March 2015 - Banchory Primary School

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March 2015
BANchory Primary School
& NuRSERY
Communication
Click on this link: http://banchory-pri.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/about-ourschool/bps-news/bps-snippets/ to follow the latest news from Banchory Primary
School. Mr Taylor, our Principal Teacher, has been keeping this updated on a
regular basis. There are several new tabs. See if you can find them. ‘Where are
they now’ or ‘BPS STEM club’ to name but a few.
Open Afternoon
Thank you to everyone who helped to make the ‘Open Afternoon’ a huge success!
You can find some photos of the pupils’ work on the facebook page for Banchory
Primary School & Nursery.
Dates
--------------------------------------------School Holiday Dates 2015
End of Term is Thursday 2nd April
Spring Holiday - Friday 3 April to Friday
17 April 2015
May Day - Monday 4 May 2015
Occasional Day - Monday 8th June
Summer holidays start Monday 6 July
2015
Parents’ Evenings
We enjoyed the recent opportunities to be able to share your child’s progress and
achievements. Should you wish to discuss any issues at all relating to your child,
please write a note in their homework diary or contact the school office to pass a
message to the class teacher.
Homework Diaries
We would like to know what you think about the P1-3 homework diaries we have
used this year. Please drop us an email or send us a message if you found them
useful. Several of the class teachers have pointed out that we really could have
used simple jotters/notebooks instead.
Newly furbished
The ‘Life-skills’ room and the ‘Sensory’ rooms are complete now. We are currently
collating names for these rooms. Let us know if you have any good suggestions.
Librarian
As you may know, Mrs Aiken has left her voluntary post as librarian. The pupils
presented her with a card and bouquet of flowers as a small token of our gratitude
THANK YOU to our PTA for
funding the eclipse viewers.
More pictures can be seen on
the blogs.
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for her hard work and loyalty towards improving literacy in the early stages. We
wish her all the best and miss her already! She knew the pupils well and we hope
to continue to support them as they develop their personal reading interests.
Please contact Mrs McKenzie should you be willing to devote some time to
volunteering as librarian. A parentmail will be sent out soon with more
information. Mrs McKenzie has drawn up a timetable with the specific
requirements.
Parentmail
As we aim to be more eco-friendly and cost effective, please ensure that you
are registered for Parentmail . If you need an access code please contact the
school office after the Easter holidays . A letter explaining how to register your
e-mail address will be given to your child. If any existing users of Parentmail
need to change their e-mail address please use the “help” facility as the office
staff are not authorised to do this for you. Printed copies are still having to be
produced for those who are not registered for ‘Parentmail’ and this is time
consuming and expensive in a large school. Thank you for your support with
this.
Interested in a shift to help
our pupils cross the road?
Contact Mr Roddy Maclean at:
01330 826843
Address:
Banchory Primary School
Arbeadie Road
Holiday
Thank you for your support this term and we look forward to a hard working term
after the holiday!
Banchory
Kincardineshire
AB31 4EH
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01330 823351
Website:
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Email:
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