Cuthbertson Primary School   

House System and Values  

Our House Captains and Vice Captains are responsible for demonstrating our school values and managing our house system. All classes have a school values chart and children are awarded house points against our values. Our values are Honesty, Everyone is Kind, Achieving, Respect and Teamwork (HEART). Our new Vice Captains and House Captains are noted below:

Barbour House – Muhammed Idrees, Soban Yousaf and Jibran Mohammed (Vice Captains); Nour Saadi, Wajiha Noor and Mitchell McAloon (House Captains)

Hoy House – Reinhards Tomsons, Azhan Khan and Aws Omar (Vice Captains); Abdimalik Abukar and  Jason Malek – (House Captains)

Azzudin House – Macy Graham, Mohammed Sadik and Bilal Muhammad (Vice Captains); Azaan Hussain and Armando Rostas (House Captains)

Haining House – Aiza Faisal, Abdulbasith Ameer and Arvin Singh (Vice Captains); Aqsa Rahman and Tamanvi Raghavendra and Ahsanur Rahman (House Captains)

Group Members

Young Interpreters: Justin Kula, Kevin Kis, Sorin Ciurar, Denis Gabor, Ali Hassan and Tayyaba Maddser

Pupil Council: Aisha Abukar, Manahel Hussain, Max Baig, Shazaib Akram, Shamra Mohamed Azrul, Khadijah Nadim and Eshaal Akhtar

Digital Leaders: Hussain Abrar, Niharika Balaji, Yahya Majid, Radija Mohammad, Ismail Pathan, Arfa Rahman, Dominika Terkelova, Abir Miah, Aliyah Ali, Molly Winiarski, Ajwa Iqbal, Abdul Hadi, Manuela Covaciu, Muhammad Muneeb, Mohammad Shahzaib, Hyder Bhatti, Aiza Iqbal, Habeeb Anifowose, Yusuf Zaman, Washma Basra and Meerab Fatima

Growing Good Citizens: Alina Ben Salem, Aliyah Ali, Lara Walker, Habeeb Anifowose, Zaria Maddser, Hamzah Majid, Sean Malek and Tuba Ahmad

Playground Support: Chloe Hughes

Junior Road Safety Officers: Grace Miller and Daisy Whyte

Parent Council

Our Parent Council continue to meet on a Thursday morning first thing for a cuppa and a chat in school. Please feel free to join them.

Students  

Over the coming months there will be a variety of teaching students joining us at Cuthbertson. You may see them around school or in the playground.

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Parent Evenings

Our Parent Evenings will be held on Tuesday 14^th and Wednesday 22^nd November from 3.30 until 6pm.

Appointments

Our office staff are being inundated with appointments during school hours. Collecting children for appointments between 9am and 3pm disrupts the class and your child’s learning. Please try to arrange appointments outside of school hours, where possible.

Financial Inclusion

We have a finance officer in school every Thursday morning. Her name is Emma and she is available to help families with a variety of issues including housing, benefits, employment and training etc.  Please drop in on a Thursday morning to speak to her or to arrange an appointment. All information shared with Emma is confidential.

What’s on

Fri 13 October: School closed for staff training – no children to attend

Mon 16 Oct:       School closed all week for holiday

Mon 23 Oct:       School opens and children return

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher

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		P1R	Mrs Robson
P2M	Miss McAreavey		P2Y	Mrs Young
P3M	Mrs McNaught		P3R	Miss Rozite
P4H	Mrs Harris		P4K	Mrs Kebabti
P5C	Miss Cowie		P5H	Mr Harris
P6C	Mrs Canzanella		P6/7GS	Mrs Gillies and Mrs Shaikh
P7H	Miss Hamilton		NCCT/Support/School Development	Mr McGrath; Mrs Hughes; Mrs Inam; Mrs Salisbury (Principal Teacher); Mr Keenan (Principal Teacher); Miss Brownlee
			Nurture	Mrs Wood

 

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: Miss Kinsey Mr Osborne 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.

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.

Parent Council Coffee and Chat

Mrs Haq (Chair of Parent Council) continues to run these coffee mornings every Thursday morning, beginning on 7^th September. Feel free to pop in for a chat and to meet other families.

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.

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.

School Holiday Dates 2023-2024: Please keep on your fridge!

