Welcome to the Head Teacher’s blog for Week Beginning 13th February 2023
Last Week in Woodhead
On Friday 10th February, we had our first ‘in-person’ assembly of 2023! It was lovely to see everyone gathered in the hall again and we began learning some new songs. Our teachers had gold tokens, each worth 10 house points. Thirteen pupils received these tokens at the end of assembly and got their house off to a great start for this week. Well done to those gold token winners! You were ‘Ready, Respectful and Safe’ during assembly!
Literacy Focus Week in Woodhead
We are beginning to look ahead to our Literacy Focus Week which will run from Monday 6th March until Friday 10th March 2023. As detailed in the recent letter sent via Parent Pay, we will be celebrating our own Woodhead Book Day during this week to ensure our P7 pupils do not miss out on the fun!
Mrs Mitchell is working with a team of staff to plan some activities for this focus week and she will be in touch soon with more information.
She is looking for some parent/grandparent/carers volunteers to come into school and share some reading with classes during the Literacy Focus Week. You may have a favourite story you would like to share or you might be happy for us to choose a short story for you to read to some pupils. Please telephone the school office if you would like to help with this – we would love to see you in school!
Woodhead Way Parent Group
A number of parents volunteered to be part of the ‘Woodhead Way’ group before Christmas. If you were one of the volunteers, please look for an email coming this week with details of a short meeting. We would like to invite you in to school on Monday 20th February 2023 at 3.15pm to participate in a discussion about the ‘Woodhead Way’ and to complete a questionnaire.
Car Park
A reminder of our car park arrangements:
Only parents/carers of nursery pupils or those drivers with a ‘Blue Badge’ are permitted access to the car park for drop-off/pick up of pupils.
Parents/Carers who display a ‘Blue Badge’ are permitted access to the disabled spaces at the front of the school in line with Scottish Government guidelines:
You should only use your Blue Badge if:
- you’re travelling in a vehicle as a driver or passenger
- someone is collecting you or dropping you off and needs to park
- A Blue Badge should not be used to park in a restricted area if the badge holder is not leaving the car.
- (https://www.mygov.scot/apply-blue-badge/using-your-blue- badge)
All other parents/carers should not attempt to enter the car park at the start/end of the school day, even if the gate is open and unattended.
Official school transport including mini-buses and taxis are permitted to enter the school grounds, but private hire taxis are not.
We appreciate your understanding that these restrictions are necessary due to the limited space in our car park. We would also appreciate you passing this reminder to any other family members involved in school drop off and collection.
Please contact our YfCL Officer, Caroline Stewart, if you think she could offer some support or advice, all of which will be treated sensitively and confidentially. Caroline works in Woodhead on a Monday and Tuesday.
School Lunch Menu
It is Week 1 of the school and nursery lunch menu from Monday 13th February 2023.
School Menu: https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200186/primary_school_information/2075/primary_school_lunch_menu_20222023/1
Nursery Menu:
Please note change of menu on Thursday 16th February 2023:
Blue tray: Pizza
Green tray: Cheese baguette
All children in Nursery to P5 are entitled to a free school lunch.
Upcoming Diary Dates:
- Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th February 2023: School closed for February Holiday Weekend
- Wednesday 1st March – Friday 3rd March 2023: P7 Residential Trip to Lockerbie Manor
- Monday 6th March – Friday 10th March 2023: Literacy Focus Week including ‘Woodhead Book Day’
- Tuesday 7th March 2023: Parent Council and PTA Meeting
Mrs Claire Fox
Acting Head Teacher
