This Friday (25^th October) Woodlands Primary school is having a STEM and Play session for all Primary 4s from 1pm – 2pm. The ‘STEM and Play’ session will take place in the STEM Zone and in the  classrooms. These sessions give you a chance to see what your child is learning and to get involved, as well as to meet other parents/families. Parents and carers are welcome to attend. Parents and carers attending must enter through the front door and sign in via the QR code sign in sheet.

The school photographer (Tempest Photography) will be visiting the school on Wednesday 6th November to take individual and family photographs. Although this is a gym day for some children. We ask that children attend in their full school uniform to have their photos taken. Thank you.

At Friday’s assembly Mr Green spoke about online safety and being responsible. Over the next few months as it gets colder and darker as a school, we always notice an increase in inappropriate social media activity from children in Woodlands Primary School. In many instances this has been brought into school and results in disagreements in the playground.

More recently this appears in the form of:

– inappropriate messages between children.

– sharing private personal messages/screenshots with others.

– discussing and typing unkind things about children then adding them to the group chats.

We would like to encourage all parents/carers to take time to check apps that children regularly use and devices that children access to ensure that they are being used appropriately.

A quick reminder that Flu immunisations (nasal spray) will take place in school on Friday, 11th October. Could all forms be returned before Friday even if it is a no consent. Only children that have fully completed forms will be vaccinated that day. If your child misses this immunisation the catch up immunisation date is 27/01/25

Thank you to all who attended our Macmillan Coffee Afternoon. I think you’ll agree that the children were fabulous. With your amazing support we managed to raise a fantastic £528.

We wish all of our families a restful September weekend.

Please remember that Woodlands Primary School and Nursery is closed to pupils on Friday 27^th and Monday 30th for the September Weekend.

Both the School and nursery will reopen on Tuesday 1^st  October.

Menu Addition for Thursday 26^th September

White band – Lentil Soup

Red Band     – Steak Pie

Green Band – Quorn Burger

Yellow Band – Beef Burger

Blue Band     –  cheese/ham sandwich

Thursday 19th September

Menu Change

Talk Like a Pirate Day

White Band  – Captain Hook Soup  (Chicken Noodle)

Red Band      – Ahoy me Harties (Hotdog and Potato smiley faces)

Green Band – Her be Tresure (Beans on Toast)

Blue Band   – Argh Matey – Cheese or Ham sandwich

Shiver me Timbers (ice cream or Pirate themed cake)

You are invited to come along with your child to meet their teacher on Thursday 19^th of September from 3.15pm – 3.45pm or from 5.30pm – 6.00pm.

This is an opportunity for you to meet the teacher and have a look around your child’s class.

Today our new Primary 1 pupils were given a school payments letter.

As a local authority North Lanarkshire Council are removing cash from the process of paying for school meals/tuckshop/snacks.

For you to use the online payment service, you need to register with MyAccount, the simple and secure sign-in service for accessing online public services in Scotland. It provides people living in Scotland with the ability to set up an online account and use it – using a single user name and password to access a growing range of online public services.

Click here to register for Online payments

A reminder that children from Primary 1 to Primary 5 are entitled to receive a free lunch.

If you think you qualify for a free school meal or clothing grant you can apply using the following link.

Free meal/clothing grant