September weekend	Friday 22 September and Monday 25 September 2023
In-service Day 3	Friday 13 October 2023
October break	Monday 16 to Friday 20 October 2023 (inclusive)
Christmas/New Year	School closes at 2.30pm on Friday 22 December 2023 Monday 25 December to Friday 5 January 2024 (inclusive)
Return to school	Monday 8 January 2024
February Holiday	Monday 12 February to Tuesday 13 February 2024 (inclusive)
In-service Day 4	Wednesday 14 February 2024
Spring Holiday (Easter)	School closes at 2.30pm on Thursday 28 March 2024 Friday 29 March to Friday 12 April 2024 (inclusive)
Return to school	Monday 15 April 2024
May Day	Monday 6 May 2024
In-service Day 5	Thursday 23 May 2024
May Weekend	Friday 24 and Monday 27 May 2024
Schools close	Wednesday 26 June 2024 at 1pm
Return date for teachers	Mon 12  August 2024
Return date for pupils	Wed 14  August 2024

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher

Cuthbertson Primary School                           

This is our final newsletter of the 2022-2023 session. Our next newsletter will be at the end of August 2023. It has been lovely to have had a more normal year and have families back in school to celebrate events with us.

Reports

Progress reports for your child will be issued in June.

Twitter

Please follow us on @cuthbertsonpri for Twitter updates.

Parent Pay

Parent Pay is live and 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. Failure to select meals in advance through Parent Pay may result in your child not having access to their preferred choice of meal. Please contact the school office if you have any problems as the school will no longer be able to accept cash payments.

Staffing

Staffing for next session is still being finalised. You will be informed of your child’s new teacher during the month of June. This is subject to change as staffing changes can happen over the summer holidays.

Dates for Your Diary

Wed 31 May – Go Yellow Walk (children involved will have received further information)

Wed 31 May – P7 children to Strathclyde University (children involved will have received further information)

Wed 7 June – P1 induction pm

Thur 8 June – Housing Surgery from 9.15-10.30am – this is open to all family members experiencing housing issues

Tue 13 June – Holyrood Secondary induction day

Wed 14 June – Holyrood Secondary induction day

Wed 14 June – Big Noise Concert at Elim Church – 4pm

Thur 15 June – Holyrood Secondary induction day

Mon 19 June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly (information to follow)

Tue 20 June – Shawlands Academy induction day

Fri 23 June 1pm – school closes for holiday

 

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher

Cuthbertson Primary School

Eid Celebration

Thank you to all who supported out Eid Celebration on Thursday. We hope you enjoyed the afternoon.

Twitter

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School Playground

We are delighted to finally announce that the playground renovations are now complete. Miss Kennedy continues to work on improving the garden area. The children are enjoying the new playground markings.

Latecoming

Please make every effort to have your child arrive to school by 9am. On occasion, we can have as many as 50 children arriving late which disrupts the class and your child’s learning.

Uniform

Thank you to the majority of our families who ensure the children are attending in school uniform. If you require any support or advice on school uniform please speak with a member of the school management team.

Reports

Progress reports for your child will be issued in term 4.

Nursery Transition

We will be welcoming our new August 2023 Primary 1 children and their families to our school on various dates during May and June.

Dates for Your Diary

Monday 1 May – holiday

Monday 8 May – Holiday

Thursday 25 May – staff development (school closed to children)

Friday 26 May – holiday

Monday 29 May – Holiday

Friday 23 June 1pm – school closes for holiday

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher

Cuthbertson Primary School

Welcome back to all our children and families after the Christmas holiday.

Playground

You will see that, despite good progress being made, we are still awaiting final dates for completion of the playground works.

Donation Day

Primary 4 are organising a day for donations (toiletries) for the charity Refuweegee. The provisional date is Thursday 23 February with more information to follow.

Parent Council

Our Parent Council continue to meet most Thursday mornings at 9.15am for coffee and a chat. All welcome.

Ongoing Strike Action

Due to a provisional February strike date, we have had to change the date for one of our Parent Evenings. More info to follow and appointments will be issued closer to the dates.

Uniform

Almost all of our children are wearing school uniform. Please not that non-uniform items such as jeans are not acceptable as school uniform. Thank you for your continued support in this area.

Appointments

Please try to keep GP, dental appointments etc to after school.

Taking pupils out of class is disruptive to both their education and that of the other children in the class.

If you need to take your child out of class, please bring the appointment details to the office, and we will collect your child.

Twitter

Please follow us on @cuthbertsonpri for Twitter updates.

Parent Pay

Parent Pay is now live and the council requires that parents/carers use Parent Pay to pay for items such as lunches and upcoming school 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.

