Primaries 4c and 4d Tuesday 29th April 9.30 – 2.45
Primaries 4a and 4b Wednesday 30th April 9.30 – 2.45
As part of our term 4 topic ‘Scottish Woodlands,’ we have arranged a visit to our original school home, Holmwood House in Cathcart, where we will be looking at the flora and the fauna in the grounds. We shall also be touring inside the house to look at the tiling patterns and learn of the history of Holmwood House
On our visit, the children will take part in activities in Holmwood House itself and also in the surrounding grounds.
Buses will leave school at 9.30 and return at 2.45.
Children should come to school wearing wellies, waterproof trousers and a waterproof jacket (they should also wear school shirt or polo shirt)
Children should bring a packed lunch, labelled and in a plastic bag for ease of disposal
Cost of the trip is £1 towards transport, the remainder being subsidised by the P.S.A.
There is a shop in the house and if you wish your child to buy a small souvenir, we would recommend a maximum of £2
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
Any parent with an East Renfrewshire Disclosure /PVG Certificate who wishes to accompany the class please indicate on the slip below
Please be advised that you will be notified if you will be accompanying us on the trip
Our Lady of the Missions Parent Council
Minutes of Meeting
30th January 2014
Present
Gillian Boyle, Anne Forsyth, Michelle Hynes, Charlie Jamieson, Mary Moore, Gerry Devenney, Marie-Claire Darroch, Brendan Docherty, Jackie Devlin, Mary O’Reilly, Lesley Garety, Callum Houston, Karen Kelly, Gary Bhatti, Joe McLachlan, Peter Hesset, Christine McCudden, Clare Bowes, Josephine McGrotty, Nadia Salim, Cllr Waters, Cllr Fletcher, Cllr Montague, Cllr Robertson, Cllr McAskill, Cllr Wallace
Apologies
A. Hussain, J. Taggart, A. Friel, P. Rogers, R. Spooner, C. James, M. McBryde, J. Heraghty
Approval of the Minutes for the December PC Meeting
Proposed- G. Boyle
Seconded- G. Bhatti
Update on Transition
C. Jamieson had received updates from F. Morrison and H. DeLombardi, stating that the tender was due back on 7th February and that the contract would be issued by late February/ early March, allowing time for the job to be finished by August.
C. Jamieson had had a walk around the Robslee building with a view to assessing what furniture and fittings would be required as most current furniture etc is being removed. He noted that eight classes would be available in the new building, five on the ground floor and three on the upper floor. There is also an assembly hall and stage, a cafeteria, two support-for-learning bases and some offices. There are also some large classrooms and a computer suite. He indicated that one hut may be retained.
Following extensive discussion by staff in the school, it is proposed that P4 and P5 pupils will be accommodated in the new building. It was felt best not to move P1-3 into the new building because thirteen classrooms would be required to accommodate P1-3, with five P1 classes next session.
It is anticipated that there will be regular movement between the two buildings, such as for IT and gym. This is particularly true for the P7 pupils in view of their responsibilities as mentors and wet-play / lunch monitors. It is hoped that the P 5- 7 pupils will benefit from increased computer time following the transition.
C. Jamieson added that there are some smaller spaces in the new building that will prove useful too.
C. McCudden asked about the current P6 and P7 classrooms and whether there would now be no double bases. C. Jamieson replied that one partitioned room had been sound-proofed and would continue to be used but that the other two partitioned rooms would be used as bases.
C. Jamieson suggested that House assemblies might be a way of bringing together children who are in different buildings. It is also hoped that children will be able to move between playgrounds at break times. He also said that there would be clerical, janitorial and catering staff in both buildings.
M-C. Darroch asked whether the gym hall in the new building is smaller and whether it would continue to be used by Glenwood. C. Jamieson replied that Glenwood would continue to use the gym hall. He added that having the extra gym space would enable pupils to have two indoor PE sessions per week and only one outdoors.
Our netball team enjoyed success at the recent Cluster Tournament. We won 6-1 against St Joseph’s and 7-1 against St Cadoc’s. We will now be representing St Ninian’s cluster at the final on the 1st April! Best of luck girls!
On Monday 10th March, we took part in ‘Sport your trainers on Commonwealth Day’ in preparation for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth games.
We had special assemblies where we had a presentation from a gymnast and coach that will actually be taking part in the games!
From 27th July -3rd August, the best atheletes from 71 nations and territories will come to compete in Scotland’s biggest ever sporting event.
We are looking forward to taking part in Commonwealth Games themed topics in term 4. By Mia Adair
Once again, we were successful at the Robert Burns World Federation Schools Competition. Three pupils from Primary 7 enjoyed their day at the annual Renfrewshire Association of Burns Clubs (RABC) competitions run by the Robert Burns World Federation. Leo McCarrey, having addressed the haggis at our school Burns supper in January, delivered a fine recitation again, narrowly missing a medal. Sophie Inglis played ‘Loch Lomond’ beautifully on the piano and gained second place while Aidan Lau impressed the adjudicators with an amazing performance of ‘Shetland Fiddler’ on the piano. He won a gold medal and the overall winners’ cup and will go forward to the National competition in May where we are sure he will astound judges with his musical talent.
