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Leaflet May-Aug SLT 2019

Wow, wow, wow!  What can I say!!!  World Book Day has been a huge success and I can’ say thank you enough to all of our wonderful pupils and their families.  There were lots of amazing activities going on all around the school and is was lovely to see and hear different stages coming together to share their love of books.

By the time school finished today we had raised the staggering total of £3400!!!!!!!!  This will enable us to buy a great amount of Literacy resources for all children to benefit from.

A massive thank you to all of the school staff for supporting this event so enthusiastically and to all of our families for your continued support.  Have a fantastic weekend!

Mrs Campbell

Well done to our stars of the week!

https://www.sumdog.com/sch/bishopton-primary-school

Our school has been entered into the Renfrewshire Sumdog Contest which runs from 8am on Friday 8th March until 8pm on Thursday 14th March

To take part, simply play Sumdog’s maths games. If you do not have your Sumdog Username and Password, please ask your teacher. Scores are based on accuracy, and questions tailored to your level – so everyone has a fair chance.

To make contests fair every pupil is limited to 1000 questions. However, it’s fun to take part even if students only answer a few questions.

The motivation is to climb the leader board and beat all other participating schools within Renfrewshire. You can also win rewards for your Sumdog account. Click here to find out more about the prizes.

Here are some things to keep in mind during the contest:

• You can play at any time.
• For the score to count, the Renfrewshire Maths Contest activity must be showing in the green panel on the left of the your screen when you click to start each game.
• Your scores are based on correct answers.
• A class’s score is the average of the scores from all students from that class who take part.
• To appear on the leaderboard, at least 10 pupils from each class need to play.
• As some pupils have limited computer access, every pupil is limited to 1000 contest questions. However, their free logins let them keep playing other activities afterwards.

The Renfrewshire Sumdog Contest starts at 8am on Friday 8th March and ends at 8pm on Thursday 14th March. All P2-7 pupils have been entered and at least pupils from each class need to play in order for the class to be eligible. Please play as many games as you can to help your class climb the leader board.

We will not officially be participating in Red Nose Day next week as it not one of our chosen charities for this session. If they have a red nose etc, they are welcome to wear them in the playground to show their support of the wonderful charity.

Just to confirm that Friday’s celebration of World Book Day is a non-uniform day as a thank you for the support of our reading challenge. We are not asking children to dress up as a book character but they can do so if they choose.

World Book Day is fast approaching.  It is officially celebrated on Thursday 7th March but as indicated on the letter and previous post, we are celebrating on FRIDAY 8TH MARCH.  It is a non uniform day as a thank you for the support of our reading challenge.  We are not asking children to dress up as book characters.

We are halfway through the reading challenge and the teachers can’t wait to hear about all of the exciting things you have been doing!  Sponsor money should be brought to school on Friday 8th March in an envelope with your child’s name and class and amount raised.  If you are completing this as a family, it would be really helpful if the eldest sibling could let their sibling’s teacher know that money has been handed in.

Your support in this is greatly appreciated and money raised will help to buy exciting, new Literacy games for your child’s class.  In the last 2 years we have managed to buy fantastic fiction and non-fiction books and audio books so let’s see how many games we can buy!

Thank you again and here’s to a great day on Friday!

Mrs Campbell

Hello,

This year the Primary 2’s will be promoting Fairtrade within the school for Fairtrade Fortnight. The children will be running a Fairtrade tuck shop over the Fortnight, at break times, to raise money for the Fairtrade charity. The tuck shop will begin on Monday 25^th of February and continue until 8th of March 2019, selling Fairtrade snacks for anyone who wishes to buy. Snacks at the tuck shop will cost £1 each.

Thank you,

Miss Finnigan

Primary 2 class teacher

Thank you everyone who came along to our Maths Games Family Night. It was a huge success with a great turn out making it very busy in our Gym Hall and Dinner hall.  Although we sent out invitations we never know how many people will actually turn up on the evening.

Thank you for completing the evaluation forms and the many compliments. We had lots of fun too. I hope you enjoy the activity pack(s) and continue to play, learn and have fun with your children at home. Thank you to Kyle Smith, our Cluster Numeracy Officer who planned the activities. A huge thank you to the many teachers who gave up their own time to assist in the evening’s activities – we couldn’t have done it without you!

We will take on board your comments on what we could do to improve our next family event. Many of you asked where we got the ‘magic’ chutes so here is a link to the Smart Chutes https://www.smartkids.co.uk/products/smart-chute

Thank you to everyone who helped make the night a success!

Miss McDowall, Principal Teacher

We are looking forward to seeing you all this evening. We have had a great response so it will be busy in and around the school. Could we ask you to walk to the school where possible? The top playground gates will be open for parking but as the Out of School Care will still have children leaving after 6pm, could we ask that you do not enter the car park until after 6.20pm?

Thank you in advance,

Miss McDowall, Principal Teacher

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Maths Family Games Night tomorrow from 6.30-7.30pm. Remember to complete and return an evaluation form before you leave to receive a maths freebie!

Thank you for all of the RSVPs for our Family Maths Games Night on Tuesday 19th February. This is just a reminder that you should come along to the Main Office on the night between 6.30-7.30pm. This is an informal evening where you can take a handout to guide you and then play a variety of maths games at your leisure with your family. Don’t forget to sign in, have fun and get your maths freebie before you leave. We are looking forward to seeing you!

Dear Parent/carer,

In order to help us organise the event, I would appreciate if you could complete and return the slip as soon as possible. If you are able to make it, please note how many people will be coming. If you are unable to make it, please complete and return the form.

Kind regards,

Miss McDowall, Principal Teacher

On Wednesday February 6th, we will be celebrating Global Play Day.  All of the classes in the school will be taking part.  The idea is to get children to play with more traditional toys and games and to ditch the screens for a day!

Children can bring in a toy from home to play with but there are a couple of rules

• no electronic devices
• no battery operated toys

Children will be given time during the day to play with their friends and their toys.  The benefits of play are far reaching and help improve our mental well being.  Perhaps you could talk to your child about games you used to play at school and they could tell their class about this on the day.

As the toys may be shared with others in the class, we would ask you not to send in anything sentimental or delicate!  Toys can include board games, jigsaws, cuddly toys, dolls, lego for example.  It would help if the toys could be clearly labelled with your child’s name and class.

You can find out more by following this link

https://www.globalschoolplayday.com/

Thank you for your support.

Mrs Campbell