This week’s lunch menu:
This week’s school calendar:
Tag: Parent Council
What’s on at Stane – Monday 8th to Friday 12th Jan 2018
Happy New Year!
School and nursery re-open to pupils and staff on Monday 8th January 2018 for Term 3.
This week’s lunch menu is week 1, but please note there will be no cold meat fillings for Snack2Go on Monday 8th Jan as the delivery will not arrive in time.
Where the menu states ‘peas’, this will be substituted with sweetcorn or salad.
The diary for this week:
What’s on at Stane 2nd to 6th October 2017
The lunch menu for this week:
NB – Tuesday’s dessert is now Fruit or Yoghurt. Flavoured milk is unavailable on Tue/Thu lunchtimes. Where ‘peas’ are stated on the menu, this will be replaced with sweetcorn or salad. Chicken Korma will be unavailable on Monday – the replacement choice will be confirmed on Monday am.
The diary for this week…
Monday 2nd October 2017
- Two Post-Graduate teaching students, Miss Dunn and Mr. Harper will begin a 2 week placement in the Nursery Class today.
- 9am-10.30am: P1-7 Grandparents’ Day Coffee Morning. (Parents/Relatived welcome to attend too!) Please hand in any donations of home-baking or shop bought items before school.
- 11am-12pm: Mme Bretaudau visiting to work with P2/3 and P3/4 for French Immersion work.
Tuesday 3rd October 2017
- 11.15am-12.15pm: Library Bus at school for any P1-7 pupils who wish to visit.
Wednesday 4th October 2017
- 9.30am-10.15am: Celebrating Success Assembly
- Mrs Finnlayson from NLC working with a P1 on Language Land.
- 1.30pm-2.30pm: P5/6 and P7 RME Lesson with Jonathan.
- 6pm-8pm: Parent Council AGM in Shotts EU Congregational Church. All Parents/Carers welcome to attend – the new PC positions are elected.
Thursday 5th October 2017
- Miss Smith visiting to work with P5-7 Brass Instrumentalists.
- 1.30pm-3pm: Seasons for Growth Re-connector session for pupils involved with this project last year.
- 2pm-3pm: Jordann from Active Schools working with P7 on Young Sports Leaders Training.
Friday 6th October 2017
- 10.45am-11.30am: Sining Assembly
- 2pm-2.15pm: Extra playtime for pupil achieving Gold or Silver
- 2.15pm-2.45pm: Golden Time
What’s on at Stane Monday 5th to Friday 9th June 2017
This week’s lunch menu:
The school diary for this week:
Monday 5th June 2017
- 1.30pm-2.30pm: Mr. Kane Brass Tutor in school instead of Thursday. Pupils who attend should bring their instruments.
- 3pm-4pm: P5-7 After School Football Club (PE Kit and water required)
Tuesday 6th June 2017
- 3pm-4pm: P6/7 Nurture Club with Mrs. Parker
Wednesday 7th June 2017
- 9.30am-12pm: Football Team playing in the Shotts Cluster Friendship league at Calderhead High School.
- 9.45am-10.15am: Celebrating Success Assembly
- 11am-11.30am: Sid and Shanarri workshop for am Nursery pupils (led by P6/7 pupils).
- 1.30pm-2.30pm: RME with Jonathan for P3/4 and P4/5.
- 1.30pm-2.30pm: Mr Cowan Bagpipe tutor working with P4 and P6 pupils.
- 6pm-8pm: Parent Council Meeting in Shotts EU Congregational Church Hall (All parents invited to attend).
Thursday 8th June 2017
- Inservice Day (school used as a General Election Polling Station):
- School and nursery closed to pupils.
Friday 9th June 2017
- 9am-10.30am and 1.30pm-3pm: Mr. O’Donnell working with pre-school nursery pupils for transition.
- 2pm-2.15pm: Extra Playtime for children achieving Silver or Gold.
- 2.15pm-2.45pm: Golden Time
Please note that football after school club will now only run on a Monday.
What’s on at Stane from Monday 27th February 2017
This week’s lunch menu:
The Diary for this week:
Monday 27th February 2017
- 11am-12pm: P4/5 Badminton Session with Active Schools coach (PE Kit required).
- 3pm-4pm: P5-7 After School Football Club (Outdoor PE Kit and water bottle required).
- 3pm-4pm: Family Fitness Fun Session – all families welcome to join us
Tuesday 28th February 2017
- 9am-12.30pm: P1/2 and P2/3 Healthy Eating Workshop with Warburton’s (rearranged from earlier in the month).
- 3pm-4pm: P1-3 Multisports Club with Active Schools coach (PE Kit and Water bottle required).
Wednesday 1st March 2017
- 9.45am-10.15am: Celebrating Success Assembly
- 9.45am-12pm: Football Team participating in Cluster Tournament at Calderhead High School.
- 11am-11.15am: Tea with Mr. Clark
- 1.30pm-2.00pm: P1/2 and P2/3 RME with Jonathan.
- 1.30pm-2pm: Pupil Learning Conversation with Mr. Clark (three pupils from each class will bring their Maths work to share with Mr. Clark).
