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

Tickets will be on sale for the HALLOWEEN DISCOS from the school office from Tuesday 8th October

The Discos are on Thursday, October 24th 2024.

TICKET PRICE – £1.00

Primary 1-3 Disco: 6.00PM – 7.15PM

Primary 4-7 Disco: 7.30PM – 8.45PM

There will also be a Tuck Shop available on the night. If possible, please send the children with coins rather than notes.

Our photographer has all of the School & Nursery photos (Individual & Family) live online and ready to view/order.

The batch order deadline for free delivery to the school is Friday 11^th October.

After this date, orders can still be placed, however, these will be shipped directly to a chosen address for an additional charge.

Please follow the link below to order your photos:

HTTPS://ORDER.CHRISMCINTYREPHOTOGRAPHY.CO.UK

You will need your access code to enter the site, the children were given this on a card on the day of their photo. There is a separate code for sibling group photos.

If you need a replacement code, please contact the school office and they can give you it.

Congratulations to our Head Teacher’s Award Winners for September. 🌟

NON UNIFORM DAY Thursday 26th September 2024

We are planning a Non Uniform for Thursday 26th September!  We ask for a donation of £1 (or whatever you can afford) per child for this, however, there is no obligation to pay the £1.

Reminder:  No football strips/track suits, etc!

WHERE DOES THIS MONEY GO?  I just received a quote for the repair of the soft surface under our Playground Trim Trails which are beginning to come away due to wear and tear.  This is sitting at £1700… so every penny we can raise will be put to good use!  We cannot wait to get this fixed for safety reasons, so I will need to proceed.  If you would like to donate more than £1, we will put this towards the playground repair.  Thank you in advance for your support.

DYNAMIC DRINKS CHALLENGE

Our P1 – P7 children will all take in an exciting Enterprising Schools Challenge throughout the day tomorrow (Thursday 26th).  This is a great way to develop our skills across the curriculum!  Look out for some photos and samples coming your way.

HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Friday 27th and Monday 30th September are both holidays.  Children should return to school on Tuesday 1st October.

PARENTS’ NIGHT REMINDER

Parents’ Night takes place on Thursday 10th October 2024.  The booking system for this has been open for some time now.  Please make the effort to book an appointment and come along.

CYCLING/SCOOTING TO SCHOOL

Lots of our children cycle or scoot to school.  Almost none of them wear a helmet.  Please consider this and perhaps encourage the wearing of a helmet.  Also remind your child that:

• They are not permitted to cycle in the school grounds, particularly at busy times.  Children should dismount!
• Bikes and scooters should be placed in the Bike Shelter in our Infant Playground.  They should not be taking up spaces in the rack at Laburnum Family Learning Centre.  Those spaces are for the Nursery children.

NEWSLETTER

So far this term, we have been sending you information via the school texting system and website.  We hope that this has kept you up to date.  A newsletter will be issued next week with lots of information for the coming term.  This will include dates and times of events as well as other information which you should find helpful!

OCTOBER HOLIDAY

The October Holiday will be from Monday 14th October to Friday 18th October.  School will resume on Monday 21st October.

Well done to this week’s Stars of the Week! 🌟

It’s not too late to sign up for our Curriculum Showcase which takes place tonight (Thurs 19th Sept)! For more information and to sign up (the link to sign up is at the bottom of the flyer within the link below).

We are offering Parents/Carers the opportunity to come along and hear from our Teachers!  You can find out about our Literacy and Numeracy Programmes and resources plus some other fantastic initiatives in our school…

• Talk for Writing – learn about our Writing Curriculum.
• Reading Schools Award and our New School Library – hear about our work to support children to read for enjoyment and how the new school library is playing  a part in this.
• P2/3 Literacy & Numeracy
• P4/5 Literacy & Numeracy
• P6/7 Literacy & Numeracy   Choose up to 3 20 minute sessions.

Please come and support this event!

Workshop for P1 Parents/Carers ONLY:  6pm

Workshops for ALL Parents/Carers (including P1):  from 6:40pm

Click HERE for more information and to register for this event

Click HERE for a video invite to the Sacraments Meeting for parents/carers of children in P3, P4 and P7.

Here are our award winners for this term so far! 🌟

Please see the image below for all the information you need for our school photographs this coming Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Please note: Sibling Photos will only be taken for those who have registered for them.

If you have still to register for Sibling Photos, you still have time to do so by following the link below.

CLICK HERE

Registration Deadline is Monday 16th September at 20:00