St Leonards Parents Association

Parents Association Guide for St Leonards

St Leonards School

St Andrews, , KY16 9QJ t: +44 (0) 1334 472 126 f: +44 (0) 1334 476 152 201 5-2 01 6 www.stleonards-fife.org First Day of Term Items to be sold in the shop need to be handed in to the School While your child is having a whale office. 1/3 of proceeds go to the of a time on his or her first day PA and 2/3 to the pupil’s account here, you may be feeling bereft. For more information, please Please don’t worry - and coffee email [email protected] Welcome to St Leonards Junior School (SLJS) and conversation are available for all new Junior School parents at Access to the school the Headmaster’s House at St No doubt you have ploughed through the paperwork which arrived in Leonards School from 08.30am Access to the school grounds is a fat envelope, bought uniform, sewn in nametapes and purchased until 10am on the first day of through the Teinds Gate (opposite the old Memorial pencil cases. Now it’s time for your child to become immersed in life term. This is an opportunity for new parents to meet current Hospital) in Abbey Walk, at St Leonards. But what about you, the parents? parents such as class social reps . This gate is open at Where do you fit in? and PA committee members. the start and at the end of the day (8.00 am to 9.00am, 3.45pm to You’re now members of the Parents Association (PA) and, with PA Second Hand Uniform 5.30 pm). funds, we have produced this guide to supplement the school’s official Shop Drivers of cars in the school handbooks. We hope it helps demystify St Leonards and its weird and It’s a fantastic resource run by the grounds must take care as wonderful landmarks. Like many institutions, St Leonards uses its PA. It is open on the last Friday (obviously) there are children in own jargon and we’ve tried to decipher it to enable parents to of each month 8.30am-9am these areas. understand when their child says: “l’ll meet you by the MC,” during term time or by individual Parking or: “See you on Birdcage.” appointment. The SHU is also open in the summer holidays, from 10am until noon on Friday Apart from the road from the We hope this guide will help to ease your transition to Junior School 21st August 2015, as well as on Teinds Gate past the Astroturf, life. It should at least help you sort out your PYP from your CDR. the day before the start of the there is limited parking in the If we’ve le anything out or you have suggestions about what more we autumn term, coinciding with a Pends. The Pends is one-way (towards the harbour) for its should include in future booklets, please do let us know. visit from the official uniform suppliers Aitken & Niven. lower half. You should therefore enter from South Street. There is is is the PA email: You’ll find the SHU Portakabin in additional parking space at the the car park in front of St Rule in harbour. pa@stleonards-fife.org The Pends. Junior School Drop-Off What to bring to school Sweets and snacks that any updates to medical conditions are passed on to the Between 8.00am and 8.25am all Years 1 - 3: Sweets and other snacks are not MC. children go to Room 5 in the Main Games and swimming kit, school allowed. Junior School Building. After jacket, book bag, water bottle. If your child is unwell, please 8.25am, all children go to their Facebook and social media don't send him or her to school! classrooms. Years 4 - 7: The main purpose of the MC is School bag, games kit, swimming Strongly discouraged. After all, to support boarders as well as any Junior School Pick-Up kit, school coat. Basic stationery you need to be 13 to have a on-the-day medical situations. items. Facebook account. Parents of children in Years 1 - 3 It is not a proxy GP service, nor collect them from the covered For all: navy blue or red scarf, Headwear & Footwear is it a care centre for sick day passageway at the side of the new gloves and hat in winter. pupils. building at 4.10pm. Shoes need to be black leather There’s no need for Years 1, 2 and and robust. Ballet-style pumps for School food Children in Years 4 - 7 may be 3 children to bring in any girls should be avoided. Trainers collected at 4.10pm from the front stationery. must be white without flashing Our caterers are Baxter Storey, of the school. Children have to lights. Girls’ hair bands and based in the Central Dining tick a box beside their name to A Library book bag, produced by pony-tail ties need to be navy blue Room (CDR). The CDR staff are sign themselves out each day. the PA, is available from the or the school tartan. usually around to chat to at Many children will stay after Second Hand Uniform Shop or school events. school for prep, Activities or [email protected] Medical matters, inhalers after-school care. and epipens etc Menus are sent out to parents Mobiles and devices each week, usually on a Friday Activities The Medical Centre is staffed afternoon. The CDR staff are Mobile phones should be handed throughout the day. It is located incredibly open to ideas and Details of the Activities to the Junior School Office at the off The Pends near the Music feedback. If you have a query programme are sent out at the end start of the day for safekeeping School Auditorium down the about school food, or would like of the previous term. Just before and collected when the day is slope between Bishopshall and St to sample lunch in the CDR, do term starts you will be sent a form finished. Rule. Inhalers should be with the contact the CDR through the to complete so that your child can children at all times. The School school. sign up for one or more of the Electronic games are not allowed Nurse advises students to bring a after school activities on offer. at school, although they may be spare to the MC, as a back-up. taken on school trips with the permission of the trip leader. All other medication should be taken to the MC. It is important Learning about St Leonards St Leonards map and legend

