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3 May, 2024

May Newsletter

May 2024

Summer term is in full swing! Read on to find out what we have planned…in addition to some of the usual information we like to share!

Staffing

Staffing at this present time seems fairly settled as we progress towards the summer break.

Mrs Steer has gone on maternity leave and we have now have Miss Jenner join us for this term. Miss Jenner is working across 3 different classes and has made a great start to her time in Royston. I’m sure you will join me in welcoming Miss Jenner to the Royston team! Miss Jenner is working with P7/6, P6/5 and P4/3 and is a popular teacher already!

I’m sure you will all be sad to hear that Mrs Young is retiring at the end of this term. Mrs Young has been in Royston Primary for 9 years and has worked hard for our children and families. We will miss Mrs Young, but wish her well in the next chapter of her life!

I am delighted to share the news that, in Mrs Steers maternity absence, Mr Thomson will take on the acting principal teacher role. Mr Thomson is a valued and excellent member of our staff team, and I’m sure you will join me in congratulating him in his new role!

As always in June, I will make every effort to tell you and your child who their next teacher for August will be. This helps to ease any anxiety and stress for pupils, so that they can enjoy their summer holidays without ‘fear of the unknown’. This session it might be a little difficult. Due to budget cuts and significant staffing changes within Glasgow City Council, I may not know the teachers I will have before August. Budget cuts across the council estate mean that our staffing quota is reduced, which will impact on the supports we are able to offer pupils. We will however continue to do the very best that we can for our pupils and families.

RSHP

All pupils P1-7 will be engaging in learning on RSHP (relationships, sexual health and parenthood). All lessons are in line with our Scottish curriculum expectation – Curriculum for Excellence – Health and wellbeing benchmarks. Lessons are age and stage appropriate and are delivered in class by the teacher. ALL resources we use can be viewed online RSPH.Scot, where you can see each lesson content and learn a little more about why these are important. There is useful information for parents/carers in order to promote some of the learning at home too. Primary 1 lessons are at early level, primary 2-4 lessons are at first level and P5-7 lessons are at second level. Please do have a browse on the website yourself and get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.

Antibullying development work this session

We have concluded the work on our policy statement on antibullying; having taken all views into consideration. This will be emailed out to you soon. We continue to share the key crucial messages with children in school, and aim to manage incidents as consistently as possible. All incidents are recorded on our central recording system, records of which are passed to secondary school at time of transition.

Thank you to all parents/carers who took the time to feedback on our initial draft policy statement version. We appreciate your voice and value all comments made.

I will also be emailing out parent antibullying information which has been created by Glasgow’s Parent Forum. It is an excellent one page information guide which, as a parent, I would find extremely useful. This information, along with the final policy statement will be emailed out soon.

As a celebration of our pupils hard work in learning and understanding this theme, we have a special treat! Rookie Rockstars will be delivering sessions for all pupils in school week beginning 20^th May. Pupils will be learning fantastic rock songs based around the themes of bullying, kindness and respect. The whole week will be filled with loud guitars and drums…and I expect our pupils will love it!

To conclude, Rookie Rockstars and all pupils will be presenting a special rock concert in school on 29^th May 6.30pm. Tickets priced at £3 each will go on sale the week before. Due to space limitations, there will be an allocation of 2 tickets per child…if we have any left over after initial sales, we will offer them out to families. Look out for information on this nearer the time!

Transition

‘Tis the season of transition, falalalala lalalala!!! This is a super busy term for transition work, especially for our P7’s and new entrants!

Most of our primary 7 pupils now know which secondary school they will be attending. If you do not know, or your placement request has been refused, please do let us know and we will guide you on your next steps.

St Roch’s secondary school P7 visits are on 4^th and 5^th June.

Springburn Academy P7 visits are on 18^th and 19^th June.

Staff from Springburn and St Roch’s are planning to visit our pupils soon to share information and answer any questions/discuss any concerns, they may have.

We are very grateful to Royston Youth Action who are in the midst of delivering a comprehensive transition programme for our pupils. These sessions are enjoyable, informative and respectful. Pupils seem to be enjoying sessions and finding them useful.

We have a very good number of pupils planning on attending Royston Primary Primary 1 for August; around 23 at present. We have a number of events planned for our wee ones!

All new entrants and parents are invited in 16^th May 1.30-2.30pm for their induction event.

Week beginning 20^th May, we will meet all our new pupils and their parents individually, so that we pay special attention to each family joining us.

