Virtual Welcome Night Struthers Primary School and Early

Virtual Welcome Night Struthers Primary School and Early Years Centre 11 th September 2020

Meet the Team! Management Team: Head Teacher: Mrs Gail Mc. Kellar Depute Head Teacher: Miss Eilidh Mc. Bean Principal Teacher: Mrs Lucy Lockie (mat leave) Principal Teacher (acting): Mr Darren Haniford & Mrs Ashley Love

Teaching Staff Early years/Infant Staff Team: Early Years Teacher: P 1 Teachers: P 2/1 Teacher: P 2 Teacher: P 3 Teachers: Miss Lauren Meikle Miss Catriona Leck Mrs Angela Mc. Guigan Miss Kerrie Wyllie Miss Ashley Pryde Mrs Kimberley Bloomer Miss Rachel Alexander Nurture/Additional class support: Mrs Val Edgar

Teaching Staff (continued) Upper Staff Team: P 4 Teacher: Mrs Sarah Hayes P 5/4 Teacher: Miss Rebecca Brown (covering Mrs Devlin’s maternity leave) P 5 Teacher: Mrs Kath Brearley P 6 Teacher: Mr Alastair Cole P 7/6 Teacher: Mr Elliot Kerr P 7 Teacher: Mr Darren Haniford/Mrs Ashley Love Health and Wellbeing/French: Mrs Lauren Mc. Fadyen

Early Years Team Depute Manager: Mrs Pauline Galloway Senior Early Years Practitioner: Miss Daena Gass Early Years Practitioners: Miss Alison Mac. Kenzie Miss Lea-Anne Campbell Miss Courtney Patterson Miss Angela Rossi Mrs Carly Rodger Mrs Nadine Little Mrs Karen Kerr

Our Values d n Ki s s ne Hone sty Inc lus ion Respect s n o p s e R y t i l i b i Our Values are displayed in classes and reinforced inside and out-with the school building.

Our School Improvement Plan Key Drivers: Covid Recovery – (Supporting children’s wellbeing on return to school as a result of the Covid pandemic) Raising Attainment In Literacy Raising Attainment In Numeracy

Covid Recovery – Key Outcomes Develop a school specific recovery curriculum to support teachers’ planning on initial return to school following the period of closure. Introduce whole school approach to nurture. Plan for regular outdoor learning opportunities New progressive HWB school planner developed Health week planned and implemented Develop use of Seesaw across the school as a means of recording the learner journey from EYC-P 7

Raising Attainment In Literacy – Key Outcomes North Lanarkshire resource will be used from P 1 -P 7 to develop children’s skills and confidence in story writing Pupils will write with a clear purpose and participate in school, local and national writing competitions School policy will be developed for the teaching of phonics and reading at Struthers Primary School Develop display and update regularly showing progression of writing from P 1 -P 7 Implement recovery boost groups from Early to Second level with a focus on closing the gap

Raising Attainment In Numeracy – Key Outcomes Implement Number Talks and Big Maths progressions in all classes Staff will work collegiately to understand, reflect upon and implement the South Ayrshire N&M Strategy and our N&M policy Provide CLPL opportunities for all staff through the embedding Maths Mastery programme with a termly focus of Maths Mastery approaches Termly Outdoor Learning N&M activities planned in consultation with pupils and carried out in all classes Promoting pupils leading learning through a Maths Challenge Day led by second level pupils

School Lunches/Free School Meals Hot meals will return after the September weekend P 1 and P 2 will eat in the dinner hall but P 3 -7 will remain in classes (this is due to restrictions in seating arrangements in the hall) Pupils can choose to bring a packed lunch from home or order a hot meal from the dinner hall. Lunches can be pre-ordered or pupils can place an order with their teacher in the mornings.

Physical Education P. E. continues to take place outdoors only. On Monday 14 th September, new guidance for physical education will be issued to schools – we will update parents accordingly When P. E. can happen indoors again, pupils should bring a gym bag with shorts and gym shoes/indoor trainers. Gym bags will not be stored in school and should be brought to and from school on P. E. days

Parent Council/Fundraising Group We have a very active Parent Council and Fundraising Group and are always looking for new members! Please contact the Chairperson to find out more information about what they do. Parent Council Chairperson – Mrs Lucy Mullan Fundraising Group Chairperson – Ms Gill Garven Meeting dates to be confirmed

Contact Us! If you have a question about anything class related, please speak to your child’s class teacher in the first instance by making an appointment via the school office Please note that we are only able to have face to face meetings after 3: 10 pm Whilst we cannot operate our normal open door policy, the management team are more than happy to meet to discuss any other concerns We would respectfully ask that you always speak to the school about any concerns rather than posting on social media. School number: 01292 690073 Email: struthers. mail@south-ayrshire. gov. uk