link attached with a newsletter from NDT.
P1 2016 – 2017 Welcome
Welcome to Neilston Primary School
Please click on our Power Point presentation for new pupils
Uniform orders
Please find a form attached for uniforms orders. To guarantee delivery before end of term complete and return by Friday 13th May. Orders after this date will be available on the August In- Service days if not before.
Parent Equalities Forum
All are invited to attend the final Parent Equalities Forum of this session which will take place on
Thursday 12 May in Mearns Primary School at 7pm.
This will take the form of a ‘showcase’ event with some schools presenting on the work they have been doing around equalities.
Walk to School week
JRSO are promoting walk to school week Monday 16th May – Friday 20th May.We are running a competition to promote Walk to School Week. The class with the most children walking at the end of the week(including park and stride) will receive an extra break that Friday
DYSLEXIA PARENTS GROUP
Dyslexia Scotland Glasgow East Ren Branch
Parents, Pupils and Teachers Are welcome to our
OPEN MEETING
Thursday 5th May 2016
VISUAL STRESS
Presented by NADIA NORTHWAY
7.15pm-8.15pm Mearns Castle High School, Newton Mearns G77 5GU
http://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/your-branch/glasgow-east-ren Email Address is dyslexiascotland.er@gmail.com
Education Psychological Service
Please find our latest newsletter attached March Newsletter 2016
Tesco Bags of Help
Neilston Primary has bagged a share of a £11.5 million carrier bag charge fund
We are delighted to announce we have bagged £12,000 from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.
The supermarket teamed up with Green Space Scotland to launch its Bags of Help initiative, which saw grants awarded to local projects – all raised from the 5p bag charge.
Almost a million shoppers voted in stores up and down the country. And it can now be revealed Neilston Primary has been awarded £12,000.
The results have been announced and we will now begin work on bringing our project to life.
We are absolutely thrilled to have been chosen by Tesco to receive such a tremendous amount of money to spruce up our school grounds. The children have such beautiful scenery surrounding their school therefore we want to maximise our outdoor learning space. It is very exciting and we still cannot believe we have been awarded £12,000. We are sure the children will enjoy spending the money!
The Eco Committee.
Making Maths Count
I am asking on behalf of SPION (Scottish Parental Involvement Officers Network) for parents to complete the questionnaire in the link below.
The Education Secretary, Angela Constance, has been brought together an expert group to look at how enthusiasm for and participation in maths can be increased. The group is currently carrying out a call for evidence to find out what negative attitudes people have for maths to inform its work.
The project is about maths skills for everyone, but there is a particular emphasis to hear from parents about how they feel about maths and supporting their children with maths. There are online questionnaires in link below as part of this – www.gov.scot/makingmathscount.
Fair Trade Rice Challenge
Just Trading Scotland (JTS), a not-for-profit fair trade organisation, has challenged schools, as well as churches, colleges and other organisations, to sell 90kg of rice – which is the amount of rice sold that would enable a Malawian farmer to pay for a year’s basic secondary education for one child. As you may have heard, Neilston Primary have decided to take on this 90kg Rice Challenge!
We will be selling rice for £3.00 during lunchtime for the duration of Fairtrade Fortnight – Monday 29th February to Friday 11th March 2016. If you have any questions or would like more information regarding JTS or the Challenge, please feel free to visit www.jts.co.uk, emailing info@jts.co.uk or calling 0141 887 2882.
Click link to see email that was sent home: Letter for Parents rice challenge
National Parent Forum of Scotland
The National Parent Forum of Scotland has been working with Skills Development Scotland as part of the programme of work underway in Developing the Young Workforce.
We are pleased to have produced some tailored information for parents, as part of our successful “in a nutshell” series, which covers the new Careers Education Standard launched at SLF 2015.
This new nutshell will supply parents with basic information about the initial role of this programme in schools and signpost them to where they can get some more information if they need it.
The link to the nutshell on the NPFS website is
http://www.npfs.org.uk/career-education-a-world-of-possibilities/
Dyslexia Scotland
OPEN MEETING Wednesday 3rd February 2016 TRANSITIONS Primary to Secondary school PRESENTED BY MEARNS CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL Suitable for PARENTS AND PUPILS 7.15 pm -8.15pm Mearns Castle High School, Newton Mearns, G77 5GU
http://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/your-branch/glasgow-east-ren
Equalities Forum – Reminder
Listed below are the dates and venues for the Equalities forum for Session 2015/16, please note that all meetings will commence at 7.00pm.
If you wish to put forward an item for the agenda, please e-mail me atpauleen.smith@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Equalities Forum
| Date | Venue |
| Thursday 14 January 2016 | Woodfarm High School |
| Thursday 12 May 2016 | St. Luke’s High School |
