Please click here to read the menu change for Thursday 24th September.

Reminder of our ‘Meet the Teacher’ day on Wednesday 23rd September.  Please let the office know if you will be attending.  Thank you.

Primary 2 pupils will be taking the assembly on Monday 21st September at 9:50am.  All parents / carers / grandparents are welcome to attend.

East Renfrewshire needs new foster carers, we need you.

www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/foster

0141-577-3367

Charlene Armstrong, parent from St Thomas’, is organising a Macmillan coffee morning at St Thomas’ Church Hall on Saturday 26th September from 11am – 2pm.  All parents/carers and children are invited to come along.  There will be Disney characters, face painting, cake decorating and much more!

As part of our commitment to improving local air quality, East Renfrewshire Council now has powers to issue fixed penalty notices to drivers who don’t switch off their engines when stationary. Council officers will be carrying out patrols around local schools and speaking to drivers who let their vehicles idle unnecessarily.

Air quality within East Renfrewshire is generally good and meets national standards, however we are always keen to make further improvements. Within East Renfrewshire, road traffic is the main source of air pollutants. Parents and others taking children to and from school can help to reduce children’s exposure to exhaust fumes by leaving the car at home, by parking further away from the school and by turning off their engines when stationary.

Parents from Catholic schools across Scotland are invited to participate in the latest in a series of Parent Assemblies which are designed to inform and consult them on important issues.  These are the details of the next assembly of Catholic School Parents:

Making Sense of This Is Our Faith
Supporting parents to make sense of the Religious Education programmes taught in Catholic primary and secondary schools.

Saturday 3rd October 2015;  10.30 to 12.30pm
St Francis Xavier Centre, Taylor Avenue, Carfin Lanarkshire ML1 5AJ

To book your place, go to Catholic School Parent Assembly 3rd October 2015 or email: parents@sces.org.uk 

Three representatives from St Thomas’ Primary 7 class were invited to the Children and Young People Regional Summit on Monday 24^th August in Oban. Elise, Ryan and Gordon joined approximately 100 other children from schools and youth organisations across Scotland to have their say on improving our education system for all. This summit follows ongoing work by the Scottish Government to tackle the attainment gap in Scotland.

The event was coordinated along with an official Cabinet meeting and gave Government Ministers the opportunity to engage directly with children and young people to talk about their views on things like educational attainment, participation, children’s rights and social justice. There was an opportunity to pose questions directly to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Angela Constance. Later, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon talked to the children and was happy to pose for ‘selfies’, much to the children’s delight.

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