Ad Vitam: The St Leonards Latin IB: Pupils at St Leonards are prepared Auditorium: i n the Music School Ollerenshaw: Boarding and Sixth motto, translated as For Life. Also the for the IB after GCSEs/IGCSEs. It’s Form day house name of the PSHE (personal, social the International Baccalaureate - the Big Field: St Leonards main and health education) syllabus. two year course studied in the Sixth sports fields Pends Gate: Pedestrian entrance to Form. the Junior School Apostrophe (lack of): St Leonards, like Birdcage: Where lacrosse is played in the town, St Andrews, has no An alternative to A Levels and Scottish winter, badminton in summer; where School Reception (for the whole apostrophe. This usage is historical. Highers, it underpins the St Leonards tea is served after Speeches and school): For all appointments with logo and strapline: “an internationally Prizegiving Administrative and Senior School GCSEs/IGCSEs: Exams taken in recognised qualification for life.” teaching staff June by pupils in Year 11/Pre IB2. Bishopshall: Boarding and Sixth Senior School: Years 8-Pre IB Form day house School Lane: Visitors entrance. Also Houses: From Year 4, children are where school trip coaches often depart : Town theatre where placed in four competitive Houses, Pre-IB2: The two-year course for St Leonards productions have Second-hand uniform shop (SHU): each with a colour: Years 10-11 leading to a mix of around traditionally been performed in Run by the PA and staffed by parent Harris (yellow) 10 GCSEs and/or IGCSEs February and May volunteers Lewis (red) Mull (green) : The last two years of CDR: Central Dining Room SLG: St Leonards Grass Skye (blue). school, comprising Fives Court: Junior School playing St Leonards Chapel: St Andrews PYP: PYP stands for the Primary IB1 : (Year 12) or S5 field University chapel, also used for Years Programme of the International IB2 : (Year 13) or S6 St Leonards lunchtime concerts Baccalaureate. It’s the curriculum being Green Room: Visitors Reception in followed in Years 1-6 - and the Pre-IB1: A one-year course for new the Main School St Rule: Boarding and Sixth Form day antidote to “chalk and talk.” As one students aged 15, leading to six house father put it: “The PYP - difficult to IGCSEs (international GCSEs) New Park Building: Home to the describe in words but it makes learning preparing them for the IB Diploma. Junior School Teinds Gate: Entrance off Abbey Street for access to Junior School parking at the fun - and that’s great to experience as a MC: Medical Centre start and end of the day parent. Your child is totally engaged The Learner Profile: Don’t be and enthralled and I really feel like I’m surprised when your child comes back Mentone: (pronounced Men-tony) Quad: Historic heart of St Leonards; contributing hands-on to education.” quoting the Learner Profile - ie - that The adventure trail - properly known for access to School Reception, As well as learning English and Maths pupils throughout the school aspire to as Dougal’s Trail after New Park pupil management offices, Headmaster’s as individual subjects, the children be Inquirers; Knowledgeable; Dougal Stewart-Wilson, who tragically House; pupil only access to Senior investigate sciences, languages and Thinkers; Communicators; Principled; died from Neuroblastoma in 2003, School lockers and classrooms, Main social studies in themes - or Units of Open-minded; Caring; Risk-takers; aged 6 School Hall, QML and Music School Inquiry - with teachers (and us as Balanced and Reflective. parents if we wish) across disciplines. Oliphant Gate: Entrance to Big Field QML: Queen Mary’s Library, the main The PYP has the Learner Profile (see school library with garden and below) as its foundation. entrance off the Quad Queen Mary’s Library G1 South Street Site of Main Teaching Building G2 G School hall G3 G1 St Leonards Chapel 4 e Pends G 3 G G2 G e Coach house 5 G4 G G5 G6 One-way system G34 SeNIoR SChooL M Nuns Walk G6 9 10 M G7 G8 G G M 29 G31 M School Reception G7 G M G G11 G12 G13 M headmaster’s house G8 Abbey Walk G33 G15 Music School G9 G16 G14 G17 e Auditorium G10

