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Christmas Movie Matinee
Tickets available from the school office via your child’s class teacher.
HT Update 21st November
Date of Issue: 21st November 2022
Rescheduled Parents Meetings
Due to proposed Industrial Action by members a number of teaching unions, we have decided to rearrange our Parents Meetings. These will now take place on Thursday 1st December.
In changing the date now, we hope to minimise disruption going forward. If you have already made an appointment for a Parents Meeting, we will transfer all existing appointments to the new date, so that your chosen time will remain the same. In a small number of cases this will not be possible and you will be contacted directly by the school office in order to make an alternative time.
If you have not yet made a booking please do so as soon as possible using information provided via Groupcall email.
At this stage we do not know how schools will be affected. However, given the anticipated disruption you may wish to consider making precautionary childcare arrangements should we have to close due to the impact of the industrial action.
If you have any queries regarding Parent appointments, please contact the school office between 10pm – 2pm and someone will answer your query as soon as possible.
Children In Need
Thanks to everyone who donated. We raised an amazing £140-61 for Children In Need. And had great fun in the process.
Retirement
At assembly on Friday we said goodbye to Grace our wonderful catering manager. We hope you enjoy your well earned retirement after a fantastic 24 years service!
Planned Industrial Action – Thursday 24th November
It is intended that all education establishments, except for our 23 individual family learning centres and 52-week nurseries based in school settings, will be closed to children and pupils on Thursday 24 November 2022 due to industrial action by teaching unions.
This means that all term-time (38-week) early years establishments, school-based nurseries, primary, secondary and additional support needs schools are expected to be closed to pupils and children on Thursday 24 November.
All buildings will remain open to staff during the period of the strike action.
All educational and early years establishments will open as normal on Friday 25 November.
What you need to know
Children and young people should not attend school or nurseries within schools on Thursday 24 November. Some ELC establishments will remain open. Please see the NLC Website fpr more information.
You may need to consider alternative arrangements for childcare.
As all early years establishments and schools facilities will be closed to children and young people, there will not be any school meal provision on site, and there will not be any school transport (mainstream and ASN), breakfast clubs or school crossing patrols on Thursday 24 November.
Families in receipt of free school meals on the basis of low income will be reimbursed via a direct payment to bank accounts or via Paypoint voucher to postal addresses which may take up to five working days.
Teachers, early years and other school support staff who are not striking, will continue to work from their place of work on the day of the strike.
Tombola Prize Donation Requests
Lunch Menu This Week
All children in Nursery to Primary 5 receive a free meal. Parents/carers of children in Primary 6 and Primary 7 who may be eligible for a free school meal can find more information here.
Next Week at Lawmuir
Industrial Action – Thursday 24 November 2022
It is intended that all education establishments, except for our 23 individual family learning centres and 52-week nurseries based in school settings, will be closed to children and pupils on Thursday 24 November 2022 due to industrial action by teaching unions.
This means that all term-time (38-week) early years establishments, school-based nurseries, primary, secondary and additional support needs schools are expected to be closed to pupils and children on Thursday 24 November.
All buildings will remain open to staff during the period of the strike action.
All educational and early years establishments will open as normal on Friday 25 November.
What you need to know
Children and young people should not attend school or nurseries within schools on Thursday 24 November. Some ELC establishments will remain open. Please access NLC Advice on Industrial Action for more information.
You may need to consider alternative arrangements for childcare.
As all early years establishments and schools facilities will be closed to children and young people, there will not be any school meal provision on site, and there will not be any school transport (mainstream and ASN), breakfast clubs or school crossing patrols on Thursday 24 November.
Families in receipt of free school meals on the basis of low income will be reimbursed via a direct payment to bank accounts or via Paypoint voucher to postal addresses which may take up to five working days.
Teachers, early years and other school support staff who are not striking, will continue to work from their place of work on the day of the strike.
More Information can be found here – NLC Advice on Industrial Action
Change of Date – Parents Meetings 1st December
Change of Date – Parents Meetings 1st December
Due to proposed Industrial Action by members a number of teaching unions, we have decided to rearrange our Parents Meetings. These will now take place on Thursday 1st December.
