Click on the link below to view our February Newsletter.Road Safety Awareness – Reminder
Please be aware that the ‘School Streets’ scheme is in operation at Camstradden Primary. The scheme closes a series of identified roads, listed below, to moving traffic between the hours of 8.30am and 9.15am and 2.30pm and 3.15pm. This scheme is to ensure the safety of children and families traveling to and from school.
Residents and blue badge holders are exempt, so there may be a small number of vehicles traveling within the zone during restricted times. Prominent signs have been erected in these areas to advise drivers of the restrictions.
Any unauthorised person found driving a vehicle within the temporary pedestrian/cycle zone during restricted hours will be subject to a minimum fine of £50 issued by Police Scotland.
Streets included in the zone at Camstradden Primary are –
- Summerhill Road (after junction with Northmuir to Pitmully Road, taking in Summerhill Drive to junction with Summerhill Place)
Camstradden Primary – 2023 Pre-Entrant Information
Starting School
2023 Pre-Entrant Information
We are delighted that you will be joining us at Camstradden Primary School in August 2023. Over the next few months there will be a variety of transition key dates and events for families.
School staff will be liaising closely with Nursery staff over the next few months to ensure a positive transition from nursery to primary.
Induction Days
Both of our induction days are for pupils joining us in Primary 1 in August 2023 and their families. We will share important information with you about our school including our school vision and values, start dates, school timings and school uniform. Children will get the opportunity to visit their new class and participate in some fun learning activities with their peers.
- Induction Day 1 – Thursday the 18th of May 2023 at 9.30am
- Induction Day 2 – Thursday the 8th June 2023 at 1.30pm
We are looking forward to meeting the families joining our school community in August 2023.
Primary 6-5 Curriculum Newsletter
Please click on the link below to view our classes Curriculum Newsletter. We would like to draw your attention to our classes attendance and late coming information. Late-coming and poor attendance is a big concern at Camstradden Primary. We would like to encourage all families to ensure children arrive in school on time each. This is also our whole school New Year Resolution for 2023.
Please help us to improve late-coming and attendance by ensuring your child arrives in school on time each day.
School Closure – Monday 16th January 2023
Due to Industrial Action our school will be closed to pupils on Monday the 16th of January 2023. The school will reopen for children on Tuesday the 17th of January 2023.
Free School Meal/Breakfast Club Grant and Clothing Grants
Dear Families,
As you may be aware some families are entitled to financial support in the form of free School Meal/Breakfast Club and Clothing grants. Free school meal support includes free access to breakfast club which runs in school, each day from 8-8.45am. The School Clothing Grant award of £120 for a Primary aged child or £150 for a Secondary aged child is available on an annual basis to assist with the cost of purchasing essential school clothing for families who are on a qualifying benefit.
We are aware that many of our families who are entitled to this support have not signed up yet. For many families this may be because their child in in Primary 1-5 and free school meals are provided as standard for all pupils at these stages. However, we would like to remind families that applying for the free Meal/Breakfast Club grant will also allow pupils to access Breakfast club free of charge where pupils are provided with a full breakfast and have the opportunity to socialise and play with friends.
We would like to encourage all of our families who believe they may be entitled to the free School Meal/Breakfast Club and Clothing grant to apply. Please click on the link below for further information –
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/17885/Clothing-Grants-and-Free-School-Meals
If you require any support or assistance with your application please contact as at the school where we are more than happy to assist you.
Yours
Miss L Davidson
Acting Head Teacher
Visitor Feedback November – December 2022
We are very proud of our school and want all of our pupils, staff and visitors to feel safe and welcome. Read below some of recent feedback visitors gave our wonderful school –
During your visit, what impressed you most about Camstradden Primary?
- Camstradden Primary is welcoming, has a calm atmosphere and staff are committed to the school.
- Camstradden Primary is friendly and child centred.
- Camstradden Primary is friendly and staff are professional.
- There is a great ethos at Camstradden Primary. The school felt very welcoming and the children and staff were lovely.
- Camstradden Primary is a wonderful school doing a fantastic job in the community.
Overall how did you find your visit?
