West Lothian Council’s Attendance Policy

The AIMS team (Attendance Improvement Management Service) has been supporting schools within West Lothian to help raise the profile and priority of attendance issues. The AIMS team work in partnership with schools and families to support the implementation of West Lothian Council’s Attendance Policy, focusing on early intervention through regular attendance audits and meetings.

West Lothian Council’s Attendance Policy provides a system that intervenes at an early stage and letters are sent to parents/carers when their child’s attendance falls below 90%. This system keeps parents/carers informed about their child’s attendance as absences can mount up easily and this has an impact on their overall attendance percentages. This also allows us to address any concerns or difficulties parent/ carers are facing getting their children into school or getting them to school on time.

Please remember to keep the school office informed of your child’s absence and reasons for this by phoning as early as possible on the first morning of the absence in accordance with West Lothian Council’s procedures for ‘Safe Arrivals.’

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation with this matter.

Mrs Waugh

CYPT Attendance Leaflet

Scottish Book Week

Hello again from P5/4. We have had a busy old time again this week and really enjoyed our trip to the library on Tuesday as well as making the our class door display. We also had great fun dressing up as our favourite characters on Monday. Even Mr Richards made an effort!  Hope you enjoy the photos!

We have also been preparing ourselves for the Christmas Fair which takes place next Wednesday 3rd December and we hope to see you all there. You will be able to purchase the wonderful Christmas Gifts we have been making this week!

Thanks for checking out our blog again and more from us next week!

This Week in P6

This week it was Scottish Book Week and p6 had a fabby day on Monday dressing up as their favourite book character. They also really enjoyed the parade in the hall which was great fun.

P6 designed a poster for the Christmas Fair which will be held this Wednesday 3rd December at 6pm. The posters have turned out really lovely. Well done P6. The children also created their Christmas enterprise to sell at the fair but that will be a surprise for the mums and dads to buy 🙂

On Wednesday this week p6 and p5 went to visit the library and had a great time looking through the books and listening to a short chapter of Charlie and the great Glass Elevator, read by Miss Moir. The children really enjoyed this experience and hope to visit the library again to take some books out on their own.

To finish this week, p6 helped to create a fantastic winter display for the gym hall. We will give you a clue to which one is ours….it is the one that looks like an edible house 🙂

From p6 and Miss Moir

Our P3A Learning

This week we were celebrating Scottish Book Week.

We enjoyed dressing up as our favourite book character on Monday and the whole school had a parade in the hall which was fun.

We decorated our classroom door with a book cover we designed and made for the book ” Horace and the Haggis Hunter”.

We also had a Library Visit with the P3/2 class which was great.

In SPELLING some of us were learning when to add es for plurals. Some were learning ow and ar sounds.

In MATHS we were learning about Venn Diagrams.

We were busy making Enterprise things for the Christmas Fair next week. Look out for our Christmas trees, sparkly tealight holders and Reindeer Noses.

In ART we made Snow globes/snowmen for our class Winter Display in the hall.

In P.E  we started learning Scottish Country Dancing.

West Lothian Winter Ready

West Lothian Council has launched its public information campaign Winter Ready West Lothian 2014/15.

The campaign highlights the council’s preparations for possible severe weather and encourages local people to prepare now. Severe winter weather can include snow, frost and low temperatures, high winds and flooding.

More information is available at www.westlothian.gov.uk/winter

As with previous years the council has:

  • Maintained salt stocks.
  • Set up contracts with local suppliers for severe weather support.
  • Provided an email alert service so that regular information can be sent direct to your inbox.
  • Delivered refresher training to staff on all severe weather equipment.
  • Published a Winter Ready supplement in the winter issue of Bulletin, the council newspaper.

The council is also asking residents and local businesses to help:

  • Park sensibly – abandoned vehicles can cause serious issues.
  • Share information with friends and neighbours, and spare a moment for vulnerable neighbours.
  • Stay informed. Sign up for the email alert on the council’s website at www.westlothian.gov.uk/email, like the council Facebook page at www.facebook.com/westlothiancouncil or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lovewestlothian for updates.
  • If you are able, clear the path and pavement in front of your home.
  • Prepare your car and home ahead of the winter.
  • Keep the winter issue of Bulletin handy.
  • Parents and carers should also ensure that their child’s school has up to date contact information.
  • Should severe weather hit, Groupcall is the way that schools will inform parents and carers about closures.
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