Glassary Primary Newsletter March 2017
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New school website
We are just waiting for our new school
website to go live. As soon as it does we
will send out a text with our website
address.
You will find lots of information on the
website. We have a calendar where all
school trips, swimming lessons, school
P5-7 Scottish Opera
holidays and special events will be added
The P5-7 class joined five other local
as a reminder for all. There will be
schools to put on a fantastic
useful links, policy documents,
performance of Tam O’Shanter at
newsletters and parent council minutes
Craignish village hall on the 7th
will be uploaded. We will also continue
February. They worked so well together
to send newsletters home.
and the older classes from Glassary and
Each class will have their own blog style
Tayvallich played the part of the Tavern
page on the website to keep you
crew.
updated on class activities. Photos will
be added on the gallery page. So please
keep taking a regular look at what’s new.
P1-4 Scots afternoon
On the last afternoon before the
February break the Primary 1-4 class
entertained their visitors with a
wonderful Scots afternoon. We were
treated to poetry recitals, Scot’s songs,
some sign language and some wonderful
Highland dancing. For those of you who
couldn’t make it there are some
photographs in the Gallery section on
the school website.
Mid Argyll Pupil Council
Connor and Sian are representing
Glassary at the Mid Argyll Pupil council
meetings this session. This year the
pupils are working collaboratively to
explore internet safety for their age
group and help to create an internet
safety video to be shared with children
in schools across Mid Argyll.
Primary 5-7 Samba performance
high school transfer. Some High school
The P5-7 class are thoroughly enjoying
staff will be visiting our P7s at Glassary
their samba drumming sessions with
ahead of the four induction day visits
instructor Mark MacSporran. Parents
which will be held on the 5-8th June.
are invited in to see a short
We would like to invite our P7 pupils,
performance of what they have learnt
along with their parents, to a session
at the end of the final session on Friday
led by Lesley Gibson, our link
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March at 2.05pm.
Mid Argyll Inter-schools quiz
This will be the third year of the Mid
Argyll Primary schools quiz. A team of 4
pupils from the older class will be
chosen to represent Glassary. It’s a
great opportunity to meet some pupils
from other schools, with those reaching
the final at the end of May getting to
compete in Kilmory Council Chambers.
Primary 5-7 Science visit
This term the P5-7 class are working on
an exciting Science topic. They began
by brainstorming lots of science
questions they had and have called the
topic ‘What do Scientists do all day?’
Lots of experiments have been taking
place in class and Mr Bolwell has
arranged a trip to the Ocean Explorer
Centre at the Scottish Association for
Marine Science, Oban.
This trip will take place on Thursday
23rd March. The children will be
transported by mini bus with Mrs Rowe
and by car with Mr Bolwell and parent
volunteer Lesley Boyle. We will leave
school at 9am and should return for
3.30pm. We have asked for a voluntary
Occupational Therapist. This session will
focus on how pupils can best organise
themselves for high school, and how
parents can support independence in
this important next step.
This will be on Thursday 20th April
straight after school in Glassary,
3.30pm. Please return the attached slip
to confirm your attendance.
I-cycle training
After the Easter holidays the P6 and 7
children will take part in cycle
proficiency training (now called i-cycle).
They will do the theory part of the
learning with Mr Bolwell in class and the
practical part in two separate groups on
Wednesday afternoons with Mrs Floyd
and Mrs Rowe. The first two weeks will
be in the playground starting on Wed 19
April. Once we start practising on the
road we will need 2/3 parent helpers
each week on Wednesdays 1-2.15pm
(from Wednesday 3rd May to
Wednesday 7 June) to make this
training possible. The helpers will need
to stand at the side of the road and
watch for cars/ remind the children to
donation of £2 per family please.
do what the teacher has instructed.
Primary 7 transition to High School
phone us) and sign up on the sheet
Thank you to parents for returning the
recent forms required for their child’s
Parents please pop into school (or
for the Wednesdays you can help. We
cannot go ahead with this training if
parents will not help us to make sure
Primary 5’s will have a separate health
it is safe. Any willing parents can
themed lesson with Mrs Stocks during
help, not just P6/7, you do not need
this time.
to be PVG checked.
The pupils will need to have a road
worthy bike and cycle helmet to take
part in the training. Please see the
attached parents information leaflet to
allow you to check that their bike is
ready for after the Easter holidays.
Please speak to school staff if your
child does not have a bike, as we may be
able to help. P6/7 permission slip
attached.
Sex Education P6/7
At some point during Primary 6 or 7 the
children have a series of Relationship
and Sex Education lessons as part of
their Health and Wellbeing curriculum.
We are going to start these after the
Easter holidays and would like to invite
parents of pupils in Primary 6 and 7
along to a workshop, to view the
teaching materials that will be used, and
ask any questions about what the
children will cover. Parents have the
School swimming lessons
The P5-7 class have now finished their
block of lessons. The P1-3 block will
start on Tuesday 16 May.
All lessons take place from 9-10am at
Lochgilphead pool. On those days please
take your child directly to the pool,
their class teacher will be there from
8.50am. A bus will return them to school
afterwards.
Health week
We are planning a whole school focus on
health and wellbeing for the week
beginning Monday 24th April and aim to
offer the children lots of different
sports sessions and lessons related to
the various aspects of their health and
wellbeing. If your job involves helping
people with their physical or mental
wellbeing and you would be willing to
talk to a class please speak to a staff
member.
right to withdraw their children from
Before school
these lessons and must inform the head
We have an open doors policy so that
teacher in writing if they wish to do so.
any parent needing to speak to a
This will be held on Wednesday 29th
March at 7pm.Please return slip to let
us know if you are coming. The
materials and policy are the same as the
parent’s session we held two years ago.
member of staff before school can do
so.
Could you please discourage your child
from coming into school to hang up their
things before the bell. Teachers are
busy preparing for lessons/or trying to
The P6/7 sex education lessons will take
speak privately to a parent and children
place on Thursday afternoons and the
coming in and out can be distracting.
Healthy eating in school
We try to encourage the children to bring healthy snacks for playtimes and this is one
of the reasons that we stopped having birthday cakes brought into school last year.
Now that we have over thirty children in school it was becoming an almost weekly
occurrence and difficult to organise.
Parent Council
The next Parent Council meeting is on Wednesday 26 April at 7pm, all welcome.
The Parent Council are organising a sponsored cycle event on Saturday 22nd April. More
information will come from Parent Council nearer the time.
Dates for your diary
Friday 17 March
P5-7 trip to Barnluasgan Waterproofs/wellies needed
Monday 20 March
Music festival week – timetable sent out
Thursday 23 March P5-7 class trip to SAMs Oban – packed lunch and drink needed
Friday 24 March
P5-7 Samba performance for parents 2.05pm
Wed 29 March
P6/7 Parents Sex Ed workshop 7pm
Friday 31 March
School closes 2.30pm
Tuesday 18 April
School opens 9am
Wed 19 April – Wed 9 June P6/7 need bikes/helmets at school every Wed afternoon
Thurs 20 April
3.30pm P7 and parents ‘Get organised for High school’ workshop
Sat 22 April
Parent Council sponsored cycle event
Monday 24 April
Health Week starts
Wed 26 April
Glassary Parent Council 7pm All welcome
Monday 1 May
School closed holiday
Thurs 4 May
School closed – polling station
Tues 16 May
P1-4 start swimming 9am at Pool. Six week block
Monday 29 May
School holiday
Monday 5 June – Thursday 8 June
P7 High school induction days