St. John Paul II Primary School & Nursery Class, Viewpark

As we approach the beginning of term in the midst of a severe surge in COVID cases, please take some time to read through the letter from Mr Thomas which you will find below.

January 2022

Please also take some time to look over the most recent update from North Lanarkshire Council by clicking HERE.

Children who attain the age of 5 years between 1 March 2021 and 28 February 2022 should register for starting Primary 1 in August 2021.

North Lanarkshire Council has  put in place a new system for Registration of Infant Beginners to support our ongoing response to COVID-19.  A deadline of 22^nd January 2021 has been set for return of all forms.

Forms to complete:

Please click on the relevant link.  You will also need to submit scanned copies or photographs of the necessary evidence.   Due to difficulties in the past, each child’s birth certificate and proof of address in the form of the current council tax bill/utility bill must be produced.

If you live within our school catchment area, click on this link to enrol your child at St. John Paul II:  Enrolment Form

If you do not live in our catchment area and wish to enrol your child at St. John Paul II click on the Placing Request Form:  Placing Request Placing request forms for NLC can be emailed to ef.placingrequest@northlan.gov.uk

If you are applying for a place in another school and another local authority, but this is your catchment school – you will still need to enrol with us and put a placing request form into the relevant local authority.

If your child is eligible for Free School Transport

Click on this link:  Transport forms   The forms are also available online and paper copies can be requested from ef.transport@northlan.gov.uk

Choosing a school booklet can be downloaded from the Scottish Government website www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/11/10093528/0.

Early Entry Requests

Parents/carers who wish to make an early entry request should contact their catchment area school for an application form or download from www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk following the links for ‘Early Entry Requests’.

Happy New Year to you and yours from all of us! May this be your best yet!! Lang may yer lum reek!!! 💙💛

Merry Christmas to you all. Today might not be the day you had hoped for, but our hope for you is that the day is still filled with love!!

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Well, here it is, our Infant Christmas Show! We are so proud of how hard they worked, and we hope you enjoy it! ❤️

It is the Week One Menu for lunches this week, however there are a couple of changes.

On Monday, the red option will be chicken curry

On Wednesday, the red option will be burgers.

All other options remain the same!

This Friday is our last Foodbank Friday of 2021. We are asking for your support one more time for our local foodbank. Here are some ideas for donations!

Here are all our important Christmas events for this week. On their party day, children can go home to get ready for their party, or bring clothes in and get ready in school. They can be collected at 12.15, and should be back at 1.20.