All new entrants are invited to join in with school sports day on the 28^th May at 10am.

New entrants invited to the Teddy Bears Picnic on 4^th June!

Letters to new entrant parents have been posted out with this information.

Sports Day

School sports day will be on 28^th May at St Roch’s Secondary playing fields. All parents, family and friends welcome to spectate…and get involved!! Fingers crossed for a sunny (but not too hot!!) day!

Fun Fit Bike

We will be visited by the fun fit bike on the 10^th May! The fun fit bike is a bicycle that makes smoothies! Pupils will cycle the bike to make themselves a drink…and there will be good learning about healthy eating too!

Pupils reports

Teachers are currently in the process of preparing your child’s final school report for this session. We plan to issue reports to parents on the 27^th May. As we have no further parent appointments planned for this session, please do get in touch if you would like to discuss anything of concern in the report. There should be nothing surprising in a pupil report, ever! If we are doing our job in keeping you informed and working in partnership, you will know and understand everything written.

End of session summer trips

Firstly can I just say that many schools in Glasgow do not ‘do’ summer trips! Every year it becomes more and more difficult to plan and fund school trips, but we are proud to say (apart from COVID years), we have always had summer trips! This is thanks to funding and donations from various places…too many to mention! We do always ask for a small contribution from parents which helps ‘make ends meet’ with increased ticket prices and transport.

P1-2 will be going to Clyde Valley Farm Park on the 11^th June.

P3-6 will be going to Five Sisters Zoo on the 5^th June.

P7 will have a surprise outing in June! I’m saying no more than that for now!!

P7 Leavers Event

We have a PROVISIONAL date for our leavers event of 5^th June. This is an after-school event and pupils can invite 2 guests along. We plan to have this in the Community Hub, but just need to finalise catering before confirming the date. More information nearer the time!

Breakfast club

Just a wee reminder for parents. Breakfast club is open from 8am every morning in the dining hall. We have very small numbers just now and I wonder whether parents/carers know this service is available. Pupils who are in receipt of free meals are entitled to a free breakfast. Otherwise the standard cost is £2.

School Uniform

This section was in the last newsletter – but I’ve not seen a huge improvement.

I have been noticing recently that our standards in uniform have slipped a little. I’m keen to get this back on track and ask for your support in doing so.

We want pupils to be comfortable and ready to learn and so we do not insist on shirt and tie, as some schools do. Pupils can wear shirt and tie or school polo shirt, along with school jumper or cardigan. If you do not have uniform items, please do let us know and we can help.

Pupils wear uniform to represent their school. They wear it to demonstrate their sense of belonging, in addition to safety and security reasons. We want our pupils to be proud of Royston Primary and what it stands for. We want them to wear their uniform to show this. Please support us with this.

We ask that pupils do not wear branded clothing. Eg Nike, Hugo Boss etc. This clothing is very expensive and could get easily damaged during school activities. It also creates a divide between children who have branded clothing, and those who do not. We simply ask that all pupils wear our school uniform as it creates an ethos of equality for all pupils. Thank you for your support with this.

School Holiday dates

School will be closed to pupils on 24^th and 27^th May for May bank holiday.

School will close for the summer break on 26^th June at 1pm.

School will re-open to pupils on 14^th August.

Jane McShane

headteacher@royston-pri.glasgow.sch.uk

0141 552 2872

28 February, 2024

February Newsletter

January/February 2024

This session is flying past and Term 3 is no exception…Christmas seems like such a long time ago! Please read on to find out what is going on in Royston Primary.

Staffing

Our staffing situation has been quite fluid this session and continues to be moving forward. Miss Kelly and Miss Johnstone have both had beautiful baby girls! We wish them lots of love and laughter with their little ones! (We don’t tell them about the sleepless nights!!)

Mr Darren has now started in post as support for learning worker. Mr Darren is very familiar with the school and the pupils. He has been a great addition to our staffing and pupils relate very well to him.

Miss Armstrong is now the teacher in P6/5 whilst Miss Johnstone is on maternity leave. She has settled well and is working extremely hard with the pupils in her class.

In addition, both P7/6 and P6/5 have teaching students on their final placements. Miss Slaven and Miss Barton are working hard to bring the pupils exciting and engaging lessons.

We continue to work in partnership with Re:Hope Royston, who provide volunteer reading partners on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Some pupils have been selected to have their own volunteer who will read with them and support their understanding.

