Tag: Parent Council
What’s on Week Beginning 29th August 2016 (Interactive Edition)
What’s on Week Beginning Monday 29th August 2016
The school lunch menu for the week ahead:
What’s on this week:
Tuesday 30th August 2016
- 11.00am-12pm: Library Bus. Any pupils from P4/5, P5/6 and P6/7 who wish to visit the bus will be accompanied in small groups.
Wednesday 31st August 2016
- 9.45am-10.15am: Celebrating Success Assembly (Remember to bring any achievements from home).
- 6.00pm-8.00pm: Parent Council Meeting (All parents/carers are welcome to attend).
Thursday 1st September 2016
- 9.00am-10.00am: Mr. Kane, Brass Instructor, in school to work with Brass Instrumentalists.
- 11.00am-12.30pm: P5 Swimming Block at Shotts Leisure Centre begins today. Pupils require swimming costume and towel.
Friday 2nd September 2016
- 2.00pm-2.15pm: Extra Playtime for children who earn Silver or Gold.
- 2.15pm-2.45pm: Golden Time
Thursday 10th March 2016
I had a lovely day working with P6/7. They were practising their badminton techniques by working cooperatively with partners to serve, return and smash the shuttle. Afterwards, they played a whole class game of non-stop Badminton. After interval, the class focussed on Narrative writing in the weekly Taught Writing lesson. The theme of this was ‘Adverse Weather’ and the children were learning to focus on characters feelings and reaction written in more expressive ways. They also worked hard to create interesting, expressive introductions to each paragraph to hold the reader’s interest. I was very impressed with how hard each pupil worked on this. I am looking forward to working with them again tomorrow and accompanying the class to the Shotts Rotary Club Quiz at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall.
Primary 1/2 and 2 had a brilliant visit from two Paramedics this afternoon – you can read all about this here.
Our new cashless system is still working very well – but there was a big queue to top-up cards at interval today. It’s a much better idea to provide children with enough money to last a week to reduce the amount of time they need to spend at the machine.
Tickets for the fabulous hamper donated by the Parent Council went on sale today at 50p a strip. The school captains and vice-captains were selling the tickets round the classes and will continue to sell them tomorrow and next week too.
Our transition to nursery programme continues every week with children in the nursery taking part in Soft Start or Golden Time on a Friday. Tomorrow we will also have our monthly Transition Play Session, with children from the am nursery session visiting the open area to take part in lots of ‘People who Help us’ structured play activities.
Primary 4/5 will also be out of school for a time tomorrow as they visit Wishaw Sports Centre to take part in a Tennis Tournament. I am sure they will have a lovely day.
And finally, our busy week will end on a real high note tomorrow with the annual Parent Council Bingo night taking place at 7.30pm in the Marble Club. I am looking forward to it and hope to see you there!
Week Beginning Monday 15th February 2016
General Information
This week’s lunch menu:
There’s lots happening at Stane Primary School and Nursery class this week:
M&M Theatre Production
As a special treat, the children in P1-7 will enjoy a performance of ‘The Little Princess’ performed by the wonderful M&M Theatre Company. This will take place in the school gym hall from 1pm. The school will meet the cost of this.
To allow the performance to start on time, lunchtime will be earlier on Monday (12pm-12.45pm).
Valentine’s Disco
The Parent Council Valentine’s Disco will take place on Tuesday 16th February in the gym hall.
- Nursery to P2 – 5.30pm to 6.30pm
- P3-P7 – 6.45pm-8.00pm
- £1.50 per pupil, payable on entry.
- Tuck shop and glow sticks available to buy during the disco.
P6 Enterprise
The P6 Enterprise Group will hold their ‘Ice Cream’ initiative this week. They will take orders in the morning and deliver ice-cream after lunchtime. (On Monday, it will be delivered after interval due to the theatre visit)
Children can order:
- a Cone or a Tub – 50p (2 scoops of strawberry, chocolate or vanilla)
- added extras – 10p (sprinkles or raspberry sauce)
Rugby After School Club (Monday)
This club is cancelled this week as the coach is unavailable.
Nursery Football Taster Sessions:
Active Schools are delivering Mini-nippers Football Taster sessions on Tuesday (9.15am-10am and 1.15pm-2pm).
SSPCA Visit
Staff from SSPCA visit primary schools every year to deliver workshops on animal safety/prevention of cruelty to animals. This will take place this Thursday at the following times:
P6/7: 9.30am-10.30am
P1-3 11am-11.30am (Gym Hall)
11.30am-12.30pm P4/5 (or as soon as possible following return from swimming).
1.20pm-2.20pm P5/6
Other events this week:
Monday 15th February 2016
- 12.00-12.45pm: Early Lunch
- 1pm-3pm: M&M Theatre Production – “The Little Princess”. You can find out more about this at http://www.magicoftheatre.com/shows/classic/little-princess
- 3.00pm-4.15pm: P4-6 Fun Fitness After School Club with S6 Sports Leaders (PE Kit and Water Bottle required)
- 3.00pm-4.15pm: P4-7 Arts and Crafts Club with Mrs. McGurk.
