The online system for booking appointments goes live at 7pm this evening. Please note: the parent name login details that you supply must correspond with whoever is registered with the school as the main parent/carer. If name of one parent/carer isn’t recognised, please try name of other.
Parents’ Evenings 7th and 8th October 2015 – Online Appointment Booking System
Dear Parent/Carer,
I would like to invite you to attend our Parents’ Evening on either Wednesday 7th October or Thursday 8th October to discuss your child’s progress.
The school is piloting a new intuitive and easy to use online appointment booking system. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and you will receive an email confirming your appointments. We are confident this will be an improvement to the previous system and welcome any feedback.
Appointments can be made from Monday 7th September at 7pm and will close on Sunday 4th October at 3pm .Should you wish to make any changes after this date please contact the school office. If you do not make an appointment online by this date, the school will allocate you an appointment from times that are left and notify you of this.
If your child is in Primary 1d-Mrs J Smith will be listed as the teacher for booking purposes although Mrs Meehan will be conducting one of the evenings.
If your child is in Primary 6d– Mrs C Haveron will be listed as the teacher for booking purposes although Mrs Bilsland will be conducting one of the evenings.
If your child is in Primary 7b– Mrs J Kirkwood will be listed as the teacher for booking purposes although Mrs Degnan will be conducting one of the evenings.
If your child receives additional input from another member of teaching staff, they will be also available on the system to book appointments with on these evenings.
Please visit https://ourladyofthemissions.parentseveningsystem.co.uk
to book your appointments. (A short guide on how to add appointments is included in link below this message.) Complete using the surname and forename of whoever is registered with the school as the main parent/carer and then Login with the following information:
Student’s First Name: Student’s Surname:
Student’s Date of birth.
If you do not have access to the internet, please contact the school office who will be happy to add appointments on your behalf.
Link to parent guide for booking system:
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All children will receive a paper copy of this information home with them today.
Following a very successful week with last year’s Primary 7’s to Lockerbie Manor and looking forward to our visit in November with our current Primary 7, we have managed to secure the week beginning Monday 17th October – Friday 21st October inclusive in 2016 for our present Primary 6.There will be an initial meeting for parents in school, on Tuesday 22nd September from 6.30pm-7.30pm, to outline the programme for the week. We value our annual residential trip as an integral part of our Primary 7 Personal, Social Development programme, as our children prepare for the transition from Primary to Secondary School. More information on the activities offered can be found on the company website: www.manoradventure.com
The cost for the visit is £260 to include transport, accommodation, activities and all meals. Pupils are required to bring a sleeping bag.
A deposit of £50 per child is required to secure the booking. This has to be paid by Friday 25th September 2015. This can be paid online via the school website from today or in school, by cash or cheque made payable to East Renfrewshire Council.
Payments can continue to be made online at any time or alternatively, in school on a monthly basis, on the last Friday of the month, from October – June 2016. The balance must be paid by the end of August 2016.If there are any parents who are in receipt of benefits or indeed anyone who requires assistance, I would ask them to contact me. Enquiries of this kind will be dealt with confidentially.
On Wednesday 16th September, the feast of St Ninian of Scotland, our Primary 7 children will be joining Primary 7 children from other schools in St Mirin’s Cathedral, Paisley, to celebrate the annual Vocations Mass with Bishop John Keenan. This mass will begin the children’s journey of preparation for being involved in the Rite of Enrolment in December and receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation during Eastertide. We shall leave the school at 10am and return at 12.30pm.We would be delighted if some parents could accompany us. Please complete the tear off slip below and return only if you are able to assist. Parents will then be notified if they will/will not be accompanying us on the trip.
