WHP Newsletter No. 2

NEWS YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS

OCTOBER 2017 / NO.2

whitehirst park
primary newsletter

Ladies & WHAT'S NEW?
Gentlemen.......
OUR PUPILS

SEE THE ~ STAFFING UPDATE
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ~ CHARITIES COMMITTEE

WHAT HAS BEEN ~ UP & COMING EVENTS
GOING ON OVER THE ~ PARENTS NIGHT
PAST FEW MONTHS

WELCOME FROM....

Our Head Teacher

Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to the second Newsletter of session 2017/2018. The first
term has passed in a flash and we are all really busy planning all
the exciting events and learning experience for Term 2. Here is an
update on what’s happening at Whitehirst Park this term.
I would once again like to extend my thanks to the staff, pupils
and parents for supporting Whitehirst Park on it’s journey to
excellence! We are well on our way, thanks to you all!
        Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
                                John W. Gardner
Kind regards,
Lynn Robertson

Staffing Update

We have waved farewell to Mrs Martin as she heads for
her Maternity Leave. We are looking forward   to meeting

her new arrival in the very near future!
We are also saying Goodbye to Mrs Dickinson as she
embarks on her retirement. Mrs Dickinson will be missed

and we wish her all the very best for the future.
Mrs Davidson will be taking up the permanent Depute
Head Teacher, Miss Johnstone will be Acting Depute Head
and XXX will be Acting Principal Teacher.  We wish them

the very best in their new roles

Just a reminder that School nurses will
be in the school on 21st November to
administer the flu vaccine. Should you
require further information the school

nurse, Charrone Hodge, can be
contacted on 01294 551316.

Most families with nursery and school age
children will suffer from head lice at some time.

I would therefore urge all parents to be
consistently vigilant in checking their

child(ren)’s hair and follow the recommended
procedures for dealing with this.

For further advice please contact the school
nurse on 551316.

 P1 Buddies!

A massive thank you to our P1 Buddies who did an
amazing job welcoming our new Primary 1's.

Fundraising Committee 

The Fundraising Committee have had one
meeting so far and have been very busy
planning events for the coming session.

ChFraisytmreas This session they are concentrating on
fundraising to enhance the outdoor
environment.

The committee will also pay the pantomime
buses.

Last session between The committee is very
keen to welcome new
a successful Lottery members and all parents,
grandparents, aunties etc
Grant application and are welcome to join the
very informal meetings at
school events the DISCO'S
committee raised a

whopping £16,000!

anytime during the

WINHTITHEEHPIARRSKT session.

IF YOUR PLACE OF

I really appreciate the time and WORK OFFERS

effort everyone in the committee ANY GRANTS
spends and I’m sure you will PLEASE CONTACT
agree they do a fantastic job! MRS ROBERTSON.

Fundraising
Events

Halloween Disco
Thursday 26th October

Movie Night
P1-3 Wednesday 15th November
P4-7 Thursday 23rd November

Christmas Fayre
Thursday 30th November

Christmas Disco
Thursday 7th December

Our Committees 

Our P3-7 School Committees have started and every pupil from P3-7 is
involved. The committees will meet fortnightly on a Friday afternoon to

ensure pupil voice is part of improving our school. We are looking
forward to hearing about the committee plans at future Assemblies
and in our newsletter...watch this space! If you would like to join a

committee we’d love to hear from you!

COMMITTEE FACILITATOR

ECO Committee Lorna Conway
P.E. Ambassadors Suzi McGregor
Rights Respecting School Robyn Davidson
Fairtrafe Suzanne Brown
Public Council Jennifer Elstone
Digital Leaders Louise Johnstone
Charities Alison Gillan
Junior Road Safety Fiona Gaw
Community Links Liz McInness
1+2 Mhairi Miller
STEM Lorraine Manning
GIRFEC Karen Taylor
Health Promoting Angela Munro
School Enviroment Angie McKie

&HWAGRHIFVITTESESHTFIRAROSSMST EPAMALLBRLKAYT

Our Harvest Assembly was a huge success and we were able to make a
huge donation to the local food bank XXX kg to be exact! Many thanks
for your support. Our Community Links Committee visited our friends at
West Doura Court to present a floral display and individual food platter
for residents. Many thanks to the Charities Committee and Mrs McInnes

for helping to make this possible.

P4 Hockey

Charities Committee
MacMillan Cancer 

Coffee Morning

Well done to Mrs Gillan and the Total Raised
Charities Committee for a great £???

Coffee Morning.

Our House
& 

Vice Captains

Captains: house captains Captains:
Bailey Conn Freya Hannah
Calum McAllister Archie Anderson

Vice: Vice:
Hollie Clark Kassia Wright
Duncan McLaren Finlay Anderson

Dalgarven Eglinton

Doura vice captains

Captains: Montgreenan
Freya Hannah
Archie Anderson Captains:
Sophie Hall
Vice: Connor Campagna
Kassia Wright
Finlay Anderson Vice:
Olivia Burns
Logan McKinlay

WHAT HUAPVTEOW? E BEEN

P4 Hockey

OUR PUPILS WIDER
ACHIEVEMENTS!

‘What did you do at
school today?

’ ... ‘Nothing’.

Is this familiar?

This term were are focusing on French. Why not check
what your child(ren) have been learning.

