St Monica’s Primary School Newsletter

April 2016

Learners today, leaders tomorrow

Welcome to our April newsletter. I hope you had an enjoyable spring break. We have a very busy final term ahead of us and as always we look forward to working in partnership with you to ensure your child has a very successful end to their year.

Spanish Week

We start this term with a focus on learning Spanish this week as part of our language curriculum. During this week the children will be doing a variety of activities to help them learn simple Spanish words and phrases. On Friday we will have a dress down day to raise money for the people of Ecuador who have recently had to deal with a devastating earthquake. As this is a Spanish speaking country we think it is a good idea to help support these people in their time of need. The children can come to school wearing red, yellow and blue and donate £1. We will send this to SCIAF and ask them to put it towards the earthquake fund.

Photographs

We have booked John Wilson Photography to visit the school on Thursday 28th April to take individual and family pictures. They will also take P1 and P7 class groups. As a result of the survey on parents’ evening the photographs will be taken with the white background as this was the most popular choice.

Book Fair

Our Book Fair was very successful again this year. Thanks for all your support. We now have £686 to spend on books for our new library.

Lenten Appeal

This year the children organised various events to raise money for our chosen charity, which was SCIAF. I am delighted to say that as a school we have raised around £1000, which is an amazing amount!

We will be sending a cheque to SCIAF at the end of this week. This money will be doubled by the Government. Thank you so much for supporting our appeal.

Master Classes

Our master classes will begin on Friday 29th April and last for 4 weeks. The children are all looking forward to taking part. As always we have a variety of activities available for the children to choose from including outdoor fun, baking, pottery, dance, photography, jewellery making, gardening and many more. If your child is taking part in outdoor sessions please ensure they have appropriate clothing due to our unpredictable weather! Thank you to Mrs Devlin for organising this and to the parents giving up their own time to help out each Friday.

Breakfast Club

Before the holiday I advised you that there would be an increase to the cost of the breakfast club from Monday 18th April. Please read the information below that I received last week from David McClelland.

The charge for breakfast clubs will be £2 per day.

There will be a discounted charge of £1 for second and subsequent children – a sibling rate of £1 with the eldest paying £2.

Breakfasts will continue to be free for those entitled to free school meals.

Although there is universal free meal provision for P1-P3, this does not extend to breakfast clubs and children who do not meet free meals entitlement eligibility criteria must pay.

If your child is in P1-3 and you think you may be entitled to a free breakfast and have not applied please contact the school.

Nursery to P1 Transition

During the month of May we will be welcoming the new Primary 1 children who will be joining us in August, The dates for these visits are

Tuesday 17th May, 9.15-10.30am

Tuesday 24th May, 9.15-11am

P7 Transition to Secondary School

Our Primary 7 pupils are now entering their last term in St Monica’s. Over the coming months they will be visiting their new schools.

There is a meeting for Parents/Carers of children who are going to Lourdes Secondary on Thursday 28th April at 7pm. . Rosshall Secondary will have their information evening for parents/carers in Cardonald Primary on Tuesday 3rd May at 6pm

The induction days for the children are as follows:

Lourdes Secondary - Thursday 19th and Friday 20th May.

St Paul’s High School - Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd June.

Rosshall Secondary - Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd June

Further information about these visits will be given out soon. As yet we have not been informed of dates for other Secondary Schools but as soon as we have them we will let you know.

Ear Piercing

If you are intending on allowing your child to get their ears pierced can you please wait until the beginning of the summer holidays as they will be unable to take part in PE for six weeks.

Dates for your Diary:

Tuesday 19th – Friday 22nd April– Spanish Week Focus

Wednesday 20th April – Village Storytelling Sessions for P1 - P4/3

Thursday 21st April – Rugby coaching for P7a & P7b, 4 week block

Thursday 21st April - P7 Parents/Carers to visit class at 2pm to find out about the Rainforest Topic

Monday 25th April – Curriculum Newsletters to Parents/Carers

Monday 25th April – SSPCA Workshops for all pupils

Tuesday 26th April – Personal Learning Plans (PLPs) to Parents/Carers

Tuesday 26th April - P6 Parents/Carers to visit class at 2pm to find out about the Victorian Topic

Tuesday 26th April - Parent Council Meeting at 6.30pm

Thursday 28th April – School Photographs

Thursday 28th April – Multi Sports Coaching for P4, 4 week block

Thursday 28th April – Meeting at Lourdes Secondary for P7 Parent/Carers at 7pm

Friday 29th April – Master Classes begin for 4 weeks

Students of the Month for March

Congratulations go to the following pupils who continuously follow the rights respecting agreements.

:

P1a	-	Nicole MacKenzie	Zain Wasim

P1b	-	Rocha Devine	Riley Rossiter

P2a	-	Amelia Kozek	Jonathan Viola

P2b	-	Finlay Howie	Lareina Faheem

P3	-	Gabi Duncan	Daniel Balmer

P4/3	-	Aiden Durkan	Eva McLachlan

P4	-	Marc Zaarour	Jenna Nairn

P5a	-	Cole Claffey	Kayleigh McGoldrick

P5b	-	Kaihden Welsh	Kayla Thomson

P6	-	Jay Woods	Eva Moran

P7/6	-	Giovann Likonde	Karis Morrison

P7a	-	Stephen Muir	Jessica Dunphy

P7b	-	Fiyin Owolabi	Connor Paul

Thank you.

D. McGeever