HOME AND SCHOOL LINKS
We believe that parents have an important role to play in the life of the school and their
child’s education. The relationship between home and school should be seen as a co-operative partnership, which serves to ensure that each child feels secure in the school environment and is able to achieve their full potential.
If you have any concerns about any aspect of school life please contact the member of Senior Management responsible –
P1, P2 & P3 – Mrs. E. Diamond – nldiamonde@northlan.org.uk
P4 and P5 – Miss. R. McCarthy – nlmccarthyr@northlan.org.uk
P6 and P7 – Mr. J. Paterson – nlpatersonj1@northlan.org.uk
Class Newsletters and Homework Grids – 2024 – 2025
Term 1
PRIMARY 1B CLASS NEWSLETTER TERM 1
P5 CLASS NEWSLETTER Term 1 2024
TERM 2
PRIMARY 1A – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 1B – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 2-1 – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 2 – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 3A – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 3B – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 4 – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 5 – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
P5-6 – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 6 CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 6.7 CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
PRIMARY 7 – CLASS NEWSLETTER – TERM 2
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, FAMILY LEARNING
NUMERACY SKILLS COURSE
SCHOOL OF CHARACTER – VALUES
Flagship Family Award – Challenge of the Month
During the session 23-24, families and children are encouraged to participate in activities that demonstrates civic service.
Civic service/engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life of your community. It involves developing knowledge, skills, values, motivation and commitment to make that difference. We encourage our families to engage in as many activities as they can over the session, including stage specific and monthly whole school activities. Each activity families participate in and contribute to, will support the ‘Flagship Family Award’ – Infants, Juniors and Seniors. The award will be presented at the Leavers and Awards Ceremony in June.
New to Balmalloch – Each term, we would like to welcome our families into school for a ‘biscuit and a blether’, developing relationships within the community. This will be led by our P7 Pupil Representatives and Community Pupil Partnership Team. More information to follow, please let us know if you would like to join us.
More information can be found here – FAMILY VALUES PROJECTS – CHARACTER EDUCATION 2023
Groupcall Messenger
As we are an ECO school and have achieved our 7th flag, we will try to limit the amount of
information we send out on paper. It is essential, therefore, that we have an up to date email
address from each of our families to allow us to communicate with you effectively.
We use Groupcall Messenger for Parents’ Afternoon/Evening Appointments:
- Go to http://www.parents-booking.co.uk/balmalloch primary
PLEASE NOTE: You need to type this address into your website browser’s
‘address bar’. Do not try to ‘Google’ this website address or use a search engine
as that will not work. This is a common mistake on phones and tablets especially. - Login to see which appointments are available and select one that is convenient for
you. - You will need to enter:
Your title (Mr/Mrs/Miss) and surname (these must match those we have on record for
you), your child’s first name, surname and date of birth. - Once you have logged in, we suggest you use the ‘Automated Booking Wizard’ to make
your appointments. You will be shown your child/children and their teachers. Tick the
teacher you wish to book and enter your availability. The wizard will use this
information to calculate the best order for your appointments, allowing you to navigate
the teachers in the quickest and most efficient manner.
Troubleshooting Tips – please read before booking!
a) To login you need to enter the details we have on record for you and your child.
If you have recently changed your title or surname, for example, and not
informed us, we will be expecting you to login with the details we have on
record.
b) The email address you enter is only used to receive a confirmation of your
appointment. If the system gives you an error when you login, it will not be the
email address that is the problem.
c) If you have several children to make bookings for, and decide not to use the
Booking Wizard, but instead make appointments individually, use the ‘Change
Child’ button on the blue bar (above the school’s name) in the very top left
corner of the Parents’ Booking Page to swap between your children.
School Uniform Bank
We have a School Uniform Bank. See below for details and you can contact Mrs. Mitchell in the school office for more information – nlmitchellm@northlan.org.uk
You could be entitled to the new Scottish Child Payment which will give eligible families £40 every four weeks for each child under six to help with the costs of looking after your child.
Please follow the link to find out more information – https://opfs.org.uk/support-and-advice/your-benefits/benefits-in-scotland/scottish-child-payment/
