Just a reminder that there is a meeting for this trip on Wednesday 24 February at 7.00pm. This meeting is for both parents and pupils. We will be discussing the Kit List and the plan for the week at Lockerbie Manor.

We are looking forward to welcoming many visitors to West over the next few days who will be talking about their jobs and skills.

Look out for blog updates about World of Work Week from our new bloggers.

Grab and Go Dinner Menu

WORLD OF WORK WEEK

Monday 22nd February

P4 Lunchtime Tennis Club
P5-7 Girls’ Football Club (3-4.15pm)
P1 Multisports Club (3-4.15pm)

Tuesday 23rd February

P5 Girls’ Lunchtime Sports Club
P7 Basketball Club (3-4pm)

Wednesday 24th February

P5 Boys’ Lunchtime Sports Club
Mincecraft Club (3-4pm)
P7 Lockerbie Trip Parents’ Evening (7pm)

Thursday 25th February

P7 Netball Club (3-4pm)

Friday 26th February

Renfrewshire Cross Country for Running Club members

Today the Assessment and Development Class were very busy in the learning circuit.

We worked hard on our sounds, number and fine motor skills.

We all had a great long weekend!

Lots of news this morning about softplay, arts and crafts, park trips and not forgetting some ‘lazy days’!

This (short) week we have lots of learning planned.

• Our sound of the week is…

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• Our nursery rhyme of the week is ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’

Grab and Go Menu

Monday 15th February

Holiday

Tuesday 16th February

Holiday

Wednesday 17th February

Minecraft Club (3-4pm)

Thursday 18th February

P7 Netball Club (3-4pm)

Friday 19th February

House football competition

We hope you all have a great February holiday.  The school will close tomorrow (11th February) for the long weekend!

We are looking forward to hearing all the ‘news ‘ when the children return on Wednesday 17th February!

This morning the Language Unit morning class helped to make pancakes.

We talked about the ingredients and equipment that we needed. We had to listen carefully to follow the recipe instructions. We made big and little pancakes! They all tasted great!

We all had a great time…especially eating the pancakes!! We tried butter, jam, syrup and chocolate spread! The Assessment and Development Class joined us at playtime for a special pancake treat!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. It is great to see the children back and hear their Christmas stories. We have another busy term ahead where the children will continue to learn new skills and develop their knowledge and understanding. The themes this term are Scotland and Chinese New Year.

Children will also be visiting the school library on a weekly basis and there will be a story telling session from the Skoobmobile on 19^th January. A group of pre-schoolers will be embarking on their Forest Kindergarten journey starting on 20^th January.

Our pre-schoolers enrolled for school on Wednesday 13^th January and Thursday 14^th January. If your child is due to come to school in August please ensure that you have enrolled.

The staff are working closely with our pre-schoolers to support their journey from nursery to school. We will be handing out a leaflet in February which gives you some guidance on the expectations for new pupils in August. We are grateful for any information you can provide us regarding which school your child will attend and we will access school websites and handbooks to familiarise the children with their new school. If your child is not coming to West Primary School we will ensure that we access the transition programme available at their new school.

There will be an opportunity for you to play alongside your child in the school nurture room during February and time in March to visit the school library with your child. We want to encourage parents to be part of their child’s nursery experience and welcome comments on the parent’s whiteboard in the cloakroom area.

We will be celebrating Robert Burns with our annual Burns supper and the children can wear tartan to nursery on that day. We will also be celebrating World Book Day and children can dress up as a character from a book.

There were 10 replies to our questionnaire about coffee mornings. Six people expressed an interest in our coffee evening and that will take place on Wednesday 20^th January between 6.30pm and 7.30pm. We will try to give you a flavour of the subjects we were discussing during the Friday coffee mornings such as healthy eating, Five to Thrive, Forest Kindergarten and Bookbug (as well as some coffee and biscuits).It would be great to see you there. Six people also said they would like to have the Friday coffee mornings every month. The next one will be on Friday 5^th February. Everyone welcome.

Dates for your diary

25th January 2015

Burn’s supper – children to wear tartan to nursery. Usual times for nursery today.

Profile Reviews/ Parents Meeting–

Tuesday 2^nd February- Mrs.McIntosh

Thursday 4^th February  Mrs.Donaldson/Mrs.Johnston

Friday 5^th February   Mrs.Simpson

Your child’s key worker will arrange a specific time to review your child’s care plan with you on these dates.

Visits to the nurture playroom–   Parents / carers are invited to stay and play in the school nurture room with their child. Morning parents should attend from 9.15 am to 10.15 am and afternoon parents from 2pm to 3pm.

Monday 1^st February   Mrs.McIntosh’s group

Monday 8^th February   Mrs.Simpson’s group

Monday 22^nd February Mrs.Johnstone/Mrs.Donaldson’s group

Thursday 3rd March– World Book Day – Children to dress up as a character from a book.

Parents/carers will be invited to go to the school library with the children on this day. Morning parents should attend at 10.45am-11.15am o’clock and afternoon parents at 2.00-2.40pm

Easter Holidays– Nursery will be closed on Friday 25^th March and Monday 28^th March for the Easter weekend.

Friday 1^st April– Nursery closes at 2.30pm. Nursery will reopen on Monday 18^th April.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Mrs.Ormond and the staff of West Nursery Class

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. It’s great to see the children back and to hear their Christmas stories.  We were so proud of them when they sang at the Brewers Fayre and it was great to see so many families coming out to support them.

We have a busy term ahead in Primary 3 where we will be continuing our Hanukkah topic for the next few weeks. This will be followed by a Healthy Eating topic where we will be making healthy snacks for the school enterprise challenge.  We will then go on to learn about major organs in the human body and through this, we will gain some Heartstart skills.

Children will be enjoying some art work based around a famous artist and will learn about the festival of Easter.

We would really appreciate more volunteers from Primary 3 parents to come in and talk about their job at World of Work week. We want the children to hear about as many different occupations as possible and I would encourage you to play a role in this.  Teachers are on hand to ask relevant questions and the sessions are very short and informal.  If you are interested please contact Mrs.Wiszniewski.  The week starts on Monday 22^nd February.

Teachers are keen to work in partnership with parents and strive to keep you informed. There will be a parents’ evening in April, however please do not hesitate to contact us with any concerns before that.  We would like to see parents in and around the school on a more regular basis and would like to offer library sessions during World Book Week for you to visit the school library with your child during this week.

We are pleased to say that the children in Primary 3 are great at bringing their gym kit. They continue to become successful learners and effective contributors as they grow and develop throughout the year.

We appreciate all the support for homework as this really enhances your child’s success.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Mrs.Ormond and P3 staff