Royston Primary School

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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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