow
7.15pm-8.15pm Mearns Castle High School,
Newton Mearns G77 5GU
http://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/your-branch/glasgow

UNCRC Article 29
Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and
abilities to the full.

New Year, New Career
The Studio, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow
Thursday 1 February 2018
9.30am for 10.00am until 11.30am

Early Years Scotland, in partnership with Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and the Daily Record, has been extensively promoting and advertising their first ever Careers Morning.

Early Years Scotland has been funded by SDS to organise and deliver this event to support the national expansion of the ELC workforce by 2020.

Anyone interested in going along can use the link below  to book a FREE space. A crèche (also free) is available, and can be booked when registering.

http://www.earlyyearsnewcareer.co.uk/register.html

UNCRC Article 29
Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and
abilities to the full. It must encourage the child’s respect for
human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and
other cultures, and the environment.

Kirkhill Primary will be open as usual today. Please take your time and travel safely.

UNCRC Article 3
The best interests of the child must be a top priority in all things
that affect children.

All Glow users, can get copies of Microsoft Office 2016 to use on their home devices – PC, Mac, phones and tablets.

This will enable the use of a range of Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote etc) on up to 15 home devices without cost (the 15 licences being split as 5 for PCs and/or Macs, 5 for tablets and 5 for phones).

To do this, login to Glow, from the launch pad click the Office 365 Home tile (image below) then the “Install Office apps” button and follow the instructions.

UNCRC Article 17
Every child has the right to reliable information from the media.
This should be information that children can understand.
Governments must help protect children from materials that
could harm them.

Please could we ask you to send in empty cereal boxes, cardboard, plastic bottles and any other odd bits and pieces that you may have at home that would be suitable for your making a model for our Inter-HouseTechnology Challenge.
Please could you send these items in with your child on or before Thursday 14th December?

UNCRC Article 29
Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and
abilities to the full.

School will close on the 20th December at 2.30pm.

Please note: normal arrangements will apply for pupils using school transport. School will return next session on Thursday 4th January 2018.

UNCRC Article 31
Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide
range of cultural and artistic activities.

Our Christmas services will take place on:

Wednesday 20th December.

The P1-4 service will start at 10.00am and the P5-7 service will start at 1.00pm

The services will be held in Broom Parish Church and  be led by Rev Jim Boag.
Ladies from Broom Church have kindly offered to provide tea and coffee in the church vestibule from 12.30pm. We hope as many of you as possible will join together for a mince pie and a chat.
This year our Senior Choir led by Mr Edge will be performing at both services and our Strings Group led by Mr Robinson will be performing at the P1-4 service.
Due to the timings of the services we have made the following change for Wednesday 20th December only:
Whole school lunchtime – 11.45 – 12.30 pm
We hope to see you at the church to join our celebrations.

UNCRC Article 30
Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs
and religion of their family

Effective Contributors – Helping in the Community
Please come and support our choir as they sing Seasonal Songs to help raise funds for

‘The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice’

charity fund.
You will find us at:  Silverburn Shopping Centre (in front of Next)
Monday 11th December 1pm to 2pm
Looking forward to seeing you there.

UNCRC Article 29
Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.

REMINDER
NHS staff will be coming to
Kirkhill Primary on

 Monday 27th November 2017

to carry out the School Flu Immunisation Programme.
This will be administered by a nasal spray.

UNCRC Article 24   Every child has the right to the best possible health.