Click on the link to find enclosed the most recent Speech and Language Therapy Training Calendar. The sessions will cover:
Picture Exchange
Making Communication Passports
Makaton Taster
These sessions are very useful and support all of the approaches that we use in school to develop your child’s communication and language skills.
The holidays are not even here and already we are uploading our January calendar!
School will close today at 2.30 pm and re-open on Monday 9th January.
I would like to wish all of the parents/carers and friends of the school a very happy Christmas. Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to working in continued partnership in 2017.
Yvonne x
Arran Class visited Cunninghame House today to drop off remaining items for the North Ayrshire Food Bank. Planned curricular work in the context of Ethos and Life of the school this term included; ASDAN Citizenship. The pupils have been gathering and sorting food items for the local charity. They dropped off a large amount of items last week but some food items continued to arrive this week so the class made arrangements to drop them at Cunninghame House.
A special visitor, our very own Chief Executive, Mrs Elma Murray received the food items from J McD at Cunninghame House. Due to appalling weather and shortage of time the remainder of young people had to stay on the bus however that did not prevent the Chief Executive from going out to the bus to thank the children and have her photograph taken with them.
Well done Arran class for your hard work. Thank you to all of the staff, parents and carers who supported this worthwhile cause.
Our 2 Special Rebound Therapists, provided us with a very special Christmas Bounce this morning, everyone had a great time,
Rebound Therapists
Well done to everyone for working hard at Nativity Rehearsals. Our Nativity will take place on Friday 16th December at 10 am. Our Christmas Service will take place on Tuesday 20th December, this will include a ‘Fond Farewell’ to one of our Senior Pupils KD. All welcome.
What a lovely time we had this afternoon. We welcomed Provost Clarkson, Mr and Mrs Dickson and fellow Rotarians along to see our Magic Carpet. Mr and Mrs Dickson had kindly donated £4000 towards the £8000 cost from Mr Dickson’s late brother’s estate. He had worked in supporting children and young people with disabilities through the use of art and movement. Following a speech given by myself at a Rotary Club Dinner, Mr Dickson approached the school with the kind offer to meet half of the funds in advance of the new school session. We can honestly say that it has been a fabulous learning resource and enriched children and young peoples’ experiences. Click on the link below to see further photographs of the children and young people accessing and using the Magic Carpet.
Please note you will require Microsoft Office to run the powerpoint.
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Unfortunately we have had a few incidents of children and young people suffering from a sickness but. To this end, as an extra precaution we are being extra vigilant about our hygiene procedures. It would be helpful also if parents took into consideration the attached guidance and should your child be affected, please do not send them into school for at least 48 hours from their last episode of being sick.
Many Thanks.
Our school handbook has been updated. If you are a prospective parent and your child is due to start in August 2017 or your child is due to be transferred into our school, you will find the handbook under the school information tab.
As part of our Citizenship work, Arran class are organising a Christmas Collection for the North Ayrshire Food Bank. Please can you send any tinned or packaged goods into school by Wednesday 21st December. Thank you.
