Cuthbertson Primary School

Welcome back to Cuthbertson Primary. I hope you have had a lovely summer. I offer a special hello to all the new families who have joined us in Primary One and throughout the school. Our children have settled well and are enjoying their learning and seeing their friends again.

Staffing

The class teachers for this session are:

P1M	Mrs MacTavish		P5H	Mr Harris
P1R	Mrs Robson		P5/6R	Miss Rozite
P2/1MK	Miss McGregor/Mr Keenan		P6C	Mrs Canzanella
P2Y	Mrs Young		P6/7GS	Mrs Shaikh and Mrs Gillies
P3C	Mrs McNaught		P7H	Miss Hamilton
P3M	Mrs Martin		Nurture	Mrs Wood
P4H	Miss Harris		NCCT/Support/School Development	Mr McGrath; Mrs Hughes; Mrs Inam; Mrs Salisbury (PT); Mr Keenan (PT)
P4/5K	Mrs Kebabti

 

Support for Learning Staff: Mrs Doherty; Mrs Johnston; Mrs McAreavey; Mrs Naeem; Miss McDermott; Mrs Hamilton; Mrs Aftab; Mrs Kausar; Mrs Iqbal

English Additional Language Teachers

Mrs Ahmad Mrs Chalmers Mrs El Harek Miss Melville (Principal Teacher)

 

Senior Management Team: Mrs Murrie – Headteacher Miss K Kennedy – Depute Headteacher (responsible for P4-7) Miss G Kennedy – Depute Headteacher (responsible for P1 – P3)

 

Office Staff: Tina Alex Mohamed Haja (Janitor)

Interpreting Services: Madalin – Romanian Roman – Slovakian Mrs Ahmad – Urdu Other languages supported on request via central interpreting services or our Young Interpreters

 

  

Uniform

I am pleased to see almost all children wearing their school uniform this session and would like to thank parents for their support with this. If you have not done so already, please ensure that items of clothing, including jackets, are labelled with your child’s name to avoid loss. Clothing grants for school uniforms can be accessed online at www.glasgow.gov.uk as we are no longer provided with paper forms.

P.E.

P.E. often takes place outside. Please ensure your child has appropriate P.E. kit for indoor and outdoor P.E.

Homework

Homework will be issued in various formats, but most often, homework will be issued and completed via Seesaw.

 

Dropping off and Collecting Children

We continue with our soft start and end to the day with gates and doors open from 8.50am and again from 2.50pm.

School gate – Health and Safety

• Pupils in classes P1 to P3 should be collected from the Coplaw Street gates.
• Pupils in classes P4 to P7 should be collected from the Cuthbertson Street gate.
• Parents must walk via Victoria Road to collect siblings.
• Parents are not allowed in the playground at break times and lunch time, or before 3pm, and must not cut across the playground to collect children. This is to assist and ensure child safety and to allow the nursery safe access to the playground.
• If collecting with a car, please park responsibly, do not obstruct traffic and ensure your child is escorted to the school gates.
• No smoking/vaping at the school gates.

Parent Council

Please consider joining our small, friendly Parent Council group. We would love to have your support and views. If you would be interested, please contact me through the school office. Language barriers are not an issue as interpreters can be arranged.

Healthy Eating

Please support our healthy eating initiative by providing healthy snacks and lunches in regular size portions. No takeaways or items such as family size bags or crisps or packs of pastries are permitted. Please remember to provide your child with a water bottle.

Absence during term time

Please be aware that we cannot authorise or support term time travel as this has a negative impact on your child’s learning. Any travel arrangements made during term time will require supporting evidence, such as travel documents to be presented to the school office. We also require you to contact the school to arrange an appointment to complete school paperwork regarding any planned travel and have this approved by a member of the school management team. Due to school waiting lists in the area, extensive travel may result in your child being removed from the school roll. Please support your child by ensuring maximum attendance. Absence in term time leads to reduced attainment and may result in your child not achieving their expected academic levels.

Sickness

Please contact the school if your child is unwell and cannot attend school.

Late-coming

Children arriving late at school leads to disruption of their learning and that of their peers. Please make every effort to ensure your child arrives at school before 9am. Latecoming and poor attendance is monitored by the school management team.

Seesaw

This is our default method for communication with children and families due to the high cost of text messaging. Please ensure you have the Seesaw Family app downloaded and that the school has a parental email address. Contact the school office should you require any assistance setting this up.

ParentPay

The council requires that parents/carers use Parent Pay to pay for items such as lunches and trips. You will have received instructions on how to do this. Please contact the school office if you have any problems as the school will no longer be able to accept cash payments.

Financial Inclusion

We have a finance officer in school every Monday and Thursday morning (Emma Furniss/Aishah Haq). The finance officer is available to help families with a variety of issues including housing, benefits, employment and training etc.  Please drop in on a Monday or Thursday between 9am and 10.30am. All information shared with the finance officers is confidential and interpreters can be arranged. Meetings can be arranged outside of these hours/days. Please speak to the school office if you would like to arrange this.

School Holiday Dates 2025-2026

September weekend	Friday 26 and Monday 29 September
In-service Day 3	Friday 10 October (no children in school)
October break	Monday 13 to Friday 17 October (inclusive)
Christmas/New Year	School closes at 2.30pm on Friday 19 December Monday 22 December to Friday 2 January (inclusive)
Return to school	Monday 5 January
February Holiday	Monday 16 February to Tuesday 17 February  (inclusive)
In-service Day 4	Wednesday 18 February (no children in school)
Spring Holiday (Easter)	School closes at 2.30pm on Thursday 2 April Friday 3 April to Friday 17 April (inclusive)
Return to school	Monday 20 April
May Day	Monday 4 May
In-service Day 5	Thursday 7 May (no children in school)
May Weekend	Friday 22 and Monday 25 May
Schools close	Thursday 25 June at 1pm
Return date for teachers	Mon 10  August 2026
Return date for pupils	Wed 12  August 2026

 

Kind regards    Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher