Peer Mediators and Playground Leaders will be meeting this week to discuss their timetable.
Wednesday
Senior Homework Club starting today at lunchtime
Thursday
P7 Swimming – week 2
Drama Club starts today 3-4.30pm
Friday
Weekly Awards Assembly for all pupils
Next week:
Monday: Parent Council AGM 6.30pm
We have had a very positive start to the new school session. Pupils look very smart in their school uniform and we thank you for your support with this. Pupils have settled well into their school routines and we are looking forward to another fun filled, successful year!
Monday
Start of Citizenship Fortnight
P6 Playground Leaders’ training at lunchtime
Tuesday
P6 Playground Leaders’ training at lunchtime
Wednesday
P6 Playground Leaders’ training at lunchtime
Thursday
P6 Playground Leaders’ training at lunchtime
Friday
House Captain/Vice Captain & Sports Captain/Vice-Captain application forms due in today
Weekly Awards Assembly for pupils
Next Week:
Monday: Class Drop-in session 3.15-3.45pm; Parent Council Meeting @ 6.30pm Tuesday: School Photographs being taken Thursday: P7 swimming sessions start
What wonderful weather to finish the school year! Have a look at what we are up to during the final week.
Monday
End of Year Awards Assembly this morning
Mandarin Teacher in for Rooms 7 & 8
Tuesday
Music Lesson for Room 8
Wednesday
Summer Fun Day organised by Rooms 2 & 4 – £1 to wear summery clothing. Many of the activities will be outside so please provide your child with a sun hat and a bottle of water. We would also advise you to put sun cream on your child before coming to school, as the forecast looks particularly warm! Activities will be priced at 50p each.
Parents and Pupils Football match at the Jock Stein Centre 3-4pm
Thursday
Kerbcraft presentation
School closes at 1pm today!
Summer Reading Challenge
This year’s Summer Reading Challenge theme is Mischief Makers. It starts on Saturday 16th June through till Saturday 18th August.
The launch day is on 16th June at Low Parks Museum from 11am, where you can sign up for the challenge as well as take part in lots of FREE fun activities, including crafts, stories, face painting, bouncy castle, treasure hunts, etc.
The Palace Grounds will also be having free sport activities.
Libraries have lots of events happening during the Summer Holidays. Please visit your local library for more details.
Monday
P5-7 Cinema Trip to Vue Hamilton 9.30 – lunchtime
Mandarin Teacher for Rooms 7 & 8
Tuesday
Calderside Academy Transition Day
Room 5 out today for a local walk
Wednesday
Calderside Academy Transition Day
Childsmile Teeth Varnishing for remaining pupils
Hamilton Accies Football Coaching for Rooms 1-4
Pre-Entrants’ Lunch 11.30am
P6 & 7 Boys’ Football Club after school until 4pm
Thursday
Scotrail Workshop for P6s
Winning House Treat! More information to follow
Friday
P7 classes to Science Centre
Weekly Award Assembly for pupils
The Scholastic Half Price Summer Book Fair has arrived at Udston Primary School! This week, your child’s class will visit the Book Fair where they will be able to browse the various titles on offer. Parents and Carers will also be able to browse the Book Fair at our Sharing the Learning Event on Tuesday 5th June (2.15-2.45pm). There are some fantastic savings to be made!
Our Udston’s Got Talent grand final was on Friday 1st June and what a show it was! A huge ‘well done’ to all of our brilliant finalists who put on a fabulous show for the whole school and their families. Our fantastic judges (Nancy, Mr Rankine and Mrs Willshire) had the very difficult decision of choosing this year’s winners and runners-up:
1st Place
Joint 2nd Place
3rd Place
Can we please remind all families that helmets are required for all children cycling to or from school.
Monday
Pre-Entrants’ Sports Day 9.30-10.30
Mandarin Teacher in for Rooms 7 & 8
Rooms 9 & 10 visiting the Transport Museum today
Tuesday
Get Fit in the Morning at 8.30am (final session)
Shoogalie Road Productions will be performing The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe to the whole school this morning as a special treat!
P1-4 Childsmile Teeth Varnishing
Sharing the Learning Parent/Carer Event 2.15-2.45pm
Wednesday
Hamilton Accies Football Coaching for Rooms 1-4
P6 & 7 Boys’ Football Club after school until 4pm
Thursday
P1-4 Cinema Trip to Vue Hamilton 9.30-lunchtime
Parent Council Summer Disco P1-3 @ 6.30-7.30/ P4-7 @ 8-9pm
Friday
Weekly Awards Assembly in the morning
Saturday
Parent Council Summer Fayre 10-12 (all welcome)
Wow! What a busy week we have had! A HUGE well done to the cast of ‘Joseph’ who performed brilliantly. We are so proud of you all, you put on an amazing show.
This morning we had the Semi-Final of Udston’s Got Talent. We were blown away by the talent and the confidence of all the acts. The results will be announced on Tuesday. Good luck!
Monday
SCHOOL CLOSED
Tuesday
Get Fit in the Morning – 4 of 5
Peer Mediation Training today
P7 Transition Day to Hamilton Grammar
Parent Council Meeting 6.30pm
Wednesday
P7 Transition Day to Hamilton Grammar
Hamilton Accies Coaching for Rooms 1-4 this morning
Wednesday Workout Club for P3s at lunchtime
P5s to Hamilton Games
Room 7 to People’s Palace/Scotland Street Museum
Boys’ Football Club 3-4pm
Thursday
Get Fit in the Morning – last session
Friday1
Udston’s Got Talent – Grand Final! More information to follow
Weekly Awards Assembly for pupils this afternoon
Our P2-7 pupils have thoroughly enjoyed their Team meetings this week, where they have focused on the Global Goals. Each Team fed back at this mornings assembly and certificates were awarded to one member of each team for their effort and contributions throughout the week.
Tickets are still on sale for ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’
The P4-7 cast are AMAZING and are looking forward to performing in front of family and friends on Tuesday and Wednesday night!
Monday
Rooms 5 & 6 going to the Science Centre today
Mandarin Teacher in to work with Room 7
Teacher from Hamilton Grammar in for P7 Transition
Netball Club for P6 & 7 girls
Tuesday
Get Fit in the Morning (3 of 5)
Dress Rehearsal for ‘Joseph’ this afternoon – could the chorus please make sure they bring their leggings/trousers!
Evening performance of Joseph – 7pm
Wednesday
Rooms 1 and 1a going to the Museum of Rural Life today
Boys’ Football Club NOT ON this week
Evening performance of Joseph – 7pm
Thursday – Speeding Ted will be welcoming children who walk to school at the MUGA Gate!
Get Fit in the Morning (4 of 5)
Udston’s Got Talent Semi-Final this morning
Friday
SCHOOL CLOSED!
Next Week:
Monday: SCHOOL CLOSED Tuesday: Get Fit in The Morning; Peer Mediator Training; P7 Transition Day at Calderside Wednesday: P7 Transition Day at Calderside; Room 7 to People’s Palace/Scotland Street Museum; P5s to the Hamilton Games Thursday: Get Fit in The Morning Friday: Udston’s Got Talent Grand Final! (more details to follow)
A big well done to all of the children for their brilliant effort at Sports Day. Hopefully everyone is a little bit warmer now! Thank you to all of our adult helpers and the parents/carers who came along to cheer the children on. Thanks also to Mrs Drennan for coordinating Sports Day along with our Sport Captains & Vice-Captains. It was lovely seeing so many children in their House colours and we are delighted to announce this year’s winning House, with 789 points, is…
WELLCROFT!!!
Next week is a busy one with it being Spotlight on Teamwork Week and we are looking forward to our Team Meetings each afternoon. The children from P2-7 will be learning about The Global Goals for Sustainable Development during their meetings, whilst our P1 children will all be working together in the Gym Hall and participating in a range of Literacy and Drama activities.
Monday – Walk to School Week (Hamper raffle tickets will be on sale all week for 50p, winners will be announced on Friday at assembly)
Special Teamwork Assembly this morning to launch our Spotlight Week
Warburtons will be visiting our P1 classes to deliver healthy eating workshops
Mandarin lessons start today for P4/5 at 11am
Team Meetings from 1.45-2.45pm
P6 & 7 Netball Club after school until 4pm
Tuesday – Walk to School Week
Get Fit in the Morning at 8.30am
Calderside Maths Department working with P6s at 9.30am
Team Meetings from 1.45-2.45pm
Wednesday – Walk to School Week
Pre-Entrant Welcome Session 2 at 9.30am
Block 2 of Wednesday Workout for P3s at lunchtime (3 of 4)
Team Meetings from 1.45-2.45pm
P6 & 7 Boys’ Football Club after school until 4pm
Thursday – Walk to School Week
Get Fit in the Morning at 8.30am
Team Meetings from 11-12noon today
P4-7 Drama Club after school until 4.30pm
Friday – Walk to School Week
Happy Feet Day – wear your happiest shoes and socks for a £1 donation!
