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Fuel Zone Lunch menus
Please find attached copies of the new menu that will go live in the Fuel Zone from Tuesday 19 April 2022.
You can download a copy here.
The new menu’s will be posted on the GCC website https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/fuelzone from the evening of Friday 1 April 2022.
Please continue to order lunches through ParentPay
Halloween Information
Come and join the Halloween Family Fun!
Merrylee Monster Mash trail
Following the success of our Halloween trail last year, we are recreating the fun with The Merrylee Monster Mash running from Thursday 28th October to Sunday 31st. If you would like your home to feature on our map, please email the PA (merryleepa@hotmail.com) asap, including your name and address. Your home will appear as a pumpkin on the map. We can’t wait to see your decorated windows, balconies and/or gardens! Maps will be available from school, on Seesaw and Facebook from Weds 27th Oct.
School garden decorations
We will be decorating the school grounds with all sorts of ghoulish delights from this Saturday 23rd October. If you’d like to get involved please email us or message on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/237423799686385). There are ideas on the Facebook group of things you can easily make at home at little/no expense, and bring in to school e.g. milk bottle ghosts, sock spiders and egg carton bats. We welcome any of your creations or offers of help!
Costume Recycling
The recycling rail is up and ready outside the school office, awaiting donations of pre-loved, good condition Halloween and fancy-dress clothes and accessories. Please donate if you can, and pop along to see if there’s anything you could re-use this year. Another great way to help refuse, reduce, re-use and recycle.
Many thanks,
The PA
Outdoor Clothing Swap
MESSAGE FROM OUR PARENTS ASSOCIATION:
Hi everyone,
We have been bowled over by the huge amount of donations for our outdoor wear clothing swap! Thank you all so much.
We have arranged the clothes and footwear on a rail in the main foyer, outside the school office. This will be accessible from drop off to pick up, and at afterschool times all this week.
Please pop in and see if there’s anything you can re-home.
The donations box is also still there for any further clean, good condition items.
We are really excited to be supporting our Eco School to reduce, re-use and recycle ♻️.
Thanks, The PA
Help our school get some new resources!
Merrylee Primary School Project Title – Children’s Play Resources
Mrs Allinson has been successful in her application for a grant to the Tesco Community Grants Scheme but we need your help to make this happen!
If you are shopping in store, please vote for our project. The project with the highest number of votes will be awarded the grant.
Please see details below. Thank you for your support.
Tesco In-Store Vote Update!
We delighted to let you know that your application to the Tesco Community Grants Scheme has been successful and your project will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores.
Voting will commence in store from 1st October and continue to 31st December 2021.
The project with the highest number of votes across your region will receive £1,500 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), the second placed project £1,000 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), and the third placed project £500. To re-iterate, if you are first in the vote, you will receive the amount that you requested in your application (or the amount that was requested up to £1,500).
What happens next?
Stores which will vote on your project
Please see below a list of stores taking part in the voting on your project. Feel free to share this list of stores amongst your supporters and within your community.
4803 CROOKSTON ROAD EXP G53 7TZ Express
5307 GLASGOW SILVERBRN EXT G53 6AG Extra
5367 KILMARNCK RD GLAS EXP G43 2XS Express
5579 CARDONALD EXPRESS G52 3QA Express
6064 GLASGOW VICTORIA EXP G42 8YU Express
6171 GLASGOW PAIS RD EXP G5 8RJ Express
6257 GLASGOW MLBRAE RD EXP G42 9UA Express
6491 GLASGOW CATHCA RD EXP G42 9EA Express
To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the Tesco website here: http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk
To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it’s not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.
In the highly unlikely event that voting is suspended in certain locations due to government guidelines, we will notify you and the following action will be taken. At the end voting period, if voting has taken place for at least four weeks, the votes will be counted and grants awarded as per the standings at that point. If voting has taken place for less than four weeks, we will award each of the groups in the vote £1,000 (or the amount that was requested up to this value).
Additional information Please note the below advice in terms of do’s and don’ts before and during the voting period:
Do:
- – Cast your vote as soon as you receive your token for a project in the current voting round
- – Only submit Community Grants tokens to cast your vote – Maximise promotion of your project during the voting period by making best use of press and social media guidance
- Encourage the local community and your supporters to get involved with Community Grants voting
Don’t:
- Tamper with the voting unit (otherwise your project may be void from the vote)
- Influence customers casting their vote at the voting unit
- Take more than one token from the self-serve checkouts
- Encourage supporters to hoard then submit multiple tokens in the voting unit
- Promote your project in store without permission from the Store Manager
- Collect Community Grants tokens from stores that are not within your region to vote for your project
Please note, if you do not adhere to this guidance, this may affect your grant award. Another tip is to add the address mail@grantapplication.com to your email account to ensure that you receive future requests and information.
Communications Guidance and contact details
Please see below a link to communications guidance on how to promote your project during the voting period. Once the vote has taken place, you will be contacted by a local Enabler who will be on hand to provide you with support in delivering your project. https://tescocommunitygrants.org.uk/communications-guidance-21/
If you wish to discuss any aspect of this email please do get in touch with the Tesco Community Grants team at tescocommunitygrants@groundwork.org.uk
Kind regards and congratulations!