Congratulations to our fantastic choir for their performances at the Glasgow Music Festival on Monday. They were ranked 4th place in the Hymn Singing Class and 3rd place with a First Class Certificate in the Scots Song class. Adjudicators commented on the two and three part harmonies and the expression that was evident in their voices. Well done!
There will be no choir rehearsal after school on Wednesday 12th March
Our Lady of the Missions Primary School is participating in the above event which takes place at Parklands Leisure Club on Monday 24th March. The Sports Festival will be a session of physical activity with pupils from the cluster primaries. Continue reading P5 Active-8 Sports Festival
See flyer below for PSA Family Ceilidh on Friday March 21st
Primary 6 will be performing an Easter Cantata called ‘Resurrection Rock” on Wednesday 2nd April at 1.45pm in Eastwood Park Theatre. We would be delighted if you could come, as the children have been working extremely hard on this performance.
Rehearsal – A rehearsal is being held in Eastwood Park Theatre on Friday 14th March 10.00am – 1.00pm. Children will require to bring a packed lunch on that day.
Similarly, on Wednesday 2nd April, the children will be at the theatre from 10.00am until 2.45pm approx for rehearsal and actual performance. Packed lunch will be required.
Tickets – Due to the number of children performing, we can only issue 2 tickets per child. Tickets will be sold from the school office, priced £3. Please complete the tear off slip below and return to school.
Pupils are required to wear black trousers and black shoes on the stage for the cantata performance.
T Shirts – Every child will also wear a coloured T-shirt in accordance with their part in the cantata. These have already been ordered from Academy Uniforms at a cost of £2.60. Please complete the tear off slip below and return to school office with payment.
There will be a collection at the door with all money going to our Lenten Charities.
We look forward to seeing you on the 2nd April.
Today we are taking part in many activities to celebrate World Book Day 2014. We have visits from a storyteller, an author, classes at different stages are working together to write a big book and we have lots of different interactive online literacy activites for everyone to enjoy too! All of this whilst being dressed as a character from our favourite book!
OLM PSA Meeting Minutes 4th March 2014
Present: Joe Shaw, Colette Carruthers, Charlie Jamieson, Louise Sheridan, Bernadine Nordmann, Maureen Cumming, Emma McAndrew, Teresa MacPherson, Victoria Drugan, Clare McCargo.
Apologies: Joanne Miller, Sheila Reid, Catherine Gallagher, Nicola Cochrane, Jacqueline McLaughlin, Eileen Armstrong.
1. Welcome/ Previous Minutes
Joe welcomed all to the meeting and the previous minutes were agreed.
2. OLM Lottery Draw
March
£50 – Lian O’Donnell (Rosie 4A)
£25 – Fiona McNeney (Erin 6D)
3. Treasurers Report
Current balance – £4171.
Considerable expenditure has recently been contributed by the PSA including £1000 to subsidise school bus trips, £2000 for new projectors and £2075 to fund the Edinburgh Science festival.
4. P1 Mums night
The feedback from the night was very positive with 50/60 mums attending across all the classes. It was thought it was a very worthwhile evening and the plan going forward would be to hold this event in late September.
5. Ceilidh Update
The Carmichael Hall is booked for the event on Friday March 21st from 6-10pm with the event taking place from 7-9.30pm.
The St Rochs Ceilidh band have also been booked.
Whilst ticket sales were initially slow they are now starting to pick up. However a further advertising push will take place and Mr Jamieson will issue a further request for tickets, and the mediums of the school website, face book and twitter will also be used. It was stressed that spreading the word in the playground was also essential in making the event a success.
It is a BYOB event. Joe will investigate new ERC regulations that involve having a designated BYOB area. We would ask that any wine carriers be handed in before the event as this may help the process.
Bernadine will follow up on the Dominos pizza pound a slice deal.
It was agreed there will be a tuck shop for children but there will be no novelties at this event.
There will be a number of games including stand up bingo and pound nearest the bottle for the adults. Donations of whisky and champagne bottles were made by the staff and members of the committee. For the children there will be a guess the teddy’s birthday, which Teresa and Colette will organise, and also a Scottish themed colouring picture competition with prizes for the best pictures. The school will provide crayons / pencils etc and Teresa will source Scottish themed artwork to colour in.
Finally, Mr Jamieson advised that the children would able to practice some of the more popular dances before the event.
