Important forms and letters were given out to all pupils today, You will find them in a white envelope with your child’s name. Please complete and return these by Tuesday 28th August in the same envelope. Thank you in advance.

The lunch options for tomorrow, Wednesday 15th August are:

1. Chicken curry with brown rice
2. Sandwich selection
3. Baked potato with a choice of fillings

As we welcome pupils back to school, a reminder that the cost of meals in all Renfrewshire Council schools have changed from the start of the new school term. Grab and Go Days are £2.05, while Dine in Days are now £2.25.

The price of a paid nursery meal will also be £2.25.  Children entitled to free school meals will still receive them as usual. Parents or guardians who receive certain benefits are eligible to apply for a free school meal for their child.  All children in P1 to P3 are eligible for a free school meal.

Our school code for Sumdog has changed from bishopton-primary-school to bishps. This might affect your bookmark if you have saved it on your internet favourites. Please change your Sumdog bookmark to:

https://www.sumdog.com/sch/bishps

This will prefill the school code to bishps and save your child retyping it.

You can now subscribe for a daily email update for blog posts linked to your child’s class. Visit the class information page for the relevant class and then click on the subscribe links. You will be asked to enter your email address. You will then be sent a verification email to confirm your email address. If you do not respond to this you will not be successfully subscribed. Please check your junk mail folder in case the verification email has been sent there if you cannot locate it.

If you want to receive updates from the main school blog and your child’s class blog, you will need to subscribe for the class and the main school blog updates and will receive two emails. The window for these emails arriving should be between 5 and 7pm each night with any updates from that day being sent through to your email. Please be aware that any posts added to the blog after 5pm that day will be in the update email the following day.

Example: if you have a child in P4M and P7H you should subscribe to both classes and will receive an email for each. If you also want to receive any posts on the main school blog (general posts that apply to the whole school), please subscribe to that also.

Please note, the email updates will come from a Google email address, however, this is not monitored by the school and any enquiries should come via the contact details provided here.

To ensure we are reaching as many people as possible we have set up a Facebook page which will also be updated from the school blog. Search for Bishopton Primary School Renfrewshire  or click here and like and follow our page. Please note, as with all our social media channels, this will not be monitored outwith school hours and should not be used as a means of contacting the school. If you wish to contact us please do so by contacting the school office.

With thanks!

Please be aware that the school website is currently under construction while getting ready for the new school year. All current email subscriptions for class blogs will be stopped in the next few days and at the start of the school year you will be able to sign up to the new class email updates via the blog.

With thanks!

Help us beat the Summer Slide with Sumdog! Research shows that over the summer break, children can lose over two months’ mathematical proficiency. P2-7 pupils have been using Sumdog in class and as homework and should have their username and password. It uses engaging games to encourage pupils, and automatically adapts to your child’s needs. To help beat this Summer Slide, we’d like you to encourage your child to play a little Sumdog each week. Sumdog will give on-screen rewards (100 coins) in each week your child does 30 minutes of practice.

Please click the link below to find out other ways to beat the Summer Slide:

https://blog.sumdog.com/2018/05/15/6-ways-to-beat-the-summer-slide/

Welcome to Beanotown! Meet the team on the hunt for hidden treasure.  Say hello to Pieface, JJ, Rubi, Gnasher, and the ultimate mischief maker, Dennis! They’ve heard that somewhere in Beanotown lies a treasure chest full of epic pranks – and they need your help to find it!

Team up with the Mischief Makers for this year’s Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge Scotland and see if you can find out where the goodies are stashed.  When you join the Challenge at the library, you’ll receive your very own map of Beanotown.  The Challenge will take you all over town collecting clues. Dennis and his mates will be there every step of the way to provide plenty of fun and games! Each time you read a library book for the Challenge, you’ll collect another helpful hint from your new friends and some handy tools that will help you find the box of tricks. Visit https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ for more information.

Head to your library this summer to join the Challenge – IT’S FREE!

• Read 2 books – get a SWIM PASS
• Read 4 Books – get a wristband
• Complete the challenge by reading 6 books – BADMINTON PASS
• One lucky winner from every Renfrewshire Library will receive a CINEMA PASS (courtesy of Consilium)

Hello everyone,

I hope you’re having a super evening. Thank you very much for your support of Primary 2’s recent Africa Day. The children enjoyed creating the sustainable games and our visitors seemed to thoroughly enjoy playing them! Our African cafe was a huge success too – we definitely have some budding chefs among us.

I am absolutely delighted to announce that we raised over £400 on the day and this, coupled with the money raised by our non uniform day in April makes a grand total of £989.89!

