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WELCOME St. Cuthbert’s Primary School and Nursery Class ... · looking after our seeds and bulbs....
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What we have been learning about Our Local Area .... We have been learning about our local area, Burnbank. We had visits from Bridie the Lollipop lady, Kevin the Postman, Andy the joiner and Andy the baker. We went to the post office to buy stamps and posted a letter to our own house with our very own addresses. Some children visited the Doctors’ surgery to see what was there and we got some posters for our very own surgery in the playroom. Other children took photographs of the local area and we then made our own local street using boxes in the playroom. We all learned how to make an emergency phone call using 999 and we also learned how to keep safe around medicines. It’s your birthday! Important Dates Mon 13th Mar Stay, Play and Share Week Tues 14th Mar CHILDSMILE Mon 27th Mar Dental Hygienist Mon 28th Mar 3rd intake to nursery start Fri 31st Mar Nursery closes at 2.30pm Tues 18th Apr Nursery Reopens Mon 24th Apr Parent Council 6.30pm ALL WELCOME At this time we celebrate the birthday of Sophie 12th Mar Age 4 Liam 19th Mar Age 5 Rachel 21st Mar Age 5 Finn 25th Mar Age 4 Szymon 26th Mar Age 4 Olivia H 31st Mar Age 5 March 2017 WELCOME We welcome our new teaching student Mr Nicholas Daly. Nursery Session Times AM 8.45am - 11.55am Doors open at 11.45am for collection PM 1.00pm—4.10pm Doors open at 4.00pm for collection Please collect your child promptly at the end of session. SPRING and GROWING Our focus this month will be Spring and Growing. We will be looking for signs of Spring outside and planting and looking after our seeds and bulbs. Stay, Play and Share Week During the week beginning the 13th March we invite you to come to nursery to take part in our daily routines. You will also have the opportunity to look at your child’s learning book. Please see Mrs Collins to arrange times. Getting Ready To Read Mrs Hendry will present a reading workshop in the school for parents / carers on Tues 28th March at 11am and 1.15pm. Please see Mrs Collins for further details. Developing our Outside Area We were delighted to receive delivery of a fence made by the pupils of St John Ogilvie High School for our garden. Our mud kitchen has been ordered and should be with us soon. We are all very excited about the developments in our outside area and look forward to learning in this new space. St. Cuthbert’s Primary School and Nursery Class Head Teacher: Mrs Martina Hendry ‘Learn, grow and achieve in faith’ Greenfield Rd., Burnbank ML3 0NN Telephone: 01698 282175 Email: [email protected] SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.st-cuthberts-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk March 2017 Dear Parents / Carers, We always know Spring has arrived when the living eggs arrive in school. We look forward to the eggs hatching. The weather has slightly improved since the beginning of March so we look forward to this continuing. The past month has had many highlights within and out with the classroom that we share with you in this newsletter. Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you require any further information on items contained within this newsletter or any other matters. Yours sincerely, Mrs Martina Hendry Head Teacher Pupil Equity Funding Our school has been awarded £57,600 for the coming year and will receive this for the following three years. This money is part of the Scottish Attainment Challenge initiative by the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government have invested this money in schools to enable individual schools to address the poverty related attainment gap. Discussions are ongoing with staff and pupils to make best use of our money in St. Cuthbert’s. This topic will also be part of the Parent Council meeting on Monday 24th April. All parents and carers are welcome to attend. If any parent / carer would like to discuss this funding further please contact Mrs Hendry at the school. Fairtrade Coffee Morning The Fairtrade Committee under the guidance of Miss Prentice, have been extremely busy organising the coffee morning. Their efforts raised £245.80 for the Fairtrade Foundation. Well done everyone!
Transcript of WELCOME St. Cuthbert’s Primary School and Nursery Class ... · looking after our seeds and bulbs....
What we have been learning about Our Local Area .... We have been learning about our local area, Burnbank. We had visits from Bridie the Lollipop lady, Kevin the Postman, Andy the joiner and Andy the baker. We went to the post office to buy stamps and posted a letter to our own house with our very own addresses. Some children visited the Doctors’ surgery to see what was there and we got some posters for our very own surgery in the playroom. Other children took photographs of the local area and we then made our own local street using boxes in the playroom. We all learned how to make an emergency phone call using 999 and we also learned how to keep safe around medicines.
