With some further mitigations easing we are pleased to be able to open up the Active Schools sports sessions at Bishopton Primary to additional pupils this term. The session details are:
To view the schedule and book a place click the link below for more information:
On Friday 11th February we are adding a Valentine treat to the lunch menu. Below is a list of the ingredients and allergen for both products. These product are suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
Jammie Dodger
WHEAT flour (with Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin and Thiamine), Raspberry flavoured apple jam (27%) (Glucose-fructose syrup, Apples (Apple, Preservative (Sodium METABISULPHITE)), Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), Acid (Citric acid), Acidity regulator (Sodium citrates), Flavourings, Colours (Anthocyanins, Annatto norbixin), Gelling agent (Pectin)), Vegetable oils (Sustainable palm, Rapeseed), Sugar, Partially inverted sugar syrup, Raising agents (Ammonium bicarbonate, Sodium bicarbonate), Salt, Flavourings.
Contains: Gluten, Sulphites >10ppm and Wheat
Nairn’s Gluten Free Oat & Fruit Biscuit
Gluten Free Wholegrain OATS (66%), Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Currants (13%) (Currants, Sunflower Oil), Demerara Sugar, Partially Inverted Syrup, Tapioca Starch, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Natural Flavouring, Sea Salt.
Contains: Oats
Yesterday we had our annual Scottish Poetry Assembly. It was lovely to be able to have all our class winners together in one room for the remote event which was streamed to the rest of the school.
As always, the standard was very high. Across the school teachers and SMT had a really hard job to judge the entries and select a winner from each class. What talented children we have!
I did not envy Mrs McNaught the task of deciding on a winner from each stage. Every single performer was excellent and it took Mrs McNaught a long time to decide.
The winner for P1-3 was Finlay from P3AM
P4&5 was Lewis from P4M
P6&7 was Tiernan from P6M
Well done everyone!
Over the next few months, our local authority is planning to ask all pupils in P5 to S6 to take part in a survey about their health and wellbeing. The findings will help our local authority to understand the needs, strengths and possible concerns of children and young people, which will help plan future improvements to local services.
Please look out for a letter which you should shortly be receiving that will provide you with more detailed information about the Census, and provides you with the opportunity to let us know if you don’t wish your child to take part.
As you know we have been working very hard on our Scots and Burns poems. This year, due to Covid restrictions, class winners will recite their poems to the school in an online assembly. Mrs McNaught will choose an overall winner. The lucky winner from P1- 3, P4&5 and P6&7 will be awarded a trophy to hold for a year and the class winners a certificate.
We would invite the children to wear something tartan this Thursday 3 February, if they have it, to help us celebrate Burns Day.
We are all looking forward to the performances and pictures will be posted on the school blog after the assembly.
Thank you once again for your support.
To access the scheme, young people need to apply for a new entitlement card.
5 to 10-year-olds will use a junior card which does not require a photograph and those aged 11 and over will use an updated Young Scot card – which is also a photo identity and proof of age card.
New cards can be applied for using the website below:
The usual process of delivering Young Scot cards to Primary 7s will take place in March and April 2022 and this year will include a consent process to allow access to the free travel scheme too.
Due to Suppler Issues we are having to make a few changes to our gluten free menus.
Week 1 Quorn Curry will now be Veg Curry
Week 2 Quorn Casserole will now be Veg Casserole
Week 2 Vegetable Lasagne will be replaced with Veggie Bake on all menus.
The janitor has informed me that a tree has fallen and is overhanging the Ashy Path. Please take an alternative route if possible.
The janitor has reported this and hopefully it will be cleared for the end of the day.
Bishopton Parent Council have signed up to Amazon Smile to help their fundraising efforts. If you would like to help out please follow the instructions below. It does not cost you anything and 0.5% of your purchases goes towards supporting the school.
#STEMRen
Our Primary 7 Young STEM Leaders were delighted to judge our Bishopton Primary ‘Sustainable Car’ home learning competition.
STEM can also promote skills for learning, life and work and our Young STEM Leaders have thoroughly embraced the opportunity to create their own innovative STEM challenges.
