Maxwellton Blogs! 
Please see below all the links to our weekly blogs!
Every week there will be an updated HT blog just like this one with school news.
Each class will also have their own class blog and will post photographs and contents of what they are learning in their classrooms each week.
The link to each of our classroom blogs is below for you to click on. Please do view your child’s classroom blog and ask them about the photographs and all that they are learning each week. The children love showing the photographs and talking about their learning!
We hope you enjoy!
Scottish Assembly 
What a delight it was to witness all our children perform at our Scottish Assembly on Wednesday. I was extremely proud as the Head Teacher to see our children reciting Scottish songs, poems and drama! What incredible talent we have in our school. A huge thank you to all our children for entertaining us! A very special thank you to P7 for using their leadership skills to make the whole assembly happen. They organised everything from start to finish and did a splendid job! Can I take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all our parents and families for your attendance and support at this event. We were delighted with the numbers and the children loved performing for all their families. Thank you so much! A super Maxwellton event that really celebrated our wee school!
P1 Poetry Winner – David
P2 Poetry Winner – Jennifer
P3 Poetry Winner – Matthew
P4 Poetry Winner – Brooke
P5 Poetry Winner – Caitlin
P6 Poetry Winner – Morgan
P7 Poetry Winner – Grace & Dobrochna
P1 Numeracy Workshop
We look forward to welcoming our parents and families to our P1 Numeracy workshop on Tuesday 4th February at 1.30pm. This will be an opportunity for our parents and families to learn a bit about the numeracy and mathematics curriculum in P1. Mrs McKenna will explain what she is teaching the children and demonstrate practical activities that are used on a daily basis to reinforce these teaching concepts with your children. There will also be an opportunity to join in some of these activities with your child. We look forward to welcoming you to our school on Tuesday!
HT Coffee & Chat 
A huge thank you to the parents that attended the recent HT Coffee and Chat. This informal time together is a great opportunity to hear about the life of the school, meet other parents and ask any questions you may have! Our next HT Coffee & Chat is on Friday 28th February @9.15am
Attainment & Progress Meetings/Class Observations
Every term as a school we meet as a staff and discuss the attainment and progress of all our children. These meetings are currently happening just now as we track our learners progress. Please feel free to contact the school if you have any concerns or queries regarding your child’s learning.
Also as part of our quality improvement calendar, classroom observations of learning are also currently taking place. This terms focus is on ‘reading’ and the quality of reading lessons within our school. The HT and PT will be observing lessons and speaking to learners and staff about the teaching of reading and how we can improve it within Maxwellton.
School Funds 
We have recently had our school funds examined by Mrs Tripp, one of our parents. We would like to say a huge thank you to Mrs Tripp for taking the time to do this. If you would like to be part of the school fund consultative committee, please contact the school office for further details 01355 222 521.
Pyjama Day! 
Thursday 6th February will be a Maxwellton Pyjama Day! The children have asked for a special dress down day before the February holidays and a Pyjama Day was the suggestion taken forward! Children can wear their PJ’s to school on this day if they wish. There is a suggested donation of £1 towards school fund on this day.
Children are also invited to bring in any old books they have at home that they no longer read. The books will be set up for a book sale. Each class will be given the opportunity to go and buy a book from the old books sent in. Any books sent in from home should be sent in by Wednesday 5th February so that they can be set up for the day. Children are welcome to bring in some pennies to buy some books on this day.
We look forward to having fun and celebrating together, whilst fostering a love of reading and raising some pennies for our school fund.
We thank you in advance for all your support with this.
Inset Days – February 
Friday 7th February and Wednesday 12th February will see our school closed to pupils on these dates as staff undertake staff training.
During these days staff will receive training on our new writing policy and also refresh training on report writing, as well as begin the report writing process for this session.
Staff will also look at ways to reduce their workload including reviewing currently forward planning procedures.
We look forward to welcoming children back to school on Thursday 13th February .
Engine Idling 
The council have received a complaint regarding engine idling that is taking place around the school area. Can I ask all parents to ensure that they are not engine idling. Engine idling is an offence and carries a fixed penalty fine. The children are also very passionate that this does not happen around their school for pollution and climate reasons and upper stage classes will be creating posters regarding this to raise awareness of this matter.
School Gates! 
Please not that the only gates that will now be open in the morning will be the gate at the MUGA and the main gate of the school. The back
gate will now be closed off in the morning at 9am. This is for health and safety reasons. The safety of our children is paramount and it is vital that we ensure that our playground is safe in the morning. Our playground is supervised from 8.45am with two members of support staff. It is not possible to supervise all 3 gates at the same time and the decision was made to close this gate to reduce the possibility of any child leaving the school without an adult knowing. We will continue to review and monitor this and adapt this policy where necessary. Whilst we understand that this may be an inconvenience, we do hope that you understand that the safety of all our children was behind the decision. We will continue to update you regarding this. Please note that the gate will be open for the children leaving at 3pm.