G30 R Bishopshall 11 G27 G20 G U 18

G O Medical Centre G12 G28 JUNIoR SChooL 20 G19 B

G26 G R St Rule G13 G32 G24 A

Central Dining Room (CDR) G14 H

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ollerenshaw G15 MM

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Mentone G17 M 30 M Swimming Pool G18 G24 Big Field G oliphant Gate M One-way system M Squash Courts G19 G25 Art Department G31 Second hand Uniform M Junior School and St Katharine's hall G20 G26 Science Department G32 Glasgow Gate G22 Astro Turf G21 G27 Gym G33 Coach drop off & pick up 28 St Leonards Grass (SLG) 34 e Byre eatre G Teinds Gate G22 G G Abbey Walk Fives Court G23 G29 Green Room 30 Food intolerances The PA has open monthly The PA Chair may be contacted Security and allergies meetings and all parents are very via this email: welcome. You do not have to be a [email protected] There are security codes for doors Please ensure that you have committee member to attend. throughout the school. The completed the Medical The committee is made up of Class Social reps Music School Auditorium also has Information form and returned it volunteers who run the second a coded lock, which, as with the to school. Information about hand uniform shop and organise Each year, there is a request for other codes, the older children food intolerances will then be events such as the back-to-school volunteers to become class social quickly memorise. passed on to the caterers…If barbecue, summer drinks, family reps. It is a purely social role - the you’d like to talk direct to the tennis day and other whole-school clue is in the title! Being a rep has Teachers and volunteers wear ID caterers, you can do so via the social events. These are really nothing to do with school at all times. PA committee domestic bursar: well attended and fun. The PA management or operations. Class members who become volunteers [email protected] AGM is in October. social reps organise year-group are issued with these badges once parent get-togethers, drum up their Disclosure Scotland Parents and the PA Information about the PA, support for PA events, organise paperwork is through. Please upcoming events and minutes of things such as a Christmas or don’t be offended if you are asked All parents and guardians of meetings is posted on the school leaving gift for the teacher etc. for ID when on school premises. St Leonards pupils are website. The PA committee can Reps also co-ordinate a class/year automatically members. It is not a be contacted via this email: group contact list to make Communications with PTA or a voice for parents with [email protected] g children’s party invitations easier the School concerns or complaints. Please or help people sort out lift-shares. see the section on Solving The Headmaster’s The St Leonards Calendar Problems for more on that. Nor Wish List If you have a concern, please go is it linked to the Advisory Board directly to your child’s teacher or a This is sent in the post before the or School Council. The PA's role The PA raises funds for items on member of staff rather than to a start of every term and gives is social and it raises funds for a wish list, drawn up by the class social rep! details of all dates for the Junior items on a wish list. (See section Headmaster, in consultation with School, Senior School and Sixth on the “Wish List”). staff. The PA chooses which Parents’ Contacts Form. It is the St Leonards termly items on the list they would like bible! The PA is for parent volunteers to raise funds for. Recent items There is a whole-school parent who enjoy fundraising to support purchased by the PA include a contact list compiled by the PA. the school. It is a great way to marquee, plants and equipment to It’s good for sorting out lift- meet other parents, to learn about start a school eco-garden and shares and party invitations. Being the school and for mutual £1000 for the Junior School listed on it is voluntary and you support. Library. will be asked to sign a form if you would like to have any of your contact details included. Website As with all PA communications, it [email protected] will reach At least one week’s notice is It's also on the school website: must not be used for political, senior staff who will pass on any needed if your child can’t take part stleonards-fife.org personal, financial or business message to your child or in a school fixture. matters - in fact no lobbying of the relevant teacher. The site is being updated. For any form; it must not be used The Junior School Office Football, Rugby, Cricket, Hockey, now, though, to log on to the for self-promotion, advertising or telephone number is Lacrosse, Rounders, PE, Athletics and secure Parents section of marketing. 01334 460470. Swimming are taught by Sports the school website (icon top right staff, including Mrs Myles (Director of the site), you use your email Weekly News After 5pm the teachers on duty of Sport) , Mr Durward, Mr Baxter, (the one you gave the school) and A newsletter is emailed to parents have the school mobile: Mr Turnbull, Miss Carroll and create your own password. every Monday morning. 07949 854 167 (Years 4-7) Miss Dawson. Mrs Pennycook This gives the news highlights 07932 540 373 (Years 1-3) and Mr McDonald are also Increasingly communications are from the last week, the results of actively involved in sports via the website and facebook page. inter-school matches, the running Music/instrumental lessons coaching. total of House points and notice Facebook of important diary dates coming The week’s music lesson timings Solving Problems facebook.com/stleonardsschool up. are emailed with the newsletter. The Director of Music is Mrs Don’t let things fester! It serves The PA also has its own Parents will receive a newsletter Fiona Love: no purpose to complain to closed group on Facebook: before each new theme, known as [email protected] g someone who can’t do anything www.facebook.com/groups/St a Unit of Inquiry. This will tell about it! Normally, most worries LeonardsParentsAssociation you about any subjects to work If you want to start your day are sorted out after a conversation It was set up as an informal means on, key vocabulary, suggestions on inspired, impressed and uplifted, with the form teacher or the of communicating and interacting how to support your child and then the Junior School’s informal subject teacher. If you’re still with fellow parents of St Leonards. also requests for any related concerts each term are a must-see, unhappy about something, ask to It is simply another PA expertise you may be able to share even if your own child is not see the Junior School Head. communications tool for those with the class. performing. The whole school who like to use Facebook. attends the concerts in the Music If you remain dissatisfied after all It complements the PA emails we An additional curriculum School Auditorium. Details are in Junior School avenues are send via the School secretaries. newsletter will be sent to all Junior the Calendar and the emailed exhausted, please contact the Any St Leonards parent can use it parents each term. weekly Newsletter. St Leonards School Headmaster, for PA business - eg, to suggest Dr Carslaw. Details of the social and fundraising events for Getting a message to your Sport complaints procedure are in the the PA; to request volunteers for child during school official Parents Handbook. events and for PA fundraising for It’s an honour to be picked to the Head’s School Wish List. Email is the most effective way to represent the school. Parents’ contact the Junior School. support is actively encouraged. Who’s Who in the Junior School? School governance