It’s your birthday!
Important Dates Mon 13th Mar Stay, Play and Share Week Tues 14th Mar CHILDSMILE Mon 27th Mar Dental Hygienist Mon 28th Mar 3rd intake to nursery start Fri 31st Mar Nursery closes at 2.30pm Tues 18th Apr Nursery Reopens Mon 24th Apr Parent Council 6.30pm ALL WELCOME
At this time we celebrate the
birthday of
Sophie 12th Mar Age 4
Liam 19th Mar Age 5
Rachel 21st Mar Age 5
Finn 25th Mar Age 4
Szymon 26th Mar Age 4
Olivia H 31st Mar Age 5
March 2017
WELCOME
We welcome our new teaching
student Mr Nicholas Daly.
Nursery Session Times AM 8.45am - 11.55am Doors open at 11.45am for collection PM 1.00pm—4.10pm Doors open at 4.00pm for collection Please collect your child promptly at the end of session.
SPRING and GROWING
Our focus this month will be Spring and Growing. We will be looking for signs of Spring outside and planting and looking after our seeds and bulbs.
Stay, Play and Share Week During the week beginning the 13th March we invite you to come to nursery to take part in our daily routines. You will also have the opportunity to look at your child’s learning book. Please see Mrs Collins to arrange times. Getting Ready To Read Mrs Hendry will present a reading workshop in the school for parents / carers on Tues 28th March at 11am and 1.15pm. Please see Mrs Collins for further details. Developing our Outside Area
We were delighted to receive delivery of a fence made by the pupils of St John Ogilvie High School for our garden. Our mud kitchen has been ordered and should be with us soon. We are all very excited about the developments in our outside area and look forward to learning in this new space.
St. Cuthbert’s Primary School and Nursery Class Head Teacher: Mrs Martina Hendry
‘Learn, grow and achieve in faith’
Greenfield Rd., Burnbank ML3 0NN Telephone: 01698 282175
Email: [email protected] SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.st-cuthberts-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk
March 2017
Dear Parents / Carers,
We always know Spring has arrived when the living eggs arrive in school. We look forward to the eggs hatching. The weather has slightly improved since the beginning of March so we look forward to this continuing. The past month has had many highlights within and out with the classroom that we share with you in this newsletter. Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you require any further information on items contained within this newsletter or any other matters. Yours sincerely, Mrs Martina Hendry Head Teacher
Pupil Equity Funding
Our school has been awarded £57,600 for
the coming year and will receive this for
the following three years.
This money is part of the Scottish Attainment
Challenge initiative by the Scottish Government.
The Scottish Government have invested this money
in schools to enable individual schools to address
the poverty related attainment gap. Discussions are
ongoing with staff and pupils to make best use of
our money in St. Cuthbert’s. This topic will also be
part of the Parent Council meeting on Monday 24th
April. All parents and carers are welcome to attend.
If any parent / carer would like to discuss this
funding further please contact Mrs Hendry at the
school.
Fairtrade Coffee Morning
The Fairtrade Committee under the guidance of Miss Prentice, have been extremely busy organising the coffee
morning. Their efforts raised £245.80 for the Fairtrade Foundation. Well done everyone!
Masterclass Programme
The third year of the Masterclass programme began on Thursday 23rd February. This programme enables children to develop knowledge and skill in a variety of areas. This year we have staff and parents delivering some classes as well as business partners. My thanks to all involved in this programme to enable children to have this unique learning experience. Classes this year include embroidery, illustrating, piano, baking, multisports (sport leadership), gymnastics, Tae-Kwon-Do, film trailers and arts and crafts. This is our Faith Sacrament of Confirmation Congratulations to 43 of our senior pupils who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Monday 20th February in St. Cuthbert’s church. It was a wonderful celebration of faith and I am sure parents and carers were equally as proud as the school staff. Many thanks to all who contributed to the success of this important step in the journey of faith of our young people. Sacrament of First Reconciliation
Primary 3 and Mrs Boyd have been working extremely hard on their preparation. Please ensure your child’s workbook is up to date. Further details will follow about arrangements for the service on Thursday16th March at 7pm.
