Merrylee School Handbook.Pdf
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Contents 1. Front cover 2. Contents 3. Head Teacher’s welcome 4. School Information Merrylee Main Building 6. School information Merrylee Annexe and Nursery Class 7. School information School holidays 8. Staff 9. Staff continued 10. School Aims 11. Enrolment 12. Clothing and uniform 13. School meals 14. Transport 15. Health care Information in emergencies 16. Home and school links Parental support 17. Parents Forum / Parent Council 18. Parents’ association 19. Curriculum for Excellence/ The Primary Curriculum 20. Mathematics 21. Language 22. Environmental studies 23. Science / Information technology/ Technology 24. Health education 25. Expressive Arts 26. RE and moral education Spiritual, social & cultural values 27. French / Taking Leaning Outdoors 28. Interest Clubs 29. After School Clubs 30. Active Citizenship 31. Support for Learning 32. Reporting to Parents/ Assessment 33. National Assessment / Home learning 34. Residential Trips 35. Attendance at School 36. Positive Discipline Playground supervision 37. Merrylee Primary in the community Caring for others 38. Equal opportunities Dealing with racial harassment 39. Child safety / Child protection 40. Transfer from primary to secondary school Freedom of Information Act 41. Data protection Community facilities and letting 42. Budget running costs, Attendance and Absence statistics for Merrylee 43. Budget running costs, Attendance and Absence statistics for Glasgow City 44. Budget running costs, Attendance and Absence statistics for Scotland Welcome To Merrylee Primary School Welcome to Merrylee Primary School. We like to think that in our school we have created a caring and concerned community for our children, parents and staff. Our fabulous new school building is well under construction and is due to open in summer 2008 in time for the beginning of our new school session. Everyone in the school community is very excited about it. We look forward to having a purpose designed building fit for a 21st century education. The building itself is of a unique design. It is being built to the ‘greenest’ specifications! We are hopeful to gain at least a ‘very good’ BREAM award for the building but most possible, an excellent award! This would make Merrylee Primary the first school in the UK to achieve Excellence for the design. We are currently in a fairly unique situation. In June 2005 Holmlea and Simshill Primary Schools closed and their pupils joined Merrylee Primary. From August 2005 our school has operated across two campuses: the original Merrylee and the annexe, which is housed within the old Simshill building. The children from the original Holmlea School catchment area are transported by school bus, to and from school daily. The Merrylee Nursery class is also in the annexe. Both campuses have operated as one with equality of opportunity being given the highest priority. The merger of the communities has been a great success. We have been re-recognised as The Investors in People standard which makes us all very proud. There is such a superb team spirit in Merrylee and one that promotes development and improvement in its people. We were awarded the IiP standard with no recommendations. Quite an achievement! We were the winners of the Glasgow Schools Citizenship Award which is open to all pre5, primary, special and secondary schools in recognition of the superb citizenship which exists amongst all members of our school community. We won the bronze prize in Glasgow’s Recycling Competition and promote recycling throughout the community. We were awarded Best School in Scotland by the Scottish Football Association and McDonalds in recognition of football and sport development throughout all stages of the school. We reached the top stage of Platinum Standard awarded by Enterprise and Careers Scotland for our very enterprising approach to education from P1-P7. Merrylee was awarded the coveted prize of Sports School of the Year 2005 in recognition of the many physical activities offered to our pupils both within and out with the normal school day. The staff of the school gained a fabulous 3rd place in the Kids Club for Scotland award, from over 100 nominees, in the category of ‘making a difference to children’s lives’ category. These awards are examples of the many successes achieved by Merrylee pupils, staff and parents. Our aims are to provide a pleasant and secure learning environment, to encourage each of our pupils to develop their full potential and to respect themselves and others. To achieve these aims and to deliver the most effective education for our pupils, we believe that it is essential to build a strong home – school partnership where we all work together to achieve this common goal. I look forward to the future when, together, we can help our pupils develop into young adults with a high level of attainment and self belief ready to transfer into secondary school with happy memories of Merrylee Primary School. Mrs Liz Mahindru Head Teacher