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A Fond Farewell from Miss Davidson (Acting Headteacher)

Dear Families,

As most of you will be aware tomorrow (Wednesday) is my last day as Acting Headteacher at Camstradden Primary. On Thursday I will be taking up post as Headteacher of Wallacewell Primary in Robroyston. Mr Clark (DHT) and Mrs Reside (Acting DHT) will be managing the school for the last few weeks of term.

It feels like only yesterday I started in post as Acting Headteacher and I am so very sad to be leaving. Being Headteacher at Camstradden has been a wonderful experience for me and I have loved every minute of it.

During my time at Camstradden I have –

  • Worked collaboratively across the school community through highs and lows.

  • Driven forward school improvement to ensure we are getting it right for our young people.

  • Led the school through a very successful HMIe inspection.

  • Built strong relationships with colleagues and families.

  • And most importantly, have developed relationships with your outstanding children based on mutual respect and trust.

The Camstradden school community is a spectacular place to work and learn. I want to thank you for trusting in me to care for your children. I wish everyone, pupils, staff and families alike, all the very best for the future. I look forward to hearing about Camstradden’ s continued journey from good to great.

As I have said to the children its not a goodbye forever just a cheerio for now!

Yours

Miss Davidson (Acting Head Teacher)

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Class Newsletters – Term 4

Click on the links below to view our class newsletters.

Primary 1a Keeping You Posted Term 4 P1a

Primary 1b Keeping You Posted Term 4 P1b

Primary 2a Keeping You Posted Term 4 P2a

Primary 2b Keeping You Posted Term 4 P2b

Primary 3 Keeping You Posted Term 4 P3

Primary 4/3 Primary 4-3 Keeping You Posted Term 4

Primary 4 Primary 4 – Keeping You Posted Term 4

Primary 5 Primary 5 – Keeping You Posted Term 4

Primary 6/5 Primary 6-5 – Keeping You Posted Term 4

Primary 7/6 Keeping You Posted Term 4 P7-6

Primary 7 Primary 7 – Keeping You Posted Term 4

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We Are In The Final – Scottish Education Awards

We are delighted to finally share that Camstradden Primary have made it to the finals of the 2023 Scottish Education Awards in the Making a Difference category. We are absolutely delighted! We were nominated for our Acorn Base, our dedicated wellbeing space designed to offer small groups of children a safe space to receive targeted support to re-establish the routines and skills required in their class. We are down to the final 3 and will find out the winner at the award ceremony in June. We will be sure to keep you posted. Well done Team Camstradden!

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EXITING NEWS – ROOKIE ROCKSTARS ARE COMING TO TOWN!!!

Rookie Rockstars

Camstradden Rocks

We are DELIGHTED to share that Camstradden Primary will be working with the Rookie Rockstars when we return to school after the Easter break. Supported by the Rookie Rockstar Team our pupils will participate in a unique learning experience which tackles anti-bullying, and aims to promote confidence, self-esteem, and positive friendships. The programme is provided to the school by Rookie Rockstars at no cost.

Our school community will have the opportunity to work with professional musicians, learn original songs and perform in their very own rock concert. Our rock concert will take place on the evening of Thursday the 27th of April 2023. It is our expectation that all pupils attend to perform. Families will be able to buy tickets to attend the event when we return from our Easter Break. Tickets are priced at £3 each and are subsidised  by the school from the original ticket cost of £5. Due to limited space tickets are limited to 2 tickets per family.  Any spare tickets will go on sale the day before the concert. All money raised will go to the Rookie Rockstar charity to support them to deliver this amazing programme in schools.

SAVE THE DATE

When: Thursday 27th April

Where: Drumchapel High School

Time: Children to arrive at 6pm. Door open at 6.15pm for ticket holders. Show starts at 6.30pm. Show running time is approximately 1 hour. 

Dress Code: Pupils are encouraged to dress like a Rockstar!

Adults can dress as they please but are encouraged to unleash their inner Rockstar too.

 

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Newsletter – March 2023

Please click on the relevant link below to view our March newsletter. The newsletter content is the same for each class however each class newsletter contains its own class attendance statistics.

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 1

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 2

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 3

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 4

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 4-3

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 5

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 6-5

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 7

Newsletter March 2023 – Primary 7-6

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Our Inspection Report

Our Inspection Report has now been published. I am sure, like me, you will be delighted with the outcome. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff for their continued hard work and dedication to ensure we are meeting the needs of our young people at Camstradden. I would also like to congratulate our wonderful pupils for their hard work. They created made such a positive impression on our visitors. I would also like to thank our families and partners for their continued support.

You will see from the report that the positive steps we are making are highlighted alongside some examples of excellent practice. You will also see our identified next steps which include a continued focus on improving attendance and late coming. As you will know this is not something we can do alone and as such it is important that families support us by ensuring that their children are in school, on time, every day. This in turn, as mentioned in our report, will help to improve attainment and ensure that pupils needs are being met.

Well done Camstradden Primary!

Please click on the link below to view our Inspection Report.

https://education.gov.scot/education-scotland/inspection-reports/reports-page?id=1901

 

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FAMILIES

Dear Parent/Carer,

As you will know we are working hard at Camstradden to improve our attendance and late coming. Poor attendance is our biggest attainment gap. This means the children who do not attend school are not on track with their learning. If they were in school on time they would be more able to achieve their full potential. Please help us to support your children by ensuring your child attends school every day.

We also have large concerns surrounding the level of  late coming at Camstradden Primary. Every day we have over 30 children who are registered late for school. This number sometimes increases into the 70’s.

Late coming is detrimental to pupils learning and  is disruptive to the learning of others. Large numbers of children coming in late to school through the office also means our one member of clerical staff is unable to answer phones, processes registers, respond to emails or perform any other duties which has a negative impact in a variety of different ways. In order to improve late coming we require the support of all parents and carers to ensure children is in school on time each day. School starts at 9am and famines should ensure that pupils are in the playground and lined up before the bell sounds at 9am.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Yours

Miss Laura Davidson

Acting Head Teacher

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