School Blog – Page 30 – Stane Primary School and Nursery Class

Let’s go fly a kite!

The boys and girls in Primary 3 have been learning all about positive attitudes and being more mindful of what they can achieve, both as a group and individually.

They have been filling up their partner’s buckets by saying and doing nice things for them.

They also have been exploring how team building, playing and having fun together in the outdoor environment can impact on their well-being.

Here are some lovely photographs of the children making the most of the windy weather and flying their kite.

What’s on week beginning Monday 24th August 2015

Monday 24th August 2015

9.30am-10.30am: Kilbowie Information Session for P7 Parents (Gym Hall)

Tuesday 25th August 2015

9.00am – 12pm: Mr Clark attending a Nursery Management Course

4.00pm-5.00pm: Kilbowie Information Session for P7 Parents (Gym Hall).

Wednesday 26th August 2015

9.45am – 10.15am: Celebrating Success Assembly

11.00am-12pm: Our new ‘Cybercoach’ System is being installed. This is being funded as part of our Awards for All grant.

3.15pm – 4.15pm: Teaching Staff Meeting. The staff will be learning about a new online Literacy Resource for the school.

Friday 28th August 2015

NON-UNIFORM DAY – £1 per pupil towards School Improvement Fund.

Mr. Clark will be out of school all day for meetings.

2.15pm: Golden Time

Flying High in Primary 3.

The boys and girls in Primary 3 got off to a flying start this week. They played lots of getting to know you games and introduced themselves to their new classmates.

Everyone created a colourful kite to represent their wonderful personalities, which I am also enjoying getting to know too.

We also have a new member of our class, who is a lost Teddy Bear. The children have kindly agreed to take him under their wing and Demi came up with the name Freddy the Teddy. Each week, a child will take Freddy home to live with them and write a short sentence about their daily adventures. The children and I will blog regularly to keep all of the parents and carers informed.

Learning through Play

The children in the nursery learn a lot every day through play and exploration of the nursery resources. Here’s a wee snapshot of some of the things they have been learning about this week:

Using a range of tools to create different shapes.

Exploring textures and patterns using play dough.

“The boy is sick and I am writing what is wrong with him.”

Primary 6/7

Our first few days back at school have been very eventful. We have moved into a new classroom and are starting to get the feel of where everything is. We have been settling back into the routine of class life and switching our brains on again! School life rapidly picks up pace again and this week we have engaged in Maths work, Language, PE, French as well as Art. Primary 7’s have also had a busy time buddying the new P1’s.

We also found out this week that P7 will be going to Kilbowie in October and the classroom is alive with chatter!!

Here we are on our first day back.

Primary 1/2

Primary 1/2 had another busy day again today. We had our first experience of soft start this morning and we attended our first whole school assembly where we learned new songs and about the Golden Rules. After playtime we began learning about the ‘a’ sound and the painting station seemed to be particularly popular one. Before lunch we had just enough time to join P.4/5 at the trim trail. After lunch we took part in our P.E lesson (which will take place on Wednesdays and Fridays).

First Day at Stane Primary

Today the Primary 1 boys and girls had their first day at Stane Primary School and I don’t think they could have been more prepared with their new uniforms, bags, pencil cases and lunch boxes. P.1/2 had a very busy day touring the school, doing arts and crafts and learning in the open area. There was just enough time for a short story before home time.

PE Timetable from August 2015

Pupils in Primary 1-7 are entitled to two hours of quality PE lessons per week. At Stane Primary School, this is split into two blocks across the week. This session, the class teacher will deliver one PE lesson per week. Pupils in P1-5 will have one lesson per week with Mrs. McLean and P6/7 will have one lesson with Mrs. Scott. The table below shows which day and time each class will have their PE lessons.

Pupils are required to change into suitable PE clothing e.g. shorts, t-shirt and indoor shoes. In line with NLC Policy, children should remove jewellery before participating in PE lessons.

The children in the nursery will have one session in the Gym Hall per week (but are not required to change into PE Kit).

Welcome to the new term!

School re-opens to all pupils on Tuesday 18th August 2015. We are looking forward to welcome back all staff and pupils and meeting the newest additions to our school too.

First day arrangements:

On Tuesday 18th, Breakfast Club will be available to any pupils in Primary 2 to Primary 7 from 8.30am-8.45am. Children should arrive at breakfast club via the P3-7 pupil entrance.

When the school bell rings at 9am, Mr. Clark and Mrs. Scott will collect the children from the playground and escort them to the hall for a short assembly to meet their new teacher and then go to class.

New Primary 1 pupils should arrive via the Main Entrance for 9.45am. A maximum of two Parents/Carers or relatives per child will be permitted to see them into class but we ask you to only stay for a few minutes. Parents of P1 children should return to the hall via the Main Entrance for 2.45pm collection.

All Primary 2s will be dismissed from the infant doors at 3pm. Primary 3-7 will exit via the doors nearest the picnic tables at the red-ash area.

Arrangements from the second day of school:

All children from P1-7 may come to breakfast club from Wednesday 19th August 2015, entering via the pupils doors for P3-7 pupils. Please note that adults are unable to escort the children into the breakfast club, but don’t worry, there are lots of members of staff on hand to assist the children.

P1/2 and P2 will be dismissed from the infant doors at 3pm and P3-7 will exit via the doors nearest the picnic tables at the red-ash area.

Nursery

The nursery session remains unchanged. 8.45am-11.55am for the morning session and 12.45pm-3.55pm for the afternoon session. Returning children should be brought to nursery as normal via the Nursery Door.

The date for new nursery pupils was issued on the offer of place letter (new nursery children start days are staggered to allow individual time with the staff).

On the first day, children should be brought to nursery thirty minutes into the session (9.15am for morning pupils and 1.15pm for afternoon pupils.) For the first day at nursery, pupils will stay for around thirty minutes.

Times for the child’s second day will be arranged between the key-worker and the parent/carer.

Inservice Days

The staff will be working on Friday 14th and Monday 17th August 2015. If you need any information or have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with us during these two days.

If you are new to the area, or know anyone with school age children who have moved to our catchment area over the holidays, please get in touch during the inset days and we will be happy to help.

If any of your contact details have changed over the holidays, please let us know.