I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. It’s great to see the children back and hear all their Christmas stories. We were so proud of their wonderful performance at the Nativity play. They all enjoyed the school panto and their Christmas party. Well done to the pupils in Broomlands who had a Christmas disco for their house reward.

This term we will be teaching skills and knowledge and understanding through the themes of Sun, Moon and Stars and Eid ul Fitr. We have a special Scottish assembly and will learn more about Robert Burns for this. The children continue to have regular reading, spelling and maths homework and your support in this is vital to your child’s success.

We will have World of Work Week where children will turn their classroom in to a little enterprising business for a week. We also hear from a variety of people about a variety of jobs. I would encourage you to inform Mrs.Wiszniewski or your child’s class teacher if you would be willing to speak to children about your job. We are very grateful when parents come forward to offer their services.

Teachers are keen to work in partnership with parents and strive to keep you informed. There will be a Parents Evening in March however please do not hesitate to contact us with any concerns before that. We would like to see parents in and around the school during World of Work Week and World Book Day.

Parent Questionnaire

The results of the parent questionnaire are available on the school website. I met with a small group of parents to discuss the results and find solutions to the things that parents were most concerned about. This information is also on the website. Please ask the office if you would like a paper copy of this. The main causes for concern were the school building, communication and behaviour. We discussed ways to improve our service regarding these issues. Thank you to those parents who gave up their time to support the school on its way forward.

Free Meal Entitlement

Can I encourage you to apply for free meal entitlement if you are due this. Even if your child is in Primary 1-3, and receiving a free meal, you should still apply for free meal allowance.

Sponsored Zumba

The sponsored Zumba was a huge success and we raised over £4,000. A huge thank you to those of you who supported us and to Mr.Johnston for leading the activity….he certainly showed us a few moves that day! I have consulted with the pupils through the pupil Council and they identified how they would like to spend the money. The Christmas Fayre was also very successful in raising around £1,500.

Our school aims are now on display in the school entrance. They are Educational, Inclusive, Supportive, Friendly and Caring. We hope the school encompasses these aims.

Playtime

Sometimes parents and carers worry about their child during playtime and lunchtime. At West we have tried to provide the children with opportunities for safe play. There is a playground rota which indicates which year groups can play ball games on certain days. There are also P6 play leaders who do a fantastic job of encouraging children to play together and teach them new playground games. We also have our trim trails, climbing wall and the gazebo. P7 children are also fortunate to go to the Mugga across the road, giving them their own space and facilities.

The classroom assistants and janitor are present throughout playtime and lunchtime for children to voice concerns to and to intervene when they see inappropriate play.

As you can appreciate the classroom assistants can deal with many issues throughout this time. If you feel that your child is having an ongoing problem in the playground, please do not hesitate to contact myself or the class teacher and we can highlight your child to the assistants who will keep a special eye on them until the problem is resolved.

Reading Information Evening

We would like to invite parents of Primary 2 and 3 children to come along to school on Wednesday 25^th January for a reading information session. The way we are teaching reading has changed. P1 parents and some P2 and P3 parents attended afternoon sessions regarding this however, if you were unable to do this we would be delighted to see you there.

A word from the pupil council

We have been asking our classmates what they would like to spend the Zumba sponsor money on. We made a list of suggestions and discussed these with Mrs. Ormond. She advised us that many of the suggestions would be paid for through the school budget and that she wanted us to purchase the things that children would enjoy most.

We decided that each class would be given a budget to upgrade their library with new books and soft accessories which would make the class library more inviting. We also wanted to improve our musical instrument supply and play equipment for the playground.

We will meet again in January with Mrs. Ormond to feedback on the things that we like about our school and areas that need improved. We looked at the results of the pupil questionnaire which is on the website. We returned to class to share this information with everyone.

A plea from HT

Remember no dogs are allowed in the playground.

Smoking is not permitted within the playground or around the school gates.

Put your name on EVERYTHING….lost property is taking over the school!

Please park safely. Double parking is not permitted.

