Morningside Blog

The Eco Committee have organised a Dress Down and Wear it Green for Eco Day on Thursday 22^nd February. On this day the children can pay £1 to dress down and do their best to wear something green (all money will go towards the Eco Fund for plants for the school garden).

The Eco committee will also be visiting each class to carry out a short presentation about litter in the playground and recycling in the classroom. They will be informing the pupils about the new MPS Recycling Facilities, there will be more information to follow on this so watch out for it on the blog.

We will also be having a whole school assembly on the afternoon of Thursday 22^nd February where the Eco Committee will be teaching the school the new Eco Code. This day will be a celebration of the school achieving their Green Flag Award, and the Eco Committee members will be presented with their Eco Committee badges. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Eco Committee and the Gardening / Eco after school club for all their hard work so far this year. Let’s continue this as we work to maintain our Green Flag Status. We hope for good weather this summer to allow our garden to flourish to benefit the school and community.

The Pupil Council are planning activities to help us celebrate World Book Day this year. One of the things they asked to do was to have another book bring and buy sale.

Children can donate books that they have finished reading from Monday 26th to Wednesday 28th February (good condition only please).

On Thursday 1st March, all children will have the opportunity to come and buy a different book for 20p.

Money raised will be used to order new books for classroom libraries.

Further information regarding other activities for World Book Day will be posted by the Pupil Council soon.

Thank you for your support.

The January newsletter is now available in the tab at the top of the page.

At Morningside one of our Eco Committees priorities is Biodiversity which involves us making our playground wildlife friendly. The Eco Committee and the Gardening / Eco after school clubs have been working hard in the garden to encourage wildlife for example making bird cakes, refilling the fat ball feeders regularly and planting wildlife friendly flowers.

Now it is your turn to join in and help us find out if our hard work is paying off. We would ask you to take part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch which run between 27^th – 29^th January 2018.

All it takes is an hour and all you have to do is simply watch the birds in your garden or local park, then fill in the form to tell the RSPB what you see. The Big Garden Birdwatch gives the RSPB an astonishing amount of information about how the wildlife is fairing e.g. what is thriving, and what’s under threat and then they can find out why.

All results of your bird watch should be submitted by 13^th February, you can do this by placing your form in an envelope and addressing it to Freepost BIG GARDEN BIRD WATCH. Or you can enter you results online at rspb.org.uk/birdwatch. The RSPB will summaries the information and announce the results of the Big Garden Bird Watch by 28^th March.

All the information you need is attached in the few documents at the bottom of the page.

Big Garden Bird Watch Booklet

Big Garden Bird Watch Form

What Birds can you see

Happy Bird Watching!

Miss Jones & the Eco Committee

Dear Parents/Carers,

This information may be particularly relevant as snow is forecast and service delivery may be interrupted if we experience any severe weather conditions.  Let’s hope that you do not need to use this information.

In severe weather, parents should make their arrangements taking account of the following:

• Travel to and from school may be difficult. Parents should check that their children can get to and from school safely before they set out.
• Some transport may not operate normally. Parental arrangements should take into account notified and unexpected cancellations.  School bus may not be able to operate a normal service in severe weather.  It may not be possible for school transport to pick up or drop off pupils in the normal locations and alternative arrangements, for example at a main road, may be necessary.
• Please note that the bus companies will make their own decision on travel arrangements and contact the HT.

Information will be updated on the North Lanarkshire website, www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk from approx. 7am.

Facebook and Twitter feeds @nlcwinter will also be updated.

Also keep an eye on our own twitter page @morningsideps and our website/blog glowscotland.gov.uk/nl/morningsideblog.

These feeds can be updated remotely by staff whereas our text system can only be updated from in school.  This therefore relies on staff to be in school and text updates may not come through as quickly as twitter or blog updates.

Information will appear on the NLC website should schools need to close for any reason but this will only be in exceptional circumstances.

Information will also be broadcast on the radio through North Lanarkshire protocol procedures.

The school telephone number is 01698 274938. However, please check online for information before calling as phone lines will be busy and staff availability may be affected. 

I hope you find this information useful as we are trying to plan ahead.

Yours Sincerely,

Jennifer Gardiner

Head Teacher