e St Leonards School Council is the governing body of the whole school. Headmaster of St Leonards: Dr Carslaw A sub committee of the Council is the St Leonards Junior School Advisory (Also Acting Head of Junior School [email protected] until the new person is in post) Board. Its remit is to advise the governing body on academic and non- Senior Staff: Miss Cormack academic matters relating to the Junior School. [email protected] Mrs Jones (Acting) [email protected] Mrs Pennycook (Senior Deputy) [email protected] Your child in the news Mrs Turnbull [email protected] If your son or daughter achieves something spectacular or out of the ordinary School Secretary: Appointment by August 2015 do share it with the School. Then the news can feature in an Assembly or [email protected] online, in a School newsletter or in the local press/media. Teachers: Email [email protected] and include the child’s name, year group, what they’ve done, how they did it and, of course, a good photo. Mrs Turnbull Year 1 Miss Fisher, Mrs Napier, Year 2 Mrs Arkwright Year 3 Useful telephone numbers Miss Nejman, Miss Boissiere Year 4 Mr K McDonald 5C head, Junior School: 01334 460 470 Mrs McKimmon 5P out of hours emergency contact: 07949 854 167 Miss Cormack 6C (years 4-7) Miss Sherratt 6P 07932 540 373 Mrs Donald Year 7 English, Latin, PSE (years 1-3) Mrs Pennycook, Mrs Jackson-Hutt Year 7 Maths Mr Bosphore-Ward French e Medical Centre: 01334 460 495 Mrs Julius Year 7 IT e Music School: 01334 460 477 Miss Neave Art email: sljs@stleonards-fife.org Mrs Love, Mr Shiells Music Mrs Stewart, Mrs Ledger Drama Produced by St Leonards Parents Association. We welcome comments about this booklet and suggestions about fundraising and social Please see previous separate section with regard to Sports staff. events, so please contact us: pa@stleonards-fife.org