PARENT COUNCIL MEETING DATES FOR 2015/16
Parents / carers are welcome to attend any of our meetings as observers – here are the dates for this year. All meetings are on a Thursday night at 7pm in school:
29 October 2015
10 December 2015
28 January 2016
17 March 2016
12 May 2016
16 June 2016
Fr. Jim Duggan from St. Joseph’s Parish will say Mass for P6 classes on Thursday 29th October at 1.45pm in the school hall and family of Primary 6 pupils are welcome to attend. Tea and coffee will be served afterwards.
Link below to minutes from parent council 19.05.15
Our Market Day at ‘Wholefoods’ was a huge success. We raised £70 and sold 25 jars of strawberry and blackcurrant jam! Children have benefitted greatly from involvement in the project and we are already thinking of ways to further develop this initiative!
Children from St Joseph’s Parish Clarkston will receive their First Communion on Saturday 7th May 2016.
Due to numbers, classes will receive the Sacrament as follows;
P4 B and C at 10am
P4 A and D at 12.30
We are awaiting confirmation of arrangements for St Vincent’s Parish and will notify you of these as soon as possible.
There has been a change of date for our Primary 6 children going to Lockerbie Manor next year(2016)
The new date is Monday 31st October – Friday 4th November 2016
The Extra’ newspaper will visit the school on Wednesday 30th September at 10.00am to take photographs of our new Primary 1 pupils.
We always look forward to seeing the photographs and would ask the children to wear their shirt and tie. Thank you for your assistance.
Information through link below about Poetry Competition being run by East Renfrewshire Libraries Service
P4a/d Thursday 22nd October 2015
P4b/c Friday 23rd October 2015
Over the past few weeks our Primary 4 pupils have been working on a Conservation topic as part of their Global Citizenship block. They have focused on Deforestation, Over Hunting, Global Warming and Pollution.The children will be attending a workshop on Endangered Animals whilst at the Zoo.
Classes will leave from the school 09.15am and return at 2.50pm.
If there are any changes to medical conditions/medications from the medical consent form you completed at the beginning of this session, please inform the school office.
If any parent with a PVG Disclosure Certificate would like to join us, please indicate on the tear off slip and return to school
Dear Parents/ Carers,
You are invited to attend an information session about Jolly Phonics/Storyworlds. This will take the format of a presentation on both these resources which are used in P1 to teach phonics and reading.
Thursday 24th September at 2.15pm
Tuesday 29th September at 7pm
Please note that the Tuesday evening event is a re-run of the afternoon event and parents/carers should attend only one session.
If you have any questions/queries regarding these sessions then please contact Josephine McGrotty DHT
East Renfrewshire needs new foster carers, we need you.
For information see:
www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/foster
Or call:
0141-577-3367
The meeting for parents of Primary 6 children who will be going to Lockerbie Manor in October 2016 will take place on Tuesday 22nd September 6.30 -7.30 in school hall.
The meeting for Primary 7 children going to Lockerbie Manor in November this year will take place on Tuesday 20th October in school hall 6.30 – 7.30
As part of our Health and Wellbeing Programme, Primary 5 children will be taking part in sports sessions at St Ninian’s High School
| Class | Date | Activity | Times |
| 5a | Thursday 24th September
|
Active 8
Football Festival |
Leaving 9.00 and returning for 12.00 |
| 5b | Leaving 9.00 and returning for 12.00 | ||
| 5c | Thursday 24th September
|
Leaving 12.00 and returning for 3.00 | |
| 5d | Leaving 12.00 and returning for 3.00 |
As part of our commitment to improving local air quality, East Renfrewshire Council now has powers to issue fixed penalty notices to drivers who don’t switch off their engines when stationary. Council officers will be carrying out patrols around local schools and speaking to drivers who let their vehicles idle unnecessarily.
Air quality within East Renfrewshire is generally good and meets national standards, however we are always keen to make further improvements. Within East Renfrewshire, road traffic is the main source of air pollutants. Parents and others taking children to and from school can help to reduce children’s exposure to exhaust fumes by leaving the car at home, by parking further away from the school and by turning off their engines when stationary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y1VzQ4l6tTE
Take a look at our video telling you all about our House system. We hope that you enjoy it!
The letter in the link below has been given out to all advanced skiers from the school programme. If there are any other race skiers or advanced skiers in the school who go to private lessons and are interested in taking part, please notify Miss Kane as soon as possible.
Appointments are booking up quickly for Parents’ Evenings on 7th and 8th October. If you haven’t done so already, please go to
https://ourladyofthemissions.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/
as soon as possible to ensure that you get an appointment time that suits you. Please only phone the school office for assistance if you have tried to log on using all of the instructions provided and are still not gaining access.
Many thanks for your cooperation in using this new system.
We look forward to hearing your feedback.
If you had difficulty earlier logging on to the online booking system, please try again.
