Category Archives: School News

The Meet and Heat Cafe

CatholicErskine are joining with other churches in Erskine to provide places where people can meet and share a modest meal.

The Meet and Heat Cafes are open to all and offer a place for soup, bread and cake/scones with tea/coffee. They don’t talk about religion, they just try to ‘love our neighbour’.  The meet  is from 11:00am to 1:00pm in St. John Bosco (Thursday) and St. Bernadette (Friday).

Please come along and/or invite family or neighbours to join us. All are welcome.

Renfrewshire Council ESOL Class Information

Renfrewshire Council Adult and Family Learning Services provide informal non-accredited ESOL for Beginners classes free of charge in various venues across Renfrewshire.

Classes are for adults living, working, or volunteering in Renfrewshire.  They are suitable for people with little or no English, or for basic/elementary ESOL learners who want to improve language skills to access support and services, or participate in cultural and leisure opportunities in their new communities.

For information on classes and how to book, please click on the link.

ESOL Class Information January 2023 – June 2023

 

Kids Church – 1st Sunday in Advent

Hello everyone and welcome to Kids Church for this week.  It is the first week in Advent.  What a great day to come to church and see the lighting of the candle.  Every child will be able to pick up a sheet on the Jesse Tree.  What is that?  Well come along and find out.

We have a few dates for you to keep free.

Saturday  26th November 4.30 mass at St John Bosco Pick up a free Jesse Tree resource

Sunday 27th November 10.30 mass at St Bernadette Pick up a free    Jesse Tree resource.

Saturday 3rd December 4.30 mass at St John Bosco.   Short Christmas film after mass.

Sunday 4th December 10.30 mass at St Bernadette.  Short Christmas film after mass .

Saturday 10th December 4.30 mass in St John  Bosco.  Christmas jumper day – photo opportunity.

Sunday 11th December 10.30 mass in St Bernadette.  Christmas jumper day – photo opportunity.

It will be great to see you all there.   All welcome of course.

This Advent programme helps us to grow in faith and to look forward to many more events in the new year where families can be supported in their journey of faith.  Please put the dates in your diary and maybe spread the word to other families.

Here is the link for some  guidance on thinking about the Gospel –

Children’s Liturgy

For the illustration so that you can colour in –

Activity Sheet

As always we would love to see your pictures for this Sunday.  Please post them on line.

All those who like to sing should try to learn a hymn for this month.

And if you like to dance along.

Thanks and have a good week.

Family Learning Session – Wednesday 16th November 2022

To coincide with Anti-Bullying Week which runs from Monday 14th November until Friday 18th November, we are hosting a family learning session presented by Fiona White, Health and Wellbeing Officer from Renfrewshire Council on Wednesday 6.30pm until 7.30pm in our school hall.  This session aims to help parents and carers build their knowledge, skills and confidence to have everyday conversations with their child to support them to be safer online.  It will introduce Thinkuknow curricular materials and supports aimed at opening up dialogue in school regarding what children do online and how they should carry out their online relationships.

Kids Church – 32nd Sunday of the Year

Welcome to the 32nd Sunday of the year and an apology.  Due to technical difficulties we are not able to bring you the usual PowerPoint but there is no time to waste.  Kids Church brings you some links, some information and some hymns to help you focus on the message this Sunday.

So let us begin.

God of heaven and earth, your Kingdom has room for us all. May we see each other through your eyes. Amen.

If you go to www.Cafod.org you will find children’s liturgy and the prayer sheet for the day.

https://cafod.org.uk/Education/Children-s-liturgy

If you want to think about the Gospel and colour in the  picture go to

https://cafod.org.uk/content/download/11661/91510/version/6/Prayer_childrens-liturgy_32nd-Sunday-Ordinary-Time-illustration-C.pdf

Hymn for this week – God Is So Good.

 

And if you want to dance and sing – LOVE, Love.

P1 Registration 2023 – 2024

P1 registration for the 2023 – 2024 session will be live online from 1st to 4th November 2022.  All parents/carers of pre-school children should register their child for school on one of these dates, they will be required to upload proof of residency and child’s birth certificate.  Parents who do not have internet access or miss registering on these days should contact the catchment school directly to arrange registration in person.

If a parent/carer wants their child to be considered for a school outwith their catchment school, they will need to complete a placing request application as well as registering their child at their catchment school.   The deadline for placing requests for the 2023 – 2024 session is 15 March 2023, all applications received by this date will have a written response by 30 April 2023.

For more information, please click the link below.

Apply For a Place At School

Social Security Scotland Family Benefit Information

Please click on the links below to access information regarding the benefits that are on offer from Social Security Scotland, eligibility and how to make an application.

Benefits which are currently available:

  • Scottish Child Payment – as of 14 November 2022, The Scottish Child Payment benefit will be extended to those responsible for eligible children under the age of 16 and at that point will be increased from £20 to £25 per week.  Applications must be made for this.
  • Adult Disability Payment
  • Child Disability Payment
  • Best Start Grant
  • Carer’s Allowance Supplement
  • Young Carer’s Grant

5 Family Payments Information March 2022

Adult Disability Payment April 2022

Child Disability Payment April 2022

Also available is the Local Delivery Service which aims to make application for these benefits as easy as possible and support applicants to complete applications through an appointment at a time and location convenient to them.

Local Delivery Service Factsheet March 2022

Bikeability Training Dates

Mrs McAllan and Mrs Church are currently trained as Bikeability Scotland Instructors and have been delivering the course for the last 3 years.

We are looking for volunteers to help us deliver Bikeability Scotland, the national cycle training programme for school children.  You don’t need to be a cycling expert to volunteer – you just need to be able to cycle confidently.

Courses are being held at KGV Pavilion, Renfrew and there are 4 starting dates to choose from.  You would only need to attend one course held over two days.  On all days, training runs from 9am until 12.30pm.  Bikes/Helmets available to borrow if required but better if you could bring your own.

Dates are as follows –

Course 1 – Monday 22nd August and Monday 29th August

Course 2 – Tuesday 23rd August and Tuesday 30th August

Course 3 – Thursday 1st September and Thursday 15th September

Course 4 – Tuesday 6th September and Tuesday 13th September

To find out more about this,  please click on the link below.

Bikeability Scotland Volunteer Leaflet

 

Primary 6 Fairtrade Enterprise

During Fairtrade Fortnight, Primary 6 ran a Rainbow Turtle Tuck Shop for all of the classes.  In the shop, children were able to buy various pocket money items.  Through all of their hard work, they managed to sell £145.89 worth of goods.

What a fantastic achievement!