August 29, 2018
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Parental Curriculum Workshops

Primary 1 – 3 Curriculum Workshop Tuesday the 25th of September 6 – 7pm

Primary 4 – 7 Curriculum Workshop Wednesday the 26th of September 6 – 7pm

We would like to invite all parents to come along to our Curriculum workshops.

These workshops will have a focus on:

How the focus of a lesson is shared with your child.
How success criteria for the lessons is shared allowing your child to take ownership of their learning.
How your child will assess their learning in order to identify the next steps in their learning journey.

We would love to see as many parents as possible at the workshops.

August 16, 2018
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We are holding 2 Parents’ Homework Workshops on Wednesday 22nd August and Thursday 23rd at 2:30pm to 2:55pm. Please could primary 1 parents attend 1 of these workshops to see our Primary 1 homework programme. The workshop will take place in our ICT room, so please enter via the main office.

August 14, 2018
by Mrs Smith
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Breakfast Club/ School Dinners

Breakfast club

From August 2018 Breakfast Club is FREE for Primary 1-3 children. The price of the Breakfast Club is increasing to £1 for Primary 4-7 children. There is a family reduction, where the second child costs 50p and the third child 30p – providing they arrive at the same time.
Also in terms of the Breakfast Club, the children going to it should enter through the main door in the morning, rather than the dinner hall doors. They will then remain in the dinner hall until 8.45.

School dinners

A reminder to apply for free school meals if you think you qualify for them. This is especially the case
for P3 children as they will not automatically get them in P4. (P1-3 children are all entitled to free school meals) Please be assured that at our school there is no way of the children knowing who gets a free meal and who does not. There is actually a whole school benefit to applying as our Pupil Equity Fund allocation is based on the number of
children who receive free school meals – £1200 per child. Even if you do not plan to use free school meals every day I would encourage you to apply if you think you qualify.

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Summer Disco 2018

March 13, 2018
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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