Weekly Review - Time For Certification

Smithton Primary
Jun 22, 2024
2 min read

P7s were 3 days at Culloden Academy. They all came back on Friday with vigour and enthusiasm for the future. Culloden Academy passed on their delight at the levels of engagement shown by our pupils as they take their step into secondary education.

Even though it's end of term there were still some creative learners. Children in different classes were eager to share books they had made. Kacey in P3JM has pressed some flowers and included this into her fabulous fact book.

Staffing and Classes

Workforce Planning are still finalizing our staffing requirement for next session. We now know we have been given 14 classes but still can't match staff to these classes.

Due to the complexity of class formation due to numbers of children in each stage we are left in a position of having composite classes in P1/2, P2/3 and a P3/4.

The P3/4 situation is particularly complex due to timings of day so we are working on lunch timing alterations at present. It is also clear that there will be situations where only 3 or 4 children from one stage may have to join a composite class. This is unfortunately beyond our control. More work is needing done I expect it'll be Wednesday before children and parents will know class formations for next session.

Final school assembly in school

On Thursday at 9.30am you are all invited to our end of term gathering in Smithton Church. We had our last assembly in school and it was one of presenting certificates to...

✅ NURSERY ( INCLUDING ALISON WHO IS RETIRING)

✅ ELSIE MACBEAN'S ART CLUB

✅ GARDENERS

✅ATHLETES WHO HAVE REPRESENTED SMITHTON AT VARIOUS TIMES

✅ JENNA GRAY FOR HER ATHLETICS SUPPORT

✅ OUR OUT OF SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT - Brooke Grant for her Gymnastics.

✅ LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT - TOE-BY-TOE PROGRAM - Millie Maclennan

✅ MATHS CHALLENGE SUPER CHAMPION FUNDRAISER - RILEY GREEN

PUT THE TEACHERS ON THE SPOT

Every week P7 do a Quiz for teachers at assembly called, "Put the teachers on the spot". This has built up to be a quite a contest. Our P6s have been practising for next year this week. Here is a sample of questions from Vera MacLean (P6ED) Our new Ambassadors for P7 next session are going to be good!