Library Visits

All pupils in school are taken to the library once per fortnight. Almost all pupils have library membership now and can chose books to take home to read. Pupils can use the library ANYTIME. When the pupils go with school, the library staff work with our pupils to ensure they are familiar with the library set up. They support them with themes and do activities with them. However, pupils can go change their books at any time – maybe at the weekend! The purpose of this is to encourage pupils to utilise this fantastic resource frequently so please do encourage your child to go to the library sometimes.

After School and Lunch Clubs

At present we have a number of after school and lunch activities running, or about to begin. These are:

P6 EuroQuiz training – Monday lunchtime

P3-5 Art Club – Monday after school

P5-7 Football – Monday lunchtime

P5-7 Basketball – Tuesday lunchtime

P5-7 and P2-4 Dance – Tuesday after school

P2-4 and P5-7 Coding – Tuesday after school

P1-3 Mindfulness – Tuesday after school

Makaton – Wednesday lunchtime

P5-7 Football – Wednesday lunchtime

P5-7 Football – Wednesday after school

P3-5 Board Games – Wednesday after school

P2-4 Fun Sports Club – Thursday lunchtime

P2-4 Multi Sports – Thursday after school

P5-7 Athletics – Friday lunchtime

The majority of our activities are run by school staff and we are extremely grateful to them for doing this out with their contracted working time! Staff undertake activities they think pupils will enjoy and do so in their own time; this is not a requirement for any member of staff. We are so lucky to have the most amazing staff team who care deeply about the pupils and the opportunities they have in school!

If your child wants to join an activity and they haven’t already, please tell them to ask Mr Steer or me about it. There are still spaces in some of the clubs.

School Website

We have been spending some time updating our school website. Please go on and have a peek – there is information for most classes!

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/roystonprimary

Anti- Bullying Development work

Following on from last term activities, we have created an action plan to keep us moving forward on the right track. This month we will be launching a first draft of our anti-bullying policy. We will be seeking the views of parents/carers, pupils and staff. We will be looking for a small focus group of parents/carers willing to come and talk to us about it…what they like and what could be better! Please look out for further information on this – coming soon!

Parent Appointments

Parent appointments will be on Thursday 7^th March. This is an opportunity for you to speak with your class teacher and hear about your child’s progress in school. It is crucial for your child that you make every effort to attend – the most successful learners are those who’s parents engage in their learning. If you are unable to attend the scheduled day/time, please contact us; we will be happy to arrange an alternative for you, given the importance.

Primary 7 Residential Trip

Primary 7 pupils will soon be venturing off to Perthshire Dalguise Outdoor Education Centre for their residential experience! This experience will be from 15^th-18^th March. Mr Thomson and Mrs Atala will be the adults attending, and we are extremely grateful to them for giving up their own weekend to accompany our pupils! Pupils will be getting some further information and kit list very soon. There is a small contribution for each pupil to pay of £20; this can be paid any time. (A little heads up, each child needs to take a sleeping bag and pillow this year! If you are struggling with this, tell us and we can help!)

Accreditations!

We have great news to share! As you will know, Royston Primary were working towards gaining accreditation for being a language and communication friendly establishment; and we got it! Pupils and staff have worked tremendously hard on this development and should extremely proud of their efforts. We thank Mrs Steer for leading us successfully through this process. We will continue to sustain the work undertaken as it has made a real difference to consistency across the school.

More great news! Last week we had Glasgow City Council Nurture quality assurance team visit to assess our nurture practice; both in the Orchard and across the school as a whole. This was extremely successful and the team visiting were very impressed with all that they saw. Excellent work staff and pupils; and especially Mr Thomson for leading the way in Royston Primary in Nurture!

Parental Engagement

We have some parental engagement sessions approaching that I would like to share with you:

P3/2 parents are invited into school on 20^th February at 2.30pm. Miss Gilyeat and Mrs Steer have some resources to share with you and are keen to support parents helping their child at home with literacy.

P2/1 parents’ are invited into school on 26^th February at 2.45pm. Mrs Steer has resources and strategies to share with you for literacy.

Mr Thomson is planning for STEM parent and child workshops for Term 4 April-May time. Please look out for further details.

We will soon share with you further details (involving all classes) on parental engagement for week beginning 11^th March – please look out for more information!

Congratulations to those P1-3 parents who completed the Families connect programme over the last few months. They completed a range of activities around maths, languages and well-being that will help them support their child well at home. This programme will run again next year so speak to Mr Thomson if you would be interested.