Dog fouling
It has been brought to my attention that there is an issue with dog fouling outside the school fence. I have raised this with South Lanarkshire Council and they are addressing the matter. If anyone has information regarding this please speak to myself. Head Teacher’s Blog The blog is completed on a weekly basis, published on a Sunday. The blog gives information on aspects of learning from each class in our school. Please take time to read our blog and I would be delighted if you could post a comment. Homework Homework is an important part of the learning process for your child. It supports learning in class and acts as a form of communication to parents / carers about pupil progress. Many thanks to families who provide invaluable support to their children during the homework process. Sainsbury’s We are now collecting Active Kids vouchers. Please hand into the school. Please remember …. PE kits on PE days. Check your child’s head regularly for head lice! Check soft shoes are in a good state of repair!
WORLD BOOK DAY
Primary 4, under the
guidance of Mrs Hall,
organised a super week of events for World Book
day.
The children participated in Drop Everything And Read times and enjoyed dressing as their favourite character. We welcomed a number of family members and Mrs McLaren, QIO for Literacy and English from SLC, to read their favourite books to us. It was fantastic to see so many pupils and adults participating in reading activities dur-ing the week. We hope this love for reading continues at home. The book sale also raised £185.50 to begin our Lenten Fundraising.
Important Dates for your diary ...... Thurs 9th Mar International Meals Day—see flyer Mon 13th Mar Stay, Play and Share Week in nursery Wed 15th Mar Nil by Mouth to P7 Thurs 16th Mar P3 First Reconciliation at 7pm in St. Cuthbert’s Church Mon 20th Mar Fundraising Week begins Wed 22nd Mar Academy Uniforms Blazer ordering 2.45pm—3.45pm school hall Fri 31st Mar SCHOOL CLOSES 2.30pm SPRING BREAK Tues 18th Apr School Reopens / P7 to Ardentinny Mon 24th Apr Parent Council 6.30pm ALL WELCOME Mon 1st May SCHOOL CLOSED
Comment Slip – What do you think? Please make any comments that could help further improve St. Cuthbert’s Primary.
March 2017 Please return this slip to school office. Thank you.
Lenten Programme 2017
The Pupil Council have chosen SCIAF, Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity and Beatson Cancer Charity as our charities this year. We encourage all pupils, staff and families to participate in our Lenten Fundraising and morning prayer progamme. Following discussion from children we have continued with our programme of a week of Lenten activities. This week will begin on Monday 20th March. Throughout Lent, Miss Prentice and Mrs Hall are leading the prayer programme. Details of all activities can be found here and in the Lenten Fundraising flyer or on the website.
Parents and carers are warmly invited to join us for the morn-
ing prayer programme. Please encourage your child to join us
for this special time.
Tues—Stations of the Cross
Thurs—Rosary
Fri—Reflection
All in main hall at 8.45am
Uniform Sessions
SAVE THE DATE Tues 2nd May and
Wed 3rd May
Academy Uniforms will be in school hall—details
to follow
Monday 20th March
Sponsored bounce
How many bounces can you do? Sponsor sheet per family.
Tuesday 21st March
Fun day am
Spending money for activities.
Wednes-day 22nd March
Pyjama / Onesie Day Food bank donations Easter raffle
£1 per pupil to wear pyjamas/onesie. Please bring an Easter Egg to school for donation to Hamilton Food Bank. 50p a strip for raffle tickets for Easter raffle.
Thursday 23rd March
Bring and Buy Sale am (organised by P7)
Spending money for the Bring and Buy sale.
Friday 24th March
Easter Bonnet Parade am Talent Show pm (organised by P7)
Please bring an Easter Bonnet for the whole-school parade. 50p entry fee for performers/£1 for audience ticket.
Ongoing through-out Lent
Penny Power- Inter-House Challenge for children to bring in a penny per day. Moneys to be collected in House Bottle with extra House Points for the winning house.