Australia Day 
As a school we celebrated Australia day last week. We spent time making Australian flags and writing prayers or positive messages to send to the people of Australia. We have been speaking a lot about the current events taking place in Australia and the children felt they wanted to do something to show Australians that Maxwellton was thinking of them on this day!
‘ I hope that the animals and people will help each other and work together’ Charlie
‘We want to thank all the brave firefighters for trying to save all the animals and the environment. They risked their lives for everyone else. We know how lucky we are not to be near the fires and we are thinking of all the people and animals who live there. We hope that the fires stop soon so that no more people or animals die and we hope that God and everyone else can try to help’ Camilla-belle and Munro
‘I pray for all my friends in Australia. I pray for all the animals in Australia. I pray for the rain to put out all the fires. I pray to keep them safe. Amen’ Grace
P7 Robinwood 
Just a reminder to parents that the final payment for the P7 residential experience to Robinwood is due this week. Please contact the school if we can provide you with any further details or support regarding this.
Beat The Street – Reminder
Do you know about Beat The Street?
A brand new initiative is coming to East Kilbride called ‘Beat The Street’ . Our visitor Val and Craig from Active Schools told us all about how we can take part.
Please see some information below regarding it. We are all very excited and know that Maxwellton is going to do really well when it is launched in a few weeks time!
We can’t wait to get all the information delivered to our schools.
https://www.beatthestreet.me/eastkilbride/
What is Beat the Street?
Beat the Street is a fun, free initiative that will see East Kilbride transformed into a giant game!
See how far you can walk, cycle and run in just 6 weeks. There are great challenges to enjoy and prizes up for grabs.
Play the game from 19 February – 1 April 2020
Earn as many points as possible for you and your team by walking, running or cycling between Beat Boxes across East Kilbride Wednesday 19th February 2020 – Wednesday 1st April 2020.
Set Up
Children aged under 11 play with a Beat the Street fob, which they will receive from their school. Anyone aged 12 and above plays with a Beat the Street card. Soon you’ll be able to register online. Use the Beat Box map to plan your route.
The game in East Kilbride runs from 0.01am on Wednesday 19th February 2020 until 7pm on Wednesday 1st April 2020.
Playing the game
- Find Beat Boxes nearest to you on the map.
- Tap the Beat Box with your card until it beeps and flashes.
- Walk, cycle, run or scoot to a different Beat Box within an hour.
- Tap the Beat Box with your card and fob until it beeps and flashes to score 10 points.
- Now carry on your journey and score more points for each extra Beat Box you tap.
Win Beat the Street
The teams at the top of the leader board at the end of the game win hundreds of pounds worth of vouchers. There are leader boards for school & community teams. Highest average and highest points prizes are available.
Registered players can also win weekly Lucky Tap prizes such as vouchers and Beat the Street goodies for taking part.
Children can also complete challenges and receive stickers and certificates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJbOghMQ5ZM
February Holidays and Inset Days 
Please take note of the following holidays and inset days coming up in February …
- Friday 7th February – Inset Day – School closed to pupils
- Monday 10th February – February Holiday
- Tuesday 11th February – February Holiday
- Wednesday 12th February – Inset day – School closed to pupils
School opens up again to pupils on Thursday 13th February
After School Clubs
Please speak to your child so they are certain if they are going to the club on the day. Please also speak to your child about the highest standards of behaviour at all after school clubs to ensure everyone gets the best possible experience from our after school clubs.
- Monday Lego Club P2 & P3
- Monday Drama Club – P4 & P5
- Monday Netball Club – P5, P6 & P7
- Tuesday Athletics Club – P6 & P7
- Wednesday Team Sports – P5 & P6
- Thursday Boys Football – P5, P6, P7
Week Ahead
The Week Ahead…
- Monday 3rd February – Mr Harris Guitar Teacher in
- Monday 3rd February – Lego, Drama and Netball After School Club
- Monday 3rd February – P5 Review Meetings
- Tuesday 4th February– Athletics After School Clubs
- Tuesday 4th February – Mr MacDonald Drum and Percussion Teacher in
- Tuesday 4th February – P1 Numeracy Workshop 1.30pm
- Tuesday 4th February – P7 Review Meetings
- Wednesday 5th February – P6 Review Meetings
- Wednesday 5th February – Team Sports After School
- Wednesday 5th February – P3 Trip to Amazonia
- Wednesday 5th February – P7 Final payments to Robinwood due
- Thursday 6th February – Boys Football After School Club
- Thursday 6th February – Maxwellton Pyjama Day!
- Friday 7th February – In-service Day – School Closed to pupils
Menu for the Week beginning 3rd February…
The Nursery menu for this week is Week ONE from the Winter Menu . Please see link below.
CEN_PDF Go Fresh Nursery LUNCH winter 2019 parent flyer (A2924017)
The School menu for this week is Week ONE from the Winter Menu also. Please see the link below.
