August Newsletter 2022

ST ANTHONY’S PRIMARY
SCHOOL AUGUST 2022

NEWSLETTER

Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to our first newsletter of this session.
It has been lovely to see the return of your children after a longer than usual Summer Break.
Your children look incredibly smart in their school uniforms and I would like to thank you for
your assistance in this area.
We look forward to an exciting year ahead filled with lots of engaging experiences for your
children
As always, please do not hesitate to get in touch if there are any issues you want to talk about.
Kind regards.
Shirley May Carr

Absence Personal Possessions
Arrangements
In order to avoid lost possessions,
In line with North Ayrshire’s Attendance Pol- everything belonging to your
icy, please see below the procedures to follow if your child child that is
is absent from school: brought to school must be la-
 If your child is ill, please phone the school by 0930. belled with his/her name. Please
 If for some reason we have not heard from you, then label shoes, sweatshirts, polo
shirts, bags, jackets and
we will send a text message for you to contact us. packed lunch boxes in particular.
 If we do not hear from you by 1030, we need to take
Article 27 I have the right to have a
further action e.g. phone our Area Inclusion Worker. proper house, food and clothing
 Our priority is that all our children are SAFE.

Article 28 I have the right to an education

Medical Details Rights Respecting School Award

Please remember to inform the school of any Saint Anthony’s is proud to be a Silver
changes to your child’s medical details. To – Rights Aware School. This recognition
ensure the best care of your child, we need to from UNICEF celebrates our pupils’,
staff’s and community’s work on
know of all medical needs. children’s rights and their ambition to
further develop this to make a positive
Article 24 I have the right to good quality health change in our world.
care, to clean water and good food
As we progress into Session 2022-23,
Animals in the Playground we will work collaboratively to increase
our knowledge of children’s rights and
A reminder that no pets can be champion the realisation of children’s
brought into the school play- rights within our community and
ground and car park. Whilst it is beyond. Our children are the change
nice to have the family pet waiting for the makers of the future and we want to
children at the end of the day, it unfortu- empower them to help make our world
nately causes a health and safety concern. better and equality to reign.
Thank you for your co-operation with this
matter. Each week, our children will learn about
an article from the UNCRC (United
Article 19 I have the right to be protected from being Nations Convention on the Rights of the
hurt or badly treated Child) and develop their understanding
of the realisation of rights across the
Twitter world.

Our Twitter feed is the only way we Article 1 Everyone under 18 has these rights
communicate through social media. At present,
we have 1562 followers. We share school news, Article 2 All children have these rights
lunch menus and other items of information
we feel our parents and carers would like to

read about.
Find us on Twitter @SaintAnthonysPS

Article 17 I have the right to get information in lots
of ways, so long as it’s safe

GIRFEC Water Bottles

GIRFEC stands for “Getting it Right For Please ensure that your child comes to
Every Child.” It is the Scottish Govern- school with plenty of water that they can
ment-led approach to making sure that
our children and young people and their access throughout the day. Our water
parents and carers can get all the help fountains are accessible and will be used
and support they need from birth right when required. We ask that children do
through to age 18. At home, in school or not fill their water bottles which are ac-
the wider community every child should cessed during class time with diluting juice.

be:- Article 24 I have the right to good quality
Safe Healthy Active health care, to clean water and good food
Nurtured Achieving Respected Respon-

sible Included

Article 1 Everyone under 18 has these rights

Outdoor Learning News

The development of Outdoor Learning is in our School Improvement Plan (a copy of
which can be found at our school office).
In doing this, we will strive to engage our young people in sustainable development
education. Over the last year, our school garden has gone from strength to strength. We
have raised beds which are producing food that we are using in our school kitchen. Our
polytunnel was also a great area for our children to work in. Due to strong winds last
year, this was taken down but we hope to have it back up and functional in the near
future.

Article 28 I have the right to an education

Article 29 I have the right to an education which develops my personality, respect for others’ rights
and the environment

P1-P3 PEF Funding

All pupils from P1-P3 must be collected Pupil Equity Funding continues for the
by an adult at the end of each day. P2 coming session and we are pleased to
and P3 pupils can also be dropped off inform you that St Anthony’s qualifies for
and enter the school via the upper end £71,050.
Using this, we have identified the following
cloakroom in the morning. areas for support:
 Additional Support Needs
Article 3 Adults must do what’s best for me  Classroom Assistant Support
 IT Resources

Article 3 Adults must do what’s best for me

School Improvement Priorities

The School Improvement Plan is a document which helps to identify
our priorities for the coming session. When writing this document, we
take into account a number of factors:
-Scottish Government priorities and directives
-North Ayrshire Council priorities and directives
-Development needs of our own school
Here are the areas we have identified as a school to focus on this session:
 Prioritise and promote the positive mental health and wellbeing of children and

young people, parents, carers and staff

 We will create high quality indoor and outdoor learning experiences and environ-
ments that are fit for the purpose of delivering an innovative learning experiences

 We will develop our approaches to the use of digital technologies to improve our
learners’ experiences

 We will improve the attainment and achievement in Literacy of our children and
young people through development of the NAC Literacy Strategy

