Welcome to the new session and

the first term of 2015/16.

I am delighted to have joined the

team at Campie and it has been a

wonderful start to a very exciting

year.

I am thoroughly enjoying meeting

the children - spending time in the

playground, the dining room and

in classes getting to know

everyone. I look forward to

meeting all of you as we progress

through the term and to a

successful and rewarding session

for all.

Issue 1

Campie PS: A great place to learn!

September 2015

P1 Painting of Kipper

A new session . . . . . . a new term!

‘What did you do in school today?’

P1b warned everyone to be on the lookout for the Storybook Wolves!

Children in Primary 3 are excited to learn all about the rainforest, the animals that live there and where rainforests can be found on our planet.

P7 played the Evolution Game to launch their first topic.

A group of children formed a band in the nursery. There was fantastic music from maracas, triangles, xylophones and finger cymbals. Children assembled seating for the audience, sang along to the tunes and added to the show with some great dancing!

Meet the Staff

You will already have received a flyer inviting you to join us on the 10th of September from 6.30pm. We would encourage you to bring your child to this session. I’m sure they will be eager to share with you their classroom and introduce their teacher to you!

Our new Primary 1 pupils are now enjoying full days at school. They have settled in really well and it’s great to see so many happy, smiling faces eager to come to school every morning.

Thank you to everyone who has given

their feedback on our transition

programme. It is our aim to make the

move from Nursery to Primary 1 as

smooth as possible for you and your

children and your responses help us

to plan and make changes year on

year.

Welcome to P1

‘What did you do in school today?’

cont’d

P4 used their imagination well and developed incredible characters for their writing.

P6 Pupils have been making use of their research skills to compile a biography of their Author of the Week.

In music some children were doing a different kind of reading— they were reading music! They used their Boomwhackers to play a melody as a whole class!

As a staff team we have identified through self-

evaluation, what our next steps as a school are. Further

details and copies of our School Improvement Plan will soon be available

and will be shared at the Parent Council AGM on Wednesday the 7th of

October. As always, we value working with you in partnership to provide the

best possible experiences for your children.

This session we aim to provide a range of opportunities for you to share and

contribute to the learning experiences your children have in school. Over the

course of the session we will we also actively seek your feedback and

suggestions as to how we can continue to improve and provide learning

opportunities that are of the highest quality – every day, every lesson.

Aiming for ExcellenceAiming for ExcellenceAiming for Excellence

Homework:

From the September weekend

all classes will have homework

issued.

Assemblies We are in the process of developing our assembly calendar. Once we have finalised all the dates we will send the dates home so you can plan which dates you would like to join us on.

There is lots of research which shows that children who read for pleasure and enjoyment achieve better in all areas of school life. This is why we have started the new session with our ‘Reading for Enjoyment’ focus. Lots has been going on: many classes have visited the Edinburgh Book Festival, being inspired by authors

like Catherine Rayner, Nicola Davies and

David Almond, we have been ‘dropping everything and reading’, reading with a buddy class and listening to stories read by parents and staff. All of the classes have been finding out about authors, both new and familiar and we have also been designing and creating reading displays for the main corridor. We hope that you will come to school on Thursday 17th September for reading

Campie’s Back to School ‘Reading for Enjoyment’

softstart and we are looking forward to bringing our reading books home after the September break.

Important Dates:

Reading Softstart 17/9/15

P7 Camp Information Session 22/9/15

Photographs: 28/9/15

Parent Council and AGM 7/10/15

Harvest Celebration 9/10/15

Soft Start P1-7: Last Friday of every month.

We would like to say farewell to Mrs Polley, who is currently on

maternity leave, is now moving. We wish her all the best in her new

home.

Good Luck in your studies to Miss S Walker who has left to start a

new course.

A warm welcome to a number of new staff who have joined us this session.

Mrs B Blackie is our new Principal Teacher and is currently leading P7B.

Miss N Wight is our new Support for Learning teacher.

Mrs S Pirie is leading P6 on long term supply.

Mrs S Ryan and Mrs A Scott have joined our have joined our Nursery Team.

Miss J Clark and Miss L Graham are our NQTs for this session.

Miss K Havelaar Cook is working in number of classes throughout the week and is with P7A

on a Friday morning.

Welcome back too, to Mrs J Monaghan who is returning form maternity leave and thank

you to Mrs McKenna who has been doing extra hours in the office during this period.

Our Team

Campie Primary school had a fantastic time at the Tour of Britain event. Thank you to all our volunteers who walked with us.

Without your help we would not have been able to have the children view such a big event.