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.

For more information please click on the link below:

http://www.npfs.org.uk/career-education-a-world-of-possibilities/

Within East Renfrewshire there are a number of Community Sports Hubs.  A Community Sports Hub is a group of clubs in a local area that work together to improve sport offered in the community. Please see the image below for more details.

All parents and carers are invited to attend the following event:

Engaging Parents in Physical Education  – Lornshill Academy, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Saturday 30^th January 2016, 9.30am – 1pm

This event is suitable for both parents/carers and practitioners with responsibility for learners in all sectors. The aim of the event is to enable delegates to develop their understanding of how high quality Physical Education can support learning across the curriculum. The day will comprise of theory and practical sessions* which will demonstrate this, in addition to exemplifying how a strong home-school partnership can extend the learning experience. There will also be opportunities to hear key messages and engage in conversation with presenters, colleagues and parents.  Children are welcome – there will be PE experiences for them to participate in.

*Participation in the practical sessions is not compulsory, although is encouraged. Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear.

To register for this event, please sign up using the Survey Monkey Link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/engagingparentsinPE

There’s something amazing going on! Well done to everyone involved in the Nativity this year, we are very proud of them all!

St Cadoc’s enjoyed the Panto this year based on Cinderella.

Thank you to Primary 4 and Primary 5 for leading us in this years Advent services.

We celebrated the beginning of the Divine Year of Mercy with a prayer service.

East Renfrewshire Council are currently engaging with the local community to establish the views of local people who have experience of Autism Spectrum Disorder.  If you have time, it would be very helpful if we could get your views on various aspects of service delivery and support for people who have ASD.  We are keen to gather as many views as possible as we look toward identifying strengths and areas for improvement through our local autism strategy.

The following link will take you to our on-line questionnaire:

https://getinvolved.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/chcp-commissioning-contracts/autism-stategy-consultation

The fayre raised £6026.27

A huge thanks to all especially the PSA and pupils,they made the  fayre a huge success this year.

To view the results of our recent parents’ evening survey, please click on the link below.

Parents’ Evening results Term 1

I am delighted to inform you that St Cadocs Ski team won the Scottish Schools Freestyle Championships yesterday at Snow Factor in Braehead. This is the 3rd year in a row St Cadocs have won this event. We had fantastic individual podiums too with Luke Burke 1st place overall Male Ski & Isla Ward, normally more used to racing, taking 3rd overall Female.

The competition comprises of two judged runs for each individual, through a slope with features such as boxes, rails and jumps of varying difficulties,  with the children being judged on tricks performed over these features, based of technical difficultly & style. 

The team, comprising of Luke & Melissa Burke and Isla and Erin Ward were, as usual, polite, conscientious and supportive all day, helping both their own team mates and others throughout the day.  They all improved their scores from last year and the other two girls placed exceptionally well too with Erin Ward 5th and Melissa in her 1st ever freestyle conception finishing in the top 20. 

This year we are collating our pupil achievements through an online survey. To access the page, please visit the link below and follow the instructions.

https://getinvolved.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/education/st-cadocs-pupil-achievements

We will collate our pupil achievements after the survey closes on the 29^th June ‘16.

This year we are collating our parental views for parents’ evening through an online survey. To access the questions, please visit the link below and follow the instructions.

https://getinvolved.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/education/st-cadocs-parents-evening-evaluation

We will collate your views after the survey closes on the 20^th November 15.

St Cadoc’s staff would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Duffy for his time as Head Teacher and to wish him a very healthy and happy retirement.

We would also like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped organise the Mass this morning including Bishop John, Monsignor Monaghan, Mr James Docherty,  our Parent Council and Mrs Watson.

Our Parent Council are having their Annual General Meeting on the 22^nd of October and would like to  invite new parents to come along and consider taking a more active part in the life of the school by becoming a member of the Parent Council.

If you are interested please contact Simon Whyte using the following address:

stcadocspc@gmail.com

Congratulations to Mrs McBride who was the successful candidate from the Head Teacher interviews. St Cadoc’s will welcome her in early November.