 We will improve the attainment and achievement in Numeracy of our children and
young people through development of the NAC Numeracy Strategy

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Diary Dates 2022/23

Term 1 P7 House Captain Speeches
Roald Dahl Day
September 2022 National Coding Week begins
P6 Vice Captain Speeches
Friday 9th September In-Service Day 2– school closed to pupils
Tuesday 13th September Maths Week Scotland
Wednesday 14th September European Day of Languages
Friday 16th September Stay and Play (more information to follow)
Monday 19th September Interim 1 Reports out to parents and carers
W/B Monday 26th September
Monday 26th September Dyslexia Awareness Week
Friday 30th September Parents’ Evening
September Parents’ Evening
World Dylsexia Awareness Day
October 2022 Whole School Walk
School closes for October holidays
W/B Monday 3rd October
Wednesday 5th October Staff and Pupils return
Thursday 6th October Stay and Play (more information to follow)
Friday 7th October Hallowe’en Celebrations
Friday 7th October
Friday 14th October All Saints’ Day
Whole School Walk
Term 2 Remembrance Day and service led by P6
Anti-Bullying Week
October 2022 Road Safety Week
Book Week Scotland
Monday 24th October School closed for staff and pupils
Friday 28th October World Children’s Day
Friday 28th October School closed for staff and pupils
In-Service Day 3– school closed to pupils
November 2022 Pupils and staff return
Stay and Play (more information to follow)
Tuesday 1st November St Andrew’s Day Celebrations
Friday 4th November Interim 2 Reports out to parents and carers
Friday 11th November
W/B Monday 14th November
W/B Monday 14th November
W/B Monday 14th November
Friday 18th November
Sunday 20th November
Monday 21st November
Tuesday 22nd November
Wednesday 23rd November
Friday 25th November
Wednesday 30th November
November

Term 2 ctd Diary Dates

December 2022 Whole School Walk
Christmas Party for P6 and P6 pupils from P5/6
Friday 2nd December Christmas Party for P5 and P5 pupils from P5/6
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Party for P4
Thursday 8th December Christmas Party for P2X and P2Y
Friday 9th December Christmas Party for P3A and P3D
Monday 12th December Christmas Party for P1M and P1B
Tuesday 13th December Infant Nativity
Thursday 15th December Christmas Party for P7
Thursday 15th December P7 outdoor week in Arran begins
Friday 16th December School stops for Christmas holidays
Monday 19th December
Friday 23rd December Staff and pupils return to school
Whole School Walk
Term 3 Burns Day
Stay and Play (more information to follow)
January 2023 Education Week

Monday 9th January Whole School Walk
Friday 13th January Children’s Mental Health Week
Wednesday 25th January Safer Internet Day
Friday 27th January School closed for staff and pupils
W/B Sunday 29th January School closed for staff and pupils
In-Service Day 4– school closed to pupils
February 2023 Pupils return to school
Fairtrade Fortnight begins
Friday 3rd February Ash Wednesday
W/B Monday 6th February Stay and Play (more information to follow)
Tuesday 7th February
Friday 10th February P6 Buddy applications to HT
Monday 13th February World Book Day celebrations
Tuesday 14th February Whole School Walk
Wednesday 15th February British Science Week begins
Monday 20th February St Patrick’s Day
Wednesday 22nd February World Down Syndrome Day
Friday 24th February Parents’ Evening
Parents’ Evening
March 2023 World Maths Day

Wednesday 1st March
Thursday 2nd March
Friday 3rd March
Friday 10th March
Friday 17th March
Tuesday 21st March
Wednesday 22nd March
Thursday 23rd March
Thursday 23rd March

Term 3 ctd Diary Dates

March 2023 Easter Celebrations led by Primary 3 and Primary 4
HT Letter to new P1s
Thursday 30th March Stay and Play (more information to follow)
Thursday 30th March School closes for Easter Holidays
Friday 31st March
Friday 31st March Autism Awareness Day
Staff and Pupils return
Term 4 Whole School Walk
Stay and Play (more information to follow)
April 2023
May Day Bank Holiday
Sunday 2nd April P1 Inductions– HT Presentation
Monday 17th April Whole School Walk
Friday 21st April P1 Inductions– Partner Agencies
Friday 28th April Sports Day 1
Sports Day 2-Back Up
May 2023 Sports Day 3–Back Up
Sports Day 4-Back Up
Monday 1st May P1 Inductions– Meet the Teacher
Wednesday 3rd May Ascension Thursday
Friday 5th May Walk to School Week
Wednesday 10th May P1 Inductions– Question Time
Thursday 11th May Stay and Play (more information to follow)
Friday 12th May May Holiday
Monday 15th May In Service 5– school closed to pupils
Tuesday 16th May Pupils return to school
Wednesday 17th May P1 Inductions– Drop in with class teacher 0900
Thursday 18th May
W/B Monday 22nd May Whole School Walk
Wednesday 24th May St Anthony’s Day Service and celebrations
Friday 26th May School closes for staff and pupils
Monday 29th May
Tuesday 30th May
Wednesday 31st May
Wednesday 31st May

June 2023

Friday 2nd June
Tuesday 13th June
Thursday 29th June