In changing the date now, we hope to minimise disruption going forward. If you have already made an appointment for a Parents Meeting, we will transfer all existing appointments to the new date, so that your chosen time will remain the same. In a small number of cases this will not be possible and you will be contacted directly by the school office in order to make an alternative time.
If you have not yet made a booking please do so as soon as possible using information provided via Groupcall email.
At this stage we do not know how schools will be affected. However, given the anticipated disruption you may wish to consider making precautionary childcare arrangements should we have to close due to the impact of the industrial action.
If you have any queries regarding Parent appointments, please contact the school office between 10pm – 2pm and someone will answer your query as soon as possible.
HT Update – 14th November
Week Beginning 14th November
Scottish Child Payment
Scottish Child Payment Applications are now open for children aged under 16.
People can apply for the payment of £100 every 4 weeks if they:
- get Universal Credit, Tax Credits or other qualifying benefits.
- have a child or children aged under 16.
Apply at https://www.mygov.scot/scottish-child-payment
Tombola Prize Donation Requests
Remembrance Day – Bellshill Academy
Leah and Ethan from Primary 7 represented Lawmuir Primary School at Bellshill Academy Remembrance Service on Friday. They joined pupils from Noble PS and Mossend PS at the service.
Lunch Menu This Week
All children in Nursery to Primary 5 receive a free meal. Parents/carers of children in Primary 6 and Primary 7 who may be eligible for a free school meal can find more information here.
Next Week at Lawmuir
Scottish Child Payment
Scottish Child Payment Applications are now open for children aged under 16.
People can apply for the payment of £100 every 4 weeks if they:
- get Universal Credit, Tax Credits or other qualifying benefits.
- have a child or children aged under 16.
Apply at https://www.mygov.scot/scottish-child-payment
Cancelled Transition Event
Children In Need
We will be taking part in Children In Need this year!
Everyone is invited to wear something Yellow or Spotty
on Friday 18th November.
Donantions for Children In Need
HT Update 7th November
Right of the Month – November
Link to film – https://youtu.be/kni91fHqi50
Story link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU9BwWXzsS4
___________________________________________________________________________iPay Cashless System
- Payments should be made via iPay Impact whenever possible.
- Please check your child’s account regularly to make sure he/she has enough money for school dinners.
If you need any help, please email: onlineschoolpayments@northlan.gov.uk
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NLC Football Festival P6-7
Pupils from Primary 6 & 7 had a fantastic time at the North Lanarkshire Active Schools football festival this week. Well done to everyone who took part. A special thank you to Mr McDonald for coaching our boys team and Ricky Waddell from Caledonian Braves who came along to provide support and advice.
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Improving Attendance
Improving attendance is part of our school improvement plan and a focus for all the schools in the Bellshill Academy Cluster.
The target for North Lanarkshire’s Schools for attendance is 95%.
Last session our average attendance was 90%.
We hope to improve this by 3% this session.
Schools in our cluster will be:
- Reviewing attendance for each year group every month.
- Contacting parents/carers of those children whose attendance is below average.
- Working with partners to support families with children who regularly miss school.
Parents and Carers are asked to co-operate by:
- Keeping planned absences to a minimum during term time (holidays/appointments etc).
- Ensure that pupils arrive on time for school.
- Contact the school as soon as possible to advise of any absences.
__________________________________________________________________________Parents Meetings – Thursday 24th November.
Parents Meetings will take place on Thursday 24th November between 3pm – 8pm.
Bookings can be made from Monday 7th November.
You should have received information on how to book an appointment. If you have any difficulty please contact the school office between 10pm – 2pm.
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Parent Council Update
Halloween Disco
Our Parent Council Halloween Disco was a great success. Everyone had a fantastic time and the costumes were all excellent. Thank you to all the parents who helped make the event such a success. Have a look on the website for more photos from the night. The Parent Council raised a massive £637, which will be used to fund events in school for pupils.
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Halloween Raffle
Our Parent Council Halloween Raffle was picked at assembly last week. Well done to our winners, Grace and Amelia!
Lunch Menu This Week
All children in Nursery to Primary 5 receive a free meal. Parents/carers of children in Primary 6 and Primary 7 who may be eligible for a free school meal can find more information here.
