CONTACT US:Invitation to Primary 1 & 2 Christmas Nativity – ‘It’s a Baby’
Dear Parents/Carers,
We would like to invite you to our Christmas Nativity performance of ‘It’s a Baby’ on Tuesday 20th December 2022 at 2pm. The performance will last approximately 45 minutes and will take place in our school dinner hall. Our Primary 1 children have main parts in this year’s Nativity and our Primary 2 children will perform as the choir.
We look forward to seeing you at our performance!
Sports Opportunity – Come Along And Give It A Try!
Our week In Primary 4
Primary 4 have had a busy week. Here are some of our highlights from the last week:
Literacy: This week we have been writing recounts. The children have been working on peer assessment and have been giving each other feedback on their writing using the success criteria.
Numeracy & Maths: We have been doing information handling this week. The children have carried out surveys in class and are exploring different ways of presenting their information. Look out for a survey question for adults at home!
HWB: The children are continuing to work on fitness training and gymnastics in PE. The focus for health & wellbeing in November has been healthy and the class have exploring then importance of a balanced diet. They are compiling a mini cook book of healthy recipes so please send us any recipes you have on Seesaw and we will include them in our book!
RME: Our themes this term is Buddhism and this week the class read a Buddhist story called ‘The Wind And The moon’. Make sure to ask your child about the message learned form the story.
IDL: We are continuing our topic on climate zones and this week the children have been learning about tropical and mountain climates.
Expressive Arts: Our art work is top secret this week but has involved design and choosing suitable media for a particular task. All will be revealed at the Christmas Fayre!
Drumchapel Christmas Lights Switch ON
Drumchapel Christmas Lights Switch ON!
Come along and enjoy some festive cheer, sing carols, have a blether and share Christmas spirit!
Saturday 3rd December
Drumchapel Park
4.30pm—5.30pm
All Welcome!
Allergy Notice
Camstradden Primary is an allergy aware school. We want keep all our children and staff safe. As some members of our school community have severe allergies to nuts we kindly request that families avoid giving pupils products containing nuts for break/lunch for example Kinder Bueno, Peanut Butter, Nutella & Snickers.
Thank you in advance for your continued support.
Education Scotland – HM Inspection
Dear Families,
HM Inspectors from Education Scotland will be visiting our school to conduct an inspection during the week commencing the 12th of December 2022. You can find out more about inspection, from the Inspection and review documentation pages of Education Scotland’s website –
https://education.gov.scot/education-scotland/what-we-do/inspection-and-review
As part of the inspection, Inspectors gather the views of stakeholders via an online survey. This survey has been sent to all families via Groupcall and letter for those who have not provided an email.
I would like to encourage you to complete the survey. Inspectors will also be meeting with groups of parents during the inspection so to be part of that discussion you should complete the survey with additional links provided to indicate your interest in taking part.
You should complete the survey by Friday the 2nd of December 2022 for one child or for each of your children in attendance.
Thank you in advance for your continued support.
Yours
Miss L Davidson
Acting Head Teacher
Countdown to Christmas 2022
The countdown to Christmas has started at Camstradden Primary. Click on the link below to view our official countdown which contains lots of important dates and information for families.
School Christmas Lunch – Thursday 15th December 2022
Our School Christmas lunch will be on Thursday 15th December. If your child would like a lunch on this day, it needs to be pre-ordered to ensure your child gets their first choice. This includes all P1-4 pupils with free school meals entitlement. All meal slections should be made by the 29th of November 2022 via Parent Pay.
Click on the link below to view our Christmas Lunch Menu –
School Closure – Industrial Action Thursday 24th November 2022
REMINDER- Due to Industrial Action taking place on Thursday the 24th of November 2022 our School s will be closed tomorrow (Thursday 24th November) to all children. Our school will be open as normal on Friday.
