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

Cuthbertson Primary School     

   

This is our final newsletter of the 2021-2022 session. Our next newsletter will be at the end of August 2022.

Playground

You will notice some further space restrictions in the playground between now and the end of term. This is allow work to begin on the multi-use games area (MUGA) that will be located towards the Coplaw Street end of the playground. It is hoped that by starting this work now, both the MUGA and the rest of the resurfacing will be complete for the children returning in August.

Some items that the school have purchased such as a new gazebo, play fort and shade sail will be installed during the month of August.

Parent Council

The Parent Council hope to bring back their popular coffee mornings after the summer holidays. We will keep you posted on this. As always, if you wish to become involved in the Parent Council, please contact me via the school office or speak with our Parent Council chairperson – Mrs Aishah Haq.

We would like to thank Mosey Uddin for her enormous contribution to the Parent Council and the life of the school for the past 7 years. Mosey’s son Raees leaves for secondary school at the end of term so Mosey will be giving up her role as Parent Council Treasurer. Thank you Mosey.

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 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.

P7 pupils will have their Parent Pay accounts transferred to their secondary school

Parentsportal

Cuthbertson Primary School goes live with Parents Portal on June 6th.  This will help engagement with school, improve communication direct to parents and provide convenience.

Further details have been emailed to parents and posted to Twitter.

Reports

Progress reports for your child will be issued in June.

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

Wednesday 1 June – Go Yellow Walk (children involved will have received further information)

Thursday 2 June – Friday 3 June (inclusive) – holiday

Monday 20 June – Primary 7 Awards Ceremony – 1.45pm (parents welcome)

Wednesday 22 June – Primary 7 Beach Ball (afternoon)

Friday 24 June 1pm – school closes for holiday

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie, Head Teacher

 

Cuthbertson Primary School     

                    

Covid Guidelines:

Our restrictions have eased and schools are now advised to follow general workplace guidance, which recommends face masks for adults in communal areas and physical distancing. This will allow us to start having small numbers of parents in the school building for certain events. Please continue to support us by wearing a face covering when in the school building. I will advise you of any further easing of restrictions in school buildings as we moved towards the end of term.

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 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.

Reports:

Progress reports for your child will be issued later this term.

Dates for Your Diary:

Monday 2 May – Holiday

Thursday 5 May – Staff development (school closed to children)

Friday 6 May – Eid Celebration for our children in school

Friday 27 May – Holiday

Wednesday 1 June – Go Yellow Walk (children involved will receive further information)

Thursday 2 June – Friday 3 June (inclusive) – holiday

Friday 24 June 1pm – school closes for holiday

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher

Cuthbertson Primary School 

March 2022 Newsletter

Covid Guidelines:

After the Easter holidays restrictions on parents and carers in the school building will ease. We will be able to begin having small numbers of parents in the building, following the remaining school guidelines of physical distancing and mask wearing. This will allow us to support transitions to Primary 1 and celebrate our P7 leavers. We hope to also restart one of our family learning groups in the summer term.

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 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.

School Playground:

We have begun to accept delivery of various planters and fittings that will enhance our playground in the coming months. At the moment we are still on schedule for the remainder of the playground to be resurfaced and the multi-use games area to be installed over the summer holidays.

New Nursery Building:

The current plan is for Govanhill Nursery children and Cuthbertson Nursery children to move to this new building, adjacent to the school, in August. The new nursery is called Victoria Road Nursery School and the new Head of Nursery is Nicola George (current head of Govanhill Nursery).

Reports:

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

Attendance, absence and appointments:

Parents are reminded that the school day starts at 9am. Please ensure your child arrives before this. Children absent for vomiting/diarrhea should remain off school for 48 hours from the last incident.

Appointments for doctors, dentist etc should be booked outside of school hours where possible to reduce the disruption in class for your child and other pupils.

Dates for Your Diary:

Friday 1 April – School closes at 2.30 for holiday

Tuesday 19 April – School re-opens at 9am

Monday 2 May – holiday

Thursday 5 May – staff development (school closed to children)

Friday 27 May – holiday

Thursday 2 June – Friday 3 June (inclusive) – holiday

Friday 24 June 1pm – school closes for holiday

 

 

 

Kind regards   

Lesley Murrie , Head Teacher