There will be a meeting in the gym hall tomorrow night at 6pm for all P6 parents regarding the residential trip to Lockerbie next session.

22nd February marks World Thinking Day.  This is the day on which members of Girlguiding celebrate the global impact of our organisation and think about our ‘sisters’ around the world.

In Barrhead we have 2 Rainbow units (ages 5-7years), 4 Brownie units (age 7-10years), 3 Guide units (age 10-14years) and 2 Senior Section Units (aged 14+).  This equates to about 180 girls.

It is traditional that on Thinking Day, the girls wear their Rainbow, Brownie or Guide uniform to school. St Mark’s welcomes all Rainbows, Brownies and Guides to wear their uniform that day.

If you are a parent of a P2 or 3 child please  could you take the time to give some feedback on the Read write Count bags and materials your child received  last year?

To complete the parent survey please click on the link below by Tuesday 28 February : https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FCP6MQN

Thank you!

Please click on the link below for information on Future Me

Future Me gives your child the chance to share their dreams for the

future. It’s your chance to promise your child that you’ll do everything

you can to help them imagine a great future and live their dreams.

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Click the link below for more information:

www.eastwoodparktheatre.co.uk

We need your help!  Please come along to one of our Family Focus Group sessions on Tuesday 7^th Feb 1.30pm & 6.30pm in our Family Room, children welcome too.  We want your help to look at where we are now and where we are going next.

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Please find a copy of this season’s news from Rouken Glen Park which was recently awarded ‘UK’s best park’! Right on our doorstep as well!

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Click on the link for all details

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The next parent equalities forum will take place on 19 January at 7pm in Mearns Castle HS

The Education Committee have approved the recent consultation on proposed new arrangements to school admissions, the transfer of pupils from primary to secondary school and placing requests.

School admissions, pupil transfers from primary to secondary and placing requests will be administered in line with the new arrangements from January 2017 and beyond. Any placing request applications for school places in academic session 2017-18 submitted before January 2017 will be processed in line with the new policy; there will be no need for parents/carers to submit another application.

As part of the changes to our arrangements, an online facility is now available for the submission of placing requests; please find the link below:

Online Placing Request

Raffle tickets will be on sale tonight at the concert and at both afternoon and evening Nativities.
Prizes include hamper, vouchers for blow dry, shellac nails, planet play and Aurs cafe, large wooden reindeer and build a bear Christmas bears!!! £1 a strip or 50p a strip for build a bears.

Feel free to wear a Christmas colour along with your uniform tomorrow!

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As a parent or carer, you may have heard that changes are being introduced to the way your child’s progress is assessed in primary and early secondary school.

These changes relate to Curriculum for Excellence and are being introduced to tell us whether children in P1, P4, P7 and S3 have achieved the Curriculum for Excellence-defined level of understanding in literacy and numeracy.

In this special edition newsletter, you will find a newly published leaflet for parents that provides information and aims to answer your questions about assessment of children’s progress and the introduction of national standardised assessments.

From 5^th of December 2016, a person smoking in a car which is carrying passengers under 18 years of age will be breaking the law. Offenders could face a £100 fixed penalty fine.

The Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Act 2016, creates a new criminal offence, committed by any adult (aged 18 or over), where that adult smokes in a private motor vehicle in the presence of a child (under 18years of age), while that vehicle is in a public place. The aim of the legislation is to protect children and young people from the harmful effects of exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) in a confined space.

Exposure to second-hand smoke in cars involves higher concentrations of health-threatening chemicals than in larger, open areas. Even if the windows are opened or air conditioning is used, harmful particles can remain in the atmosphere long after the visible smoke has disappeared. The restriction of a vehicle also means individuals are unable to move away from the smoke.

We all have an obligation to protect children and young people from the risks to their life and health, caused by the exposure to second hand smoke and ensure that every child in Scotland has the best start in life. Growing up in a smoke-free environment is an important part of that.

The Scottish Government hope that the introduction of this legislation will help their drive to cut the number of children exposed to second-hand smoke to 6 per cent by 2020. This is a momentous step in pulling Scotland on the path to becoming a tobacco-free generation.

For more information, visit the Healthier Scotland website.

We would like to invite you to our November Parent Support Meeting which will be held on Tuesday 15th November 7-8pm at Carlibar Primary School in Barrhead.  We have booked the family room.

ERA meets Kaos club parents,and we will feed back on the AGM consultation.

Also a opportunity for a coffee and chat, a chance to meet other parents and families.

Please pass this invite on to anyone that you feel it may interest.