At the moment no decision has been made regarding a snow closure for Thursday. However, some of our activities have been cancelled already – whether school is open or not. NLC has cancelled all swimming for Thursday. Our Fundraisers have also made the decision to reschedule their planned Coffee Morning. As soon as an alternative date is set, we’ll let you know. After school clubs will also be cancelled in order
All North Lanarkshire schools and nurseries are closed today. For regular updates follow us on Twitter, or the official council sites such as @nlc people or the Schools Winter Weather website. If you can, get out and enjoy playing in the snow. If you WANT TO you can finish any homework tasks, settle down with a book for some DEAR time or try any activities on our Winter Weather Webpage. No decision has
Week 2 menu this week. Please remember to discuss menu options daily with your child. We still find some children are choosing food they don’t like. With World Book Day being on Thursday, we will be having a huge focus on reading all week. Homework for most classes will be a ‘catch-up’ week, plus the extra reading challenges issued last week. The exception to this is Primary 1, who
It’s been a week of putting our CORE VALUES into practice. Primary 7 demonstrated great RESILIENCE during their adventure walk on Monday. With Mrs McBain and our CLD workers, they spent the whole day exploring Mugdock Park. As always their RESPECT for their hosts and the local environment was evident as they worked as a team to complete a further task of their North Lanarkshire Challenge programme. Some of our
Week 1 menu this week and clubs restart after their short break for mid-term. Sponsorship Money was due in last week, so if you have still to return this, we would appreciate it as soon as possible. Monday P.7 are off to Mugdock Park for an adventure walk as part of their North Lanarkshire Challenge tasks. 3pm – P.4-7 Football, P.1-3 Family Fitness and Cross Country Tuesday Mr Gall and
It might have been a short week, but we’ve still managed to fit in an unbelievable amount of work! If you’ve been into school this week, you probably noticed a few changes underway. We are re-vamping our wall displays and reorganising space to make the most of our learning environment. You may see that our Wider Achievements wall is no longer outside the office…but DON’T WORRY! It is still thriving,
My week started of with a quick trip to Coatbridge Library. This year, Kirkshaws will be taking part in the Primary Reading Quiz which is open to all primary schools in North Lanarkshire. As always, we have a willing band of volunteers ready to take on another challenge. This holiday weekend I have four senior students committed to reading the set texts…which are pretty substantial books. I know they will
Remember, if Homework Grids get lost, or don’t make it home, you can always download a copy here: Learning at Home
One more week until our mid-term break next weekend. Remember school is closed Monday 12th & Tuesday 13th February. Pupils do not attend on Wednesday 14th either, as this is a teachers’ in-service training day. Monday night is our next Parent Council Meeting. All parents welcome. Over the next few weeks we will introduce text messaging as a further means of communication with home. Please let the office know if
We finished off our Scottish month with a celebration of learning, covering song, poetry and art. Learners from all classes, including our morning nursery, took part, with their peers cheering them on and joining in. The effort and achievements demonstrated far surpassed my expectations. Yet again, Kirkshaws staff, pupils AND parents gave it their all. I know many of you will have heard the same poems over and over again
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