1103, 2025

School and Nursery App

Dear Parent/Carer, Following feedback received from parents directly, through the HMIE surveys and from Parent Council members, we have been looking at ways of improving school to home communication. Many parents have reported missing communications by email, children not receiving paper letters and others being unsure where to find important dates in the newsletters. To try and overcome this and provide an area for parents to find all information, we

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1712, 2024

Nursery Applications 25/26

You can now apply for a nursery place starting from August 2025. More information can be found by clicking on the following link. Early learning and childcare applications | North Lanarkshire Council If you wish to apply for a place at Kirkshaws Nursery, the application can be completed and sent directly to us. The following link will take you directly to the electronic form. It should be downloaded, completed and

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1712, 2024

Registration for P1 – August 2025

REGISTRATION OF INFANT BEGINNERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL SESSION 2025/26 Children who attain the age of 5 years between 1 March 2025 and 28 February 2026 should be registered for education during the week commencing Monday 13 January 2025. Parents/carers should take their children to the appropriate local primary school during that week at the times(s) designated by the school concerned.  Birth certificates and a current council tax notice must be

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1009, 2024

NUT FREE SCHOOL & NURSERY

Dear Parent/Carer Just a little reminder that we are a NUT FREE school and nursery.  Children should not bring anything to school or nursery containing nut products. This includes Nutella/Bueno snacks. In the interest of safety, we really do appreciate your continued support in this as we safeguard members of our school community with life threatening allergies. Kind Regards, Debbie McGarry Principal Teacher 

1009, 2024

ASDA Cashpot

Parent Council Update: Asda: Cashpot for Schools  We are delighted to let you know that Kirkshaws Primary and Nursery School has signed up for the new Asda Cashpot for schools initiative 💚 You can donate as you shop with no extra cost or impact to your own Asda rewards balance!!  Asda make the contributions based on what we spend. It is really easy to set up too! You just scan the

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0909, 2024

School Uniform Update

The following letter was emailed out to all school parents Dear Parent/Carer, We’ve received a few queries about school uniform since Friday, so I wanted to clarify what was discussed at assembly. The message delivered was as I emailed home on the 30th August. At Kirkshaws Primary School, the wearing of school uniform is expected and actively encouraged. It also helps to create an identity with the school and when

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3008, 2024

School Photo Day & Uniform

There has been a change to the school and nursery photo day. School and nursery photos will now be taken on Monday 23rd September. We called yesterday to confirm the date and ask that stage photos are also taken as I would like to display these in the corridor. The photographer then explained that due to another booking, our date has changed and will be as above. I have updated

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