Bankton Primary School responded to an invitation from Education Scotland to meet John Swinney and discuss parental engagement in schools at the Parent Connect Zone at the Scottish Learning Festival. Elaine Smith, Mum of Ewan and Daniel and Yvette Graham, Mum of Mia, Amber and Lana agreed to represent the parent body and meet Mr. Swinney. They were impressed by his concern for parents and discussed the best ways to communicate the ‘big messages’ with parents beyond the school gate. They also enjoyed collaborating with parents from Glasgow, discussing ways of improving parent-school partnership.

Both parents represented Bankton extremely well – thanks to both Elaine & Yvette for making me a very proud headteacher.

Well done to all the classes that took part in ‘The World Largest Lesson’ today!

It was a chance for all the children to learn about global issues and think about what they could do to help!

What are the Global goals?

In September 2015 World Leaders introduced the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

This means that we need to think about how we protect the environment and resources for the future e.g our trees, climate, water etc

They have set 17 goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things by 2030.

Here is a short video explaining more about the Global Goals

https://vimeo.com/138852758%20

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The government has a responsibility to make sure

your rights are protected. They must help your

family to protect your rights and create an environment

where you can grow and reach your

potential.