Dates for Your Diary

Monday 13-Tuesday 14 Feb (inclusive): Holidays

Wednesday 15 Feb: School closed to children for staff training

Thursday 16 Feb: School re-opens

Thursday 23 Feb: Donation day for Refuweegee

Tuesday 28 Feb: Possible strike action

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher

Cuthbertson Primary School

Celebrations

Our Christmas Market takes place on Friday 2^nd December with children visiting the stalls on Friday morning and parents/carers attending the market in the afternoon. This will be our first in person Christmas Market since December 2019 and we look forward to sharing this with you.

Parent Council

Our Parent Council are hoping to run a multicultural coffee morning in January – details to follow.

Feedback from Parent/Carer Survey

A key theme emerging from our parent/carer survey on both Parent/Carer Evenings was support in the use of digital technology. Mr Keenan is planning to run a club for parents – details to follow.

Uniform

Almost all of our children are wearing school uniform. Please not that non-uniform items such as jeans are not acceptable as school uniform. Thank you for your continued support in this area.

Playground

We are awaiting final dates for the completion of playground works. This will include the wall to the Pollokshaws road side of the school and playground markings. Please note that there is no longer finance to support improvements to the old janitor’s house on site.

Twitter

Please follow us on @cuthbertsonpri for Twitter updates.

Parent/Carer Evenings

Thanks to all who attended our recent Parent/Carer Evenings. It was lovely to have in person meetings rather than paper interim reports.

Parent Pay

Parent Pay is now live and 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.

Dates for Your Diary

Friday 2 December: Christmas Market (am for children/pm for families)

Thursday 8 December: Christmas Nativity/Concert (pm)

Thursday 22 December: School closes 2.30pm

Wed 4 January: School reopens

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher

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:

P1H	Mrs Hughes (Carswell)		P5M	Mrs MacTavish
P1M	Miss McGregor		P5H	Mr Harris
P2R	Mrs Robson (Collins)		P6C	Mrs Canzanella
P2Y	Mrs Young		P6/7	Mrs Shaikh and Mrs Gillies
P3M	Mrs Martin		P7H	Miss Hamilton
P3R	Miss Rozite		Nurture	Mrs Wood
P4K	Mrs Kebabti		NCCT/Support/Child Development Officer/School Development	Mr McGrath; Mrs McFadden (CDO); Mrs Inam; Mrs Salisbury (Principal Teacher); Mr Keenan (Principal Teacher); Miss Brownlee
P4H	Mrs Harris

 

Support for Learning Staff: Mrs Doherty; Mrs Johnston;  Mrs McAreavey; Mrs Naeem;  Mrs Kernack; Mrs Hamilton; Mrs Aftab; Mrs Kausar

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: Miss Kinsey Mr Osborne Jim Sweeney (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. Ear-rings should not be worn for 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.

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.

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.

Playground Update

A further section of the playground has been resurfaced over the summer and we have a new gazebo and play fort. Work on the multi-use games area and sail shade for the playground is ongoing. The council are providing regular updates on progress although the slow progress is very disappointing for our children.

Twitter

Please follow us on @cuthbertsonpri for Twitter updates.

Cost of Living Crisis

If families are struggling during these hard times, there are various support agencies on the South Side who may be able to help, such as South Seeds on Victoria Road, the Glasgow SE Foodbank on Inglefield Street, or the People’s Pantry on Cathcart Road.

School Holiday Dates 2022-2023

Please keep on your fridge!

September weekend	Friday 23 and Monday 26 September 2022
In-service Day 3	Friday 14 October 2022
October break	Monday 17 to Friday 21 October 2022 (inclusive)
Christmas/New Year	School closes at 2.30pm on Thursday 22 December 2022 Friday 23 December to Tuesday 3 January 2023 (inclusive)
Return to school	Wednesday  4 January 2023
February Holiday	Monday 13 February to Tuesday 14 February 2023 (inclusive)
In-service Day 4	Wednesday 15 February 2023
Spring Holiday (Easter)	School closes at 2.30pm on Friday 31 March 2023 Monday 3 April to Friday 14 April 2023 (inclusive)
Return to school	Monday 17 April 2023
May Day	Monday 1 May 2023
In-service Day 5	Thursday 25 May 2023
May Weekend	Friday 26 and Monday 29 May 2023
Schools close	Friday 23 June 2023 at 1pm
Return date for teachers	Mon 14  August 2023
Return date for pupils	Wed 16  August 2023

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher