Our whole school community will strive to enable everyone to be successful , confident, effective and responsible learners. We will work together to build a happy, healthy and inclusive school community.
Our curriculum is underpinned by our values:
RESPECT / AMBITION / RESILIENCE / INTEGRITY / KINDNESS
Admissions
During the summer holidays the office will be closed from Friday 29th June and will reopen on August 13th. All admission enquiries will dealt with on our return.
It is with great sadness that I am writing to inform you that my last day as Headteacher of Stockbridge Primary will be Friday the 31st August. The Acting Headteacher of Hermitage Park has now been appointed to another school and as such this has speeded up my moving date.
Prior to the Summer, the decision was made by the recruitment panel (which includes 2 parent representatives from the Parent Council and council officials) to re-advertise my post. The post of Headteacher is currently out for advert for the second time and will close on the 26th August. It is hoped that the successful candidate will be in post around the October break.
Miss Kathryn Collier has been asked to take on the post of Acting Headteacher to fill the gap between my leaving and the new Headteacher taking up the post. Miss Collier knows the school extremely well and I could not think of safer hands to leave the school in. I am confident that Miss Collier will do a fantastic job!
Yours sincerely,
Faye Calder-Kelly
Headteacher
We gathered together as a whole school on Friday. We launched our new Building Resilience topic, which is Make a Difference.
Dear Parent/Carer
We are looking forward to welcoming your child back to school tomorrow. The new classrooms are ready for action and looking fantastic! I hope you are also impressed by the new landscaping around the classrooms.
The contractors have done a great job of getting the job finished on time for the new term but there are a few ‘finishing touches’ that you need to be aware of.
A REMINDER OF CLASSROOMS AND LINING UP ARRANGMENTS
Please see below for lining up positions for this academic year. P1 and P2 children will not line up and will instead go straight into the classroom any time between 8.55 and 9am.
|
Class 18-19 |
Which classroom? |
Where do they line up? |
|
P1 |
New classroom |
Trial of soft start – children to come in between 8.55-9am and go straight into classroom |
|
P1/2 |
New classroom |
Trial of soft start – children to come in between 8.55-9am and go straight into classroom |
|
P2 |
Current P1 classroom |
Trial of soft start – children to come in between 8.55-9am and go straight into classroom |
|
P3 |
Current P3 classroom |
Line up in the infant playground outside the old P1 |
|
P3/4 |
Current P4 classroom |
Line up in the infant playground outside the old P1 |
|
P4 |
Current P2 classroom |
Biggies playground |
|
P5 |
Current P4/5 classroom |
Biggies playground |
|
P5/6 |
Current P2/3 classroom |
Biggies playground |
|
P6 |
Current P6 classroom |
By main entrance |
|
P7 |
Current P7 classroom |
By main entrance |
One more sleep to go!
Best wishes,
Faye Calder-Kelly
Headteacher
Dear Parents and Carers,
We’re delighted to announce that our events and fundraising activities this school year have topped £10,500. This is an incredible total for a school of our size, and will be used to enrich the school experience for every child in the school.
In the attached graphic you can see where the money has been raised, and what the Parent Council has voted to spend it on.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in putting on our events – we simply couldn’t do it without the many parents and staff members who have offered a variety of skills and efforts.
Thanks also to all the pupils and families who’ve come along and made our events go with a swing, we hope you’ve had fun and look forward to doing it all again next year!
As always, we would be delighted to hear from any parent who’d like to get involved in helping with events, you can email us atstockbridgeprimaryevents@gmail.com
Have a great summer!
Stockbridge Primary Events Team
Take a look at our new classrooms taking shape…
Dear Parent/Carer
Huge thanks for all your support this year. I am very privileged to be the head of a school with talented and enthusiastic pupils, hardworking staff and such an engaged parent body. The post of Head Teacher is being re-advertised after the summer holidays and as such I will be back for more Stockbridge excitement in the new term until the new Head Teacher is appointed.
FINAL FRIDAY ARRANGEMENTS
Please remember that we close early for the summer holidays as 12 o’clock this Friday. This year all classes will congregate in the playground at 11.55am to clap our leaving P7’s out of school led by Mr Whitmore on his bagpipes. All parents are very welcome to join the classes in the playground for this event. Primary 1 – 3 pupils will then be dismissed from their class lining up positions and all other children will leave straight from this event. Please can parents of P1-3 pupils ensure they do not take your child from the playground without informing the class teacher.
CLASSROOMS AND LINING UP ARRANGMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR
Please see below for lining up positions for next year. Please can P1 parents (of children moving into P1/2 and P2) note that we are trialling a soft start. The children will not line up in the playground and will instead go straight into the classroom any time between 8.55 and 9am.
| Class 18-19 | Which classroom? | Where do they line up? |
| P1 | New classroom | Trial of soft start – children to come in between 8.55-9am and go straight into classroom |
| P1/2 | New classroom | Trial of soft start – children to come in between 8.55-9am and go straight into classroom |
| P2 | Current P1 classroom | Trial of soft start – children to come in between 8.55-9am and go straight into classroom |
| P3 | Current P3 classroom | Line up outside annexe building (this will temporarily change to next to shelter if landscaping not finished in time) |
| P3/4 | Current P4 classroom | Line up outside annexe building (this will temporarily change to next to shelter if landscaping not finished in time) |
| P4 | Current P2 classroom | Biggies playground |
| P5 | Current P4/5 classroom | Biggies playground |
| P5/6 | Current P2/3 classroom | Biggies playground |
| P6 | Current P6 classroom | By main entrance |
| P7 | Current P7 classroom | By main entrance |
I hope you all have a lovely summer break and I look forward to seeing the children return refreshed on Wednesday the 15th August.
Best wishes,
Faye Calder-Kelly
Headteacher
DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER’S SUMMER HOLIDAY MATHS CHALLENGE
I am delighted to inform you that following our accreditation visit today we have been awarded our Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award. This is a result of a huge amount of work that that gone into learning about and promoting children’s rights over a number of years. A big thank you to Miss Collier for leading the Rights Knights this year and all of the staff, children and parents who have been part of this journey! This means we have achieved our Green Flag and Silver Award in this academic year – Go Team Stockbridge!
Primary 7 have decided they would like leavers hoodies to help them commemorate their time here at Stockbridge Primary school. If you follow the link below you can pick the type of hoodie, colour and size. You then proceed to check out via the website. Once I have received the orders the hoodies will be made and sent to the school.
www.leavershoodies.com/shop/stockbridgeprimaryschool2018
Please note that this has to be done by Wednesday 13th June to ensure we have enough time to get the hoodies printed and delivered.
Thanks for your support,
Emma-Jane Stewart (class teacher)
