Hapy New Year and welcome back to school. It was lovely on Monday to see all the children and staff back to school. From all the chatter, I think everyone had a great break.
New Lunchtime Arrangements
As I am sure you know all Primary 1-3 pupils are eligible for Free School Meals from Monday. This is going really well within the school, with the numbers of children taking a school lunch increasing day on day. We have slightly altered our lunch arrangements to accommodate the increased numbers. We were given additional seating which has meant we can now seat 170 children in the Junior Open Area. Therefore we are having 2 sittings from lunch. Children in Rooms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are coming to the dining area at 12.30pm, with pupils in rooms 8, 9, 11 & 12 going out to play until approximately 12.50. When the second bell rings these pupils come into school and eat with their packed lunch or school dinner in the dining area. This is working really well so far.
Wet Mornings/Playtimes & Lunchtimes
Can I remind all parents that unless pupils are coming to school to the breakfast club they should not be in the school or the playground until 8.45am. This is due to Health & Safely arrangements. Even on wet morning, pupils will not be allowed into school until 8.45am as we do not have appropriate supervision. Whe the wet bell rings, pupils should enter the school via the front door, with puils in rooms 1, 2, 3 and 4 going to the Infant Open Area and the rest of the pupils waiting in the Junior Open/Dining Area. If it is a wet playtime or lunchtime the same arrangements will apply, rooms 1, 2, 3 & 4 will be supervised in the Infant Area where a choice of activities including DVD, colouring and reading will be on offer. Pupils in other classes will be supervised in the Junior Open/Dining Area and again a choice of activities is on offer. All activities are table based due to Health & Safety and space requirements.
Infant Enrolment
We will be enrolling our new Primary 1 pupils next Monday & Tuesday from 11am – 12 noon and 3pm – 4pm on each day. Any pupil who will be 5 years old between 1st March 2015 and 29th February 2016, should enrol at their catchment school. Please ensure you bring your child’s Birth Certificate as well as Council Tax bill/statement to allow us to complete the enrolment process.
Handbook
A new copy of our handbook is available on our website or by clicking here
