The latest Tannochside Primary and Nursery newsletter has been sent home by “pupil post”. You can also download electronic copies here.
Category Archives: Primary 7
Certificate Winners
We are the Class Teacher certificate winners for this week. We are Successful Learners, Confident Individiuals and Effective Contributors!
Raffle Winners – P4-7
We are the raffle winners from P4-7 this week. We followed the Golden Rules!
Star Writers in Bay 18
We are the Star Writers this week. We wrote a recount of our first day of school and included it in a letter which will be sent to Morocco to a school where a member of staff will be visiting next month. I hope they write back!
Going for Gold
“Parents, carers and families are by far the most important influences on children’s lives. Parents who take on a supportive role in their children’s learning make a difference in improving achievement and behaviour.” Parental Involvement Act 2006
As part of our on-going commitment to promoting positive behaviour we are continuing with our Going for Gold initiative within the school. The main focus will be to encourage the children to “keep the golden rules” which are:
- Do be gentle Do be kind and helpful Do be honest
- Do look after property Do work hard Do listen to others
Children will be encouraged to work towards a specified target of keeping all of their Golden Time each week. At the end of June those children who have met that target will receive a fantastic reward. This year we had bouncy castles, a theatre company, birds of prey display, arts and crafts activities, hair spray, beauty treatments and face painting. The Golden Day was a great success and enjoyed by all children. This year, each term we hope to reward children who do not lose any Golden Time at all. This may be a DVD or sports activity or other fun activity.
You will be notified when your child achieves bronze and silver awards throughout the year. Your and your child will be made aware on a weekly basis if they have lost any Golden Time.
Inappropriate Behaviour
If your child loses 15 minutes of their Golden Time within a week, you will be notified by letter. If the inappropriate behaviour continues then your child will be referred to one of the Principal Teachers who will discuss your child’s behaviour with him/her. The Principal Teachers will work with the following stages:
P1-3 Mrs Fleck P4/5 Mrs Ferrie P6/7 Mrs Grant
If a child continues to show little improvement in their behaviour after working with a PT then parents will be invited into a meeting with Mr Clark or Mrs Queen to discuss further options in addressing the behaviour. Mrs Bryson will work with children who are struggling to modify their behaviour over a longer period of time.
We also operate a respect policy within the school. All members of our school community are encouraged to show respect for each other. Children in breach of this will be issued with a zero tolerance letter from the Head Teacher.
Throughout the process the main emphasis will always be on encouraging children to make the right choices and giving the child opportunities to achieve success.
If you have any queries or concerns please do not hesitate to contact the school where a member of the management team will be happy to chat to you.
Tannochside Primary – A school of Respect
At Tannochside Primary, we encourage the children to be respectful to one another and the adults that work with them. All children are reminded of the importance of showing respect at all times and are rewarded when they do so. They also understand that their are consequences to being direspectful. This helps Tannochside remain a friendly, positive environment for all!
These photographs explain our policy of RESPECT:
Outdoor Furniture
The Parents’ Association have worked really hard throughout the last few months to raise money to benefit the school and children. Part of this money has been used to buy garden furniture for the playground so that we can learn outdoors. Thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible.
School Photographs
Just a reminder that the photographer will be in school on Tuesday 23rd August to take individual or family photographs. If you would like your child(ren) to have their photograph taken, you must return the permission slip that was sent home this week as soon as possible.
Primary 7 Leavers’ Beach Party
The annual P7 Leavers’ Party took place this evening. The theme was a beach party and the children really dressed the part. The partied to the excellent DJ, enjoyed the chocolate fountain, ice-cream station and lots and lots of sweet treats!
Thank you to all of the teachers, parents and friends of the school who helped out – and extra special thanks to all of the parents who came to set up the hall and sent in items for the party.
Check out all of the fun below (and remember to leave a comment!)
P7 Award Service
Our Primary 7 pupils were the VIP guests at the annual awards service today. Four children in Primary 7 were presented with a special reward, recognising their outstanding talents and abilities:
- The Mr. McMann MSP Endeavour Award for Academic Achievement was presented by Councillor McCabe.
- The Citizenship trophy was presented by Councillor Burrows.
- The Pupil’s Pupil awards, nominated by the children, was presented by the class teachers, Mrs. Fullerton and Miss Brogan.
The children were presented with their leaving gift from the school, an Uddingston Grammar tie and a CD of photographs from Kilbowie.
The Parents’ Association gifted every pupil with a scientific calculator, which was presented by the Chairperson, Mrs Steele.
Mr. Stark opened and closed the service with a resounding chorus on the Bagpipes.
Thank you very much to all parents who attended and helped make it such a memorable event. Thanks also goes to Mr. McKay, Mr. Lyall and Miss Roy who also accepted our invitation to attend.