At the end of 2021, and to highlight the importance of sustainability in technologies, our Leaders set a challenge for families to create their own sustainable car – which was to be created using everyday household items. They were blown away by the quality of the entries, and marvelled at the different styles of vehicles created, as well as by the type of items used. Several of the cars were able to move, and our Young Leaders were encouraged and delighted to find that families at home were using some technological ideas that they had considered themselves when setting the challenge.
Please see below for the entries, and for a few comments from our Young STEM judges:
Car Number 1:
I love this one, it looks so difficult to make. They have obviously put a lot of time and effort in to make it look just like a car you might see on the road. It is a good beginning STEM project that you could keep working on.
It’s big enough for someone to fit inside, so they obviously thought about space and how to make it big enough for that.
I like that it’s made of cardboard – it’s easy to get cardboard, so other people could make this one as well if they wanted to.
Car Number 2:
Wow! Someone has used one of the ideas we thought of in STEM Club! It just shows that if you spend time on an idea and have the vision you can make it work. It was nice to see this idea come to life.
I like that a balloon has been used to make this car move because it measures the speed correctly. It there was no balloon, it would probably just crash into the door. The person has obviously really thought through how to make sure it moves fast and it is balanced, so goes straight.
This car makes me look forward to learning more about woodwork because I’d like to learn how to cut the wood and make it balance like that.
Car Number 3:
This car is very creative and fits the fact that it should be made of reusable things – the water bottle body and the bottle cap wheels mean that you could build this easily at home by yourself and keep working on it until it moved the way you wanted.
This one looks like a sailing boat and I am really impressed that the paper is acting like a sail and the fan is acting like the wind, pushing it along. It’s also made really well as it moves along at a constant speed.
Car Number 4:
I like the fact this car is made from reusable material that they have balanced up – the toothpicks are a great way to balance the wheels on the bottle!
I think that because of how the wheels and the toothpicks are setup, this car is probably going to move and move quite straight. It looks equal on both sides.
Anyone could build this car from these materials and though the wheels and things might be different, friends could each build one and have a speed competition!
Car Number 5:
This design is different in the way that it has a ramp; it reminds me of a skatepark and then you get faster by going down because you build up speed. The fact that the balloon released the air slowly made it the perfect speed.
The speed of this one is not too slow, but also not too fast – it’s a constant like a car on the road. The vehicle is moving quickly and I think this one could go quite far without the force of pushing it.
I like that you could make your own version from things like cereal boxes and you could recycle birthday balloons.
Well done to everyone that entered the competition – the entries were fantastic, and the effort superb. Each entrant will receive 50 points for their house as a reward.
Congratulations to all of our entrants – Young STEM leaders of the future!
Our active School clubs are starting back next week. This is currently to P5C and P7CK but we aim to open the clubs up to more pupils when restrictions allow. If you would like to attend any of these fantastic clubs please log onto the following website to register.
https://oneren-bishopton.class4kids.co.uk/
If you have any problems please contact Mr McAvoy in the school or Fraser Buchan our Active Schools Coordinator.
Tue 1st Feb 22 – Sun 27th Mar 22
| Day | Time | Venue | Class | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 3:15PM – 4:15PM | Bishopton Primary | Multisport (P5C only)(0 mths – 0 mths) | ||||
| Wed | 3:15PM – 4:15PM | Bishopton Primary | Multisport (P7CK only)(0 mths – 0 mths) |
Before Christmas, some classes took part in a modern language competition organised by the council’s MFL co-ordinator.
The lost property from all of our classrooms will be made available to view in our middle playground on Thursday & Friday from 2.45 pm this week (weather permitting).
Our class teachers make every effort to return any missing items to pupils but we kindly ask that parents and carers ensure that all items of school clothing, footwear and lunchboxes are labelled.
Before Christmas, Taylor Wimpey West Scotland challenged the Primary 5, 6 and 7 pupils of Bishopton Primary and Dargavel Primary to design a sign that could be installed near its new show homes off Craigton Drive in Dargavel Village to encourage drivers to slow down.
