Heathryburn School
Learning is Life Changing
heathryburn@aberdeencity.gov.uk
June Newsletter 2015
News
School Improvement Plan update –
Mental Maths – our school working party have been busy creating parent information sheets on
how we teach Mental Maths. Parents will also be invited to come into school and take part in a
mental maths lesson during the week beginning 15 June. A letter with a particular time for each
class will be out shortly.
Behaviour Group – a draft copy of our new Behaviour policy is available on the school website
and in the school’s foyer. If you have any comments or queries regarding this policy we would
love to hear them before the end of session. This policy will be implemented next session.
As part of our wider work on improving behaviour at school the children have had several taster
sessions involving ‘Loose Parts’ play with Mandy Tulloch from Mud Pies. The children thoroughly
enjoyed these sessions and worked collaboratively to solve problems. Letters have recently gone
out with a date and time for you to come and join your child during one of these sessions.
Bingo- our final bingo of this year will be on Thursday 11 June – I hope you will be able to join us!
School Photographer – we will be having individual and sibling photos taken on 8 & 9 of June,
children need to be in full school uniform for the photos.
Website
We have gone live at last! A groupcall has
been sent with the link to the school website.
It can also be found at
heathryburn@aberdeencity.gov.uk
If you have any suggestions or comments for
us on the website we would be delighted to
hear them.
App of the month - Patext
Patext is a great free app where
children can creatively display
any writing they do. This would
be good fun to use for homework challenges,
poetry or to write the text for a greeting card!
School Fair
Our annual summer fair is on Saturday 6 June.
Doors open at 10am until 1pm. Tickets cost
£1.50 for adults, 50p for children/concessions
and under 3s are free. We are still looking for
donations for the bottle and chocolate stalls. We
are also in need of helpers –if you can help
please call the school office.
Value – Tolerance
We learn about a new value each fortnight,
awarding children with castle points for
displaying this value in school. We are currently
learning about tolerance, learning to be patient
and understanding of each other.
Staffing News
Castle Trip
We will have 13 classes next session at
Heathryburn School. We are in the process
of finalising classes and allocating teachers. I
will hopefully be able to share this information
with you very soon. We hope to have several
new members of staff joining us for the new
session.
We are having a whole school trip to Hazlehead
Park on Thursday 25 June. Children will be travel
by bus to the park where they will be involved in
fun activities in their Castle groups for the day
before returning to school by 3pm. We will need
lots of parent helpers for this trip, please contact
the office if you are able to help.
Rag Bag
Achievement Assembly
There will be a school Rag Bag collection on
Wednesday 10 June. Collection bags will be
issued this week. If you have any old clothes
please pop them in the collection bags and
return to school.
Sports Day
We will be holding our annual Achievement
Assembly on Monday 29 June. We will be
recognising a wide range of achievements at
this event. Parents will be notified with an
invitation by letter if their child is receiving an
award.
Our annual Sports Day will be on Wednesday
17 June. We will aim to start at 9.20am with
our races. Our potted sports will be in the
afternoon, starting at 1.30pm. Children are
invited to wear the colour of their castle.
Dates for Your Diary
Nursery closed – 4 June, for Nursery Away Day
School Fair – 6 June
School photographer – 8 & 9 June
A full list of dates was issued in early May – if you have lost it you can find it on the website.
Heathryburn School
Learning is Life Changing
Telephone—01224 788180