Farewell to Mr Bolwell.
The main event of last week was of course the farewell party that we had for Mr Bolwell to mark his retirement, after 10 years of working in Glassary Primary School and 15 years as a teacher in Mid-Argyll. It was really fantastic to be joined by so many family members, ex pupils and even two of Mr Bolwell’s former colleagues Mrs Floyd and Mrs Condie for our celebration. We thanked him for all that he has done for the school and children in his time with us and we were very proud of a number of our pupils who presented him with gifts and even serenaded him on the clàrsach. Check out some pictures from the celebration here.
We wish Mr Bolwell all the very best for his next exciting adventures which will definitely involve cycling, swimming, music, spending time with his family and enjoying fine food, although perhaps not many bananas!
World Book Day
For World Book Day this week, we are going to celebrate the work of children’s author and poet Michael Rosen across the school, with a Bear-Hunting, Chocolate-caking, Sad-ly serious fun alert!
Although we are not going to ask pupils to find a costume to wear, as this can put pressure on families at short notice, we invite the boys and girls to wear comfortable clothes on Thursday that will help them to be able to relax and read/listen to stories. Any pupil who wants to may also wear something that represents their favourite book or a character from a book. This can be as big or small as they wish. There are some lovely ideas here, on the families section of the World Book Day website: Dressing Up – Ideas for Parents – World Book Day
Reports
Individual pupil progress reports have now been written and will be checked and printed this week before being sent home next week. We will then be in touch to invite you to have a follow up conversation with your child’s teacher, should you want to have more information about the report or their work and progress.
PVG for volunteers
In the past, we have been very lucky to have parents, carers and other volunteers offer to share their skills and talents with us, for example by driving for or accompanying school trips, helping with reading activities or running learning sessions around science, photography, music or drama. If you would be able to volunteer for us in this way, we need to complete an application form for the PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) with you. There is no cost to you for this and I would do the application electronically; you can see the information and documentation required by clicking here.
Please let me know (by emailing lena.carter@argyll-bute.gov.uk), if you would be able to offer us some of your time and talents. We would be extremely grateful!
Strike Action
As you will know, the following information went to families from our Heads of Service on 16th February:
You will be aware from our letter of 17th January that strike action is planned for Tuesday 28th February and Wednesday 1st of March in relation to ongoing teacher pay negotiations. If no pay deal has been reached and the strike goes ahead, ALL schools within Argyll and Bute will be closed on that day although we expect nursery provision will be unaffected. Should the position change and a settlement is found then we will update you. We apologise that you will have to make arrangements for childcare once again due to this situation and we thank you for your understanding of this difficult situation.
Have a lovely week and don’t forget to get in touch if you need to.
Lena