- Tuesday 16th February 2016
- Approx. 9.15am: Willie Yeoman from Clyde River Foundation in school – delivery of Fish Eggs to P6/7 and P5/6.
- 9.15am: Nursery Football Taster Session (Gym Hall)
- 10.45am-11.45am: Jean-Baptiste (French Assistant from Calderhead HS) working with P1/2.
- 11.15am-12.15pm: Library Bus in school for P4-7.
- 3.00pm-4.15pm: P4-7 Dance After School Club with S6 Sports Leaders (PE Kit and Water Bottle Required)
- 3.00pm-4.15pm: P4-7 Cross Country Running Club with Mr. Clark (Outdoor PE Kit and Water Bottle Required)
- 3.00pm-4.15pm: P4-7 Science Club with Mrs Robert (Outdoor footwear required).
- 5.30pm-8.00pm: PC Valentine’s Disco. (See above)
Wednesday 17th February 2016
- 9.00am-3.00pm: Nursery pre-school children vision screening.
- 9.30am-10.15am: Celebrating Success Assembly.
- 1.15pm-3.15pm: Fiona from Childsmile will be in school to visit P1-7 re Tooth brushing.
- 1.30pm: Miss Law in P2 for Roots of Empathy Programme.
Thursday 18th February 2016
- 9.15am-11.15am: Primary 5 Swimming Block Week 10 – Swimming and PE Kit required
- 10.00am-11.30am: Mr. Clark accompanying Cross-Country runners to tournament at Shotts Community Centre.
- 3.00pm-4.15pm: P4-7 Football After School club led Active Schools Coach (PE Kit and Water Bottle Required)
- 3.00pm-4.15pm: P1-3 Arts and Crafts Club led by Miss Thomson
Friday 19th February 2016
- 9am-3.30pm: Mr. Clark attending Nurturing Lives and Communities Conference
- 1.00pm-3.00pm: Nursery ABC Music Support Session.
- 1.15pm-3.00pm: Claire Cassidy from Strathclyde University to working with P2 on Primary School Philosophy.
- 2.15pm-2.45pm: Golden Time.
Mr. Clark’s Blog – Tuesday 20th October 2015
I had the pleasure of teaching Primary 5/6 all day today. It was lovely to be a ‘class teacher’ for the day and to spend time sharing the learning of the children. They were learning more about report writing today and the children were writing biographies of the American artist Georgia O’Keeffe. The children’s reports were written in a factual way and each person was able to make good use of headings to organise their information. I was very impressed with the quality of the writing.
In the afternoon, the children were creating art work in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe and this will be displayed in the school hall when it is complete. I was very impressed with the children’s use of shape and bold colours to create their art.
The Primary 5’s enjoyed their fortnightly Kodaly music lesson with Mrs. McGregor today. She is teaching them all about the rhythm of musical beat using ‘ta’ and ‘ta-te’. I enjoyed hearing their songs when they returned to class.
Primary 2 have been busy learning the months of the year in maths with Mrs. McLean and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to their song today. Their enthusiasm was evident with their big smiles as they sang.
The new ‘colour band’ system is proving to be very successful in the dinner hall, with all children getting their first choice again today. I am very impressed with how quickly the children have taken to the new system. Please continue to help your child decide what they are going to order each morning. Remember that the menu can be found online.
The children in Primary 3 and Primary 4/5 are still working hard on the rehearsals for their Egyptian themed assembly which takes place on Friday 30th October at 9.30am. All parents, carers and relatives of pupils in these classes are invited to attend.
Two weeks ago, the AGM of the Parent Council and the first meeting of the newly formed 2015/16 group took place in the school. The minutes are available on the school website in the ‘Parent Council’ menu. I am delighted that two local companies affiliated with the Parent Council are going to sponsor new football strips and tracksuits for the school and can’t wait for them to arrive.
At the AGM, Mrs. Linfoot joined the Parent Council as Staff Member, and Rev. Jonathan Abernathy-Barkley, the new school chaplain, was accepted as a co-opted member. There is currently one vacancy on the Parent Council. An information letter about this will be sent home this week with details of how parents can express an interest in filling this vacancy.
The Parent Council will be delighted to welcome all children to the Hallowe’en Disco next week. It takes place on Tuesday 27th October 2015. The Nursery children, P1 and P2 should attend between 5.30pm and 6.30pm. P3-7 disco takes place between 6.45pm and 8pm. £1.50 entry to be paid at the door.
If your child is the oldest member of your family in our P1-7 classes, they will have come home with the Parent Teacher consultation letters today. These take place on Thursday 12th November 2015. The letter allows you to select between the afternoon and evening sessions. Please return the tear-off slip as soon as possible to class to allow the teachers to plan suitable appointment times.
Tomorrow is our weekly ‘Celebrating Success’ assembly. Check out Twitter feed later on tomorrow to see photographs of the pupils who are celebrating success in and out of school.
