ELMVALE NEWSLETTER The 4 National Priorities for Scottish pupils are that they become Successful Learners, Effective Contributors, Responsible Citizens and Confident Individuals. June 2017 Primary News In addition, we run Cooking Classes Dear Parents/Carers and accredited food hygiene courses. Two weeks & two days to go until the summer holidays but it is going to be an extremely busy time. Read on to find out more. Holidays Closed at 1pm on Tuesday 27th June. Groups learn how to cook healthy Reopen 11, 14th August for staff and meals from scratch on a budget. 15 August for pupils Classes are delivered by our community cooks, are fun and use Events simple, yet tasty recipes. There is June always time to taste the food. We run 12 Assemblies by P3W & P7F classes for men, women, for people of (Parents invited) all ages, cultures & backgrounds. We 13 Sports Day Petershill Park approx. also support community members to 10am-2pm (Parents Invited) learn to grow own fruit and veg. We 14 Nursery Graduation (Parents have a vibrant Allotments at Invited) Springburn. Participants will learn to 15 Prize Giving Springburn Parish sow seeds, plant out, tend, feed and Church from 9.30am (Parents Invited) sustain their plants- ending up with a 19 Assemblies by P1H & P1E great crop! We also promote hands on (Parents Invited), Magician for learning to create raised beds or Nursery Class window boxes, using recycled 21 Elmvale’s Got Talent pm materials. 23 Change over day to meet new www.ngcfi.org.uk 0141 558 2500 teacher 10.45-12.15 26 Picnic in the Park P6S Success 27 Bounce into Summer The children in P6S came 9th out of 401 classes in the online Challenging Elmvale Parent Council Maths game – Sumdog. Well done! Along with buying a selection box for every child at Christmas, supporting Staff Changes the Drama Group by buying props & Mrs Miller (School Office) is retiring equipment, and donating £600 to pay after 24 years in Elmvale for educational school trips, they have Mrs Rowan & Miss Holmes will be also recently bought new lights, leaving at the end of June. Miss Kytzia speakers and disco equipment in order left in May.We will be welcoming Mr to run more discos in future years. Robertson our new DHT for P4-7 who will be starting in August. North Glasgow Community Food Mr Kimmet and Miss Hutchison will Initative also be joining us in August. We will Don’t forget to buy fruit & veg in be wishing our leaving staff and our Elmvale Primary School from 3- new staff every success. 3.30pm. All excellent quality! Grant & The Primary Team

1 ELMVALE NEWSLETTER The 4 National Priorities for Scottish pupils are that they become Successful Learners, Effective Contributors, Responsible Citizens and Confident Individuals. June 2017 Nursery News The nursery opens on 15th August at 8.35am as usual after the summer Dear Parents/Carers holidays. Less than two weeks to go until the summer holidays but it is going to be Events an extremely busy time. Read on to A magician will visit the nursery on find out more. Monday 19th June. Hopefully he will be performing lots of magic for us. Graduation Party Children should attend their normal The graduation is on Wednesday 14th session times on this day. June in the morning . Every child who is going to Primary school in Fund Raising August should come to nursery on We would like to thank local Wednesday morning at 9.00 AM. The businesses and Elmvale Primary graduation ceremony starts at 9.30 and school Parents Committee for their every child can bring 2 adults with very generous donations for our them. Please be seated in the Assembly Playground Appeal. We are continuing Hall by 9.20 AM. Everyone will to raise money by selling raffle tickets receive a graduation photo. You may costing £1 per strip. We have some take a group photo but please fabulous prizes including Gift remember do not put these on social Vouchers, toiletries and cuddly toys. media. After the ceremony there will Please see any member of staff if you be refreshments for the adults and the would like to purchase some raffle children will go back to the nursery for tickets. We will also be selling them on a special snack. Wednesday at the Graduation. The raffle will be drawn on Friday and we You may collect your child between will display a notice of the winning 11.00 and 11.30.Children who are tickets. graduating do not come to nursery in the afternoon. Nursery Trip The recent trip to Calderglen Country There will be a Fun Afternoon for the Park was a great success. The children Ante Pre School children (the children had a great time playing with their who are returning to nursery in friends in the play area and exploring August) on Wednesday 14th June. the small animal zoo. Thank you to all This session starts at 12.30 and there the adults who came along to join us will be fun games, hand painting, on the trip. Your support is invaluable. prizes, photo booth etc. Ante pre We loved having the Red sun hats for school children should only attend in everyone. It was easy to see which the afternoon. children belonged to Elmvale Nursery! You may collect your child between 3.00 and 3.30 PM We hope you have a lovely Summer and that the sun shines! Holidays Same dates as the primary school. Grant, Maura & the Nursery Team

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