Click the link below for more information:
Famly Focus Group Sessions in our new Family Room-all welcome!
Minutes from January’s Parent Equalities Forum
Rouken Glen Reporter
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!
Burns Night at The Waterworks
Dyslexia Scotland Meeting Wednesday 8th February 7.15-8.15pm Mearns Castle High School
Click on the link for all details
Parent Equalities Forum
The next parent equalities forum will take place on 19 January at 7pm in Mearns Castle HS
Online facility for school placing requests
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:
Eat Better Feel Better
Auchenback Active in partnership with Young Enterprise Scotland are delivering an Eat Better feel better programme which will look at growing your own produce, cooking on a budget and how to reduce food waste.
P1 Admissions August 2017
Please find information regarding admission to P1 August 2017
Choir and Christmas Concert and Parent Council Raffle
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.
Christmas Fair tomorrow!!!
Feel free to wear a Christmas colour along with your uniform tomorrow!
Education Scotland Special Edition: Parent and Carers e-bulletin
http://edscot.org.uk/LQE-4MVIV-03MQT506E4/cr.aspx
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.
ERC Culture Brochure Jan-May 2017
Scottish Book Week
Dont forget to bring PJs or Onesie or cuddly toy or pillow and favourite book for tomorrow afternoon’s reading afternoon.
Healthier Scotland-new legislation
From 5th 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.
Parish of St John’s Mass offered by Bishop John
Bishop John Keenan will offer a Mass at 7pm on Wednesday 23rd November for all parishoners who have died in the Parish since 1841. It is hoped that as many as possible will attend the Mass, including families and those who no longer live in Barrhead but may have had relatives here who have died. Please invite anyone you know who may be interested.
ERA Parent Support Meeting
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.
Sports for schools
We were delighted to have GB athlete and hammer throwing champion Chris Bennet in the school today to launch our Sports for schools event. Each child was issued with a sponsor form to help raise funds but you can also use the link below to donate.
The deadline to pay money is Tuesday 22nd November.
Thank you for supporting us!
www.sportsforschools.org/event/G422