Breakfast club

LGBT Inclusive Education

Primary 7 pupils will be attending a half day workshop at City Chambers on 22^nd February about LGBT Inclusive Education. This is an ALLIES (Action and Learning for LGBT Inclusive Education in Schools) workshop delivered in partnership with TIE – Time for Inclusive Education.

Inclusion, in its widest sense, it a thread that runs through all aspects of school learning; it does not stand alone. It is important that when we use the term LGBT Inclusive education, that we remember this is about educating our children to be INCLUSIVE. It is NOT about encouraging children to make choices about their sexuality, it is simply teaching children that we do not exclude others based on aspects of their personality or who they are, e.g. gender, age, colour, ethnicity etc.

I’m sure you will agree that teaching about equality is important in our world today, and for the future.

Mother Tongue Groups

We have started a new initiative in school to encourage children to speak their home/family language, and celebrate that they can do this confidently! We have approx. 18 languages spoken amongst our pupils and families and this is something we should all be really proud of. What an excellent learning environment where pupils are surrounded by such diversity and culture.

Every second Thursday we invite pupils who speak a different language to English to join with others and engage in activities whilst speaking their family language. The pupils seem to be enjoying these sessions, as are the adults who are in awe of our pupils’ language skills!

We will soon open this out for some parents to get involved. If you speak a different language to English and you would like to get involved, please do let me know!

School Uniform

I have been noticing recently that our standards in uniform have slipped a little. I’m keen to get this back on track and ask for your support in doing so.

We ask that pupils do not wear branded clothing, e.g. Nike, Hugo Boss etc. This clothing is very expensive and could get easily damaged during school activities. It also creates a divide between children who have branded clothing, and those who do not. We simply ask that all pupils wear our school uniform as it creates an ethos of equality for all pupils. Thank you for your support with this.

Jane McShane

headteacher@royston-pri.glasgow.sch.uk

0141 552 2872

30 November, 2023

Royston Primary Countdown to Christmas Newsletter

It’s beginning to looking a lot like Christmas!! Santa’s busy elves are hard at work preparing for a magical festive season in Royston Primary! See below for things happening!

Christmas Choir

The choir are practising like crazy…and they sound amazing! We have lots of locations for them to sing at…and shake their bucket! See below…

1^st December – Tesco St Rollox 10.30-11.30am
1^st December – Glasgow Fort 1-2pm
7^th December – Glasgow Fort 3-4.30pm
8^th December – Costco Springburn 12-2pm
12^th December – Forge Retail Park 12-1pm
12^th December – Forge Asda 1-2pm
15^th December – Forge Shopping Centre 11.30-12.30 and 1-2pm

Please feel free to pop along to any of the locations to watch our enthusiastic choir perform! (Dress warm for singing outside!!)

Christmas Trips!

This year we are trying out something completely different! We have dodged the whole school panto trips in favour of a Christmas day out for every pupil!

P1-2 will be visiting the Winter Wonderland at Goulding Centre Carluke on 14^th December. Bus will leave school at 11am and return at around 3.30pm – depending on traffic of course! Pupils will enjoy walking the gorgeous Winter wonderland, a visit to Santa’s grotto (where there might be a special gift for them) and lots of fun in the Winter fun fair with fairground rides!

P3-7 will be visiting New Lanark Christmas Spectacular on 6^th December. Buses are leaving sharp at 9am – DO NOT MISS THE BUS! Pupils will enjoy festive ice skating, a visit to Santa’s Grotto, a Christmas show and a ‘Christmas Through the Years’ ride! Buses are expected to return by 3pm – depending on traffic!

Pupils need a packed lunch on their trip day. Pupils should wear school uniform for security reasons. School trips this year are costing around £22 per pupil. We are asking for a small contribution of £4 per pupil to be paid as soon as possible. Many people have paid already – thank you!

Roystonhill Community Hub Christmas Fun Day 12^th December

Whilst the choir are out performing, P1-4 will be visiting the community fun day at Spireview. This is always a great event and is completely free!

Christmas Lunch

This will be on the 13^th December. Pupils can enjoy a three course lunch with crackers and music…all served to them at their table by the staff! Order forms were sent out last week – please return this if your child wishes their lunch that day.

Christmas Grotto

Our Grotto is back again this year…bigger and better! Pupils are in for a treat on 12^th/13^th/14^th December with Christmas crafts, stalls, a Christmas movie and hot chocolate! The grotto is decorated beautifully for the pupils…always the WOW factor!

