Thank you to all the parents who attended our Curriculum Planning event last night. We appreciate your continued support in helping us deliver the best experiences for our children.
Patricia Mooney
Miss Prior
It is with great sadness that we bring you news of the passing of Miss Mary Prior, former Head Teacher of St. Joseph’s Primary. Miss Prior spent most of her teaching career here in St. Joseph’s and was fully devoted to the education of our children. Please remember her and her family in your prayers.
Frances Burns
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£250 benefit starts Monday and will be fourth new social security benefit.
A brand new benefit for low income families opens for applications on Monday 29 April.
The £250 Early Learning Payment is for children aged between two to three and a half and can be used for anything from children’s clothes and shoes to toys, books or days out.
This payment is part of the Scottish Government’s new Best Start Grant package. This financial support includes the Pregnancy and Baby Payment, which has been open for applications since December and the Best Start Grant School Age payment which will open in June.
Full details can be found here:
https://news.gov.scot/news/new-best-start-grant-payment-to-open
The following is the link to the Social Security Scotland Web page where applicants can apply online for both Pregnancy and Baby Payment and Early Years Payment
https://www.mygov.scot/best-start-grant/
The final Payment for School Age children is still scheduled to go live on 3/6/19
The ‘Unsinkable Ship’
Today Primary 5 took on the Titanic Building Challenge.
Building the Titanic Challenge
We learned about the size and structure of the Titanic and to work together as a team.
Success Criteria
To be successful we had to
- Create a large picture of the Titanic on the wall
- Include all features of the real Titanic
- Make the size of the features and the ship in proportion
- Listen to each other
- Make decisions and solve problems
- Make sure everyone had a job to do
We had a very successful afternoon.
This week in P2…
We have been learning:
- about multiplication as an array of numbers
- to read and write words using the sound ‘ff’
- to draw our favourite toys using chalk
Welcome to the Summer Term
Welcome to the Summer Term, I hope you had a lovely Easter. Already the diary is beginning to fill up with school events , excursions and activities. We would like parents to become more involved in planning exciting learning opportunities. On Wednesday the first of May from 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm the teaching staff will be hosting a drop- in session to share the topics being covered by their class this term.
We value your involvement and would love you to contribute any new ideas and suggestions. Please come along and join in this new joint venture.
Regards
Mrs Burns
P4 Sponsored Run
P4 completed their charity run this morning, well done boys and girls! Thank you for your kind donations to our Lenten charity, our Tanzanian friends will be delighted with the support they have received.
P4 Spanish Afternoon
Easter fun in the Forest!
This week in the woods the AM and PM children enjoyed an egg hunt, the eggs had numbers on them and all children were able to identify which number was on their egg that they found. When everyone had found an egg, the children all sat down and opened them and were surprised to find a little chick inside.
Have a fantastic Easter break from the Nursery Team!
Stay and Play!
Thank you to all the parents that were able to attend our stay and play session this month, we hope you enjoyed spending some quality time with your children.