Join the Friends of the West Facebook page or look at our website for information.

www.west.renfrewshire.sch.uk

Make sure we have your current phone number.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Mrs.Ormond and P2 staff

 

Dates for your diary

11th January   12-3pm Infant registration

12^th January   12-3pm    Infant registration

16^th January   6.30pm   Friends of the West Meeting

25^th January 7.00-8.00pm   P2/3 Reading Information Evening

27^th January   12.45pm   P7 Burn’s Supper

1^st February   7.00pm   Meeting for P7 Lockerbie parents

10^th February   School Holiday  ( In-Service for teachers)

13^th and 14^th February   School Holiday

20^th -24th February   World of Work Week

1^st March   Rag Bag Day

6^th March   6.30pm   Friends of the West Meeting

7^th March   Photographer for P7 Yearbook

13^th-17^th March   P7 trip to Lockerbie

20^th March   Book of Success home to parents

23^rd and 24^th March   Tempest Photography P1-7

24^th March   Comic Relief Talent Show

29^th March   Termly House Reward

29^th March   6.30-8.30pm Parent’s Evening

30^th March    3.30-5.30pm Parent’s Evening

Friday 31^st March school closes at 2.30pm

3^rd April-17^th April   Easter Holiday

Tuesday 18^th April   School reopens

 

 

 

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. It’s great to see the children back and hear all their Christmas stories. We were so proud of their wonderful nativity performance and I know they all enjoyed meeting Santa at the end of last term. Well done to the pupils in Broomlands who had a Christmas disco for their house reward.

This term we will be teaching skills and knowledge and understanding through the themes of Welcoming a Baby, Winter and the Katie Morag stories. We have a special Scottish assembly and will learn more about Robert Burns for this. The children continue to have regular reading, phonics and maths homework and your support in this is vital to your child’s success.

We will also have World of Work Week where children will turn their classroom in to a little enterprising business for a week. We also hear from a variety of people about a variety of jobs. I would encourage you to inform Mrs.Wisznieski or your child’s class teacher if you would be willing to speak to children about your job. We are very grateful when parents come forward to offer their services.

Teachers are keen to work in partnership with parents and strive to keep you informed. There will be a Parents Evening in March however please do not hesitate to contact the class teacher with any concerns before that. We would like to see parents in and around the school during Enterprise Week, Nurture Room play sessions and World Book Day.

Parent Questionnaire

The results of the parent questionnaire are available on the school website. I met with a small group of parents to discuss the results and find solutions to the things that parents were most concerned about. This information is also on the website. Please ask at the office if you would like a paper copy of this. The main causes for concern were the school building, communication and behaviour. We discussed ways to improve our service regarding these issues. Thank you to those parents who gave up their time to support the school on its way forward.

Free School Meals

Can I encourage you to apply for free meal entitlement if you are due this. Even if your child is in Primary 1-3 you should still apply for free meal allowance.

Our school aims are now on display in the school entrance. They are Educational, Inclusive, Supportive, Friendly and Caring. We hope the school encompasses these aims.

Sponsored Zumba

The sponsored Zumba was a huge success and we raised over £4,000. A huge thank you to those of you who supported us and to Mr.Johnston for leading the activity….he certainly showed us a few moves that day! I have consulted with the pupils through the pupil Council and they identified how they would like to spend the money. The Christmas Fayre was also very successful in raising around £1,500.

Playtime

Sometimes parents and carers worry about their child during playtime and lunchtime. At West we have tried to provide the children with opportunities for safe play. There is a playground rota which indicates which year groups can play ball games on certain days. There are also P6 play leaders who do a fantastic job of encouraging children to play together and teach them new playground games. We also have our trim trails, climbing wall and the gazebo. P7 children are also fortunate to go to the Mugga across the road, giving them their own space and facilities.

The classroom assistants and janitor are present throughout playtime and lunchtime for children to voice concerns to and to intervene when they see inappropriate play.

As you can appreciate the classroom assistants can deal with many issues throughout this time. If you feel that your child is having an ongoing problem in the playground please do not hesitate to contact myself or the class teacher and we can highlight your child to the assistants, who will keep a special eye on them until the problem is resolved.

A word from the Pupil Council

We have been asking our classmates what they would like to spend the Zumba sponsor money on. We made a list of suggestions and discussed these with Mrs. Ormond. She advised us that many of the suggestions would be paid for through the school budget and that she wanted us to purchase the things that children would enjoy most.

We decided that each class would be given a budget to upgrade their library with new books and accessories which would make the class library more inviting. We also wanted to improve our musical instrument supply and play equipment for the playground.

