{"id":9,"date":"2023-02-07T15:31:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:29:07","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Symington Primary School&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a pleasure being the Head Teacher since January 2026.\u00a0 I am looking forward to leading Symington Primary and EYC this session.\u00a0 Where our improvement priorities are in curriculum development of literacy, numeracy and outdoor learning.<\/p>\n<p>The school has a positive record of attainment and achievement but we are so much more than that!\u00a0 We hope that you will see that staff and pupils are very proud to be part of the PRIDE.<\/p>\n<p>Feedback from our families is invaluable and should you require any information or would like to speak to me, please contact the school office.<\/p>\n<p>Kay Shields &#8211; Head Teacher<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/welcome\/kay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2026\/01\/03162719\/Kay.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1732101262&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kay#\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2026\/01\/03162719\/Kay-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2026\/01\/03162719\/Kay-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2026\/01\/03162719\/Kay-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"163\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2026\/01\/03162719\/Kay-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2026\/01\/03162719\/Kay-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2026\/01\/03162719\/Kay.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/welcome\/lion-clip\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2023\/10\/18182306\/lion-clip.png\" data-orig-size=\"1191,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lion clip\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2023\/10\/18182306\/lion-clip-284x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2023\/10\/18182306\/lion-clip-968x1024.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-121\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2023\/10\/18182306\/lion-clip-284x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2023\/10\/18182306\/lion-clip-284x300.png 284w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2023\/10\/18182306\/lion-clip-968x1024.png 968w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2023\/10\/18182306\/lion-clip-768x812.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/symingtonps\/uploads\/sites\/12331\/2023\/10\/18182306\/lion-clip.png 1191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Symington Primary School&#8217;s website. It has been a pleasure being the Head Teacher since January 2026.\u00a0 I am looking forward to leading Symington Primary and EYC this session.\u00a0 Where our improvement priorities are in curriculum development of literacy, numeracy and outdoor learning. The school has a positive record of attainment and achievement but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/symingtonps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}