1110, 2016

Cross Country

Well done to the 10 pupils who ran in today’s Cross Country Festival at Coatbridge Outdoor Centre. Great effort from all of them and very good behaviour. Also a big thanks to coaches Gillian McCardie and Graeme Paterson and parent supporter Lesley Kelly!

0710, 2016

Cooking

The pupils in Loch Awe were cooking with apples collected from the community and schools allotment. They made apple crumble, apple sauce and apple chutney. The crumble was delicious and the chutney and sauce will be available at the Christmas shows.

3009, 2016

Free School Clothes

We have a collection of school clothes available to parents free of charge. Some items have been donated by parents and others have been collected from lost property. They will be available at parent’s night next week, or alternatively you can call in at the school via the main office to view what is available. We have jumpers, cardigans, jackets, blazers, skirts, pinafores, trousers, white shirts, yellow dresses and a

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2809, 2016

Harvest Collection for Airdrie Foodbank

This year our Harvest Collection will be for the Airdrie Foodbank (Trussell Trust). They are in urgent need of the following items: Pasta Rice Tinned tomatoes Tinned fish Tinned meat Sugar Tea Coffee Cereal Toiletries Nappies They will also welcome donations of: UHT or powdered milk Fruit juice (long life cartons) Tinned puddings Biscuits Snacks Sauces Soup Jam Tinned fruit Your contribution should be made before the Harvest assembly on

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2709, 2016

Open Mornings

Thanks to those parents who were able to attend the Loch Tay open morning. Your child should have brought home an evaluation for you to complete. Please return this to the school. Your comments are of value to us and help us to plan future events. The next open morning will take place this Thursday (29th September) 9.30-1.30 and is for pupils in Loch Lomond Base (P4/5/6) with Mrs Wilson.

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2709, 2016

Free School Meals/Payment of School Meals

A letter from NLC regarding school meals has been added to the letters section in the parent area of this blog. It outlines the process for applying for free school meals and the payment process for those not entitled to free meals.

1909, 2016

Loch Awe Homework

Pupils in Loch Awe were issued with a fresh homework pack today. We did discuss the following, but in case of any confusion, here is some more information: Please copy the missing word sheet into the jotter. Please do a total of 2 spelling activities- one each week. This week’s rule is that “u” always follows “q”. Pupils should check the words they have chosen are spelled correctly before completing

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1809, 2016

Parental Engagement Survey

The authority’s Parental Engagement Strategy is currently being revised. As well as reviewing the practice since the introduction of the Parental Involvement Act 2006, the revised strategy will draw on schools’ current and intended relationship with parents. To that end a survey has been created for parents to reflect and comment on current practice and suggest how parental engagement might be improved. For Parents: [ https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NLparentssep2016 ]https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NLparentssep2016

1409, 2016

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who has handed in their donations to the school. We are now so close to our target of £600 with £599.90 being raised so far. If you still have donations to hand in, please do so by the end of the week. This will allow us to order the online teaching resources as soon as possible. Thanks again!