As you know, the children will soon begin their preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation which will take place in April, during the weeks of Eastertide. Children belonging to St Joseph’s parish or those who made their First Communion there can be confirmed in St Mirin’s Cathedral, Paisley. Children belonging to St Vincent’s and Holy Name parish can be confirmed in their own parish. For those children who were confirmed in Primary 4, I am sure their studies this year will deepen their understanding of the sacrament. Your child will be very welcome to join one of the masses and receive a blessing. Also, if your child has not made any of the sacraments, we would be very happy for your family to join us and your child can receive a blessing if you wish. If you have any questions around the reception of the sacrament, please do not hesitate to contact me.Please find attached a date for St Joseph’s parents to attend a Confirmation information evening with Father Jim. (only for children being Confirmed in St Mirin’s Cathedral)
Please follow link below to an overview for parents and carers of our current school improvement plan
SIP leaflet 15 16 (2) (Read-Only)
Copy of our August letter available through link below
See link below for list of dates for forthcoming sports activities that our children will take part in at St Ninian’s
We celebrate our school Feast Day on Tuesday 8th September, Our Lady’s Birthday.
Weather permitting, we shall take P5 – P7 classes to morning Mass in St. Vincent’s Church, leaving school at 9.30 am and returning at 11.00am.
We would be grateful for any parents to accompany us.
As part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, our Primary 4 classes have been invited along to Giffnock Community Library to meet author Elen Caldecott.
The children will leave the school at 10.30am and walk to Giffnock Library returning at 12.30pm.
There will be an opportunity for you to meet your child’s new teacher on Thursday 3rd September between 6 and 7pm. This informal event will enable you to see your child’s new class and obtain a n overview of the curriculum for the year.
There will not be an opportunity to discuss individual progress on this evening. This can be done through contacting the school office at any time or at formal Parent’s evenings which will take place on the 7th and 8th October.
A group of staff have worked to produce parent guides on different aspects of Maths and Numeracy in order to help parents and carers gain insight into how we teach particular concepts. Links to these can be found below. These will also be available in the ‘Information’ section of our website. We are confident that you will find these booklets both helpful and informative.
Parent and Pupil Division Booklet – new
Parent and Pupil Multiplication Booklet – new
Parent and Pupil Subtraction Booklet – new
To p7 parents: if you have uniform items you no longer need, particularly blazers, please consider donating them to the school for sale at a future uniform sale for school funds. Uniform can be handed into the school office before or after the holidays.
We are delighted to announce that our Green Flag Status has been renewed after a very successful inspection visit today. The inspector was very impressed by the variety of Eco related initiatives taking place across the school!
Many thanks to Mrs Cumming, all staff and children- well done!
The summer vacation is fast approaching as we near the completion of another very successful year here at Our Lady of the Missions School. This final newsletter is a roundup of major events that have taken place in this last term. Continue reading Newsletter – 17th June 2015
Please see link below for details of the ‘Praying as a Family’ event.
Please click link for information.
Reminder: Used Uniform and Blazer Sale tonight (Tuesday) 6.30 to 7.30 pm in school – please note, cash only
There is a new wall being built at the allotments in Eastwood Park. Work begins on Monday 8th June and will continue until week beginning 23rd June. Parking restriction and movements of traffic at the junior department and Glenwood Nursery will be affected and car users should make necessary alternative arrangements to avoid congestion.
Sports day will be held on Thursday 11th June in the adjacent Woodfarm playing fields.
Primaries 1 & 2 – 9.30
Primaries 3 & 4 – 11.00
Primaries 5 – 7 – 1pm
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 11th.
Children should come to school dressed in P.E. kit, ready for Sports Day.
No football tops please. We would encourage children to wear house colours
If it rains heavily on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, Sports Day will be moved indoors and unfortunately there will be no room for spectators
Please check the school website/twitter from 8.30am onwardshttp://www.ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk/ourladymissions
There will be no tuck shop at the sports field however the PSA will provide ice-cream in school after the races
Children should bring their water bottle into school
Sun cream if required, should be applied at home
Adults – Please bring a folding seat if you require to sit
Please note that ALL children will remain in school until home time and should be collected at normal time.