Merrylee Primary School 2008 MERRYLEE PRIMARY SCHOOL (MAIN BUILDING) 68 ASHMORE ROAD GLASGOW G44 3DD Telephone Number 0141 637 8569 Fax Number 0141 637 6915 E-mail number [email protected] Present Roll at each stage P1a P1b P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 TOTAL 24 21 30 31 31 33 29 33 231 Planning Capacity 210 Current Working Capacity 231 Stages covered P1 to P7 Status Non-denominational Co-educational Of the eight rooms available all are used as classrooms. The school is let to various groups in the evenings and at weekends. A Breakfast Club, which is free and open to all, operates each school day from 8.15am until 8.40am. An After School Service operates in the main hall each school day between the hours of 3pm and 6pm. MERRYLEE PRIMARY SCHOOL (ANNEXE BUILDING) 148 SIMSHILL ROAD GLASGOW G44 5EP Telephone Number 0141 637 0472 Fax Number 0141 637 5816 E-mail number [email protected] Present Roll at each stage Primary 3/4/5 Primary 5/6/7 TOTAL 17 18 35 Planning Capacity 288 Current Working Capacity 57 Stages covered P3 to P7 Status Non-denominational Co-educational Of the ten rooms available two are used as classrooms. The other rooms are used as follows; a resource room, an art and design room, a technology room, music room, a computer suite and a library. The school has a dining hall, a large general purpose room and a gym hall. The school is let to various groups in the evenings and at weekends. A Breakfast Club, which is free and open to all, operates each school day from 8.15am until 8.40am. MERYLEE NURSERY CLASS 148 SIMSHILL ROAD GLASGOW G44 5EP Telephone number 0141 637 9065 Working capacity 30 in the morning and 30 in the afternoon In-Service Days / Holidays 2008-2009 (IN-SERVICE DAYS TO BE CONFIRMED) IN-SERVICE DAY THURSDAY 14 AUGUST 2008 IN-SERVICE DAY FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2008 SCHOOL RESUMES MONDAY 18 AUGUST 2008 SEPTEMBER WEEKEND FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2008 MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2008 FIRST MID TERM MONDAY 13 OCTOBER 2008 FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER 2008 IN-SERVICE MONDAY 20 OCTOBER 2008 CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2008 FRIDAY 3 JANUARY 2009 SCHOOL RESUMES MONDAY 5 JANUARY 2009 SECOND MID TERM MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2009 TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2009 IN–SERVICE DAY WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2009 EASTER MONDAY 6 APRIL 2009 FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2009 SCHOOL RESUMES MONDAY 20 APRIL 2009 IN-SERVICE DAY FRIDAY 1 MAY 2009 MAY DAY MONDAY 4 MAY 2009 MAY WEEKEND FRIDAY 22 MAY 2009 MONDAY 25 MAY 2009 SCHOOL CLOSES FRIDAY 26 JUNE 2009 WHOLE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT TEAM Head Teacher Mrs Liz Mahindru Depute Head Teachers Mrs Caroline Deans Mr Frank Mallon Principal Teachers Mrs Colette Haddock Mrs Irene Sutherland Office Manager Mrs Fiona Provan (Based in main building) MAIN BUILDING Full Time Teachers Mrs Anne Fishwick P1 Mrs Helen Pattie P1 Mrs Hilary Thomson P2 Mrs Lynne Crichton P3 Mrs Irene Sutherland P4 Mrs Marlene Anderson P5 Mrs Caroline Campbell P6 Mrs Colette Haddock P7 Temporary Teachers Mrs Alison Sloan Support for learning Mrs Sandra Thornton Physical Education Pupil support assistants Mrs Anne Blaikie Mrs Lynne Cunningham Mrs Anne Daniels Mrs Helen Downie Mrs Carey Howie Mrs Maureen Kidd Mrs Palmela McGrory Admin support assistants Mrs Carine Murray Janitor Mr Ian McAulay Catering Manager Mrs Anne Marie Robertson Dining Hall Supervisor Mrs Aileen Carberry Violin Instructor Ms Sharon Stewart Woodwind Instructor Mrs Pam Barrowman Bagpipes Instructor Mr Peter McInnes Annexe Building Full time Teacher Mrs Stephanie McKillop P5/6/7 Job share teachers Mrs Myra Young and Mrs Janet Stephen P3/4/5 Pupil Support assistants Mrs Shona McCrae Mrs June Thomson Admin support assistants Mrs Hazel McGuire Mrs Chris O’Donnell Janitor Mr Andrew McDonald NURSERY CLASS Teacher in charge Mr Kevin Edgar Child development Mrs Janice Barbour Officers Mrs Eileen Martin Mrs Marie Anderson SCHOOL CHAPLAINCY Rev David Hood TEAM Rev Iain Morrison Rev Wilma Pearson Merrylee Primary School Aims We work together to be the best we can be! We aim to create a safe, secure and happy learning environment for all based on equality of opportunity, mutual respect and co-operation. We aim to encourage each of our pupils and staff members to reach their potential We aim to build and nurture a strong home-school partnership where we all work together to achieve a common goal. Success for our pupils. We aim to provide staff with opportunities for personal and professional development and will ensure their training needs are met through self- evaluation and progressive staff development. Enrolling Your Child Parents who wish to enrol their child for next session’s Primary 1, should bring their child to school any afternoon, (between 1.30 and 3pm) during the week beginning Monday January 15th 2008.