We will meet again in January with Mrs. Ormond to feedback on the things that we like about our school and areas that need improved. We looked at the results of the pupil questionnaire which is on the website. We returned to class to share this information with everyone.

A plea from HT

Remember no dogs are allowed in the playground.

Smoking is not permitted within the playground or around the school gates.

Put your name on EVERYTHING….lost property is taking over the school!

Please park safely. Double parking is not permitted.

Join the Friends of the West Facebook page or look at our website for information.

www.west.renfrewshire.sch.uk

Make sure we have your current phone number.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Mrs.Ormond and P1 staff

 

Dates for your diary

11th January   12-3pm Infant registration

12^th January   12-3pm    Infant registration

16^th January   6.30pm   Friends of the West Meeting

25^th January 7.00-8.00pm   P2/3 Reading Information Evening

27^th January   12.45pm   P7 Burn’s Supper

1^st February   7.00pm   Meeting for P7 Lockerbie parents

10^th February   School Holiday  ( In-Service for teachers)

13^th and 14^th February   School Holiday

20^th -24th February   World of Work Week

1^st March   Rag Bag Day

6^th March   6.30pm   Friends of the West Meeting

7^th March   Photographer for P7 Yearbook

13^th-17^th March   P7 trip to Lockerbie

20^th March   Book of Success home to parents

23^rd and 24^th March   Tempest Photography P1-7

24^th March   Comic Relief Talent Show

29^th March   Termly House Reward

29^th March   6.30-8.30pm Parent’s Evening

30^th March    3.30-5.30pm Parent’s Evening

Friday 31^st March school closes at 2.30pm

3^rd April-17^th April   Easter Holiday

Tuesday 18^th April   School reopens

 

After the success of previous years we would like to ask you for your support for this event, week beginning 20 February 2017. As part of this week we arrange for several speakers to visit to talk about the skills needed to be able to do their line of work. Curriculum for Excellence places an emphasis on equipping our children with lifelong skills which will enable them to cope with the rapid changes of the 21^st century. Many of the pupils we teach today will be employed in jobs which don’t even exist.

The aim of this week is to raise awareness of the wide variety of jobs and professions which may be available to them and to give the children an opportunity to find out more about them. At West Primary we like our children to believe that through hard work and determination anything is possible.

We will also be having a focus on food technology and financial education throughout the week. Our challenge through World of Work week will be to create a product or an activity which will encourage more people to read. The children will be using their ICT skills to advertise the product to the rest of the school on Friday 24^th February. Enterprising skills will be required!

If you would like to get involved and are available some point during WOW week, please complete and return the letter the children have received. Or get in touch with through the School Office and we will then contact you with further arrangements.

Also, if you have any ideas which we could incorporate into this week, we would love to hear it.

Thank you for your continued support.

 

 

 

Just a reminder that school will close tomorrow (Tuesday 20th) at 2.30pm. We will reopen again on Thursday 5th January.

We would like to wish all our pupils, parents and friends a Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

Primary 5 had a great time at their Christmas Party. Have a look at our pictures below…

As part of our enterprise topic, Primary 3 have chosen to sing at Abbeyfield Care Home on Monday 19^th December at 10.30 am.

As we will be walking there and back, suitable footwear and clothing for the weather will be required.

We already have your child’s consent form within the school but can you please fill in the permission slip the children were given to allow them to attend this event.

The children should wear school uniform, shirt and tie and they may wear their own Santa hat if they have one.

Primary 2b were very excited about performing at the Nativity. The pictures below tell you that!

Congratulations to…BROOMLANDS!

Members of BROOMLANDS can wear their own clothes on Friday (16th) and get ready for a Christmas disco! 🎶

 

All dressed and ready to perform for our families!

Monday, 12 December

P3 & P4 Minecraft Club (3pm – 4pm)

Tuesday, 13 December

Nursery Nativity (10am – 11am)
P3 & P4 Christmas Party

Wednesday, 14 December

Skoobibus visiting Nursery
P6 & P7 Christmas Party

Thursday, 15 December

P3a Brewers Fayre (am)
P5 Christmas Party

Friday, 16 December

House Reward
Nursery Christmas Party
SNACK LUNCHES

Monday, 19 December

P3  at Abbeyfield Care Home carol singing (am)
P1 & P2 Christmas Party

Tuesday, 20 December

School closes at 2.30pm for Christmas holiday          
Re-opens 9am, 5th January 2017