Weekly Information – 27th January 2022

Office Hours

Please note the school office is open at these times:

8.15-11.45 and 12.15-3.15

If you call outwith those hours you will get the answer phone – please leave a message and it will get picked up when the office re-opens. If you get the answer phone in office hours, leave a message and some will pick it up quickly.

 

Assembly

We haven’t had an assembly today because of the Ceilidh but we have celebrated some personal achievements this week and these have been shared on Seesaw.

 

Dates for this term

Please click here to see the dates and activities for this term.

 

P7 Transition to S1

P7 parents – please remember there is the final open evening at Madras on 23rd February from 6-7pm. If you haven’t yet visited the school with your child, I recommend you attend this meeting. In the early part of February we will have a meeting from Mr Currie (HT) and Mr Wishart (DHT) who will meet with all of the children. We have already begun to share information to support transition and in May, the guidance team will visit school to meet with us to ensure they have all the final necessary details. In the summer term, all children will make transition visits to Madras. The main three day visits are on 13th, 14th and 15th June and there is an open evening for parents and P7s on the evening of 15th. Some children will benefit from additional visits over and above that and this will be arranged according to need. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s transition to Madras. A worry for parents and children can be getting ready early enough in the morning to catch the bus! I recommend planning and preparing for this slowly e.g. decide that in Feb your child will aim to be ready by 8:30, then in March: 8:15, then in April: 8:00 and then in May, by 7:45. This way, catching the bus on the three day visit and again in August won’t come as quite such a shock! We will also being doing some work on this with the children.

 

Message from Active School

I am getting in touch with you regarding a questionnaire Community Use here  Madras. The form is to identify local need for activity to better support our community in becoming active. Please complete it if possible