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P1 Enrolment Week & Tours

P1 Enrolment Week is coming up.

Click link below to view full poster.

P1 Enrolment Poster for schools Nov 22

REMEMBER – Even if you wish to defer your child, you must enrol them if they are due to start school in the next academic year.  Please ask your child’s Nursery for more details on the Deferral Process.

SCHOOL TOURS

We will be holding short tours of our school, in the lead up to P1 Enrolment Week, for any families who may have a child joining us in August 2023.

These will take place on:

Thursday 3rd November 2022 at 3.45pm

Friday 4th November 2022 at 3.45pm

Please click on the link below to book a place – booking is necessary.

https://forms.office.com/r/uLYSnvMsT8

We look forward to meeting you then.

Welcome Back!

We are looking forward to welcoming back our families tomorrow morning ; we hope you all had a lovely summer and we can’t wait to see you back at Hyndland for another exciting session l!

Our new P1 pupils have been sent information already from Ms Chambers regarding start and finish arrangements for this week.

For our returning P2-7 classes; pupils will all be starting at 9am tomorrow and school will finish for all classes at 3:15pm. At 9am children should gather in their class lines in the following muster points, where they will be met by their class teacher at 9am. School staffs will be in the playground tomorrow from 8.45am (and for the rest of this week) should you need any help finding your new playground or line. From tomorrow the Top Playground will not be available before 9am , as our Afty have resumed their pre pandemic use of that secure area for their Breakfast Club.

P2- line up at the glass doors in playground 2 ; P2A on the ramp, P2B at bottom of the stairs. Both P2 classes will be dismissed from this door at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Playground 2

P3- line up at the main door in playground 2, they will be dismissed from this door at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Playground 2

P4- line up in playground 1, they will also be dismissed from this door at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Playground 3

P5- line up in the playground 3 beside the wall (Mrs MacAulay will guide you to your new spot),pupils will then be escorted down by class teachers and enter via the main door. P5 will be dismissed via the main door at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Playground 3

P6- line up in playground 3, they will then enter the glass doors beside the gym hall behind P7 classes. At the end of the day they will be dismissed via the glass doors into playground 2. Break and ;Lunch Toppy (Playground 4)

P7- line up at the bike shed at the glass doors beside the gym hall in playground 3. P7 will be dismissed via these doors at the end of the day. Break and Lunch Toppy (Playground 4)

From the first full week of term, access to the MUGA will be rotated at lunchtimes so all classes have a chance to enjoy this facility

In playground 1, Janny Brian has been building a new decking area for our pupils to enjoy, however until it is complete and risk assessed we ask that parents and pupils do not use the space that is cordoned off. HUGE thanks to Janny Brian for his summer super human efforts to transform playground one!

A reminder that pupils should choose their lunch at home as they did last session before they come into school. Our teachers will check this has been done first thing in the morning-please remember we cannot change the choice online of meal after it is made at home as it is locked by the system. However if a child is unhappy with their initial choice we will support them to have the lunch they would like.Our new P6 pupils and senior students in P7 are reminded that they are no longer eligible for the universal free school meal provision, unless they are entitled to a Free School Meal via application. Al applications should be renewed before the end of October via the GCC website . All lunch payment/settling of accounts from prior years must be made through ParentPay, as our kitchen no longer accepts cash payments. If you require login details then please contact the school office after 11am on Wednesday.

Please remember that if you are in receipt of the Free School Meals and Clothing Grant then you need to reapply for the continuance of that funding by October to ensure the entitlement does not lapse, further information can be found on Glasgow City Council’s website here: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17885

Over the summer our home-school communication platform, Seesaw, had some changes which might affect your access to the app and some families may require a new QR code to login. Further information will be sent out next week so that pupils can login at home.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Hyndland Primary School

Industrial Action – 29th and 30th of March

Please see the letter provided: Industrial Action Letter to parents 220323

Dear Hyndland Families and Carers,

We have been asked to share the following communication , received this afternoon, from our Directorate. As a consequence of the equal pay strike action notified for Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 March 2022 a centralised assessment of the likely staffing impact has led to the conclusion establishments cannot safely open for early years and childcare settings, primary schools and ASL schools on the 29th and 30th March.