- 6pm-8pm: Parent Council Meeting in Shotts EU Congregational Church (All parents/carers welcome to attend).
Thursday 2nd March 2017
- 9am-10am: Mr. Kane (Brass Teacher) in school to work with percussion children.
- 11am-12.30pm: Solihull Understanding Your Child Group – Week 5.
- 1.30pm-2.30pm: P6/7 working with GBT Shotts for Community Litter Pick.
- 3pm-4pm: P5-7 Cross Country Running Club (Outdoor PE clothes and water required).
Friday 3rd March 2017
- Miss Wilson’s last day of placement in P6/7.
- 10.50am-11.20am: Singing Assembly (an opportunity for P1-7 to enjoy some shared singing time).
- 2pm-2.15pm: Extra Playtime for pupils achieving Silver or Gold.
- 2.15pm-2.45pm: golden Time
- 3pm-4pm: Football After School Club (PE Kit and Water Bottle required).
Head Teacher’s Blog – Monday 6th February 2017
The nursery children were very excited to have the chicks back in the playroom today after their ‘wee break’ over the weekend. Mrs. Lindsay took them home with her on Friday afternoon and took very good care of them – they even got to watch the rugby on the television! The children in the nursery have been so caring to the little chicks and are looking after them very well. We will miss them on Friday but are pleased that they are going to a lovely farm to have a happy life.
I had a lovely morning visiting P6/7 and then P3/4 to join in with their Taught Writing lessons. Primary 6/7 were writing in the persuasive genre. They had chosen to write letters to persuade their audience to improve the provision of outdoor activities in Shotts. They were able to use some very persuasive language and used facts and data to make their arguments. I was very impressed with their hard work and concentration.
Mrs. Robert’s class were working on Narrative stories linked to their interdisciplinary topic ‘Knights and Castles’. They used their topic vocabulary about a knight to make their narratives very detailed and used a video clip of ‘Mike the Knight’ to help develop their descriptive language. I was very pleased to see the children involved in peer assessment to improve their work and was delighted with the concentration and focus of all children.
As a school, we encourage daily activity to focus the children’s attention and concentration. I joined P6/7 for a little bit of their afternoon activity where they were running a mile around the trim-trail. It was nice to see the children energised and enthusiastic for their work afterwards.
I am always very grateful by the kindness and generosity of our parents/carers and families. Today alone, our school has benefited from parent helpers working in classes, grandparents and parents helping with some DIY and ground maintenance and other parents donating items for our Loose Parts Play. Thank you to each and everyone of you who has given of your time over the past few weeks to assist.
Tomorrow, P1/2 and P2/3 will be taking part in a healthy eating workshop with Warburtons. I will be visiting P5/6 and P4/5 to join in with their Taught Writing lesson and to finish the day, the Parent Council will hold their annual Valentine’s Disco. Glad rags on everyone!
Head Teacher’s Blog – Friday 3rd February 2017
It’s been a while since I last added a Head Teacher’s Blog to the school website. I will make it a belated New Year’s Resolution to try and blog more often!
January has been a very full month in our wee school and it is hard to believe it has zipped past already.
Enrolment of the next intake of Primary 1 pupils who will begin in August 2017 took place in the second week of term. 22 children from our catchment area enrolled for next session – our biggest intake in a few years! This will bring our school role to approx. 145 pupils in August.
The nursery children have had special visitors this week – 10 little eggs to look after and hatch into chicks. The children were excited to welcome the chicks this week and are amazed at how quickly they have grown. Their learning has centred around caring for the chicks – the children wrote their own rules for taking care of them. The chicks will stay with us for another week until they are big enough to go to a local farm where they will live in a free-range environment.
The children in P1-7 have been enjoying ‘Art Focus Fortnight’ which ended today. Everytime I have visited a class throughout the week, the children were painting, creating or learning about art by focussing on well know artists. Each child has created a canvas inspired by their work and every class except P6/7 have also produced a framed print too.
Instead of a second piece of artwork, P6/7 were set the task by Mrs. Parker (Senior CLD Worker) to create a piece of video art as part of a ‘Voluntary Action Fund’ project called ‘What My Mother Means to Me’
Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Byrne from Calderhead High School worked together with pupils from S3 to offer a ‘Special Effects Make Up’ tutorial for our pupils in P5/6 and P4/5.
All of the work from our Art Focus Fortnight will be displayed during our Art Exhibition on Friday 10th February 2017. We hope you can join us.
January has also seen some building work in our playground. Thanks to an Awards for All Grant of £9600 plus donations collected from non-uniform days, we have purchased an Outdoor Classroom for our playground. We are so pleased with it – we are just waiting for a final panel to new be supplied to finish it off and the children will be able to start using it.
We’ve also purchased new outdoor games and storage and the children were very exciting when these were being put out for them to use.
Last Friday, the Parent Council held their annual Family Film Night. I would like to extend my gratitude to them for organising a hugely successful evening and also to the friends, families and relatives who came along and supported the school. The children who attended were extremely well behaved and a great night was had by all.
