Our Fair Trade Committee held a Big Breakfast for our parents to help promote Fair Trade products. Thank you to everyone who came along we hope you enjoyed it!

Comments from Parents

 Thank you to all the organisers for this morning.

 Excellent work! Thank you for the amazing Fair-trade breakfast.

 Thank you for organising this, it’s been a lovely morning. It’s great to see how interested the children are in such an important area of life. The breakfast treats were delicious!

 Great ideas and brilliant to involve each primary by having a nominated child from each class. Well done.

 Thank you so much for this morning. The children did so well and looked so cute! Great initiative for a great cause.

We know that many children are using social media when ‘officially’ they are too young to sign up to the sites- we know this because they tell us!

Lots of them say that Mums and Dads have signed them up- sometimes years ago. There’s nothing illegal in that, but please keep in mind that if you signed your 8 year old up to Facebook five years ago, saying they were 13 years old- they now appear as an 18 year old on site.

If an adult tries to groom your now 13 year old via social media they will be able to argue that they thought they were talking to another adult.

Remember to update their details, check their privacy settings and talk to them about which pictures they use in their profile so they’re safe online.

Thank you

Job Vacancies: ERC Facilities Management require cleaning staff 10-20hr posts in various locations.  Please come to Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns on 9/3/16 between 10.30am-2pm for more information.

Please click on the link below to view our new Vision, Values and Aims.

new vision values and aims

To access the latest Sports News from St Ninian’s please click on the link below.

Click to access St-Ninians-Sports-News-HQ-Edition-1.pdf

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