Welcome to the St. Fergus’ Community
This page has links to some important information and videos that will support you and your child on their journey from Nursery to Primary. Please check this page regularly for updates.
The school has an app that you can download, this will allow you to see when this page has been updated directly to your tablet or mobile phone. Please click on this link below 👇 for information on how to download the app:
All parents should have now received a welcome email with an information leaflet attached . Please click on the link below 👇 to view this.
St. Fergus’ Transition Programme and Enrolment Welcome Parent Leaflet 2023
Transition Dates For April- June 2023
| Date | Activity |
| 18th April | Meet the Teacher (1.00-1.30 pm) – introduction to Primary 1 and the Class Teacher with a shared story about starting school and a tour of the classroom. |
| 26th April | Emotion works (9.15-10.00 am) – Health and Well-being lesson around Emotion Works. Children will discuss, draw, dramatize emotions from a story stimulus. Children will be introduced to a different member of staff each week. |
| 3rd May
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Teddy Bear Picnic (11-12noon)–Primary 1 children, Buddies and our School Librarians will showcase school library. The children can bring their own teddy and snack. |
| 10th May | Outdoor Learning (9.30-10.15 am) – Nursery children will visit the school and be introduced to their Buddies. Their outdoor adventure will involve the children being Bug Detectives and going on a Bug Hunt. |
| 15th May
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Buddy visits to Nurseries in the Ferguslie Area –
Hillview ELCC- 9:30am Ferguslie ELCC- 10:15am (Rainbow Café) Glencoats Lodge – 1pm Douglas Street ELCC- 1:45pm Small group of Buddies will visit the children in Nursery with the P.1 Teacher during free play. |
| 23rd May | Buddy School Tour (1.45-2.30 pm) – Nursery children will visit the school and will be given a tour with their Buddies followed by a snack and playground fun. |
| 7th June | P.1 Parent Induction Day 1 (9.30-10.30 am) – Meet the Senior Leadership Team and school information provided while your child meets their Class Teacher. |
| 12th June | P.1 Parent Induction Day 2 (1.30-2.30 pm) – Meet the school Community Staff while your child meets with their Class Teacher. Parent’s tour of the school. |
Click on the picture below to view the Presentations:
Previous years we have had a series of virtual meetings and this can be accessed below.
Online Transition Lesson 1:
The nursery children enjoyed meeting our current P1s who gave them a tour of our classroom. Then we read a story about starting school and the current Primary One’s talked to the nursery children about what to expect on their first day of school.
Online Transition Lesson 2:
The Children listened to the Bug Collector Story and loved hearing all about George’s adventures with his grandpa. Then we spoke about the different emotion words in the story and and had a go at acting out these emotions. We then spoke about how the nursery children were feeling about starting school and they drew an emotion face to show us how they were feeling. Primary One loved seeing their fantastic art work!
Nursery Visit to St Fergus:
The nursery children visited their buddies at St. Fergus. They got a chance to meet their buddies and then we all went on a bug hunt together, just the the characters from our book The Bug Collector!
Have you Applied?
The Best Start Grant School Age Payment is a £250 payment made around the time a child normally starts Primary 1.
It is open to people who get tax credits or certain benefits and are a parent or carer of a child.
People are encouraged to apply online at:
https://www.mygov.scot/best-start-grant-best-start-foods
or by calling 0800 182 2222
If eligible you can also apply for Scottish Child Payment and other Best Start Grant payments at the same time.
