Dear Families,

As you will be aware we will be hosting a dress down day for pupils on Friday the 25th of November 2022. Children are invited to dress as they please on this day. We are hosting this event to raise money for school funds. The suggested donation for this event is £1. Any money raised will be gratefully received and will be used for our class Christmas Parties. Pupils should not wear football strips to school on this day as per Glasgow City Council guidance.

Thank you in advance for your continued support.

Yours

Miss L Davidson

Miss Davidson

Acting Head Teacher

Kelburn      Tantallon      Edinburgh      Stirling

House Christmas Hampers & Christmas Fair Donations

Christmas is starting early at Camstradden Primary. This term we have set each of our houses a challenge. We would like each house to make a house hamper for our Christmas Raffle which will take place on the Friday the 9th of December 2022 at our Christmas Fair.

Each house will create a Christmas hamper. It would be appreciated if each child could contribute an item. Some suggested nonperishable items to donate could include:

Shortbread/Biscuits Mince Pies/Festive Treats

Chocolate/Sweets Crisps/Nibbles/Crackers

Tea/Coffee Sauce Jars

Canned foods Pasta/Rice

Toiletries Tin Foil (for the turkey)

Jams/Condiments Soup/Baked Bean/Veg Tins

We are also looking for donations for our tombola stall. As such we would be extremely grateful for any donations of wine/alcohol, non-alcoholic drinks and gift items such as toiletries. Please ensure any alcohol or glass bottles are brought to the school office by an adult.

Please return all donations to school by Monday the 21st of November 2022. There will be a dedicated collection point for all donations at our school office. Once the hampers are complete, photographs will be added to our Twitter feed and website for you to see what prizes are available.  Raffle tickets will be sold on the day of our Christmas Fair. Further information about our Christmas Fair will follow in due course.

Thank you as always for your continued support and generosity!

 

Click on the link below to view our November-December 2022 Newsletter –

Newsletter November 2022

 

Would you like the opportunity to connect with other parents and learn new techniques and skills to support you and your families wellbeing?

Come along to our Promoting Positive Family Wellbeing Information Session on Wednesday the 7th if December 2022 between 10.30am and 11.30am. Tea and coffee will be provided.

As you may know, the scheme launched in January this year allowing children and young people aged 5-21 who live in Scotland to travel for free by bus with a valid National Entitlement Card (NEC) or Young Scot NEC. We’re already seeing lots of young people benefitting from the scheme, and in September we launched a nationwide marketing campaign to increase awareness and understanding of the scheme and to encourage even more young people to apply.

The website, freebus.scot, has lots of information about free bus travel, how it works, how to apply, the benefits and some tips for travelling safely too.

Drumchapel High School will hosting our next Learning Community Parents Forum. This meeting will take place on Wednesday the 9th of November 2022 at Drumchapel High from 5-6pm. We would like to invite you along to this meeting. Miss Davidson our Headteacher will be in attendance along with the Head Teacher and Depute Head Teacher from Drumchapel High and a representative from the Drumchapel Empowerment Improvement Group.

Do you want to be in with a chance of winning £15 worth of Aldi vouchers?!

Communication with our families and wider school community is very important to us. We want to keep in touch with you in order to keep you updated about your child/children’s progress as well as letting you know about events and opportunities across the school community. As such it is vitally important we have the most up to date contact details for you.

As you will be aware Glasgow City Council are now using the Groupcall Xpressions app as a main method of communication with families. This is a free app for the school and for families. Further information about Groupcall Xpressions is attached to this letter.

We still have a number of families who have not have not signed up for the Groupcall Xpressions app and have also not provided us with an email address for communication purposes. We appreciate you are busy and may not have had time yet to sign up for or use Groupcall Xpressions however we would be very grateful to have everyone on board. We have sent letters out to all of the families that have not yet provided us with emails or downloaded and signed up to Groupcall Xpressions.

All families who have provided a valid email address and have signed up for Groupcall Xpressions by Friday the 4th of November 2022 will be entered into our Aldi Voucher Competition! Winners will be announced on Monday the 7th of November 2022.

Good luck and thank you for your continued support!

Click on the link below for further information about Groupcall Xpressions.
Groupcall Xpressions – Parent Info