AUCHINRAITH PRIMARY SCHOOL
October 2016
www.auchinraith-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk
Dates for Your
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SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
Parent / Carer
Evening
Our October Parent /
Carer evening will take
place on Wednesday 12th
October between 4pm
and 7pm. This will take
the format of an open
evening when you are
asked to attend with your
child. You will get the
chance to look at your
child’s work and will be
able to speak with the
teacher in a more
informal setting. We look
forward to seeing as
many of you as possible
on this night.
Attainment
Challenge
As you are aware
Auchinraith is an
Attainment Challenge
School. Once again this
year we have been given
extra funding and this
funding will be used to
enhance the learning and
teaching by purchasing a
variety of resources,
supplying training and
providing extra staffing.
Regular updates will be
given in order to keep
you all up to date with
progress.
Charity Event
Harvest Assembly
Tuesday 11th October
Emma Robinson and Ellie
Simm both from Primary 6 are
planning a charity Hallowe’en
event on Monday 31st October
in aid of McMillan
Both girls have organised a
committee and a variety of
events that will run throughout
the day. Watch out for the flier
telling you more about the
event.
Our Harvest Assembly
will be held on Friday 14th
October. The boys and
girls from the Nursery will
lead this celebration and
we will be inviting some
special guests from our
local community.
Artsnet Briefing for P6 Parents
Wednesday 12th October
Photographer in School / Nursery
Parent / Carer Evening
4pm – 7pm
Friday 14th October
Harvest Assembly
Monday 17th – Friday 21st
October
October week holiday
ARTSNET
The Primary 6 pupils will be
undertaking an Artsnet project
this term. This will involve
them learning about internet
safety and a variety of other
safety initiatives and
guidelines. This has always
been a very successful project
and one that the Primary 6
pupils will learn a lot from. To
launch the project there will be
an Artsnet Parent Briefing
meeting on Tuesday 11th
October between 9.30am and
10.30am. We hope as many of
you as possible will be able to
come along to support your
child.
We are asking our
Nursery and Primary 1
pupils to bring bags of
sugar or cartons of UHT
milk and Primary 2 and 3
to bring in toiletres to be
distribued within the
community. Junior /
Senior pupils are to bring
a monetary gift. Our bags
of items will go to the
local food bank and the
money will be sent to a
charity of the House
Captain’s choosing.
School / Nursery
Website
Our school website is
being updated. Please
take time to look at all our
new information and visit
our Nursery Blog. Mrs
Rafferty is looking to set
up a web club where the
pupils will update the
website on a regular
basis. If you have any
suggestions to make
about how it can be
improved please contact
the school.
Thursday 27th October
Hallowe’en Disco
6pm Infants
7.15pm Junior / Seniors
Friday 28th October
Primary 6 and Primary 6/7 A
Assembly / Showcase
1.30pm
Monday 31st October
Charity Hallowe’en Day in aid of
McMillan
School / Nursery
Photographs
The school photographer will be
visiting on Wednesday 12th
October. The photographs are all
so much nicer if the children are in
full school uniform with shirts and
ties. We will try to take the Primary
1 photographs early in the morning
before they have a chance to
become dishevelled. Please ensure
that you return the letter if you wish
a family group photograph.
Book Week
Parent Council
During the week of Parent / Carer
night we will be running our annual
book fayre. This will run throughout
the week beginning 10th October.
All classes will have the opportunity
to visit the book fayre and you will
have the opportunity to buy a
selection of books. Your child will
also be given a piece of homework
linked with the book fayre theme.
Please continue to support us in
reading as much as possible with
your child. This will improve their
reading ability and their love of
books.
The next Parent Council meetings
will held on Wednesday 9th
November at 3.15pm.Please do
come along and join us as we need
lots of help and support to arrange
a variety of events. A crèche will be
provided for these meetings.
The first event of the year will be
the Hallowe’en discos and these
will be held on Thursday 27th
October. The Primary 1/3 disco will
run from 6pm till 7pm and the
Primary 4/7 disco will run from
7.15pm till 8.15pm.
Please also take time to look
through our Parent Council
Constitution that can be found on
our website.
Assemblies / Family Values
Primary 1 Literacy
Workshop
During our Parent / Carer evening
on Wednesday 12th October we will
be holding a Primary 1 Literacy
Workshop at 6pm. This will give all
of our new Parents / Carers of
Primary 1 a chance to learn a little
more about our Literacy Boards
and how they should be used to
develop literacy skills.
Nursery News
October will be another very busy
month for us in Nursery. Our Parent
/ Carer evening will also be held on
Wednesday 12th October. We look
forward to seeing as many of you
as possible on this night.
Parents and carers of Nursery
children are invited to our Harvest
assembly as this will be led by our
Nursery children. A Harvest Tea will
be served after the assembly.
Our Hallowe’en Party will be held
on Friday 28th October. Times for
this will be sent home at a later
date.
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School Parking
Our drop off zone can be very busy
in the morning with many children
being dropped off for school. Can
Parents / Carers please remember
that the area directly outside the
playground is a drop off zone only
and not a parking zone. By parking
here the area can become very
congested and children, at times,
are in more danger from being in an
accident. Please work with us to
help keep our school area safe.
We are always delighted to see as
many of you as possible at our
special events within the school.
Our first showcase of the year will
be delivered by Primary 6 (Mrs
Wood’s Class) and Primary 6/7a
(Miss Sommerville’s Class). This
will be held on Friday 28th October
at 1.30pm.We look forward to
seeing you all there.
Payment for Outings /
Residential Trips
Thank you to everyone for sending
in monies for pantomimes and
residential visits. These monies are
banked daily and no money is held
in the school.