August 14, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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P1 First Day 2018

The First Day

Your child will start school in St Timothy’s on Thursday 16th of August at

9:30 am (Room 1 Mrs Smith)
9:45 am (Room 2 Miss McSorley)
10:00 am (Room 3 Miss Devlin)

You will enter the building via the infant doors (as with induction days). Can one parent or family member please bring the child in the morning. Adults will not visit the classroom at this stage. All other family members are free to come into the class at the end of the first day and see your child in their new class. Photographs may also be taken at this point.

The children will finish on the first day at

2:00 pm (Room 1)
2:15 pm (Room 2)
2:30 pm (Room 3)

The School Day

Monday – Friday	9.00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m
Interval	10.40 a.m. – 10.55 a.m.
Lunch	12.35 p.m. – 1.20 p.m.

August 14, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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Academic Year 2018-2019

Welcome to the new academic year which begins for pupils on Thursday 16th August 2018.

The senior management structure consists of Mr Forbes – Head Teacher, Mr Robertson – Depute Head Teacher and three Principal Teachers – Miss Walsh, Mrs Hannaway and Mr Fawcett. However as you may know, we are using part of our Pupil Equity Funding to continue to alter our management structure this year. Therefore Mrs Hannaway will be continuing to undertake an Acting Depute Role this year with a focus on closing the attainment gap and Mrs Rigg will be continuing to undertake an acting principal teacher this year.

There will be a few faces missing from the staff. We say goodbye to Mrs Tumilty, Miss Fern and Miss McBlaine.

We welcome a few new faces also – Miss Kerr who will be teaching P2 and Miss Hughes who will be teaching P6.

Continue Reading →

June 26, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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June 2018 Newsletter

June’s newsletter has been given out to children.

You can view a copy under Our School, Newsletters.

June 11, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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Health Week and Sports Day 2018

Health Week will take place from Monday 11th – Friday 15th of June.

Children will take part in a number of indoor and outdoor fun health related activities throughout the week.

Children should come dressed to school in appropriate sports clothes consisting of t-shirt, shorts, jogging suit and trainers. No jewellery please. We ask that children dress appropriately for the Scottish weather – i.e. sun hat, sunscreen (if we see this promised sun!!!) or waterproof jacket (probably more appropriate!) and bring a bottle of water.

Our annual Sports Day will take place on Friday 15th June at 9:30am for P1-P7 (weather permitting). We hope to be finished by 11:30am. Parents are invited to watch the events, sitting on the hill between the football pitch and high school.

There will be no charge for these events but we are asking for a contribution for our Summer Day tombola. Please can you bring these during Health week.

P1 -3 a prize suitable for a kid’s tombola i.e. packet of sweets, small toy

P4-7 a prize suitable for an adult’s tombola i.e. box of chocolates, toiletries etc

Thank you for your continued support.

June 4, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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PTA Summer Funday 2018

The PTA are holding a Summer Fun Day on Saturday the 16th of June, 11.30a.m. – 2p.m. Kids entry is free, adults £1.

Stalls and events include:

Tombola
Bouncy castle
giant inflatables
Face paint
Glitter tattoos
Hair braids
Ball in the Bucket
Hook a duck
Soak the Teacher
Burgers/Hotdogs
Ice cream
Sweet stall
St. Timothy’s Bake Off. Categories are P1-3, P4-5, P6- 7 and Overs (S1 – adults). Please bring entries on day.

We are asking for a contribution for our Summer Fun Day. This should consist of a small prize suitable for an adult or child’s tombola.

P1-3 please bring for kid’s tombola.

P4-7 please bring for adult tombola.

These will be collected in week beginning 11th June. Thank you for your support.

May 31, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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Summer Disco 2018

March 13, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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New Online Booking for Parents’ Evening March 2018

We have organised a new online booking system for our parents’ evenings. This will allow parents to log on and book their own appointment. Parents Evening will take place on Wednesday 28^th March 2018.

Go to http://www.parents-booking.co.uk/sttimothysps

PLEASE NOTE: You need to type this address into your website browser’s ‘address bar’ or copy and paste the above address into your browser. Do not try to ‘Google’ this website address or click on the link above. This is a common mistake on phones and tablets especially.

Login to see which appointments are available and select one that is convenient for you. If you have more than one child in the school we cannot stress enough that you go on swiftly to assure you get appointment slots together. Office staff can no longer make appointments. There will only be one appointment per child available.

You will need:

Your title and surname (these must match those we have on record for you)
Your child’s first name, surname and date of birth

The system will be available to take bookings from 19^th March at 7pm and will be open to take your bookings until 27^th March at 9pm.

Once you have logged in, we suggest you use the ‘Automated Booking Wizard’ to make your appointments. You will be shown your child/children and their teachers, and asked to enter your availability. Our wizard will use this information to calculate the best order for your appointments, allowing you to navigate the teachers in the quickest and most efficient manner.

Troubleshooting Tips – please read before booking!

To login you need to enter the details we have on record for you and your child. If you have recently changed your title or surname, for example, and not informed us, we will be expecting you to login with the details we have on record
The email address you enter is only used to receive a confirmation of your appointment. If the system gives you an error when you login, it will not be the email address that is the problem
If you have several children to make bookings for, and decide not to use the Booking Wizard, but instead make appointments individually, use the ‘Change Child’ button on the blue bar (above the school’s name) in the very top left corner of the Parent’s Booking Page to swap between your children

February 27, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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Peanut/Nut/Lentil allergy

A child will be starting nursery who has a severe food allergy to peanuts/nuts/lentils. This child will be working in the school building as well as the nursery building. Therefore, it is important that there is strict avoidance to this food in order to prevent a life-threatening allergic reaction. We are asking your help to provide this child with a safe school environment.

Any exposure to peanuts/nuts may cause a life-threatening allergic reaction that requires emergency medical treatment. To reduce the chance of this occurring, we are asking that you DO NOT SEND any products containing peanuts/nuts (including Nutella) for your child to be eaten at school. If your child has eaten peanuts/nuts before coming to school, please ensure your child’s hands and face have been thoroughly washed before entering school.

We appreciate your support of these procedures. Please contact Mr Forbes if you have any concerns.

February 27, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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Lenten Fundraising 2018

We are planning some fundraising events during Lent this March.

The suggested cost is 50p per child or £1 per family.

Here is the Plan:

Date	Activity
Thursday 1st March	World Book Day – children can dress as a book character or dress down and bring in their favourite book
Friday 9th March	Crazy Hair Day
Friday 16th March	Wear Purple Day – Spina bifida awareness day/ coffee morning
Thursday 29th March	Dress Down Day/ Talent Show

More information about Spina Bifida Awareness day, which is being organised by one of our P7 children, will coming to you shortly. All monies that day will go to a local Spina Bifida charity, the other monies collected during Lent will be divided between charities chosen by the Pupil Council.

February 26, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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Useful app – help your child to read.

Please see the following app which is free to download (for a week) and is suitable for children in the first stages of learning to read, or for older children who need a bit more practice.

Hi there,

Our Bafta-nominated Teach Your Monster to Read app is free for teachers to download on all app stores from today until this Sunday (4th March).

The game, developed by The Usborne Foundation, has now been played over 40 million times and helped over 4.5 million children learn to read!

The app includes all 3 of our games (over 16 hours of phonics learning). It has been designed in collaboration with leading academics at the University of Roehampton and complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.

Download the app this week for free, plus there’s nothing to pay after the free period ends.

Hurry, the free period ends this Sunday!

Enjoy!

Alex and the team at Teach Your Monster to Read