Primary School February 2020 Newsletter

Dear Parents/Carers, HMIe inspection We have had a few very busy and exciting We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the weeks at Stenhousemuir. The inspection team parents and partners of the school who volunteered to were very impressed with the warm welcome discuss our school during the inspection week. It was that they received from our whole school great to celebrate all of the positive things that we do as community. a school community. We are very proud of how the The snowdrops are beginning to show and we children and staff team worked together. are very much looking to seeing signs of spring! The inspection team will now work on the final report Thank you for your continued support and and this will be published in due course. involvement in school events.

LOCAL COMMUNITY GALA DAY Mrs D Stanfield Head teacher It is great to hear about this community event being re- established. I know this will be something that our pupils Staffing and families will enjoy being part of. Any updates or We would like to congratulate Mrs Ritchie on her letters that we receive as a school will be shared with new appointment as acting head teacher of parents. primary school. We wish her well in her new role, she will be greatly missed. Calling all parents!

School Choir PTA (Parent/ Teacher Association): Do Our school choir have been hard at work rehearsing for you want to help raise funds for the school two upcoming events. They will perform at the and plan fun events? Is this for you? If so, cluster concert in Larbert East church in March and are please contact the school for more information. Our next meeting is on 22nd also taking part in the Glee challenge. We wish them all the best and look forward to hearing how they April 6-7pm. get on. Thank you to Mrs Comrie, Miss Brown and Miss Parent Council: Look out for updates on for all of their hard work in preparing the group for both Dojo for the next meeting date. All parents of these events. welcome.

Clubs in our School

We strive to offer a variety of different extra-curricular and sporting opportunities in school. We work closely in partnership with Active Schools and our local sporting clubs to provide opportunities. Mrs Easton is currently looking to review our clubs to make sure there is an equal spread across all age groups. If there are any parents/carers interested in running a club please get in touch. Training and support is all provided through Active schools.

We currently provide: Cross Country Dance Football Gymnastics Basketball Multi-sports (coming soon!) Dates for your diary

Thursday 13th February Parent Council meeting 6:30pm Friday 14th February – School closed for February Re-opens Wed 19th for pupils Tuesday 18th February Holiday Friday 21st February P3 Assembly Tuesday 25th Feb PTA pancake day fundraiser More information to follow 6th – 15th March Science week Lots of activities planned in school! Thursday 5th March World book day Lots of activities planned in school! Friday 3rd April Easter service Larbert East Church all parents and carers welcome Tuesday 10th March Glee Competition Falkirk Town Hall – information to follow regarding tickets Friday 13th March P2 Assembly Wednesday 18th & Parents evenings More information to follow Thursday 19th March and appointment times Friday 3rd April School Closes for Easter 3pm finish Holidays Monday 20th April School re-opens 9am Monday 20th April PTA bunny bounce More information to follow Wednesday 22nd April PTA meeting 6pm – 7pm Thursday 30th April and In Service School Closed to pupils Friday 1st May Friday 8th May May holiday School Closed Please see this link for a full list of School holiday dates:

http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/schools-education/school-life/school-holiday-dates.a spx

Science week 6th – 15th March Lost property! We will be taking part in Science week! We have lots of The lost property is starting to fill up fun learning opportunities planned for this. Look out again. Please ensure all pupil belongings for more information and photos on Twitter or Dojo. have clear names so that we can get

things back to the correct owner.

Pupil Council

Our pupil council are working with our parent council to evaluate our school and to identify areas for improvement. Soon we will be involving parents to add more suggestions and comments to this. Dates coming soon!

Enjoy Learning, Achieve Success

Contact the school: Follow the school: School app Tel: 01324 503440 Class Dojo Twitter: @stenhousemuirPS