You may have noticed the box on the lamppost outside the school building. This is our clean air monitor. Readings are sent to the laboratory to be monitored and at the end of the campaign we will be able to analyse the results and see the quality of the air around our school.

In class each week, Eco reps are carrying out a survey to see how many people use active methods of traveling to school.

At the moment Primary 7.27 seem to have the most walkers, with 11 class members who walk to school. A big well done to them and to Rhona, Piper and other members of Primary 5.15 who have been meeting in the mornings to walk to school together. Keep up the good work!

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Dyslexia Scotland Transitions Event

An update from Finlay, Katie and Hannah.

As part of our Clean Air Campaign an air monitor has been installed at the front of the school. This will assess air quality over the next four weeks.

This week Our Eco reps and Joint Road Safety Officers visited the school car park in the mornings as part of our campaign. Unfortunately, we saw a number of cars idling which means that they are parked but sitting with the engine running. This is not allowed and drivers can be given ‘on the spot fines’ of £20 by community wardens.

On Friday, a car blocked the bus lane which meant that children had to be ushered off the bus into the road area, rather than exiting the bus safely onto the pavement. On Tuesday, there were 11 cars parked in the bus lane. This delayed the school buses from dropping children off. In addition, we saw 10 cars who had parked on yellow lines. Please help us by parking responsibly and safely in our school car park.

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Joint Road Safety Officers and the Eco Committee

The link below provides samples of the information that would be shared during a Practical Tips Workshop.

Please complete the Twitter Poll and let us know if you would be interested in attending a workshop.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/Mearns/curriculum/mathematics/supporting-your-child-at-home/

The link below provides samples of the information that would be shared during a Numeracy Operations Workshop.

Please complete the Twitter Poll and let us know if you would be interested in attending a workshop.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/Mearns/curriculum/mathematics/supporting-your-child-at-home/

The link below provides samples of the information that would be shared during a Developing Reading Skills Workshop.

Please complete the Twitter Poll and let us know if you would be interested in attending a workshop.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/Mearns/curriculum/languages/supporting-your-child-at-home/

Pupils can now access Tigtag at home by using their Glow log on.  Please click on the links below for further information.

Tigtag Jnr (Early – 1^st level)           http://www.tigtagjunior.com/
Tigtag (1^st – 2^nd level)                      http://www.tigtagworld.co.uk/
Twig (2^nd – 3^rd level)                        https://www.twigonglow.com/

The Council is seeking your views so that a model of provision can be devised to best meet the needs of our residents.

East Renfrewshire Council currently provides 600 hours per year of early learning and childcare to all 3 & 4 year olds whose parents wish it.

Please click on the link to complete the consultation.

https://getinvolved.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/education/consultation-on-the-future-of-early-learning-and-c

We are pleased to inform you that the Primary 5 pupils and the PTA have been planning a fabulous Family Ceilidh. We hope to entertain you by reciting famous Burns poetry and singing some of his most popular songs. We will also be serving a traditional Scottish meal of haggis, neeps and tatties. To conclude our evening, a live ceilidh band will be playing and we would like you to join us in some Scottish dancing!

Our Family Ceilidh evening will take place on Thursday 14 January in the ‘Street’ in Mearns Primary School from 7pm until 9pm. We are planning to sell family tickets for the cost of £10. This will admit two adults and two children to the event.   As 4 tickets per child is the maximum allocation, please note that only one family ticket can be purchased per pupil.  If you wish to purchase individual tickets rather than a family ticket, the cost will be £3 per ticket.

The tickets will be on sale from Wednesday, 6 January at 4pm. The deadline for ticket sales will be on Monday, 11 January at 11pm. Tickets can be purchase through the online booking system as follows:

https://mearns15.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/

Please bring the confirmation e-mail of your booking to the Ceilidh as this is effectively your ticket(s). Please also notify us in advance if you require seats to be reserved for any members of the audience who would have difficulty with access.

Payment should be made online by visiting the school website:

www.ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk/mearns

and clicking on the pay icon, taking care to select the appropriate School. You can also access payments through the Council website and click on Payments 4 Schools. The reference number requested will be your child’s Scottish Candidate Number, previously issued and used for school meals and clubs.

We would hope that you will be able to join us on Thursday 14 January for this fun family event.

Yours sincerely,

Kathryn Gordon

Acting Principal Teacher