Please click on the link below for the lunch menu for all pupils week beginning 30 October.

GF School Meals Week Menu 2017

Dear Parents and Guardians,

East Renfrewshire Council is consulting on its budget for 2018-2021.   Your responses to this consultation will help shape councillors’ decision making about how our budget will be spent over the next three years.

The Council’s budget covers a huge range of services, including education, schools, early learning and childcare, social care, roads, cleansing and housing. 

While the Council does not yet know its exact budget, with the Scottish Government not due to confirm the annual grant settlement until December, ERC is expecting to have to make savings in the region of £26million between 2018 and 2021.  This is in addition to £37million of savings the Council has already made since 2012.

A range of proposed savings to meet the £26million shortfall has been published for consultation and is available at www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/budget.   Parent Council Chairs have been invited to a series of meetings as part of the Budget Conversation, but we are keen to hear from as many parents as possible on the savings proposals set out in the Budget Booklet, a small number of hard copies of which are available in schools or at this link.

The consultation will be open until 28 November, with the final budget being decided by elected members at a meeting of the full council on 8 February 2018.  

Many Thanks,

East Renfrewshire Council

Please click on the link below for a copy of the letter that was emailed home yesterday.

October 23 2017

School will close for the children on Thursday October 12 at 3 pm and will re-open on Monday October 23 at 8.55 am.

Please click on the links below for a copy of the letter emailed home today and Parents’ Consultation Evening November 2 2017- Online Appointment Booking Information.

October 2 2017

Guide for booking appointments THORNLIEBANK

Read more about our successes, achievements and plans as a school. Information about our Standards and Quality report  2016-17 and our School Improvement Plan for this session (2017-18) can now be found under the “About Us — School Improvement” tab on the website.

Reminder – School & ELCC will be closed on Friday 22 September and Monday 25 September for the holiday weekend.

Thank you.

What matters to you about your child’s school?

Through this short survey, the Scottish Government would like to find out what matters to parents about their child’s school and education, focusing on what needs to be done to make the improvements we all want to see.

The survey will close on October 16th, and will inform the annual report for the National Improvement Framework parental involvement driver.

PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR COPY OF EMAIL SENT HOME TODAY

Good morning,

As previously intimated, Thornliebank Primary is hosting our Find Out More Day tomorrow- Tuesday September 19^th. We would like to welcome 1 parent/ carer per child to classrooms at either 9.15-10.00 am or 2.00-2.45 pm. Entry via the office door or blue door at 9.15 and 2.00.

If you are able, we look forward to seeing you.

Regards,

Alasdair McDonald

Head Teacher

Thornliebank Primary and ELCC

Please see information regarding admissions to Thornliebank Primary which has been added to our School Handbook for 2017:

IMPORTANT: ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS TO THORNLIEBANK PRIMARY

Before a child enrols in Thornliebank Primary School, the Education Department will seek documentary evidence to validate a child’s entitlement to a catchment place at this school. If appropriate evidence is not submitted the Education Department will withdraw the offer of a place.  Documentary evidence can be submitted to the Education Department via the school office. Further detail on required documentary evidence and change of circumstances is available in the Education Department’s school admission policy which is accessible on the Council’s website via the web address below:

http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=19102&p=0

When a child who was enrolled in the school as a catchment pupil ceases to reside within the Thornliebank Primary delineated catchment area and his/her parents wish the child to continue to attend the school the parent must submit a placing request to remain. Where it is found that a child is no longer entitled to a catchment place in Thornliebank Primary since they no longer reside in a property in the delineated catchment area associated with the school, and a placing request to remain has not been submitted and approved, the Council may seek to exclude that child from the school.

A child’s parents(s)/carer(s) is/are responsible for providing the Education Department with full and correct information about their child(ren) and any changes to that information which may affect their status as a catchment child. In the event that parent(s)/carer(s) fail to do this, the Education Department will view this as a refusal to comply with the rules and regulations of the school; this lack of cooperation will result in the Council seeking to exclude the child(ren) from ThornliebankPrimary School.

If information that is submitted is found to be fraudulent the Council may pass the matter to the Procurator Fiscal’s Office. The Council will use all means available to it in order to investigate suspicions or allegations of fraud, including but not limited to, surveillance in cases where it is necessary and proportionate to do so.

Congratulations to all our newly elected class representatives for each of our pupil committees. Following an exciting hustings in the playground on Tuesday, the pupils voted in a private ballot.

Click on the links below to see who was elected for each of these groups:

Rights Respecting Committee

Fairtrade Group

Eco Council

Pupils’ Council

Sports Committee

Junior Road Safety Officers

We are very exciting about setting up our brand new house system here at Thornliebank Primary and ELCC. We’re looking for ideas about house names. Please leave your suggestions here!