An amazing achievement for St Nicholas this morning coming first place for our Aladdin Galaday Float!
Thank you to all of our amazing parents, pupils and teachers who supported in creating the fantastic float.
Category Archives: Parent Council
Parent Council St Patrick’s Night
A huge thanks to our committed and hardworking Parent Council who organised a wonderful event for the St Nicholas PS. community on Friday night. We had a ceilidh (run by our PE teacher, Mrs Smith), Irish dancers, raffle, Irish Bingo, a disco and delicious hot food by the Canon Hoban staff. A huge thank you to the following partners who helped make this happen by donating to our raffle: Potter Around in Kirknewton; Houston House Hotel, Uphall; Kirsty Loves Hair, Broxburn; Final Touch Beauty, Broxburn; Florist in Argyle Court, Broxburn (10% off Mother’s Day Flowers plus free delivery if you mention St Nicholas); Lawson’s Butchers; Tesco, Bathgate; Morrison’s Livingston; Scotmid, Broxburn, Lindt Chocolate, Livingston; Dance Store; Broxburn.
We are very lucky to have our Parent Council who work tirelessly alongside us to improve outcomes for our children. Children, parents and staff all had a ball! Looking forward to the next community event.
Prizewinners’ lunch with Mrs Brown
The winners of the St Nicholas Reading and Writing competitions had a lovely lunch with our Head Teacher, Mrs Brown, today. They went on a bus to the other end of Broxburn, had a delicious lunch, and were treated to a book of their choice. Thank you very much to our local partners, Glow Worm Books, for looking after our prizewinners so well and for sponsoring these competitions for us.
And well done again to our fabulous readers and writers.
St Nicholas Writing Competition – The Judging Begins
Our Pupil Council began the judging process today, looking at entries for the St Nicholas Writing Competition. Here they are hard at work reading the entries. The standard of writing was very, very high. Winners for the both the reading and the writing competitions will be announced on Friday 11th of January at assembly. Thanks Pupil Council for your help and giving us your views and insights into what makes a great story.
Parent Council Meeting Minutes
Please find minutes from the last parent council meeting on Monday 13th November.
Minutes – Parent Council Meeting 11th September 2017
Minutes from our last parent council meeting are below:
St Nicholas Primary School Parent Council – 11Sept minutes
Today’s Curriculum Cafe
Another successful curriculum cafe today. Our cafes – facilitated by parents – provide an opportunity for parents to talk about their child’s learning and see some of their latest and best work. Comments from today’s cafe include:
“Children can talk openly about their work. Better than parents’ night.”
“Really good idea to hold these sessions. I find my daughter actually talks to me about what she finds difficult without moaning as she would at home. Basically, she’s willing to talk in a more mature manner. Great to see her work at school.”
“Nice to chat with my child in an informal manner over a cuppa and see school progress.”
“I like spending time with my mum looking at school work together”.
Invitation – St Nicholas Curriculum Cafe – Friday 5th of May
You are warmly invited to another of our curriculum cafes on Friday 5th of May (drop in from 10.45am until 12 noon). The purpose of this cafe is to encourage children to talk with parents – in an informal way over tea and a biscuit – about their school work. This gives our children the opportunity to talk about their learning and achievements so that they can be challenged, motivated and supported. Research shows that children being able to talk about their learning – and identify their next steps – is one of the biggest factors in educational success. Comments from parents at our previous cafe include:
“A great way to take time to have this discussion with your child – I never seem to get much time to do this normally.”
“It was a good opportunity to have a 1-1 with my child. It was a good in depth conversation!”
“Great to be involved so you can keep up with child’s development as they progress through the school.”
” It was useful for me to know where to help my child to improve.”
“Great idea. Nice to calmly discuss learning with children and see their work. Thank you.”
We look forward to seeing you on Friday.
Message from the Parent Council – Review of Education Governance
Last week, Andy Weir, chair of St Nicholas’ Parent Council, was at a Scottish Government event about Education Governance. The Parent Council would like you to note the following information-
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Scottish Government review of Education Governance.
In September, the Scottish Government announced a review of how education services are run – from early-years through to secondary school. The review isn’t just looking at schools, it’s considering all levels of education, qualifications, pupil support, integration with other services.
This is a wide-ranging review, so it is likely to impact on our children’s education in the coming years. There’s full details on the Scottish Government website (make this a link to:https://consult.scotland.gov.uk/empowering-schools/a-governance-review) that we’d recommend you read.
The consultation is running until 6 January. We’d encourage parents and carers to share their views to make sure as many voices are heard by the Scottish Government as possible.
If you’d like to submit feedback through the parent council, please email us at parentcouncil.stnicholasps@gmail.com and we will collate your responses. Alternatively, complete the Scottish Government online survey.
40th Jubilee Mass and Walk Down Memory Lane
On Friday the community took part in our 40th Jubilee Mass and following that, there was a reception with a chance to view old St Nicholas memorabilia. St Nicholas staff and friends of the school from the past mingled with the new, and a great time was had by all.
Many thanks to the parish of SS John Cantius and Nicholas for gifting the school with a beautiful new chalice to celebrate this important occasion.
Official Opening of our new extension
Yesterday marked the official opening of our school extension by Councillor McGinty who visited with a host of officials from West Lothian Council, along with architects and construction firms. Our boys and girls performed beautifully for our guests who were piped into the hall by Finlay Peden. All children were, as usual, a credit to the school and to their parents. The picture here shows our House Captains with the unveiled plaque. Look out for details of this event in the local press. Well done everyone!
St Nicholas Parent Council – Who’s Who?
Back row:
Andy Weir (chair), Jo Cook (secretary), Linda Quigley (vice-chair), John Donnelly (treasurer), Lyndsey Swinney, Val Chiriac, Father Jeremy
Bath (church representative),
Front row:
Nicole Scherer-Dickson, Jenny Morrison, Carene Hay, Jenny Skeldon, Claire Roxburgh (vice-treasurer), Karen Neilson
It’s our 40th birthday!
And to celebrate we’d like to invite all parents and friends of St Nicholas to come to our Jubilee Celebration on Wednesday the 30th of November at 1.30pm. The children will sing a variety of songs from the decades that show St Nicholas’ journey from 1976 to the present day. To see your invitation click below:
New Parent Council
Hi there,
We’d like to introduce you to your new parent council.
At a meeting called by Mrs Brown on behalf of the Parent body of St Nicholas on 10 October, each of the 10 parents in attendance were welcomed on to the new Parent Council.
The group then nominated and approved the following people into the key roles in
line with the Parent Council constitution:
Chair – Andy Weir
Vice-chair – Linda Quigley
Secretary – Joanne Cook
Treasurer – John Donnelly
Vice-Treasurer – Claire Roxburgh
Father Jeremy Bath – Church representative
General members – Jenny Skeldon, Jenny Morrison, Nicole Scherer-Dickson, Val Chiriac, Karen Neilson, Lindsey Swinney and Carene Hay
The Parent Council look forward to representing your views and letting you know how you can get more involved in the life of St Nicholas Primary School.
Our next meeting will be on 7 November 2016 at 18:30.
If you have any questions or issues you’d like discussed at our next Parent Council, please contact us at
parentcouncil.stnicholasps@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Andy Weir
on behalf of the Parent Council.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/60fd7zkvh3bgoml/ParentCouncil_intro_note_draft.pdf?dl=0