- Very Good = 50%
- Excellent = 50%
Strike Action January 2023- Parent Letter from Douglas Hutchison (Executive Director of Education)
Dear Parent/Carer,
School closures update due to ongoing industrial action – 10, 11 & 16 January 2023
I wrote to you before the end of term about the next round of industrial action that has been called by several teacher unions and I said I would update you when the schools went back.
Unfortunately, there has been no change to the planned strikes and because we have no certainty on how many teachers will report for work, we have been left with no option but to close schools to pupils on the following days:
Tuesday 10 January 2023: All Primary schools, including ASL primary schools (Secondary
schools open as normal)
Wednesday 11 January 2023: All secondary schools, including ASL secondary schools
(Primary schools open as normal)
Monday 16 January 2023 – Primary and Secondary schools, including ASL schools.
Our intention is that nursery classes and standalone nurseries will open as normal. I apologise once again for a situation that is beyond the Council’s control, since pay negotiations take place at a national level. I know that having to make alternative arrangements so soon into the
new term is difficult for families. Details of free school meal payments for eligible families to cover the strike days will be posted on our website in the next few days.
We will continue to keep you informed as soon as we have any new information and will update the Council’s normal communication channels.
Yours sincerely
DOUGLAS HUTCHISON
Executive Director of Education
Primary 6 Attendance & Latecoming (October – December 2022)
Overall attendance and late coming statics at Camstradden Primary are not where we would like them to be.
Every child has a right to an education and it the expectation that every child will attend school each day on time. Being late for school impacts on many things including pupils attainment as well as their social and emotional development.
We have identified poor attendance as being our biggest barrier to learning. Almost all class teachers have shared that if the children who are regularly absent from school were in school on time each day, their attainment would improve significantly. As such a relentless focus for us this term will be on improving attendance and reducing late coming. This focus is supported by the HMI Inspectors who visited us in December which will be highlighted in their upcoming report. We have provided further information within this months newsletter in relation to late coming and attendance.
Each month we will share with families the average late coming and attendance rates for each class. We hope that this, alongside our Improving Attendance Action Plan, will help to improve attendance at Camstradden Primary and significantly reduce late coming. This in turn will allow all of our pupils to achieve their full potential and access the learning that they are entitled to.
| Weekly Attendance | |
| Primary 6 | |
| Week Ending | Average Attendance |
| 29.10.22 | 93% |
| 05.11.22 | 89% |
| 12.11.22 | 88% |
| 19.11.22 | 89% |
| 26.11.22 | 87% |
| 03.12.22 | 87% |
| 10.12.22 | 87% |
| 17.12.22 | 82% |
| 24.12.22 | 73% |
| Weekly Latecomings | |
| Week Ending | Number of Latecomings |
| 10.12.22 | 9 |
| 17.12.22 | 21 |
| 24.12.22 | 21 |
Primary 5 Attendance & Latecoming (October – December 2022)
Overall attendance and late coming statics at Camstradden Primary are not where we would like them to be.
Every child has a right to an education and it the expectation that every child will attend school each day on time. Being late for school impacts on many things including pupils attainment as well as their social and emotional development.
We have identified poor attendance as being our biggest barrier to learning. Almost all class teachers have shared that if the children who are regularly absent from school were in school on time each day, their attainment would improve significantly. As such a relentless focus for us this term will be on improving attendance and reducing late coming. This focus is supported by the HMI Inspectors who visited us in December which will be highlighted in their upcoming report. We have provided further information within this months newsletter in relation to late coming and attendance.
Each month we will share with families the average late coming and attendance rates for each class. We hope that this, alongside our Improving Attendance Action Plan, will help to improve attendance at Camstradden Primary and significantly reduce late coming. This in turn will allow all of our pupils to achieve their full potential and access the learning that they are entitled to.
| Weekly Attendance | |
| Primary 5 | |
| Week Ending | Average Attendance |
| 29.10.22 | 89% |
| 05.11.22 | 89% |
| 12.11.22 | 83% |
| 19.11.22 | 86% |
| 26.11.22 | 84% |
| 03.12.22 | 79% |
| 10.12.22 | 83% |
| 17.12.22 | 65% |
| 24.12.22 | 61% |
| Weekly Latecomings | |
| 6Week Ending | Number of Latecomings |
| 10.12.22 | 25 |
| 17.12.22 | 36 |
| 24.12.22 | 26 |