Phrases of the term:

Practice your Comment t’appelles-tu?
Numbers: What is your name?
un
deux Je ma’appelle...
trois My name is ...
quatre
cinq J’ai dix ans.
six I am 10 years old.
sept
huit Next term we will look at
neuf Literacy!
dix

Social
Media

Don’t forget to check We are always happy to
out the class blogs receive feedback and
welcome ideas and
for all the latest suggestions on how to
news. P4-7 pupils can improve our website
and facebook sites.
also share their
individual profiles Follow us on Twitter for
regularly updates,
with you!
successes and school
events. We have 600

followers.
Can we make it 700 by

Christmas?

facebook.com/groups/whitehirstparkparents/
whitehirstpark.northayrshireschools.co.uk

@WhitehirstPs

LOOKING AHEAD

OCTOBER Thursday 12th October
Friday 13th October
SSPCA Workshops & Assembly Monday 23rd October
Close for holidays at 3:15pm Tuesday 24th October
In-Service Day Wednesday 25th October
School Opens Thursday 26th October
P7 Champions League Football at KSC
Halloween Disco Monday 30th October
Monday 30th October
P1-3 at 6:30pm to 7:30pm Tuesday 31st October
P4-7 at 7:45pm to 9pm
Mr Cordiner Visiting Assembly Wednesday 8th November
Parent Council Meeting at 6:30pm Monday 13th November
Halloween Lunch Wednesday 15th November
Wednesday 15th November
NOVEMBER Thursday 16th November
Tuesday 16th November
Roast Diner Day Tuesday 21st November
Rev. Ross Mitchell visiting Assembly Wednesday 22nd November
Skills for Bills Workshops for P6's Thursday 23rd November
P1-3 Movie Night at 5:45pm to 7:45pm Friday 24th November
Close for holidays at 3:15pm
School Opens Friday 24th November
Seasonal Flu Immunisation Monday 27th November
P7 Champions League Football at KSC Monday 27th November
P4-7 Movie Night at 5:45pm to 7:45pm Thursday 30th November
Non-Uniform Day

P1-3 to bring Chocolate
P4-7 to bring a bottle
P1 Kilwinning Library Visit
Mr Cordiner visiting Assembly
Parent Council Meeting at 6:30pm
Christmas Fayre at 3:30pm to 5:30pm

LOOKING AHEAD

DECEMBER Monday 4th December
Wednesday 6th December
Rev Ross Mitchell visting Assembly Thursday 7th December
P1-3 Nativity (times to be confirmed) Thursday 7th December
Christmas Lunch
Christmas Disco Tuesday 12th December

P1-3 at 6:30pm to 7:30pm Tuesday 12th December
P4-7 at 7:45pm to 9pm Wednesday 13th December
P6's at Rivergate
Sing Out For Hansel 10am Wednesday 13th December
P6 Christmas Party Thursday 14th December
P7's at Morrisons for Carol Singing Friday 15th December
P7a at 11am to 12:30pm Monday 18th December
P7b at 1:30pm to 3pm Monday 18th December
P5 Christmas Party Tuesday 19th December
P4 Christmas Party Wednesday 20th December
P3 Christmas Party Wednesday 20th December
Mr Cordiner visiting Assembly Thursday 21st December
P2 Christmas Party Friday 22nd December
Pantomine at the Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock (PM) Friday 22nd December
P1 Christmas Party
P4-7 Carol Concert - times to be confirmed
P7 Christmas Party
Christmas Service
Close for holidays at 2:30pm

JANUARY Monday 8th January
Monday 15th January
School Opens Wednesday 24th January
Parent Council Meeting at 6:30pm Monday 29th January
Burns Supper Wednesday 31st January
Mr Cordiner visiting Assembly
Parents' Evening

LOOKING AHEAD

FEBRUARY Thursday 1st February
Wednesday 7th February
Parents' Evening Thursday 8th February
P7 Champions League Football at KSC Wednesday 14th February
Close for holidays at 3:15pm Thursday 15th February
In-Service Day Monday 19th February
School Opens Monday 26th February
Rev Ross Mitchell visiting Assembly
Mr Cordiner visiting Assembly

MARCH Thursday 1st March
Wednesday 7th March
World Book Day Monday 19th March
P7 Champions League Football at KSC Wednesday 21st March
Rev Ross Mitchell visiting Assembly Wednesday 28th March
P7 Champions League Football at KSC Monday 26th March
Easter Service Tuesday 27th march
Mr Cordiner visiting Assembly Wednesday 28th March
Daffodil Tea Thursday 29th March
Easter Service
Close at 2:30pm Monday 16th April
Wednesday 18th April
APRIL Monday 23rd April
Wednesday 25th April
School Opens Thursday 25th April
P7 Champions League Football at KSC Monday 30th April
Rev Mitchell visiting Assembly
Parent's Evening

Mr Cordiner visiting Assembly

LOOKING AHEAD

MAY Monday 7th May
Monday 14th Mary
Holiday Monday 14th May
Walk to School Week ]Wednesday 16th Mary
Rev Ross Mitchell visiting Assembly Friday 18th May
P7 Champions League Football at KSC Monday 21st Mary
Whitehirst in the Park - 5pm to 7pm Friday 25th May
Mr Cordiner visiting Assembly Monday 28th May
Holiday Wednesday 30th Mary
In-Service Day
Sports Day Wednesday 6th June
Monday 11th June
JUNE Monday 11th June
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th June
Thank You Afternoon Monday 18th June
Healthy Eating Week Wednesday 20th June
Rev Ross visiting Assembly Thursday 21st June
P7 at Dalguise Friday 22nd June
Mr Cordiner visiting Assembly Monday 25th June
P7 Leavers Assembly Wednesday 27th June
Move Up Afternoon / P7 to Kilwinning Academy Friday 29th June

Final Reports Out
Summer Service
Close for Summer at 1pm