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!Newsletter – May 2023
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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.
March – April 2023 End of Term Newsletter
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Free holiday fun!
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Safety Seymour Carbon Monoxide Workshops
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Initiative
Dear Parents/Carers
We are writing to let you know about a very special safety session that is coming up. We are a company called Bonanza Creative and, in collaboration with The Gas Network, we will be delivering a workshop to some classes in March called “Safety Seymour”. This interactive session uses games and drama to educate children on the dangers of carbon monoxide and how to keep themselves safe. Seymour (a superhero bear) and his safety assistant will be visiting your child’s class, on a mission to rid the world of CO poisoning but he needs help!!
There is more information about CO in the carbon monoxide booklet that you will receive on the day, or you can visit: safetyseymour.co.uk, it’s full of fun activities for your child to take part in.
We are aware that safety information can be quite alarming for children and have therefore made a great effort to package all information in a child-friendly way. That said, if your child does have any concerns about CO, please allay fears. It is highly unlikely that CO is present in your home but none the less, we must work to educate ourselves about its dangers and take precautions to keep ourselves safe, such as fitting a CO alarm.
Thank you for your time and if you have any concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with your child’s school.
www.bonanza-creative.org
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
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!
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https://education.gov.scot/education-scotland/inspection-reports/reports-page?id=1901
World Book Day Competition
On Thursday the 2nd of March we will be celebrating World Book Day. Pupils are invited to create their own toilet/kitchen roll book character. Families are encouraged not to go to any expense & should instead use materials from home/school to create their masterpiece. We looking forward to seeing creations on World Book Day.
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