Two winning designs – created by Lucas (P6) from Bishopton Primary and Olivia (P5) from Dargavel Primary –have been recreated as signs that are now installed near the entrance to its latest phase of new homes. Each winner also won a £50 book token.
The overall standard of designs was so high that a further six posters were chosen to create a banner for Taylor Wimpey’s show area car park to remind drivers to keep their speed down whilst moving around the area. Each child also received a £20 book token. Bishopton’s winners were Anna (P6), Hollie (P6) and Jamie (P5).
Taylor Wimpey also kindly provided both schools with an additional sign for each of the overall winners to be place outside our schools. We are currently making arrangements to have Lucas’s sign mounted.
As always, we were overwhelmed by the standard and enthusiasm of our pupils and are very proud of them.
Attached are some of the photographs of the prize giving event at Taylor Wimpey.
Good Luck Dargavel Primary / Friendship Concert
Everyone at Bishopton Primary would like to wish Mr Carlton, staff and pupils at Dargavel Primary School all the best as their new school opens today.
To celebrate our continued friendship, please take a look at our Friendship Concert. This was filmed in June 2021. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq98eLPKsTA
New school meal menus are now live, providing children with some of the food they love while still keeping within the new food and drink in schools legislation.
Thanks to parents and pupil feedback, some favourites returning will be:
Vegan and vegetarian options will be available, and we will continue to provide medical diets as required.
School meals still need to be balanced to ensure they meet the new food regulations, but children will get their favourites as part of the new menu, just not all the time.
Check www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/schoolmeals for more details.
Visit https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/2880/Primary-school-lunch-menus to see the AMEY school meal menu.
Dear Parent/Carer,
I hope you and your family had a good break over the festive period. We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Thursday 6th January. Current mitigations will still be in place. Doors will be open from 8.45a.m. to help prevent large crowds in and around the school playground. We kindly ask that you do not arrive before this time to avoid queues or crowds forming.
A reminder that all adults who enter the playground should, if possible, wear a face covering and maintain a 2m distance from all other adults. We ask that only 1 adult per family attends at drop off and collection to keep adult numbers to a minimum.
One change that will be taking place is the reintroduction of class bubbles when pupils are inside the building. This will mean that pupils will, as much as possible, remain with their own classmates during teaching time. There is no need for pupils to maintain these bubbles outdoors, therefore pupils will still be able to mix with others in the playground at break times.
In order to ensure pupils remain with their bubble in the dining area, staggered lunch breaks will continue. P1-4 will have their lunch from 12.00-12.45 and P5-7 will eat from 12.45-1.30. As always please inform the school office if your child is a home lunch.
Adult visitors, including parents, are only allowed into the building if essential to their child’s wellbeing. Adults are asked to take an LFD test before coming into the school building.
Contact tracing will remain the responsibility of public health but we ask that you continue to let us know of any positive test results. Warn and inform letters will be text out if we are notified of a positive case within your child’s class. If you receive such a text we would ask that your child takes a LFD test before returning to school the next day.
As always if you have any questions or concerns please contact the school directly. The school office will reopen at 8.30 a.m. on the 6th January.
Dear Parent/ Carer,
On behalf of all staff in Bishopton Primary I would like to thank you for all your support since we returned to school in August 2022. I think it is fair to say that it has not been the school year that any of us had predicted just a few months earlier.
For the last 5 months we have been accommodating both Bishopton Primary and Dargavel Primary in our building and apart from being a little ‘cosy’ this has worked really well. Pupils and staff in every department have worked closely together to make this a positive experience for all. Today is the last day that we will have our Dargavel friends in our building. Many of the pupils and staff have been with us for a number of years and we will be very sad to say goodbye to them at the end of the day. New staff and pupils joined the Dargavel team and it has been a pleasure to get to know them, we will miss them too. Everyone in Bishopton would like to wish Mr Carlton and his team all the best when their new building opens for business on the 6th January. We look forward to continuing our close relationship as Park Mains cluster colleagues.
