St Francis Xavier's RC Primary Newsletter .

This is the last newsletter of the academic session 2018/19. Much has been shared on Twitter over the months but here are a few important messages and news items before we leave on Friday.

School closes at 1.30pm buses will leave at 1pm.

School re-opens on Wednesday 21st August to our pupils.

Staffing

Staffing

This year we say goodbye to Miss Bell, Mrs Jamieson and Miss Aisbitt as they take up posts in other

schools. We wish them every success and thank them all for their hard work and dedication this session.

We welcome Mr MacDonald who will teach PE next session.

Congratulations to Mrs McQuade, following a successful appointment today, she will take up post

as acting PT here in St Francis Xavier’s . We are delighted to secure Mrs Wilson's appointment as she

will join the team to teach P613 from August.

Huge congratulations to Mrs Connell as she begins her retirement. We wish her years of happiness as she enjoys her new adventures.

Parent Council

Thanks to the very hard working Parent Council and Funding Group for their support and

contributions to our school community and the successful End of Year disco. The funds we have

received support all pupils.

Please come along to the next AGM on 16th September at 6.30pm. We hope to offer childcare to allow more to attend.

Follow them on Facebook - link on our website.

Car Parking

Please continue to park carefully and safely. I am very grateful to all those who show patience and park responsibly and safely - putting children's safety before convenience.

The new school year presents an opportunity for families to consider how they travel to and from

school and perhaps seek safer, healthier and greener options.

Celebrations

We are proud to share the following school awards this year:

Saul Elliott Award

Sarah Jane Kane

Pupil of the year P7R15

Grace Robertson

Pupil of the year P7R16

Paula Soje

Pope Francis Faith Award

Ava Paterson

Ava McKay

Holly Bulloch

Sarah-Jane Kane

Paula Soje

Liam Flaherty

Megan McQueen

Emily Graham

National Maths Challenge

Silver

Michael McLaughlin

Paula Soje

Emily Graham

Ava Paterson

Bronze

Owen Purdie

Orla Cannon

Liam Flaherty

Sarah Jane Kane

Kaja Kantorowska

Rehan Shahid

Lily McFarlane Sunshine Award

Mea Duncan

Congratulations to you all.

Uniform

Please do not purchase items of clothing for next session that do not comply with our uniform policy. School uniform can be purchased at Trutex, Vicar Street Falkirk or on line at

www.borderembroideries.co.uk

I would recommend the new reversible jackets that are less than £23 on line.

School uniform :

• white shirt and tie and /or red polo shirt for PE days

• grey trousers/skirts

• red jumpers or cardigans

• black school shoes - no trainers

No sweatshirts, no jeans and a return to grey trousers and skirts please.

PE kit –

• black shorts and red t-shirt / polo (indoor)

• outdoor and indoor appropriate footwear for PE

Pupils must have a change for PE at all times, both indoor and outdoor kit.

Please label your child’s clothing as the amount of lost property is unmanageable.

Free School Meals and Clothing Grants

If you applied for this support last year, you won’t need to make a new application. You should have

received a message to advise you of this recently from the Assessment Team. If you have never applied before, you will need to apply.

If you need more information, or to apply on line, visit

www.falkirk.gov.uk/fsm

Parental Feedback

Following changes to our Behaviour Policy and continuing with Learn alongside your Child sessions, I

wish to share the feedback we received from parents. Thank you for your feedback. I will share highlights of verbatim comments at the AGM.

Behaviour and Relationship Policy 101 returns with 5 families saying they prefer the start system, 2 saying they have no knowledge of it and the rest positively supporting the policy.

Learning alongside your Child 100 returns with only one negative return.

Thank you for your feedback.

https://www.st-francis.falkirk.sch.uk/

Please visit our website to access all updated information and documents. Check out the Parent Council page too, there is a link to their active Facebook page!

Parental Feedback

Thank you to all those who gave feedback on our Behaviour and Relatioship Policy

( 101 responses) and the Learn Alongside your Child sessions (100 responses).

School Improvements 2019/20

The St Mungo’s cluster has agreed the following areas for development:

Priority 1: Creativity

By June 2019 100% of P2 learners will have the opportunity to engage in high quality rich learning

experiences within literacy and numeracy to support curiosity, inquiry and creativity, l eading to improved attainment.

Priority 2: Health and Well Being

100% of targeted pupils will show an increase in self-regulation and emotional literacy by May 2020.

Priority 3: Numeracy

100% of identified pupils across the cluster at P4 stage, will show an increase in Numeracy Pressure Point assessments for Number and Number Processes by May 2020.

Priority 4: STEM

100% of learners will have opportunities to engage in high quality STEM experiences across and through the curriculum.

Our Cluster Improvement Plan and Standards and Quality Report is available in full on our website. If you wish a hard copy please ask the school office and we will be delighted to offer you one.

Primary Seven

Celebrating Mass together on Tuesday was a special event to mark this time in the lives of our P7.

The school community were able to come together in thanksgiving and in celebration of all our

leavers, their families and their achievements. Our thanks to Fr Jamie, our celebrant. They all go

on to St Mungo’s, and other high schools, with our love, prayers and very best wishes.

End of Term Thanks

My sincere thanks to the dedicated and hardworking team here in St Francis Xavier ’s, our parents and especially the pupils for another very successful year.

On behalf of the staff I wish you all a happy summer holiday.

I look forward to seeing you all again on 21 August 2019.

Kind regards,

Tina O'Neill

Headteacher

St Francis Xavier's RC primary

O1324 508570

stfrancisprimaryschool@falkikr.gov.uk

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