Our current statistics for travelling to school at the beginning of November for P4-7 pupils are:
Walking: 157 pupils
Bus: 68 pupils
Car: 216 pupils
Cycle/Scoot: 23 pupils
Park and Stride: 19 pupils
Other: 16 pupils
Check back at the end of December to see if we have managed to make a difference in how we travel to school using our new Travel Tracker tool.
SWAP THE SCHOOL RUN FOR THE SCHOOL WALK!
Curriculum Evening
Please come and join us at our Curriculum Evening. Details as follows:
P1, 3, 5 and 7 Tuesday 15th November (Literacy)
P2, 4 and 6 Thursday 17th November (Numeracy)
The Curriculum Evening will run from 6.00-7.00pm on both nights.
There will be two presentations/workshops at each stage which will be a duplicate of each other so please feel free to drop in to either one. Please note that these presentations/workshops are for parents/carers only and therefore pupils should not attend.
Workshop 1- 6.00- 6.25
Workshop 2- 6.35-7.00
Please see attached letter for more details.
Our Lady of the Missions Primary School is encouraging pupils and parents to walk to school in partnership with Living Streets Scotland (https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/). Pupils who walk to school at least twice a week are rewarded with a monthly badge, helping build healthy habits for a lifetime. Daily journeys are logged by pupils on our interactive Travel Tracker. For November and December, we would like you to join us and thousands of pupils across the country to make walking the natural choice and part of every child’s daily routine. We are aiming to reduce congestion and improve safety at the school gate as well as creating better local air quality and reduce CO2 emissions.
Due to unforeseen circumstances we need to cancel this Friday’s session at Eastwood HS from 4 -5.15pm. Normal service will resume on the 11th.
Father Jim Duggan will meet with all parents at 7pm in St Joseph’s Church on Monday 7th November 2016. He will explain the arrangements for the year ahead as well as offering some Sacramental instruction at an adult level. The children should not attend this meeting. It is important that every child is represented by at least one parent.
Gardening Club
On behalf of the School the PSA is enquiring to the level of interest there would be within the school community for a Gardening Club to maintain the garden that sits parallel to the Junior Department playground.
The gardening club would be open to parents, carers, grandparents and wider family who have an interest in gardening and could perhaps supply tools. It would be out-with school hours with a commitment of perhaps a fortnightly or monthly rota dependent on time of year and work required and ideally the child would help also.
If this would be of interest could you email the PSA email address olm-psa@hotmail.com or message us on Facebook (OLM PSA) advising what you would be able to commit to and obviously any suggestions you may have to how this could work.
Many thanks for your interest.
Bernadine Nordmann, Victoria Drugan
OLM PSA Co-Chairs.
More detail can be found on their website; www.avenueshopping.co.uk/whats-on/events/halloween-trick-or-treat-trail-9am-5pm/
P6&7 pupils have not to attend this parent’s evening. P7 pupils will attend their parent’s evening appointment with their parents in March.
The PSA have started their planning for the biggest fundraiser in the school calendar, the Christmas Fair. One of the main aspects of this day is our annual raffle and for this to be a success we rely on donations.
So we are appealing to you for any donation, be it a voucher, bottles of wine/champagne, memberships, tickets, beauty products, electrical goods etc. Funds raised at the Fair all go towards activities and equipment that otherwise the children would not be able to benefit from and it really does make a difference.
If you are able to help, or can persuade your employer to donate a prize, it would really help ensure the raffle continues to be one of our major fund-raising successes.
The Fair is well attended by local families and is a great occasion for everyone to get together. We advertise the prizes ahead of time and would like to promote the donations, so an early donation is appreciated.
If you would like us to collect your gift, please contact the school on 0141 570 7280, olm-psa@hotmail.com, drop it by at the school office, or ring Bernadine Nordmann on 07977596802 and we will arrange for a parent to uplift.
May we take this opportunity to thank you and we will be in touch soon.
Yours sincerely,
Our Lady of the Missions PSA.
Scottish Charity SC041564
The annual flu immunisation programme will take place on 13th October for P1-7.
Friday Dec 9th
P1A/B AM
P1C/D AM
P1E/F PM
Mon 12 Dec
P2A-5A performance
P7 Disco pm
Tues 13th Dec
P2B-5B performance
Wed 14th Dec
P2C-5C performance
Thurs 15th Dec
P2D-5D performance
Fri 16th Dec
P1-P6 parties
Mon 19th Dec
P7 Enterprise Day
Tues 20th Dec
Advent Assemblies
Timings and musical performances to be finalised.
Sacrament of Reconciliation and First Communion
Father Jim Duggan will meet with all parents at 7pm in St Joseph’s Church on Monday 10th October at 7pm. He will explain the arrangements for the year ahead as well as offering some Sacramental instruction at an adult level. The children should not attend this meeting.
