There is a lot going on in June! Please find attached a list of key dates with timings.June Events 2018
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Head Teacher Appointment
Dear Parents/Carers,
I am writing to inform you that following interviews for the Head Teacher vacancy for Balbardie Primary School, Mrs. Margaret Johns, currently seconded to Quality Improvement Officer and substantive Head Teacher of St. John Ogilvie RC School, Livingston has been appointed.
Further information will follow with regard to handover and start date of Mrs. Johns.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. L. Miglis
April Newsletter
Balbardie Primary School Transition
Please find attached the dates for Balbardie Primary School Transition events.
If your child is starting at Balbardie PS in August you will receive more information soon.
Transition information for St Mary’s
We ave received this information from St Mary’s for children who will start with them August 2018.
Please remember all transition information will be displayed in the nursery on the yellow wall beside the children’s toilet.
Transition Information for Windyknowe PS
Please find attached information about going to Primary 1 at Windyknowe.
March Transition info for parents from outwith 18
As other information comes in we will share it with electronically and also on our transition display by the children’s toilets in the nursery.
Update
Dear Parents,/Carers,
As part of the Council’s agreed budget, the stand alone nurseries will now come under the leadership and management responsibility of a current primary head teacher. Having considered all of the available possibilities the agreed structure will now be that Bathgate Early Years Centre will come under the leadership of the Head Teacher of Balbardie Primary School. In order to support the management structure of three establishments, head teachers will be supported by two Depute Head Teachers. The personnel for these posts will be established over the coming weeks.
As part of the Council’s agreed budget, the stand alone nurseries will now come under the leadership and management responsibility of a current primary head teacher. Having considered all of the available possibilities the agreed structure will now be that Bathgate Early Years Centre will come under the leadership of the Head Teacher of Balbardie Primary School. In order to support the management structure of three establishments, head teachers will be supported by two Depute Head Teachers. The personnel for these posts will be established over the coming weeks.
Regards
Lesley Coutts Miglis
Over the last few weeks our context for learning has been all about ‘castle adventures’. We introduced our castle into our physical area within the nursery and provided the children with dressing up costumes such as knights, princesses and horses so they could act our fairy tales within the castle.
Mrs Bett helped some children within the quiet room to create their own castles using junk modelling; they used empty tissue boxes, kitchen roll tubes, yoghurt pots and created their very own flags to place on top of their castle. Fantastic Job!
The children have been really enjoying the experience of castles and traditional tales, some small groups have been reading all about Jack and the beanstalks, and have even planted their own bean into cotton wool to watch it grow – hopefully they grow really tall. The children have also been discussing what they need to do to ensure their beans grow; ED told us “it needs lots of water to grow tall”.
Other small groups of children have been reading traditional tales of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Rapunzel. We have also been practicing traditional nursery rhymes such as Humpty Dumpty. To extend learning we will be exploring more fairy tale adventures. Keep an eye on our parents’ board for fun things to do at home.
The children also took part in World Book Day on 8th March – dressing up as a character from their favourite storybook we had a variety of costumes from; my granny is a pirate, superheroes, princess and sharing a shell.