Next week, I will be completing ‘Learning Visits’ to every class in the school to see their ‘Taught Writing’ work. I am looking forward to seeing the wonderful work of the children and staff!
Don’t forget that the Parent Council Valentine’s Discos take pace on Tuesday 7th February 2017. Nursery to P2 from 5.30pm-6.30pm and P3-7 from 6.45pm-8pm. The cost of entry is £1.50 which is payable on entry.
Have a lovely weekend.
What’s on 23rd-27th January 2017
This week’s lunch menu:
The diary for the week ahead
Monday 23rd January 2017
- Installation of the new Outdoor Classroom will begin today. (Follow us on Twitter for updates)
- Miss Wilson, Student Teacher, begins a six week placement in Primary 6/7 today.
- 11am-12pm: Pupils in P4/5 will begin a six week block of Badminton lessons for PE with Active Schools coach
Wednesday 25th January 2017
- 9.15am-9.45am: Celebrating Success Assembly
- 11am-11.15am: Tea with Mr. Clark
- 1.30pm: Jonathan visiting P1/2 and P2/3 for RME.
Thursday 26th January 2017
- 9am-10am: Mr. Kane, Brass Tutor, working with P5-7 children learning brass instrument.
- 11am-12.30pm: Solihull ‘Understanding Your Child’ Programme Week 1. (You will receive individual notice if you have been allocated a space in this group).
- 5pm-6pm: Kilbowie Information Session for Parents of P7 Pupils
Friday 27th January 2017
- Non-uniform day for nursery and school (£1 per pupil)
- 9am-12pm: Coaches from Motherwell FC working with P6/7 then P5/6 for Football lessons.
- 2pm-2.15pm: Extra playtime for children achieving Silver and Gold.
- 2.15pm-2.45pm: Golden Time
- 5.30pm-8pm: Parent Council Cinema Night (Tickets available at the office).
Parent Council Cinema Night
Stane Primary School and Nursery Class Parent Council event:
The Parent council are having a special showing of “BFG” in the school on Friday 27th January at 6.30pm.
Tickets are priced at £1 each and will be sold on a first come first served basis.
Children must be accompanied by an adult and everyone must have a ticket which includes a bag of popcorn.
Refreshments will be on sale at the interval.
What’s on Week Beginning Monday 31st October 2016
School Lunch Menu
This week is Scottish School’s Meal Week. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, there is a different main meal option from the usual menu. For every one of these main meals purchased, 1 meal will be donated by Unilever to World Food Programme. Click on the images below for more information.
Fairtrade Focus Week
This week is our annual Fairtrade focus week. There will be lots of activities for the children organised throughout the week to promote their understanding of Fairtrade. Follow our Twitter feed to see photographs of the events. We will mark the end of this week with a Fairtrade Coffee Morning for parents/carers of P1-7. Please come along and enjoy the children’s entertainment.
Tesco Football Coaching for Schools
In partnership with the active schools co-ordinator, football coaching sessions for all children in P1-7 have been organised for this Tuesday, 1st November 2016. These are being delivered as part of the Tesco Bank Football Challenge. All children will require PE kit for this.
After School Clubs – Term 2
Term 2 After School Clubs begin this week – children have been issued with a letter if they have been allocated a place. All clubs take place from 3pm-4pm. Children can be collected from the main entrance at 4pm.
School Diary 31st October to 4th November 2016
Monday 31st October 2016
- P1/2 look forward to welcoming Mr. Orkney, a teaching student, who will visit their class today.
- P2/3 will work with Active Schools student, Miss Speirs, for their PE lesson today.
- 3pm-4pm: P1-3 Multi-Sports Club with Miss Speirs (PE Kit and water bottle required).
Tuesday 1st November 2016
- Tesco Bank Football coaching sessions for P1-7 throughout the day today. (PE Kit required).
- Miss Cunningham, Active Schools Co-ordinator, will visit to work with P6/7 on Young Sports Leaders programme.
- 1.45pm-2.45pm: Nursery pm children will have another session of Play on Pedals with staff from Getting Better Together.
- 3pm-4pm: P4-7 Basketball After School Club with John Mitchell (PE Kit and Water Bottle required).
Wednesday 2nd November 2016
- 2pm-2.30pm: Jonathan working with P1/2 and P2/3
- 6pm-8pm: Parent Council Meeting (All parents invited to attend).
Thursday 3rd November 2016
- Mr Kane (Brass Tutor) working with those children learning to play Brass Instruments.
- 11am-12.30pm: P5 Swimming Lessons at Shotts Leisure Centre (Swimming Kit and Towel required).
- 1.30pm: Community Fire Fighters delivering a ‘Bonfire Safety’ talk to P4-7.
- 3pm-4pm: P1-3 Dance After School Club with Natalie Neil (PE Kit and Water Bottle required).
Friday 4th November 2016
- 9.30am-10.30am: P1-7 Fairtrade Coffee Morning
- 2pm-2.15pm: Extra Playtime for this children achieving Gold or Silver this week.
- 2.15pm-2.45pm: Golden Time.
