St. Joseph's Primary School, Cardowan
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Dear Parent/ Guardian,
The ‘Learning About Learning’ session in Primary One will not go ahead tomorrow as Miss Clark is really not well. Apologies for this late notice. The school will notify P1 parents with a new date. The other visits will go ahead as planned. Please share this information with any other parents you know to avoid confusion and to allow them to make other plans.
Thank you,
Mr. McCloskey
New P1 classes
Our new P1’s have settled in really well this week. From Monday (22nd August) we are asking that parents do not come into the playground as it is making it very busy and our older pupils are finding it difficult to enter through the gate. Can you please keep the path clear at the front of school/side path so there is room for pupils to enter.
Annual Data Checks and Permission forms
All pupils have now been issued with forms and data checks. Can you please make sure these are completed, signed and returned to school as soon as possible. This ensures we have the most up-to-date contact information for every child should we need to call in an emergency.
If at any point during the year any of your child’s emergency contacts change their home/work/mobile number, please give your child a note with the change, or come into the office.
Should you move house, we are required by NLC to see proof of your address (just as we do during enrolment).
Photograph, DVD and competition permissions also require to be completed and signed so we know which children can be included in pictures to be displayed.
Text messages/e-mails/website
We have reduced the amount of text messages that we send due to the cost to the school. To make sure that parents/carers still get information, we have requested in the forms sent home that an e-mail address is provided. Urgent messages will still be sent via text.
Our website is a great source of information. It will show you what’s going on in school and give information on holidays, events etc. Please save the link below so you can access our website regularly.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/stjo/
Medication held in school
Pupils who have prescribed, long term medication (i.e. inhaler, eczema cream) can have this held in school. We have a form that parents/carers need to complete at the office before we can take the medication. It must be prescribed by a Doctor and have a pharmacy label with your child’s name and dosage.
Should your child have a short term medicine they need to take (i.e. antibiotic), we require a form to be completed before we can give it to your child. The medicine must be prescribed by a Doctor and have a pharmacy label with your child’s information. This will be returned when you advise the course of medication is complete.
Upcoming Events
Friday 26th August – Our P7’s will be attending the Year of Mercy Mass at Carfin Grotto
Monday 5th Sept – Allan’s Magic show will visit school for our P1-4’s. This show will promote Road Safety.
Monday 12th Sept – P1, P1/2 & P7 parent/carer visit to class to observe a literacy lesson at 9.30am. A letter will be issued with further information.
Tuesday 13th Sept – P2/3, P3/4 & P6 parent/carer visit to class to observe a literacy lesson at 9.30am. A letter will be issued with further information.
Wednesday 14th Sept – P4, P5 & P5/6 parent/carer visit to class to observe a literacy lesson at 9.30am. A letter will be issued with further information.
Wednesday 14th Sept – PTA meeting.
Friday 16th Sept – P7 leading St Ninian Mass in church at 9.30am.
Monday 19th Sept – John Wilson photographer will be visiting school. A letter will be issued closer to the date with more information. Pupils should wear full school uniform – shirt and tie rather than polo shirt.
Our school will be going “cashless” soon. When we receive more information about how the system will work we will advise all parents/carers.
Holidays
School closed: Friday 23rd September
School re-opens: Tuesday 27th September
School closed for October week: Monday 17th – Friday 21st October
School re-opens: Monday 24th October
Our classes are always in need of boxes of tissues. Any donations can either be brought in with your child, or handed into the office.
The butterflies emerged from the chrysalides on Sunday and they looked amazing! They flapped their wings to dry them and had little naps. We mixed sugar and water to make a nectar like liquid which the butterflies drink to give them energy.
On Tuedsay we set them free in our school grounds near the flowers so that they could get nectar easily. Some of the children were a bit nervous when the butterflies set off out of their net as they were flying around very close to us!!
We would to thank all the children and their families who helped to take care of them over the last few wekends and also to Mr. McCloskey for enabling us to experience this life cycle taking place in our own classroom. We will miss having our ten little friends in the classroom and we have really enjoyed this wonderful experience.
Snails are found in our gardens and like eating plants and flowers. Can you find out four other facts about these minibeasts and share them please ?
Thanks,
Mrs. Curran
Monday 13th :
All groups : Read your novel/home reader book.
Copy your phoneme words out 3 times and write 2 sentences on Glow.
Ladybirds / Caterpillars : station, nation, ration, collection, creation, operation, portion.
Bees: (revise) stair, hair, chair, brain, train, rain.
Tuesday 14th June:
Log on to Studyladder and complete the set handling data activities please.
Wednesday 15th June:
All groups : Read your novel/home reader book.
Copy your common words out 3 times and write 2 sentences on Glow.
Ladybirds / Caterpillars : talk, air, lift, land, need, move.
Bees: (revise): because, week, keep. when.
Thursday 16th June:
Research and find out 4 facts about snails and write about what you have found out on Glow.
We have been learning how to write instructions. We know that instructions tell us how to do something. For homework this week, please comment on our post with your suggestion for what instruction we should write about next! Sensible suggestions please 🙂 Please do this by Thursday which is our next writing lesson. Thank you!
We made the most of the sunshine and took our learning outside. We identfied acute, obtuse and right angles in our School grounds.
The caterpillars are eating and growing well and are starting to get big! They need to be kept warm and happy, so they need a little holiday home for over the weekend. Could you take them home and care for them ?
If you think that you could look after the caterpillars and keep us posed via Glow to their progress, then post a comment and your name will be put forward.
Thank you,
Mrs. Curran 🙂
We got a lovely surprise in the mail this morning to find that our caterpillars have arrived at St.Joseph’s! The boys and girls are so excited to see the life cycle of a butterfly happen in our our classroom and we will keep you posted on what happens next!
If you want to ask us any questions, feel free to post us a message. We look forward to hearing from you!
Mrs. Curran and Primary Three 🙂
