Well done to our Star Pupils – Isla-Rose, Evie and Luca – they have been living our school values of enthusiasm, independence and effort.

At Assembly today, I spoke to the children about the problem of dog poo on the pitch.  We have begun to notice this as a bit of a problem during PE lessons and would like to try to help. I have asked all children to have a think about what we could to help dog walkers be able to pick up after their dog on the pitch.  I have asked them to think about what advice we could give dog walkers or anything else we could do. They are going to talk about this in class this week but it would also be great if you could discuss it at home. Those who own dogs are well placed to share ideas with us. We are going to revisit this next week and then launch a competition/campaign.

Happy New Year and Welcome to the first Information Sheet of 2022.

Date for your diary:

• There will be a Rag Bag Collection on 3rd February, please look out for the bags coming home.
• 8^th February – P1 Health Check – please return your form as soon as possible.
• Thursday 20^th January is the last day for the Dalguise 2^nd Please pay through iPayImpact or contact us for help if you can’t pay that way.

Message from Active Schools

As you may know Active Schools provide a range of opportunities for children to participate in sport and physical activities before school, during lunchtime and after school. We also provide opportunities and activities with local sports clubs and activity providers evenings, weekends and during school holidays and in-service days.

If you would like to receive and keep up to date with these activities and programmes please sign up to our newsletter here.

Kind regards

Madison Garland 
Active Schools

Destination Judo Introductory Offer (sent by Active Schools)

Destination Judo is the biggest junior judo school in the UK. Over the years, and with the support of Active Schools, we’ve established a very successful network of judo clubs in Fife.   
We’d like to announce a special New Year offer for families in Fife:  a starter package of 1 month’s free judo in January, for all of our clubs in Fife.  The offer will run throughout January allowing kids to try out our sport  with no commitment. Triallists can wear tracksuits bottoms and t-shirts to start – and we’ll supply everything else they need.
At the end of the block, they’ll be offered the chance to enrol and, on enrolment, will qualify for a free judo kit worth £40.
Please find out more about our clubs and our sport on www.destinationjudo.com. The site also has our contact details. When booking in please state that you want to take advantage of this Active Schools offer. Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Destination Judo Team

0131 467 9054

info@destinationjudo.com

Nursery Enrolments

Nursery Enrolments for session 2022-23 are now live. More information is available here: Starting Nursery

Primary 1 Enrolments

Primary 1 Enrolments for session 2022-23 go live on Monday 17^th. More information is available here: Starting P1 . You have to enrol your child for P1 even if they attend our Nursery – they don’t move on automatically.

Covid Information

I am keeping the Covid procedures page on the website up to date with changing information. I hope it will prove a useful reference point for parents and staff.: Covid-19 Procedures

We celebrated four stars at Assembly today, they have been living our values of respect, effort, perseverance and achievment. Well done to Isla G, Lilly, Jess and Jackson.

We held our assembly virtually today, using the cameras and microphones the Parent Council bought us last year.

We discussed our Charity Day on Friday. All children are invited to leave their uniform at home and wear a Christmas or favourite jumper. We are asking each child for a donation of £2 if possible and a donation for the food bank.

We discussed the work of Save the Children and the Foodbank in supporting children’s rights to Nutritious Food, an Education, Shelter and Protection from the effects of war (articles 24, 27, 28 and 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child).

Our stars have been living our school values of perseverance, effort, curiosity, enthusiasm, inclusion, friendship and respect. Well done to: Howie, Ola, Holly K. Emily W, Emily B and Edith.

Christmas Charity Day

10th December – no need to wear uniform, come in a Christmas or favourite jumper. We are inviting each children to bring in a contribution of £2 by today and an item for the Wormit Foodbank. You can send the £2 in with your child (preferably in an envelope with their name on). Half of the collection will go to Save the Children and the Remainder will go to school fund to help us pay for our Christmas Activities.

Wednesday 8th December

If your child is going to have a Christmas Lunch, you must order by today using the iPayImpact system. The lunch is on 15th December but we need orders by 8th. If you don’t order by 8th, your child will need to bring a packed lunch on 15th even if they usually take a school lunch.

Stakeholder Feedback

I would like to share three pieces of feedback about the work of the school:

Click Here to read the report of our recent Learning Partnership visit.

Click Here to read the feedback from a recent parental survey.

Click Here to read the feedback from a recent pupil wellbeing survey.

The Relationships and Behaviour Policy and Anti-Bullying Policies are now finalised and available on the website.