Pupils can bring some money to buy some lovely Christmas gifts if they wish!

Infant Christmas Nativity!

Our primary 1 and P3/2 pupils will be performing their very own Christmas Nativity. There is always a fun theme to this and pupils give a huge effort with singing, dancing and narrating. The nativity will be held on 15^th December at 9.30am and we invite parents, family and friends along as our audience. I do hope you can manage along; it always proves to be a memorable event! Tea/coffee and cakes for all adults!

Christmas Parent Hamper

Tickets for this year’s parent hamper will go on sale 4^th December and draw will take place 15^th December. Tickets for parents are £1 and can be bought from the school office. If you are sending money with your child please tell them to go to the school office to get tickets.

Christmas Jumper Day

Christmas jumper day this year is on the 15^th December! No money needed – a free event!

Christmas Parties

P3-5 party is on 18^th December 1.15-2.45pm

P6-7 party is on 19^th December 1.15-2.45pm

P1-2 party is on 20^th December 1.15-2.45pm

Pupils can come to school dressed for their party in the afternoon. If you would prefer to take your child home at lunch time to get them dressed please let us know by calling the school office beforehand. We can let you know collection and drop off arrangements when you call.

School Christmas Fayre 2023

Back by popular demand our school Christmas Fayre on 1^st December! Our Parent Council are working very hard in preparation for this extravagant event linking in with the Royston Christmas Light Switch on! Christmas Fayre will be from 4.30-6.30pm, with the lights going on at 5.30pm. There will be lots of games, things to buy and prizes to be won! Please do come along and bring friends, family and neighbours!

Guess the birthday of BIG TED will run from Monday 27^th November…50p a chance!

Kids raffle with excellent prizes will start next week…50p a strip!

Christmas Holidays

Pupils will finish school at 2.30pm on 22^nd December 2023

Pupils will return to school at the usual timings on 8^th January 2024

30 November, 2023

November Newsletter

November/December 2023

We had an incredibly busy term 1, with term 2 is shaping up much the same! How can we be nearly in December already! Please do read on as I share some current information and dates that you will want to know about.

Staffing

Miss Kelly has now started her maternity leave so is no longer in school. We wish her lots of luck as she embarks on the new and exciting adventure of being a parent!

Mrs Mair has now returned from maternity leave. She works three days each week; Monday-Wednesday, and is teaching mainly in P7/6 and P6/5 (with a little bit of work in P4/3 also) We are delighted to see her back in the Royston team!

Mr Doherty has increased his work pattern from three days to four. His working week is now Tuesday-Friday and he is class teacher for P7/6. Mr Doherty is a valued member of staff and we are pleased that he has increased his working days!

Miss Gorrell has now left her post as support for learning worker. We currently have a vacancy which is advertised, and we hope to interview and fill this post as soon as possible.

In addition, we have a number of ongoing students working with pupils. Strathclyde University teaching students provide a literacy and numeracy clinic for individuals across our school and give pupils some extra intensive teaching time to support their development.

Our main priority is that our pupils know who the trusted adults are in school and what their purpose is. This is very important to us; pupils need to know why they may be working with individuals and what the expected goal is. Please do let us know if you have any questions or concerns regarding staffing, I am happy to talk this through with you.

Gardening

Currently our gardening work in partnership with North Glasgow Community Food Initiative has currently paused.

Class teachers are still engaging pupils in outdoor learning, so please continue to ensure your child has appropriate clothing for learning outside.

Parent Portal

Thank you to all parents who have successfully managed to sign up for parent portal. It is really important that we get everyone signed on as soon as possible. Any future consent forms will be completed via parent portal due to GDPR restrictions, and any updating of parental information needs to be done through the portal. We will soon have outings for ALL children in school; please get signed up asap so that you don’t miss their consent form for this. We well also soon be adding various school communications to the portal such as newsletters, letters etc.

If you are having difficulty or are unable to do this successfully, please do pop into the school office or speak to me – we can help!

Head lice

We appear to be having a little flair up of head-lice at the present time. Please do check your child’s head (boys and girls) regularly for the eggs or creatures and go straight to the pharmacy for advice if you spot anything. It is absolutely impossible to keep head-lice completely out of primary school, especially for small children, but quick treatment helps to keep instances to a minimum.

