Our hard working and dedicated PTA did a wonderful job last night    of quenching our thirst with plenty of tea and coffee for both staff and parents.  They also provided a wonderful array of homebaking that was delicious.  Waistlines were forgotten about as the cakes were simply just too good.  Thanks to your wonderful  support on the night the PTA raised over £200.

The school is delighted to report that it has received over 1,000 hits to the site in one week. As a school we pride ourselves in looking for ways to communicate with all parents the great work taking place here at S.Augustine’s. It is great that we have so many people logging onto our school blog to see the work and achievements of our pupils and the school community. As our blog has been running since March we wanted to find out just how much it was being viewed by parents and pupils. A web counter was added last week and it really is great to learn that our school community is checking our blog. Please note that the old website has now been redirected to the new blog page which has a number of additional features on the drop down menus. The drop down menus aim to inform all parents and visitors to the blog all about the school. Our newsletters will be uploaded and we will feature the current menu from catering services. Thank you for your great support so far.

Some of our children were put through their paces yesterday at their P.E. slots when Frankie and Benny’s came to provide lessons on creating a healthy menu and also running aerobics classes. The children had a wonderful time listening to the music and as you can see from our pictures they enjoyed all took part with great enthusiasm.

The school community looks forward to opening it’s doors this afternoon and evening and also on Thursday evening to welcome all parents and carers for the first of our Parent’s evenings. Please remember to sign in when you enter the foyer. Our hardworking and dedicated PTA members have volunteered to provide tea, coffee and homebaking at this event. All proceeds will go towards PTA funds. We look forward to seeing you all this week.

Our Health Week got off to a wonderful start thanks to the efforts of Dance Instructor Audrey Clark. She put the children through their paces and had everyone on their feet as they produced their dance moves. The feedback from the children was great and demonstrated that we have some really talented dancers in our midst!! Here a few photographs from this mornings street dance class.

Our Silver for Syria campaign led by our Parent Council has raised a considerable amount of money. So far we have managed to fill one heart and are now looking for more donations to fill the larger heart. Please send in your loose change to help us complete the challenge for Syria.

This week will be a very busy and extremely active week as we have a strong focus on Health and Wellbeing. Our Health week will see a variety of visitors come to the school to encourage our children to be more active and to pursue a healthy lifestyle. On Monday dance coach Audrey Clark will visit the school to work with Pr.1 – 3 on a wide variety of dance moves to get everyone on their feet. I am hopeful that Audrey will be able to work with our Pr.4 – 7 pupils at a later date. Tuesday will see staff from Frankie and Benny’s come to the school to work with children from Pr4 – 7 on creating healthy menus and also to get involved with some aerobics exercises. Our Active Sports co-ordinator Vikki Sadler will visit the school on Tuesday to take our Pr.1 – 3 pupils on a variety of outdoor activities. Children will also follow their P.E. programme that promotes active engagement in a wide variety of activities. On Wednesday the school will welcome Dogs Trust who will deliver presentations throughout the school. As this is National Walk to School Week we are hopeful that more of our children will make the effort to walk to school everyday. Please support our Health Week by reminding pupils to bring their P.E. kit to school and to eat healthy snacks this week. Our fingers are crossed that the weather will remain favourable and permit us to make full use of the school grounds throughout the week.

The school community joined the wider parish community in paying our respect to Canon Foley. Children turned out in force on Friday evening and also on Saturday morning to attend both services. St.Augustine’s pupils were resplendent in full school uniform to attend the services and represented the school beautifully. Canon Foley served the school and parish community for over 30 years and will be sorely missed by all. As a community of faith we will continue to keep Canon Foley in our prayers.

We are delighted to announce that one of our pupils has been chosen to appear alongside David Hasselhoff and The Krankies in the panto ‘Peter Pan’ at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium. Our star pupil had to audition for the part of John Darling and secured the part due to his wonderful acting skills. He will appear on stage from 12th December until the 3rd of January. We are very proud of our Pr.6 superstar!!!

Our school blog is currently going under a review so that all information in regard of the school is located on this page. If you have been a regular follower of the blog that endeavours to update and fully reflect the community life of the school whilst celebrating pupil, class and school achievements you will see we have added a counter to the page. This will inform us of the number of hits we receive to the blog and indicate how well we are followed by the school community. Please remember to log on and feel free to leave a comment. We love to receive your feedback and to see how well you support the work of the school. The counter was added only yesterday and in one day we are delighted to see that we have received over 100 hits.