I have been informed by East Renfrewshire Council that permission has been granted for Our Lady of the Missions Primary School to be used for election purposes on Thursday 22nd May 2014. This will mean that all educational activities within the school will be cancelled from 4.00pm on Wednesday 21st May until its re-opening on the morning of Wednesday 28th May (after the holiday weekend and in-service day).
Our Lady of the Missions will be holding our annual ‘World Book Day Fest’ on Thursday 6th March. This year, we have arranged a variety of activities to encourage reading and celebrate books and the written word. Continue reading World Book Day – Thursday 6th March
The countdown is on, with less than six months until the best athletes from 70 nations and territories arrive in Scotland to compete at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Continue reading Sport Your Trainers
Once again Primary 6 pupils had a fantastic time taking part in the K’Nex School Challenge. Their task was to design and make an exciting piece of apparatus for a playground. They had to draw some of their ideas before they started to build their model. Their designs had to be sturdy and safe for children to play on.
The three judges were impressed with their drawings and models.
Congratualtions to Sophie McP and Jack M who won the School K’Nex Challenge. The runners up were Laayan A and Meriel G. They are looking forward to taking part in the K’Nex Cluster Challenge in April.
The runners up were Laayan A and Meriel G.
Congratulations to all of the Primary 6 pupils who took part!
OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS PRIMARY SCHOOL
Minutes for the OLM Parent Council Meeting – 12th December 2013
Present
Gillian Boyle, Anne Forsyth, Michelle Hynes, Judy Taggart, Catriona James, Veronica Dowling, Charlie Jamieson, Mary Moore, Gerry Devenney, Marie-Claire Darroch, Roger Spooner, Brendan Docherty, Jackie Devlin, Mary O’Reilly, Lesley Garety, Maureen McAlpine, Callum Houston, Karen Kelly, Gary Bhatti, Amir Hussain, Angela Friel, Cllr Mary Montague, Cllr Ralph Robertson
Apologies
Cllr Fletcher, Cllr Wallace, Cllr McAskill, Cllr Waters, P. Hessett, C. McCudden, J. McLachlan
Approval of the Minutes for the November PC Meeting
Proposed- G. Boyle
Seconded- J. Devlin
A. Hussain noted that his apologies for the November meeting had been omitted.
Update on Traffic Sub-group
B. Docherty spoke about the success of Road Safety week. St Ninian’s pupils had helped take the children on safety walks, a pedestrian crossing had been set up in the gym hall and the pupils took part in a competition to design a sign, details of which are on the school website. G. Brown will provide the money to make and install the winning sign. A parking guide, written by the junior Road Safety Officers, was also issued to parents. This is also available to view on the website.
C. Jamieson added that Cllr Montague had made inquiries about some of the traffic issues around the school but had not heard anything back. C. Jamieson had also discussed with the Clerk of Works about making some improvements but will have to approach D. Leask for funding. This work will include some tree trimming, the reprinting of old signs and the painting of new ones. The work agreed by G. Brown will likewise require funding from D. Leask.
A. Friel asked whether the changes already in place had made a noticeable difference at the drop off area. C. Jamieson replied that there had been no recent complaints on the matter.
L. Garety said that she had witnessed the situation where cars lingering in the drop off zone were preventing the buses from parking and G. Bhatti noted that people were continuing to park despite the new signs.
M. McAlpine asked whether it might be worth putting leaflets on those cars that park in the drop off area. C. Jamieson replied that perhaps the pupils could design something to be used in that manner. B. Docherty added that this had been considered before but that it was not done in view of the risk of damaging cars.
M. Moore said that because of the congestion, it was difficult not to double park, even when just dropping off children in the morning.
C. Jamieson explained that some spaces in the drop off area have been reserved for staff parking and that perhaps parents were copying this. He suggested it might be worth putting signs up to show which spaces were for staff parking. J. Taggart added that the spaces beside the staff spaces might be painted with yellow hatches rather than leaving them to look like they are spaces to be parked in.
G. Bhatti drew attention to the problem of dropping off children at a point where there is no gap to allow them to get onto the pavement. He said that in that case, parents are likely to get out of their cars to take their children to a gateway.
R. Spooner, having commended the older pupils who had been helping at the nativity plays, wondered if those older pupils could also be sent out to discourage drivers from parking where they shouldn’t, especially at busy school events. C. Jamieson said that the Junior Road Safety Officers could do that, if they were accompanied by staff.
M. McAlpine referred to the parking issues in Berryhill Drive, with cars parking on both sides of the road.
A. Friel noted that neither of the two Woodfarm car parks is very busy in the morning.
L. Garety said that there was unusual congestion on the days of the nativity plays, heightened when such events coincided with Woodfarm’s early end. J. Taggart wondered whether a text could be send to remind parents of potential problems on unusually busy days.
M. O’Reilly mentioned the problem of cars waiting around the school areas and leaving their engines running. R. Spooner added that it was illegal to do so. G. Bhatti said that this could be a risk for children playing in the cages.
