Book Fair w/c 6th December

Dear parents / carers   As you may have seen on our Facebook page, the Scholastics Book Fair is in school next week!     Due to the current COVID climate, we will not be inviting parents into school to visit the book fair.  However, all children will be given the opportunity to visit the book…

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Christmas Information – December 2021

Dear parents and carers,   We very much appreciate that Christmas was difficult for everyone last year, so we have tried to make our school extra ‘Christmassy’ inside and outside with extra things around school for your children.  But due to the current situation with COVID, Christmas activities will not take place in quite the…

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Year 6 – High Borrans – May 2022

Parents/Carers of children in Year 6 We are over the moon to inform you that Year 6 children have the opportunity to visit High Borrans Outdoor Education Centre between 23rd and 27th May 2022.  One class will visit High Borrans at the beginning of the week and the other class will go at the end…

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Year 4 – High Borrans – February 2022

Parents/Carers of children in Year 4   We are over the moon to inform you that Year 4 children have the opportunity to visit High Borrans Outdoor Education Centre between 14th and 18th February 2022.  One class will visit High Borrans at the beginning of the week and the other class will go at the…

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Supporting Traumatised Children Through the Christmas Storm

Christmas is coming and we each bring our own sledge load of past experiences, expectations, internal and external pressures.  Please click on the link below to view some tips for how to survive and thrive the Christmas Storm:   Supporting Traumatised Children Through the Christmas Storm

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Y2 and Y3 staffing update

Dear parents and carers, I am writing to let you know about a change of class teachers for Y2R and Y3R. Back in July, when I made the decision about class teachers for September, I did not know about some happy news! Miss Reynolds is having a baby! She will be leaving Y2R at Christmas.…

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S&F Finance Overview Nov 21

Dear parent / carer The Staffing and Finance (S&F) Committee met on 19th November virtually. During the meeting the following points were discussed: School is currently reviewing the school meal provider. Look out for some exciting future developments. King Edward Primary are currently trialing a new initiative in school, the tutoring programme. If successful the…

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NSPCC ‘PANTS’ discussions

Dear Parent/Carers, This term our children will be discussing the NSPCC’s Underwear Rule in our RSHE lessons. During these discussions we will aim to teach our pupils the following important safety skills without giving explicit information or telling scary stories. We will be teaching our pupils the NSPCC’s Underwear Rule, using the ‘PANTS’ acrostic, which…

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C&O meeting overview Autumn 21

Dear parent / carer Our Curriculum and Pupil Outcomes (C&O) committee met for the first time this term and we were pleased to welcome our newest governor, Mhairi McCowan to this group. It was exciting to hear from Miss Byrne about this year’s planned training for staff including a range of national and accredited courses…

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National Tutoring Programme

Dear parents / carers   Several months ago, the Government announced that schools would be able to provide some additional support to identified children, as a result of the impact of COVID.  Children identified by individual schools would have the opportunity to access some ‘catch up’ support for ‘lost learning’, caused by the COVID pandemic,…

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