Good luck in the voting!
Tesco Community Grants team
Groundwork UK
Information for end of term
Final week arrangements
It is hard to believe that we are heading towards the summer holidays already!
The teachers will share your child’s final report with you on Seesaw today Monday 21st June. Your child is also bringing home their class photograph today organised and funded by the Parents’ Association. The tea towels should also be arriving this week and will be issued before we finish for the holidays.
On Wednesday the PA have arranged a little summer treat for all of our pupils. They have also arranged a special treat for P7 as we weren’t able to go ahead with the planned P7 party because of Covid restrictions. These treats are being funded from the Break the Rules fundraising day. Many thanks to the PA for organising this and to all of you for your contributions.
Please note that school closes at 1pm on Thursday. Because of our staggered lunch breaks we won’t be able to have a full lunch break but we have arranged two short breaks. There will be a mid-morning break as usual. There will also be another short break for children to have a packed lunch or a school lunch which they will eat in the classroom or outdoors. Choices for school lunch on Thursday are hot dogs or sandwiches.
At 1 o’clock we will ring the bell continuously to send off our P7 pupils who will have the chance to walk through the school to say goodbye before being dismissed to the back of the building as usual. All classes will be dismissed following usual procedures at 1pm. We would respectfully request that parents do not congregate on school grounds at the end of the day.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a safe and happy summer holiday. Thank you as always for your continued support, especially during this most challenging of years. We are all in a much better place than this time last year and can hopefully look forward to these positive changes continuing.
Kindest regards,
Colette Haddock and the Merrylee Staff Team
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Payments – Breakfast club & lunch
Please see information below about payment for school lunches:
As we move towards the easing of some restrictions relating to Covid-19, we are pleased to let you know that we are resuming cash payments for lunches. Pupils can pay in cash in primary schools from 7 June 2021.
The BACS payment process will remain in place for primary schools until Friday 28th May 2021. In the event of credit balances remaining through the BACS system, these should be run down to a nil balance by pupils taking meals as current practice.
Refunds will be made only in exceptional circumstances, e.g. if the pupil has left the school.
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club is available from 8am, Monday to Friday. Payment can be made in advance or as and when required to the catering staff. Please note that your child should arrive by 8.40am for this service.
Break the Rules Day!
Break the Rules Day – Friday 7th May
Merrylee Parents’ Association are fundraising to provide some end-of-term treats for pupils.
We encourage pupils to break some rules this Friday, and contribute towards some summer fun this term.
This event will be available on Parentpay.
Parents’ Association
Back to School for P4-7
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are really looking forward to welcoming the rest of the children back to school on Monday. We all know how challenging this last year has been and you’re not alone if you’ve found the current lockdown the hardest one yet. I am sure you will all be glad to hand over the reins for home learning back to their teacher!
If you borrowed a school iPad to support home learning, please ensure that your child returns this to school with any school charger cables or plugs on Monday. I hope these have been useful during this time.
Breakfast Club and After School Care will all resume service on Monday. Please follow your usual arrangements.
Many thanks to everyone who has donated school uniform so far. This has been especially helpful this week as we have had a lot of muddy children enjoying their outdoor learning in some challenging weather!
It is difficult to get school uniform in the shops at the moment due to high demand and limited supply so if you do need anything, for whatever reason, please get in touch with us as we may have something suitable available.
The following advice is from parentclub.scot –
The news that all children are returning to school will probably have been a huge relief, but there is a risk that it could cause an increase in people getting the virus. Here are 5 important things you can do to make sure this doesn’t happen and to help our nurseries and schools stay open.
- Wear your face covering at all times when you are dropping your children at nursery or school and picking them up.
- Only one parent at a time should do drop offs and pickups.
- Stay 2 metres from other parents at the gates and avoid travelling to and from school in groups with others.
- Don’t car share with other households and limit using public transport if you can.
- Look out for symptoms at home and follow Test and Protect guidance if anyone shows any signs of COVID.
Lots more advice for parents, including information about preparing children for returning to school, is available at:
https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/going-back-to-primary-school
Colette Haddock
Online Safety
Online Safety
I have attached a ‘Family Agreement’ resource from Childnet International which you may find useful in monitoring your children’s online safety and activity.
A family agreement is a great way to start a conversation with your whole family about how you all use the internet, and to start discussions together around how to behave in a positive way when online, whether this is at home, at school or at a friend’s.
The family agreement provides a list of things to consider when creating a family agreement, and some examples to get you started. An agreement template is also provided to help families set clear expectations for positive and safe internet use.
The school iPads have limited access to social media platforms and websites, however, many children have personal devices. If you require advice and support, the website below provides a variety of very useful approaches and strategies to ensure your child is safe and responsible online. https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers
We thank you for your cooperation in working with us to enable all our pupils to have positive online experiences and develop as digitally responsible citizens. If you have any concerns or suggestions please get in touch.
Kind Regards
Julie McElhone
Depute Headteacher
