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April Newsletter

Dear Parent/Carer

We have finally arrived in the last term and the weeks are becoming increasingly busy as we head to the end of this school year. For some of our pupils, this will be their last term in Royston Primary and for some staff, the same situation arises, as they move on to pastures new. I’m sure that this term will be filled with many exciting things to help make great memories of Royston Primary.

Parent Council – Your Parent Council are busy putting plans in place for a Spring/ Summer Fayre to help raise some funds for the school. The date for this is Friday 12th June. This event will take place on the afternoon, with more information coming from the Parent Council in the coming weeks. Please put this date in the calendar, allowing you to come along and support the work for your children. As mentioned in previous letters, the Parent Council have been working to make improvements to the playgrounds, both front and back. You should hopefully see some work beginning in the coming weeks for this too.

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March Newsletter

Dear Parent/Carer

Once again we are approaching the end of another busy term here in Royston Primary. With this in mind, I wanted to pass on some important information for all our parents and carers.

Parent Council – As mentioned previously, the Parent Council have been busy on your behalf, working in school and outside. At our recent meeting, they were able to share some information around the proposed Playground Improvements that they have been working hard to achieve. Funding is now almost in place to allow this to happen and following discussions between the company involved, the Parent Council and our Pupil Council, we hope to see this work start in the coming months. Some parents also spoke with the Parent Council about some issues around the playgrounds recently, especially in relation to scaffolding tower and its implications for playgrounds. As you can now see, the tower has been taken down and the work was completed satisfactorily. Hopefully, this will allow the playground situations to return to normal. Thanks to the parents who raised this with the Parent Council.

Parental Open Afternoon – On Tuesday 31st March the children from across all the classes would like you to come in and see the hard work that has been taking place in the school in recent weeks. From 1.30 pm until 2.30 pm you are all invited to come in and find out about things such as Magic Carpets in Primary 2 or Our Community in Primary 5/4 or life as a Pirate in Primary 7, followed by teas and coffees until 3 pm. Our children and staff are busy creating learning opportunities to share with you on the day and would be delighted to see you there. Continue reading “March Newsletter”

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February Newsletter

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Dear Parent/Carer

Yet another month is past and the term is well under way. There is a lot of things happening in school in the coming weeks, please keep this newsletter safe.

Parent Council – Thanks to the members of the Parent Council who were able to make the latest meeting. The members of the Council are busy working with the school for the benefit of all the children. Hopefully in the coming weeks and months things around this work will be more apparent, especially in the playgrounds.

After School Clubs – Our clubs are once again proving to be very successful, with full attendances at almost all the clubs. Can I remind parents and carers that pupils who sign up for clubs are expected to be here every week. If you have to take the pupils away, can you please provide a letter/ note letting us know. This ensures that everyone is kept safe at the clubs.

Scottish Showcase – A huge thank you to everyone who made both the Burns Supper and the Scottish Showcase such a great success. It was fabulous to see the confidence in all our pupils, as they sang songs, recited poetry and danced their way around the hall. The showcase events are a marvellous way to highlight the hard work of both staff and pupils, and a chance for parents and carers to share in that work.

Website – Over the past few years, we have tried to embrace the digital age and the use of Social Media such as Twitter, to keep parents and carers fully informed of life in the school. Pupils have shared their learning through the Twitter account (@RoystonPrimary) and the computing club have been blogging about their work too. With this in mind, we have changed the school website to make it easier to add things to and more accessible to more parents and carers. Please take time to visit the new site (https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/roystonprimary/) Part of this new site is a facility to translate letters and information into various different languages. Hopefully, this will prove to be useful in the school. Thanks also to the handful of parents, carers and grandparents who were able to come along to this year’s Internet Safety Discussion. I know from speaking with them, they found the afternoon to be very informative and well worthwhile.

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Internet Safety Session for Parents/Carers 13th February

Dear Parent/Carer

In the past few years, the school has invited parents and carers in to work with us on Internet Safety. This is becoming an increasing area of concern for both families and schools,. with many children now having access to the internet through phones, games consoles and tablets. in order to help with the safety of all our children, I have invited Miriam Duffy from EdICT to speak to our parents and carers on this subject. Miriam is delivering the internet safety messages to the pupils in the coming days and on Friday 13th February @ 1.15pm will deliver to parents and carers. Please make every attempt to come to this meeting, which will give ideas on how to support the safe use of the internet. Teas and coffees will be available and the meeting will end in time to collect your child at 3pm.

Thank you for your continued and on-going support.

Simon Kelly

Head Teacher

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January Newsletter

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Dear Parent/Carer

Firstly, Happy New Year to everyone & welcome back to all staff & pupils.

Parent Council – The next meeting of the Parent Council will take place on Thursday 5th February 2015. If anyone has any issues they wish to raise at the Parent Council meeting, please let any of the Parent Council members or the school office know ahead of this meeting.

After School Clubs – Once again we’ve managed to organise a wide range of After School & Lunchtime clubs. The letters for these went out to the children yesterday. All returns for clubs should be back for Wednesday 14th.

School Uniform – A huge thank you for helping return the children to school in appropriate uniform. There are still a few pupils who aren’t wearing the agreed uniform. While many of the jumpers and zippers being worn are nice and smart, they aren’t the school uniform. We have also had a number of pupils wearing earrings which are totally inappropriate for school. Please ensure if jewellery such as earrings are worn, the children must be able to take it off for PE.

School Lunches – As from this week, all of our primary 1 – 3 pupils are now entitled to a free school lunch. So far this has gone really well and the children seem to be enjoying the food. Can I ask please that you take time with your child to go over the menu. Several pupils are still not sure what to have for lunch. If pupils don’t like the choices, can they please bring a packed lunch to ensure they get something to eat.

Scottish Showcase – Throughout the month of January, all of the classes are focussing their work on Scotland. As part of this work the pupils are planning 2 special events to share their learning – Friday 30th January will see all the pupils host a celebration assembly which we hope you will all attend. This takes place at 9.30 am and will be followed by tea & shortbread; and on Thursday 29th the primary 5/4 to 7 pupils will host a Scottish Burns Supper.

We hope that this year is a successful year for everyone connected with Royston Primary. Together, we can achieve great things, through working in partnership.

Simon Kelly
Head Teacher

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