The school is delighted to announce that Miss Alison Sommerville has been appointed the new Head Teacher and will take up her post in August 2017. This week, Miss Sommerville visited the school to meet pupils and staff. We look forward to welcoming Miss Sommerville in August.
We would like to remind you that this Saturday 17th of June is our local Viewpark Gala Day. This year the Royal Party has been chosen from our school. Our theme is ‘Aitkenhead Rocks.’ Pupils and parents are encouraged to dress as rockstars, come along and join in the fun. The parade will leave Smurfit car park at 10.30am. We would love as many of our pupils, parents and families
Thank you Mrs Millar for these wonderful photos from the beat the street walk last night organised by The Parent Council. Around 60 people took part and contributed to our climb up the leaderboard. We are now in 12th place on the total points leaderboard and 20th place on the average points leaderboard!! Wow boys and girls this is amazing!! The weather is going to be beautiful over the
Our Parent Council have organised a weekly event to get together and play beat the street, gaining points for our school. This event is open to all pupils and parents of Aitkenhead. Meet: The park next to the back gate/Birkenshaw Sports Barn Time: 6.30pm When: Every Wednesday 24th May until 21st of June Remember to bring your key fobs and cards. All pupils must be accompanied by an adult. LETS
Today two Primary 7 pupils, Mrs Devine, Mrs McCafferty (UGS) and Mrs McHenry (Bothwell PS) attended North Lanarkshire Council’s 2+1 Modern Language Awards at Airdrie Football Stadium. I’m delighted and extremely proud to say that our cluster won a special award for good practise of Primary and Secondary transition. Our cluster schools work collaboratively to plan and resource a progressive modern language programme to ensure a smooth transition for children from
Following the AGM held on Thursday 9th March 2017, the Parent Council wish to inform parents of the updated committee: Office Bearers Chair – Julie Millar Depute Chair – Karen McGill Secretary – Vacant Position Treasurer – Karen McCutcheon Clerk – Edith Kupsky Committee Members Claire Addis, Johanne Cairney, Dean Conlon, Georgios Karyotis, Lynn McKinnon, Jacqueline White We would like to remind all parents that you are very welcome to
Today pupils, parents and staff participated in a workshop to choose the values we wish to have on our new vision and values policy for our school. It was a very successful morning resulting in children drawing characters to represent the values which are important to them. We had lots of super ideas from an Active Amy to Healthy Harry or a Fair Frank. Next comes the hard part to
Beat the Street is back!! Beat the street has made a welcome return to North Lanarkshire Council. Beat the Street North Lanarkshire will run from Wednesday 3 May – Wednesday 21 June! Beat the Street is a free, fun game for the communities of North Lanarkshire to see how far you can walk, cycle, run and move any which way you can! Last year we were very successful and came 9th
Children and staff have been busy at work sharing our ideas to prepare our vision and values for our school. We look forward to welcoming parents and guardians on Friday morning for a workshop where you too can contribute your ideas for our future. Reminder of the times: Parents of pupils in P1-3 9.30-10.30am Parents of pupils in P4-7 11.00-12.00pm Please let us know if you are
A summary of hmie inspection findings has now been published on the Education Scotland website. Please see the link below for more information. https://education.gov.scot/reports/north-lanarkshire/8519323
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