Pencaitland Parent Update Issue 6, Feb 2011

Click this image to view the PDF version of the latest Pencaitland Parent UpdateSOME may have already received via email a PDF copy of the latest update from Pencaitland Primary’s Parent Council. In it you’ll find information about…

* Science Days and Health Week (16-20 May)
* School Handbook
* PC Vacancy
* School Music
* Christmas Performances
* Focus Group Feedback
* PTA Update

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P5/6 Snow Activities

P5/6 were busy at home during our Snow Week.  They brought in some examples of the activities Miss Carmody had said they could try out, there are some great collages and a couple of poems so far.

If anyone else has done some work that they would like to share with us, we would love to see it…

collagesnow-collage-2   snow-collage-1   snow-poem   snow-poem2

Public Consultation on “The School Handbook”

As a parent you may be unaware that regulations require education authorities to provide certain information each year to parents/carers (usually known as “the school handbook”) about the school which their child attends. This information may be available in a range of formats and could be included as part of the school’s annual report.

It typically covers a range of information such as transport facilities, school meal provision, post-school destinations, additional support for learning, discipline and school rules, enforcement of attendance, specialist provision, attainment in National Qualifications and placing requests.

The changes currently taking place in 3-18 education in Scotland through Curriculum for Excellence suggest the current requirements for the school handbook need to be refreshed and updated to ensure it is more relevant and helpful for parents, and more consistent with the values, purposes and principles of Curriculum for Excellence.

The Scottish government is seeking your views on the future requirements for providing the right kinds of information for parents and carers about their child’s school, which opened in mid November and will end on 14 March 2011.

The consultation questionnaire can be accessed online should you wish to make your thoughts and views known.

Ralph
Pencaitland Parent Council
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Pencaitland Parent Update — Issue 4, Nov 2010

Click this image to view the PDF version of the latest Pencaitland Parent UpdateSOME may have already received via email a PDF copy of the latest update from Pencaitland Primary’s Parent Council. In it you’ll find information about…

* New members of the School Parent Council
* Playground: can you help?
* The role of fund raising answered in the PC Q&A
* PTA Update
* New Deputy Head
* Recorder Practice needs volunteers
* + More…

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