Bullying Development Work

As per our school improvement priorities this session, and listening to our parent voice, we are undertaking development work around anti-bullying. Staff have undergone intensive training on anti-bullying in order to ensure consistency in knowledge and understanding school wide. All staff have completed various e-modules with organisation ‘RESPECT ME’. We continue to deepen our knowledge and progress with our research around this theme.

Anti-Bullying week is coming up (13^th-17^th November) and we will be launching our anti-bullying theme in all classes. Pupils will be learning about bullying; what this looks like, how it can make people feel, what to do if they feel they are being bullied etc. Class teachers have a week full of excellent activities in line with this year’s Anti-Bullying 2023 Focus ‘Listen up: Respect our Rights’. Pupils will share their thinking and opinions on Bullying in school and be actively involved in designing suitable strategies to manage incidents as they occur. We will also be seeking the views of parents. It is incredibly valuable to hear your thoughts on this important matter. Staff only see things from school perspective, but you see things much more fully! Pupils only spend 15% of their time in school, they spend 85% under your care outwith school! We need to work together to combat bullying for our Royston pupils!

Parental Engagement

In relation to above, we would like to invite all parents into school on Friday 17^th November from 10.30am – 12.15pm. This is to go into your child’s class and see some of the anti-bullying work they are doing. Your child can explain what they are working on and share their learning; all pupils love it when their parent/carer is able to come along!

Once you have spent some time in class, we will then gather all our parents together for a short presentation based on the work we have done around anti-bullying. We are also hoping to create a parent focus group to support this development and we will discuss this at our presentation. We really hope to have a great turn out for this event as I know you will be keen to engage in such crucial work.

Breakfast Club

Secondary Transition

Parents of pupils in primary 7 should now be thinking about transition to secondary school! I know it can be difficult to come to terms with your child moving on from primary, but we need to start making plans now.

ALL P7 pupils are currently in the Springburn Academy catchment. All pupils have been allocated a place at Springburn. If you wish your child to attend a different secondary school, you are required to complete a placing request form online. Many of you have done this already and we have helped some people to do this. If you are finding it difficult to complete the online form, please do let us know, we can help. If you do not complete a form for your child, they will automatically attend Springburn Academy.

School Communication

I just wanted to give a wee reminder that most communication from school will come via email. We have email contacts for every pupil’s parent/carer and we regular send out communication this way. We also get a notification if an email cannot be delivered to a particular address. Recently we can see that all emails are being received by all contacts. I would urge you to open and read the contents of the communication, as there is often very important information contained. If you wish to change your email contact, please just let us know.

Sponsored Sports Day

I wish to formally thank all parents, carers, families and friends for supporting our event with great enthusiasm! The pupils had such a fun day, enjoying a range of activities from yoga to obstacle courses! Your sponsor money goes a long way in supporting our up and coming festive events! Thank you so much!!

Parental Surveys

Thank you very much to all those who took the time to complete our parental survey at the end of term 1. We really appreciate all the comments made and aim to work on these to make the improvements you and your children would like to see.

Toy Sale

We will be hosting our annual Toy Sale on the 23^rd November. If you have any pre-loved/new/used toys that you want to clear out, please bring them our way! In addition, if you have any carrier bags that you want to clear out, we will take these too! We are always struggling at these events to have enough bags for pupils – any donations gratefully received!

Pupils can bring money on that day and all pupils will get a chance to go and buy some things! It is always a little crazy, but pupils appear to love it!!

Christmas

We are planning out a month of fun for pupils, with various different activities for each class.

We have booked whole day outings for every pupil as follows:

P3-7 will be visiting New Lanark Christmas Experience 2023 on 6^th December. Pupils will leave sharp in the morning and travel by coach. They will be involved with the singing elves, trying out some ice skating, visiting Santa’s grotto, and watching a show in the festive room! Sounds like a great day ahead!

P1-2 will be visiting Goulding Winter Wonderland 2023 on 14^th December. The buses will leave sharp in order to maximise the day. Pupils will walk through the wonderland trail and visit the singing penguins. They will have a visit to Santa’s toyshop and have unlimited rides on the fun fair rides. They will also get to visit Rudolph and the donkeys!

The cost per pupil is around £30 – most of which we can use sponsor money, dress down money and other contributions. However, we do still ask that each child pays a contribution of £4 for the day.

We have many other Christmas plans which are not yet finalised…we will share these with you soon!

Jane McShane

headteacher@royston-pri.glasgow.sch.uk

0141 552 287