I am absolutely blown away by this amazing total and would like to thank each and every person that has supported the project. The school community has contributed so much – in donations, equipment and time. I have now raised more than enough to make the trip to Uganda and I look forward to sharing the experiences with pupils across the school when I return in August.

Thank you again,

Miss J Cauley – P2 Class Teacher

A small number of additional tickets are available for the summer assemblies. Numbers are very limited so one additional ticket will be available on a first come first served basis from the school office.

Hello – just a reminder that tomorrow is our ‘Sustainable Africa’ carnival day!

All classes will be invited to Primary 2 at some point during the day to take part in the fun. On offer we will have games (created and hand made by Primary 2!), African food tasters and some super funky music to set the mood.

If you are able, please bring a donation. This will be collected when your class arrive at the carnival and in exchange you will be given some raffle tickets. These can be used to play the games on offer and will also entitle you to a snack.

We’re also offering you the chance to ‘Guess the Meerkat’s Birthday’ for an extra 20p. This will be available in the African café for those who want to try.

Thank you for your support of this project – I look forward to sharing my experiences with the children when I return to school in August!

Miss Cauley

Preparation is underway for our Summer Assemblies.

Can I remind everyone of the assembly times, as follows:

Primary 1               9.30am

Primary 2 &3        11am

Primary 4,5 & 6    1.30am

Please remember that only one person can be admitted per ticket.

Mr Collins

The Literacy/Reading Cafe will open this Monday the 11th June from 5.15-6.30pm for our current Primary 1 children and for some of our new entrants in August.

At the café children and their adult will learn ways to make reading together more fun, share a tasty snack provided by us and learn new skills in reading.

If you would like to attend, please could you phone the school office for your name to be added to the attendance list and let us know of any special dietary requirements.

Hope to see you there.

Mr Collins

The Parent Council still require a number of parent helpers for the P3-7 disco on Wednesday 6th June from 7.30-8.30 p.m.

If you are able to help please sign up by clicking the link below. Your help will be very much appreciated.

https://www.volunteersignup.org/397HM

In light of the changes to legislation following GDPR, please click the link below to read Renfrewshire Council’s Privacy policy:

http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/2201/Privacy-policy

Come along to the BPPC Summer Beach party Disco on Wednesday 6th June.

Cost: £2.00 plus a donation to the foodbank

Pre-schoolers, P1 & P2 – 6pm to 7pm                              

P3 to P7 – 7.30pm to 8.30pm

 JUICE AND SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED

One parent/guardian must stay with pre-schoolers.

All other parents/guardians are required to leave for the duration of the disco unless they are helping.

Children can only leave the premises accompanied by the guardian named above. 

Please click the link below to see the new lunch menu which starts on Monday 4th June. This will also be in the Helpful Resources section.

Primary School Menu (May 2018)

It was so nice to see so many of you wearing funky shoes to celebrate the walk to school yesterday!

The winners for Wednesday were – Primary 6A!

Well done to them!

Today we will announce a Thursday daily winner and an overall weekly winner. Good luck everyone!

Miss Grant and the Travel Champions

Well done to P7H again for winning the Walk to School today!

Remember tomorrow to wear funky shoes for the Walk to School Wednesday!

See you tomorrow!

The Travel Champions

Hi there,

Although we encourage children to cycle to school, can you please ensure your children are not cycling in the playground during the morning before school and after school due to safety reasons.

Thank You

Sports Day Wednesday 30^th May 2018

Sports day is almost upon us and the weather forecast is looking positive.

Please remember to wear your house colours (Falcons – Blue, Eagles – Yellow, Hawks – Green and Ospreys – Red) and bring lots of water and sun cream.

Parents, friends and family are invited to the ROF field for the traditional sports day races at the following times:

P1, P7 and nursery races – 9.30-10.30am

P2 and P6 races – 11-12 noon

P3, P4 and P5 races – 1.30-2.30pm

Building works have now started on the school field so if you are having a picnic it will need to be out with the school grounds. Normal home lunch rules apply.

We look forward to seeing you then!

Well done to P7H who were the overall walk to school winners today!

Remember the special item for Wednesday is funky shoes!

Good luck to all classes tomorrow!

You all may have had a visit from your Travel Champions last week to let you know about Walk to School week this week. The Travel Champions will visit you every day to count how many pupils in each class walked to school. Your special item will still be worn on Wednesday and this will be the funkiest shoes you have to celebrate the benefits that walking to school gives us. Remember cycling, scooting and park and stride are also included.

There will be an overall winner everyday and a winner from the full week.

Enjoy walking to school in the gorgeous weather we have been having!

Miss Grant and the Travel Champions