St Albert's Family Learning

Thank you to those who came along this morning. I hope you found it informative and enjoyed your visit. We hope to host lots more events soon so check out this blog for latest events.

Good afternoon and welcome back to our school community.

All children settled in quickly and are so excited to see their friends again. Hopefully we can begin to plan events for this term and I will

keep you updated here. There have been lots of phone calls with questions so I hope to answer your questions here and give you some more information.

Remember we are here for you and your child/children so please feel free to ask questions here or approach myself. I will be available every morning (except Mondays) in the infant playground.

Queries

• Firstly, a huge thank you to our parent council and all our volunteers who helped create spaces for your children. This is amazing work. Well Done!
• Jumpers/cardigans will be delivered to the school by end of August, there was a delay with suppliers.
• P1 – 3 should enter via the infant playground. The playground is supervised from 8.50am. Please take your child to breakfast club if you need to leave them earlier. This is open from 8.15am.
• P1 will exit from the infant playground from 2.50pm. P2 will exit from the main door, P2/3 will exit from the sensory garden and P3 will exit from the playground. (All at 3pm)
• P4 – 7 will enter and exit via the top gate. This is supervised from 8.50am.
• Gates will close at 9.10am. Please enter via the front door after this time.
• Fuel Zone Menu – https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/fuelzone All children are supervised during lunch times. If we are concerned about your child’s diet we will inform you. Remember packed lunches should be healthy. No takeaways! Please provide your child with a water bottle and one healthy snack for playtime.
• Class teachers will inform you of your child’s PE days. Your child should wear a school polo shirt(no tie) to school and bring black jogging trousers/leggings and soft shoes for gym.
• Communication between teachers and parents – This will be confirmed soon and I will let you know.
• Eco – we now have our 6th green flag. Please use our Rag Bag bin for your unwanted clothes. This provides us with funding for our school grounds.

Events this term

• P1 parent information and ‘Meet the Teacher’ session. Friday 20th August @ 9.15 in hall.
• Cafe Connect. Friday 20th August @ 2.15pm then every Friday.
• P2, P2/3 & P3 parent information and ‘Meet the Teacher’ session. Tuesday 24th August @ 9.15 in hall.
• P4 – P7 ‘Meet the Teacher’ session. Thursday 26th August @ 2.15pm.
• Parent Council Annual General Meeting. Thursday 2nd September @ 1.30pm. New members are invited to join and a new committee will be elected. All welcome!
• Mac Millan Coffee Morning. Thursday 23rd September @ 9.15am.
• Holidays – Friday 24th & Monday 27th September.
• Holidays – Monday 11th October – Friday 15th October.

Dates and times may be subject to change but you will be informed by text if this happens.

Other events will be organised throughout the term and i will send you updated information. Please use this for general questions as this is an open forum and will help all parents.

Our  leadership team are available to help too.

Karen Kelly/Mc Fadden(PT) – Lower school (P1, 2, 2/3,)

Claire Rodgers(DHT) – Middle school (P3, P4, P4/5, P5)

Louisa Wynd(PT)/Shirley – Anne Brightman  – Upper school (P6, P6/7, P7)

Mr Stewart DHT

Mrs Harker HT

Thank you for your continued support.

Karen Kelly/Mc Fadden

Good afternoon!

Primary one children settled in well yesterday. They were all excited to meet new friends & old and play with our new toys.

Our teachers Miss Ross, Miss Fagan and Miss Duncan were very happy but pleased to see 3 o’ clock!

We would like to invite you into school on Friday 20th August from 9am. We will meet in the hall for an information session and then you will be able to visit your child/children in their learning environment for a short time.

I know that the office has been busy with calls so here are a few of your questions answered. I will be available at the door (except Mondays) to answer questions and I am available for longer chats by appointment. So please feel free to approach me.

Queries

• The infant playground is supervised from 8.50am so feel free to leave your child from that time. Breakfast club is open from 8.15am.
• Please label all jackets, cardigans, bags and lunch boxes. We have separate storage areas for each class but things get lost in transitions.
• All ordered cardigans/jumpers will be ready by the end of the month, they will be delivered to the school for collection.
• All children are supervised in the lunch hall and teachers stay with P1 to ensure they eat their lunch. We will let you know at 3pm if you’re child didn’t eat.
• Please only send one healthy snack to school and a labelled water bottle.
• Physical education will be on Tuesday & Friday afternoons. Please send your child to school with a polo shirt on and soft shoes in their bag. (These can be labelled and left in class).
• Class blogs will be available from next week. You will be able to view photographs and keep updated on your child’s learning.

If you have any other questions then please post here as this is an open forum and therefore help other parents too!

I hope to meet some of you on Friday. Let me know if you would like another session next Friday if you can’t make this one please as that can be arranged.

Remember we are here for you and your child so don’t hesitate to ask questions, seek support or just come for a chat!

Karen Kelly

Principal Teacher

P1-session-June-2nd

Good Morning!

Apologies that we were unable to hold our transition days for our new children & families. However I hope that by now most of your children have been able to visit our grounds either with their nursery or with their families. Please phone the office to arrange an appointment if your child had not had an outdoor visit.

Thank you to all who attended our information zoom meeting last week. I have attached the information PPT for you to view. We hope to do another zoom call next week. Also we will send you a date when you will be able to purchase some of our uniform from school.

I have introduced you to some of our staff on our PPT however our Primary 1 teachers are not confirmed as yet. I will let you know ASAP and I’m hoping we can organise a session for your children to meet their teacher.

Primary 1 will have 3 teachers and 2 Support for Learning Workers. The class will be split into 3 groups and each group will stay with their own teacher. Children will rotate around 3 different learning areas to offer a wider variety of experiences and activities. This is new and exciting for us and you will see this happening in August. I’m sure your children will thoroughly enjoy their experiences.

Any other questions, please give me a phone.

Uniforms will be available to order on Thursday 17th June from 10am – 11am at the school office.  You can also pick up your child’s summer pack then.

Thank you

Karen Kelly

Principal Teacher (Infants/Family Learning)

This week we welcomed our new primary ones to our outdoor area for games, snacks & stories.

This week we had fun outdoors learning how to light a fire with dragon snott and dragon breath.

We are delighted to welcome our families back to our school. This week we learned about feelings & we explored our outdoor area for bugs.

I’m afraid this isn’t very clear but they are offering classes online for free. Please contact me if you would like more information. I can get you booked on the course.

Thank you

Karen

Good afternoon!

I hope you are all well! I have attached some online events for you to book. There will be lots more available soon and hopefully we can work a way you can all visit our school soon. Remember you can chat to me here or give me a call.

Karen Kelly

PT Family Learning

Family learning events

Our new Depute Head Teacher Claire Rodger would be delighted to meet with you. Claire is looking to hold zoom conversations with parents to discuss their experiences in St Albert’s Primary. Claire is keen to learn more about your school, your families and your community.

Parents/carers from P1 – P7 are invited to book a 15 minute group zoom call on Thursday 11th February from 4pm. Please phone the office to book your slot. 4pm, 4.15pm, 4.30pm, 4.45pm.

You will receive a zoom link by 3pm on Thursday.

Thank you for your continued support.

Karen Mc fadden