Author: Mrs Ferguson

It has been a busy and positive start to the new school year. All of our pupils are settling well into their new classes and are enjoying becoming familiar with their new routines.

Today, we held our End of Year Celebration for all of our Pupil Voice groups, giving them the opportunity to share the incredible progress they have made throughout the year. Each group proudly presented their hard work, dedication, and achievements to the school community.

Thanks to the passion and commitment of our pupils, we have seen so many positive developments across High Blantyre this year, including new playground markings, our Care and Connect video newsletter, exciting STEM Days, Rights Respecting School Day, new playground equipment, ongoing improvements to our libraries, and fantastic Makaton initiatives.

We are incredibly fortunate at High Blantyre to have pupils who care so deeply about their school, take pride in their community, and are always eager to champion positive change. Their enthusiasm and determination continue to make our school an even better place for everyone.

A very exciting term for our STEM learning experiences! Have a read at what has been happening at High Blantyre Primary School.

STEM newsletter Term 2

 

As a learning community, we are focusing on improving attendance.

High Blantyre are celebrating attendance with weekly awards for a variety of reasons; most improved class, best attendance of the week etc. Pupils in the winning class get an extra playtime and some popcorn! The winner is announced at our weekly assembly.

Below is the Calderside Learning Community Attendance Policy.

Calderside Attendance Policy

 

Welcome back to all our children! It has been wonderful to see everyone return after a well-earned and restful holiday. As we begin the term, we encourage our students to continue demonstrating our school values by being Ready, Respectful and Safe each day. We also remind parents and carers to regularly check the Parent Portal for important updates and information throughout the term.

 

Our STEM Teacher Mrs McNiven has provided our first ever Termly STEM Newsletter! Have a ready to find out what our classes have been working on.

You will also find some winter STEM challenges.

STEM Newsletter

We are pleased to share that our school is continuing their journey as a  Rights Respecting School, which means children will be learning about their rights—such as the right to be safe, the right to express themselves, and the right to an education—across all areas of the curriculum. The aim is to help all pupils understand that these rights come with responsibilities, and to foster a respectful, caring community.

Through lessons, assemblies and daily practice, your child will explore how rights are protected and respected at home, in school, and in our community. This helps build empathy, confidence, and awareness of fairness in the world around them.

For more information about children’s rights and how they are reflected in everyday life, we encourage you to visit the Parent Club website:

https://www.parentclub.scot/topics/childrens-rights

Thank you for your partnership in helping our children learn and grow in a rights-respecting school.

Welcome to the start of the new term at High Blantyre Primary School and Nursery Class. I hope you all had a lovely summer and enjoyed spending time with your children and families. The sun always shines on the first day of school and it was great to see all our children (and parents/carers) smiling on their way into school this past week. We are delighted to welcome all of our new Primary 1 pupils to High Blantyre Primary and are looking forward to meeting all of our new nursery children over the next few weeks too!

 

In school we had our first whole school assembly of the session.  I spoke to all the children about the ‘The High Blantyre Way,’ which includes our school values and rules: Ready, Respectful and Safe, which are clear, concise and easy to remember. There is a copy of The High Blantyre Way in your child’s homework diary (P2-P7) and all parents will be sent a copy through Parentsportal. ‘The High Blantyre Way’ is an overview of our Positive Behaviour and Relationships Policy, which explains how we can all work together as partners in your child’s learning.  We have so much planned already for the new session, including celebrating 150 years of High Blantyre Primary! I am looking forward to sharing our plans for school improvement with you all at the Parent Council AGM on Tuesday the 23^rd of September, where we we also be looking for more parents/carers to join the Parent Council.

 

Mrs Helsby

Final Proof Behaviour Poster

Great fun had by all our Primary 7 pupils at their final school trip to Lockerbie.

Another very successful World Book day was organised by Our Reading Schools group, Mrs Brown and Mrs McLean.

Children experiences a range of different activities and the excitement could be felt throughout the school.