Welcome Back
Welcome back and I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year, and were able to enjoy the festivities despite the colds, flu and chicken pox which have been doing the rounds. It was great to hear from the children about the time they spent with friends and family and of course the presents many of them received.
Staffing
Many of you will be aware that Mrs Scott is moving to New Zealand and wished us a sad farewell on the last day of term. Mrs MacDougall welcomed her baby, Oliver, at the beginning of the year and I’m pleased to let you know both mum and baby are doing well. Miss McGoran, who has been in Cross Arthurlie for a few years on a temporary basis, will also be leaving us this month and we wish her well . On Monday we welcomed Mrs Fishwick as a new member of teaching staff who will be with us on a part-time, temporary basis until June. Classes who have been impacted by these changes have been informed. In addition to changes in teaching staff we also welcomed Mrs Shankland as a new PSA to the school. Having previously worked in MACS and as a cleaner in the school she is already familiar with staff and children.
Road Safety
As you know at Cross Arthurlie we have a number of children who walk or cycle to school. If you choose to drive instead please remember causing congestion or obstruction near schools is selfish and dangerous. Parking is restricted in the following:
School keep clear and zig zag lines
Double yellow lines
Single yellow lines
Parking on a pavement or verge
Double parking and dropped footways
School bus bays
Pedestrian crossings
Parking in disabled bays unless you’re a blue badge carrier
‘Cinderella and Rockerfella’
We have started working on the school production with children in P6 & 7 learning songs and auditioning for parts. We have been really impressed so far with the way in which children have approached this activity: learning lines, acting and learning songs words for the audition process. Miss Rice and I are going to have a very difficult task next week as we seek to cast the production.
Parent Council
Representatives from the Parent Council have met with a number of people from East Renfrewshire Council as we seek to address the challenges of selfish and careless parking around the school.
The dates of the next meetings (to be held in Barrhead High School ) are : 05/02/19; 05/03/19; 30/04/19; 04/0/619 (AGM in Cross Arthurlie)
P4 Swimming
P4 will be swimming this term. As part of our commitment to reducing the cost of the school day and to ensure that all children can participate in learning this important skill we have decided to use P.E.F. funding to support this activity.
P1 & 2 Muddy Movers
Primary 1 are really looking forward to developing their learning outdoors through the ‘Muddy Movers’ programme. This will involve the children working together to move large items outdoors and develop their skills and abilities in problem solving.
With the help of funding from the Parent Council we now have new waterproof trousers and jackets which the children in P2 are able to access.
Primary 7 Transfer and Primary 1 Registration
ERC are looking to streamline processes regarding registering your child for school. Online registration for P1 parents has already taken place with parents coming into school from14-18 January 1.45-3.30pm, with the required documentation.
P7 parents have already received their transfer forms through the post and these should be returned to school by Monday 14 January along with your 2018/19 Council Tax bill and a recent utility bill.
ASSEMBLY : Special Treat
This week’s assembly at Cross Arthurlie was very different!
On Monday we were contacted by M&M Productions offering us a FREE performance of their production of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ for Wednesday morning. It was a brilliant pantomime performance which all children thoroughly enjoyed, with lots of the usual booing, hissing and singing along one expects with a traditional pantomime.
Mrs MacDonald
Head Teacher