GCC Primary schools will be closed to pupils on both days in response to reduced staffing levels and the health and safety risk due to the anticipated reduction in cleaning resources.

In all cases, we have been notified that staff will expected to report for work as normal in their own school / nursery and, where closed to pupils, undertake appropriate work or staff development activity similar to an in-service day. We have been advised that there is no expectation of a digital learning offer for pupils over the closure period.

Unfortunately our second Parents Evenings were due to be held upon the evening of Wednesday 30th March; as there will be no LETS granted for these two days , we will have to move the telephone appointments to the next evening Thursday 31st March
( all times will remain the same).

P2A Teachers Wednesday 30th Appointments will move to Monday 28th March due to an unavoidable clash of revised dates. If you cannot take your call on the new date please contact our school office team so we can try and reschedule your call.

Our sincere apologies for the late changes but we have only been advised of the Council decision today to close establishments.

Kind regards
The Hyndland Team

 

Easy Fundraising

Easy Fundraising - Girlguiding Midlands

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online from your weekly shop to your annual holiday you could be raising a free donation for our Parent Council? So far this year our Parent Council has received £146.16 of donations through East Fundraising.

There are nearly 3,000 retailers including Amazon, John Lewis, Aviva, the Trainline and Sainsbury’s, who will donate a percentage of the amount you spend to our Parent Council to say thank you for shopping with them.

It’s really simple, and doesn’t cost you anything.

All you have to do is:

1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/hyndlandprimary/

2. Sign up for free

3. Get shopping – your donations will be collected by Easy Fundraising and automatically sent to our Parent Council. It couldn’t be easier!

There are no catches or hidden charges and we would be really grateful for your donations.

More information can be found through the EasyFundraising’s how to videos https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/raisemore/get-started/videos

Thank you for your support!

Sustainability Superheroes Applications

Our school is on the lookout for some Sustainability Superheroes!

Would you like to help to make our school more environmentally friendly? Do you have lots of ideas about how we could make a difference to our school and the surrounding area? Would you like to be a Sustainability Superhero?

As a Sustainability Superhero you will work with other pupils from across the school to help make Hyndland Primary a more environmentally friendly place. You will also work with others to learn and share your knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals and think of ways we can help achieve these. One pupil from each class will be selected to become a Sustainability Superhero for the rest of the school year. Our meetings will be on a Thursday during school time.

Further information on how to apply can be found here: Application Poster

All applications should be returned by Wednesday 19th of January.

Rising Stars

As some of you have already noticed, our Rising Stars subscription for some of our digital reading books has now expired.

Thank you to those of you who took the time to complete the survey about the Rising Stars resource that was shared earlier in the term and provide such honest and constructive feedback – this is greatly appreciated! I have since been able to share the findings of this with the Hodder Education who produce the resource.

I communicated the difficulties that staff, parents, carers and learners have experienced at various points over the last year of subscription during a phonecall with the sales manager and have also been in regular contact with the Director of Digital Change from the company. As a result, they are currently looking into ways that they can make up for this to the school and our families moving forward.

I will be in touch in due course when I hear the outcome form the company. Many thanks again for your ongoing patience and support.

S. Frame

Depute Headteacher

Water Bottles

This is a reminder to please send pupils to school with water (enough for a full day). On the occasions when they might forget/ run out, we do have water available. However, it is helpful if they come with their own water as a matter of routine.

Many thanks for your co-operation with this.

Request for Re-Homing Outgrown Clothing

If you have any underwear (pants, socks, tights) or trousers your wee one has outgrown, we would happily take donations for our ‘spares’ box – they come in really handy when there are little toilet accidents. Just hand to Ms Chambers in the playground if you can help.

Many thanks!