As we started this school session we were optimistic that it would only be a few weeks before all restriction were lifted and we could quickly resume the full range of activities that we normally offer. Unfortunately COVID-19 had other plans and only last week we find ourselves with yet again another set of tighter guidance. We are grateful for the support and understanding of parents/ carers as we strive to deliver as many experiences in as safe a way possible for our pupils. We can only hope that as we enter the Spring term the situation starts to improve.
As it currently stands we will be returning in January still under restrictions. We will post more information in the coming days so please continue to read the blog throughout the holidays for any changes.
Finally we would like to wish you and your family a safe and restful festive period. We look forward to welcoming all of our pupils back to their classes on Thursday 6th January at 9.00a.m.
A child’s bike has been left at school this week.
Please could you contact the school office on 0300 300 0147
if it’s your child’s.
The map below shows the entrances for pupils on return in Jan 22.
P1-7 pupils have been entered into the Sumdog Holiday Contest.
The contest begins tomorrow at 8am and ends at 8pm on Thursday 23rd December. There is no pressure to enter and play the games, however a little bit of practise can make a bit difference to your maths skills! Have fun.
Dear Parent/Carer,
As you will be aware, the staff and pupils of Dargavel Primary will move into their school at the start of the new term on the 6th January 2022.
At this time Bishopton Primary classes will move into their own classrooms. Please see the attachment for your child’s class for January. Class teachers will ensure pupils know where their class is before they stop next week. If you are in any way unsure of the door your child should use in January please speak to a member of staff in the playground and they will show you where to go.
At this time, all current mitigations remain in place and there will be no change to the start and end of the day procedures.
Pupils will finish on Monday 20th December and return on Thursday 6th January 2022.
We wish you all a very happy and safe festive period.
A reminder for tomorrow, Friday 10th December:
Please wear a Christmas jumper or something festive in support of Save the Children. We are suggesting a donation of £1 to be paid through Parent Pay by 18th December. Please click here for more information.
It is also school Christmas lunch which has already been ordered. If you have not ordered the lunch, you should bring a packed lunch.
We are looking forward to seeing lots of festive outfits and accessories!
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The closing date for all responses is 24th January 2022.
About the Survey
Do you have a child aged 5-16, or are you a young person aged 12-21? If so, please complete our short travel survey for a chance to win up to £250 in Love2Shop vouchers.
The Scottish Government will soon be launching the Free Bus Travel Scheme for young people between the ages of 5 and 21. This aims to encourage greener travel patterns, and increase opportunities for young people to engage in employment, education and social activities and not be excluded due to travel costs. Transport Scotland will monitor the scheme as it progresses to check on use and impact. The first step is to try and understand current travel patterns so that any changes after the scheme is introduced can be identified.
We would be grateful if parents/carers of younger children (i.e. those aged 5-16), or young people aged 12-21 themselves, could complete this short travel survey. The questionnaire asks about current travel behaviour, and your thoughts about bus travel generally and the free bus travel. This should take no more than 10 minutes to do.
Contact Us: If you have any questions about the work or problems completing the questionnaire, please contact our Project Manager, Elaine Wilson-Smith, at elaine@wellsideresearch.co.uk or on 0131 677 5522.
From Thursday 6 January 2022, all primary 5 pupils will be able to receive a universal school meal and it won’t cost parents a penny.
P5s will join P1, P2, P3 and P4 in receiving a universal school meal as part of the Scottish Government’s expansion of healthy meals to all primary pupils.
New school meal menus will also go live in January, providing children with some of the food they love while still keeping within the new food and drink in schools legislation.
Thanks to parents and pupil feedback, some favourites returning will be:
Vegan and vegetarian options will be available, and we will continue to provide medical diets as required.
School meals still need to be balanced to ensure they meet the new food regulations, but children will get their favourites as part of the new menu, just not all the time.
The new school meal menus will go live on the council’s website by Thursday 23 December (once schools close). Check www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/schoolmeals for more details.
Visit https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/schoolmeals-primary to see the AMEY school meal menu.