P7 Parents

The Community Council are looking for youth ambassadors.  More information is available here: Youth ambassador poster. If your child is interested in being involved, you can contact the council directly using the details on the form.

Gauldry in Bloom Festive Afternoon and Light Switch on

Saturday 4th December 3-4.30pm at the Morison Duncan Hall. Children are bringing home a flier in their bags with more details.

Christmas Woodland Club

I am advertising this on behalf of Chris Childe.

I was able to attend Assembly today so a big thank you to Miss Diplexcito who stepped in and took the lead.

Pupil Council Update

The first Pupil Council meeting was held today. The children have decided to start a litter picking club and will then be giving some thought to how we can be better at recycling at our school.

Peer Mediator Update

The peer mediators now have yellow vests to wear in the playground with peer mediator written on them so that everyone can see who is there to help.

Stars

We  celebrated the following Stars who have been living our school values of respect, effort, achievement, inclusion and independence. Well done to: Hugo, Matthew, Ava C, Finlay, Jemima, Fergus M and Lola.

Outdoor Learning

P3/4 did not have outdoor learning this week but it will start again next week.

Ordering School Lunches

Please order your school lunches on the online system (iPayImpact). Even if you don’t pay for your child’s lunch, it is still helpful if you log into the system to order their meal as it saves time in class if you have chosen with them at home and it means you know what they are eating. If your child will be late for school (arriving after 9.30) you must order online in advance. This is because Miss Sivewright needs to phone the order into the kitchens a Wormit just after 9.30 – all meals are cooked to order to avoid waste. If you don;t order in advance and your child comes into school after 9.30, they might not get their first choice of meal.

Thank You…

…to all parents who took part in the learning partnership visit on Monday. We received helpful and positive feedback and I will share the report in due course.

Christmas Event in Perth

I have been sent details of this event in Perth to share. The message from the organisers is:

Christmas Wonderland at Perth Riverside. The trail promises festive fun for families and takes place between 10^th – 23^rd December at Norie Miller Walk. Santa will be there in person each night, so that everyone can meet Santa at no additional cost, guaranteeing that Christmas feeling. Click here for an event map to show the range of beautiful and fun Christmas installations: Christmas Wonderland Event Map 2021_3  There is a discount code –  FIFESCHOOLS10 it offers a 10% discount on tickets. Discount code will apply to tickets purchased before 8 December (code excludes Saturdays). Be quick to get yours before they run out! More information about the event and to book tickets, check out the website www.perthchristmaswonderland.co.uk

We are welcoming two visitors into school today – Mrs Barker and Mrs Coggins. They are headteachers and have come to school see our work and offer feedback. Mrs Else (our Education Manager) visited on Friday.

We revisited our road safety work at assembly today and focussed on a safe place to cross Gauldry main road when walking to school – somewhere without parked cars and where there is a pavement on the other side.

We made sure that everyone in P1-4 knows who our new peer mediators are: Emily, Emily and Martha and Miss Diplexcito introduced our newly appointed Pupil Council members: Fergus M, Jenna, Lola, Ola, Evie, Emily and Holly.

We celebrated four star learners who have been living our values for learning: curiosity, perseverance, enthusiasm and effort. Well done to Jack, Lily, Theo and Jackson.

This week, all children have been learning about road safety. This work has been carried out in partnership with Parent Council and in response to concerns around a couple of near misses at drop off and pick up times. All children have brought home a reflector today on their bag (funded by Parent Council) and we encourage you to keep this on their bag. We have shared the learning in the primary classes on Seesaw and the Nursery pupils have brought home a Ziggy Book today. Please talk to your child about their learning in class this week and support them to continue to practise the road safety skills they have learnt. Even if the road is quiet, don’t let them cross without following Stop, Look, Listen and Think and encourage them to wear bright colours to be visible.  Please also support everyone’s road safety at drop and pick up time by leaving your car at home if you can or if you do need to drive your child to school, parking at a distance and walking the last section. The less cars around the school the safer everyone is at these busy times. Please respect the 20mph speed limit in the village.

Primary 3/4 have displayed their road safety learning on a poster – look at the super messages they have shared:

Primary 5/6/7 have displayed their learning in board games which they younger pupils will be able to play to reinforce this important learning:

Primary 1/2 enjoyed using the road layout in the playground to practise their Stop, Look, Listen, Think.

Nursery Parents, please look out for the Ziggy Book and share it at home: