Strontian Primary

School News

Latest News…..! Welcome to Pat Adams who has recently joined us as our new school cleaner.

I hope she will enjoy being part of the team.

Class Dojo Both classes are now up and running with Class Dojo Class Stories and you should all have received an email inviting you to join. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Inspection Update Thank you to everyone who came along to the meeting in September. Our action plan is now in place and the school had a support visit on Monday 23rd October. We continue to work hard to take forward our improvement areas and I will keep you updated with our progress. This will be shared in January and again in April before the return visit. Thank you for your continued support.

Survey Monkey I have now collated all the information and feedback from the questionnaires; this is available to view on the school website. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss anything further.

School Improvement Following on from the Summary of Inspection Findings, the School Improvement Plan and Report is now complete and will be available on the website. Please contact the school if you would like a paper copy.

Parents’ Evenings We will be holding Parents’ meetings on Tuesday 28th

and Thursday 30th November. Letters will be

out shortly with more details and timings.

November 2017

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Parent Drop In Dates As you all know, I make myself

available whenever possible to

speak to parents. This term, I have

set aside time every other

Wednesday (15.11, 29.11 & 13.12)

from 10:00-11:00, if you want to

drop in to speak to me.

I can also meet after school or in

the evening. Please call if you need

an appointment.

Many thanks

SCHOOL MEALS

Payment for school lunches

should be paid in advance and,

if possible, please pay online.

School Photos School Photo proofs &

order forms should be with us by the beginning of next week, Mon 20th November.

Daily mile! Thanks to Laura S and Laura McC

for helping us to get this going.

We will start on Tuesday 21st

November…

details to follow.

Primary 7

Our responsibilities keep on growing and we now help

out during lunchtimes as well as have a fortnightly

meeting with Ms Hill to discuss our plans and how we

can help the school to improve. We are helping to or-

ganise the Christmas Pop Up Event in December…. See

below for more details.

Primary 1-3

The P1-3 children have been enjoying learning about rainforests. Did you know that where we live is very special as it is a Celtic rainforest? We have also been doing lots of interesting work with adjectives and have been writing scary settings! We can’t wait to go swimming this term and are looking forward to you seeing our crafts at the Christmas pop-up shop!

Primary 4-7

In P4-7, we rounded up our Roman Topic by making stop motion animations to apply what we had learnt, whilst the P7s made an interesting PowerPoint presentation about Primary sources of evidence and what they tell us about what Roman life was like. We also had a visit from two archaeologists who have both worked on excavating the Dun Deardail hillfort in Fort William, who brought artefacts from the Celts and the Romans. This term we have started our new topic ‘Catch Me if You Cam!’ and, with the help of Eilidh-Ann, placed a wildlife camera in a top secret location to capture local wildlife. Keep an eye on the Website, Facebook and Twitter for photos.

Class News!

Christmas is Coming… Christmas Card Fundraiser

This year we are participating in the Christmas Card Project with Art Projects for schools. All children

have designed their very own card which you will be able to order online. Thanks to the Parent Council

for organising this— information to follow from Laura Sutherland.

Pop Up Christmas Event

The nursery and school children are all very busy in class preparing crafts for our ‘Pop Up Christmas

Event’ on Tuesday 12th & Wednesday 13th December in the village hall. There will be Christmas crafts

stall, teas, coffees, mince pies and art work on display. All Welcome!

Nativity & ‘Cinders’

It’s Pantomime season once again…. Oh, yes it is!! Rehearsals are already underway and this year, the

P4-7 class will be performing “Cinders” while the P1-3 class will present a short nativity.

The performances will take place on Wednesday 20th December.

NURSERY

The children explored our Halloween traditions,

in particular our guising customs. We learned a

wee poem “Flutter, Flutter Little Bat” which they

could use out on their travels on the night.

Nocturnal animals and keeping ourselves and our

aniumals safe in the dark were other topics

which the children have enjoyed recently, with

various arts and crafts being generated to help

decorate the nursery. This helped set the scene

for our joint nurseries Halloween Party which

was a big success. We were joined by Acharacle,

Ardgour, Kilchoan and Lochaline Nurseries for

spooky games and snack.

We visited Ardgour Nursery which everyone re-

ally enjoyed. The children are now happy to see

and join in with their neighbours. Their favourite

activities being climbing in their tree and eating

their packed lunch with the other children!

Please ensure any permission slips and other paperwork issued by the school are completed and

returned promptly. Thank you.

Hard hats and happy faces as work starts on the new primary school

As construction of our new school is now under way, the children are busy designing the

outside area of the school…. What great imaginations—we can’t wait to see the finished designs!

To help raise money for outdoor equipment, SCSB have recently launched a Crowfunder.

Visit http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/strontiancommunityschoolbuilding for more information.

A BIG THANK YOU to the

Sunart Community Council

for once again covering the

transport costs to enable

the children to benefit

from swimming lessons.

Literacy Open Afternoon Thanks to everyone who came along to the Literacy Open Afternoon on Thursday 9th November. We had great feedback from both parents and pupils. Following on from this, I hope to deliver a parents session on Phonics International as well as Emerging Literacy. In the New Year, both classes will deliver a Numeracy Open Afternoon to show parents what and how they learn during numeracy lessons.

Parent Council

The Parent Council held their AGM on Monday 2nd October.

Office bearers this session are:

Chair - Debbie Calver; Secretary - Laura Sutherland; and

Treasurer - Matt Simpkinson

All minutes of meetings can be found on the school website.

Next meeting in January.

MIDAs Training Well done to both Donald and Jamie T

who both successfully passed their MIDAs training to en-

able them to drive the High School minibus.

Big THANKS to the Common Good Fund for supporting

the Parent Council to cover the costs of this training.

A HUGE thank you to HW energy and the Parent Council for helping us buy four new giant beanbags! Annie and the P7s really enjoyed reading (and pretending to sleep) on them.

Headlice Please continue to check your

children’s hair regularly. Advice and information is available

from the school on request.

School Dress Code

Please remember to label all clothing and shoes taken to school.

Please make sure children have suitable indoor shoes which can also be used for PE.

Thank you.

Dates for your Diaries…

Head Teacher: Ms Pamela Hill, Strontian Primary School, by Acharacle, PH36 4HZ

Tel: 01967 402363 / email: strontian.primary@highland.gov.uk

Monday 13th November Parent Council Meeting, 6pm

Wednesday 15th November Parent Drop In, 10:00-11:00

Panto/Craft Club. 3.30-4.30pm

Thursday 16th November Travelling Panto—Dick Whittington at Acharacle PS, 13:30

Friday 17th November P4-7 Swimming 8

Tuesday 21st November Library visit

Wednesday 22nd November Panto/Craft Club. 3.30-4.30pm

Thursday 23rd November Dance Platform Performance , Lochaber High School

Friday 24th November P1-3 Swimming 1

Tuesday 28th November Parents’ Evening

Wednesday 29th November Panto/Craft Club. 3.30-4.30pm

Thursday 30th November Library Visit

Parents’ Evening

Friday 1st December P1-3 Swimming 2

Tuesday 5th December SCSB Ltd Meeting, 18:00

Wednesday 6th December Panto/Craft Club. 3.30-4.30pm

Thursday 7th December Parent Council ‘Film Night’, Strontian Village Hall

Friday 8th December P1-3 Swimming 3

Sunday 10th December Peninsula Christmas Concert, Strontian Village Hall, 7pm

Monday 11th December Joint Nursery Christmas Party

Tuesday 12th December Library Visit

Christmas Pop-up Event, School Hall, 15:00

Wednesday 13th December Parent Drop In, 10:00-11:00

Christmas Pop-up Event, School Hall, 15:00

Thursday 14th December School and Nursery Christmas Lunch

Friday 15th December P1-3 Swimming 4

Monday 18th December Nativity & “Cinders” Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday 19th December Rev. Donald Assembly, 10:00

Wednesday 20th December Strontian Nativity and Pantomime

Friday 22nd December HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Christmas Party, Village Hall

Monday 8th January 2018 BACK TO SCHOOL

Wednesday 17th January Skiing 1