Well, it has been a busy 7 days again and I can hardly believe that nearly a whole week has passed since the excellent Halloween Party last Monday which was organised by our wonderful Parent Council. Many thanks to the families who worked so hard to plan the games, food and decorations. You can check out some photos in our Gallery and via the link here: Halloween Party – Glassary Primary School
Miss Fraser’s Journey to Work
As mentioned last week, Miss Fraser is travelling to work every day on the Venture West “ferry”, which has been commissioned by Argyll and Bute Council to take secondary pupils from Ardfern to school and some other essential workers (including Miss Fraser) to work. We are so grateful to all those who made this possible after the landslide blocked the road on the Bealach at Ardfern. Check out some video of her journey here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zfVjCTvMHbC_17ytf2KhxpPV5kfDbXuA/view?usp=sharing
P6 Music Tuition
All of our P6 pupils now have the exciting opportunity to learn a wind or woodwind instrument with Mr Tarn. Letters and consent forms were sent home with them on Friday – please make sure they come back this week.
Reminder of our Healthy Food Aims
As stated in the Glassary School Handbook on our website, our school aims to encourage children to enjoy food which is both attractive to them and nutritionally sound, whether this is a school meal, a packed lunch or a snack. We would appreciate your support in achieving this aim.
After events like Halloween, if children have been given lots of sweets, they might be keen to bring them into school for snack or to share with friends. We understand that, as children, they may see this as kind behaviour, even though we as adults know differently. Please remind your child why healthy snacks are much better for them, their teeth and their learning brain. Please also remind your child that any food that you give them to bring into school is for them to eat, not for sharing.
Some children may have a health condition that requires them to have a different way of eating and in this case, we will work with you individually to ensure that we support this.
PATCH Project
Emily Love has been in touch to say that she cannot make it to us this week for her workshops with P5,6 and 7 as she is unwell. She will re-schedule as soon as she is able. I have sent her our best wishes.
P7 Registration for High School – Information for P7 parents and carers.
I can hardly believe that it is already time to think ahead to our P7s leaving! This week, P7 parents and carers will receive information from the Central Education Team about how to register your child for the High School of your choice. As you will probably know, Lochgilphead High School is the catchment school for your child.
Working together, primary and secondary schools aim to ensure that pupils in Primary 7 and their parents/carers are well informed about the organisation of the secondary school and, in particular, the content and organisation of the first year curriculum.
Registration opens online on Wednesday 8th November and must be completed no later than 24th November. Please look out for information, which will be emailed to the email address that we hold on record for you.
Education Service Improvement Priorities
I have uploaded a document to the website which shows the improvement priorities for all schools in Argyll and Bute, as identified by our Authority Education Service. You can access it through this link: https://www.glassary.argyll-bute.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Our-Improvement-Priorities-2023-24.pdf
You will see that the priorities align very well with those that we have identified for Glassary Primary School in this year’s School Improvement Plan (also on the website here: http://www.glassary.argyll-bute.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Glassary-School-Handbook-2023-2024.pdf
Have a great week and you know where I am, if you need anything.