Weekly Awards Assembly & Spotlight on Teamwork sharing session (Hamper raffle winners will be announced!)
Our Class Pages have been updated and include information relating to your child’s learning this term. Please select your child’s class from the ‘Class Pages’ drop-down menu to access this information.
Monday
School closed for May Bank Holiday!
Tuesday
Staff Development Day – school closed to pupils today!
Wednesday
Block 2 of Wednesday Workout for P3 today at lunchtime (2 of 4)
St John Ogilve transition visit for some of our P7 pupils
P6 & 7 Boys’ Football Club after school until 4pm
Nancy’s Bingo Night from 7pm in the school Gym Hall (adults only). Entry costs £1 and includes tea/coffee and biscuits. Bingo books can be purchased on the night for £5. There are lots of fabulous bingo and raffle prizes up for grabs! We hope to see lots of families and friends of Udston on the night.
Thursday
Get Fit in the Morning at 8.30am
St John Ogilve transition visit for some of our P7 pupils
UGT Auditions at lunchtime for Room 1a
P4-7 Drama Club from 2.45-4.30pm
Friday
Sports Day at the Jock Stein Centre from 9.20 until 12 – volunteers still required, please contact the school if you can help.
UGT Auditions for Rooms 1 & 2 at lunchtime
Weekly Assembly – Walk to School Week focus with our JRSOs
Monday 14th – Friday 18th May Spotlight on Team Work & Walk to School Week: Warburton’s healthy eating workshops for P1 classes (Mon); Mandarin lessons start for P5 classes (Mon); Vertical Learning Teams will meet each day this week to learn about The Global Goals for Sustainable Development (Mon-Thur); Calderside Maths Department will visit our P6 pupils (Tues); Pre-Entrant Welcome Session 2 (Wed); Happy Feet Day (Fri) – children can come to school wearing their favourite/craziest pair of socks and shoes for a £1 donation. Nancy will also be selling raffle tickets for children to be in with a chance of winning one of her fantastic hampers (more info to follow). All monies raised will go towards our whole school cinema visits in June.
Our next ‘Sharing the Learning’ Event for parents/carers will be on Tuesday 5th June from 2.15-2.45pm. To promote summer reading, Scholastic’s Summer Sale Book Fair will be available on this day for any parents/carers wishing to purchase a book for their child – there are lots of fantastic discounts and savings to be made should anyone be interested.
A very warm welcome back to our P7s and Mrs Henry, Mrs Shaw & Miss Brown who were away at Ardentinny last week. We are looking forward to seeing the photographs and hearing everyone’s news and stories from their Ardentinny adventure.
Last week, we received training from Reading Cloud – a fantastic online Library Management resource which children will be able to access both in school and at home. This new system allows us to catalogue all of our Library Books onto an electronic database and books will be signed in and out using a scanning system. Families will be able to log into Reading Cloud from home and search our database to see all of the books on offer to children in our School Library. Children will also be able to write and share reviews, watch author videos, get recommendations and suggestions for what to read next, make requests for new Library Books, and discover the vast selection of authors and titles available to them. The new system will also create an electronic Reading Record for each child which will record every book the child borrows and reads from the Library during their time at Udston Primary. Your child will be provided with a Library Card which they will take along to their Library session each week to be scanned. They will also shortly be provided with a bookmark which has their login details for Reading Cloud to enable them to access it from home. More information regarding this will be provided soon. In the meantime, our School Library is currently out of use to classes whilst we scan and upload all of the books (and there are 1000s of them!!) onto the system. We are aiming to have the Library back up and running as quickly as possible.
Monday
UGT Auditions at lunchtime for Rooms 3 & 4
P7 NEC Photographs being taken today
Parent Council Meeting at 6.30pm
Tuesday
Get Fit in the Morning starts today at 8.30am (1 of 5)
P5 & 6 Rugby Festival at Hamilton Rugby Club for Rooms 7, 8, 9 & 10
UGT Auditions at lunchtime for Rooms 11 & 12
Wednesday
Pre-Entrant Welcome Session 1 at 9.30am
Block 2 of Wednesday Workout for P3 at 12.10pm (1 of 4)
P6 & 7 Boys’ Football Club after school until 4pm
Thursday
Get Fit in the Morning starts today at 8.30am (1 of 5)
Kerbcraft Session for P2s in Room 3 today
UGT Auditions at lunchtime for Room 7
P4-7 Drama Club after school until 4.30pm
Friday
P5 Peer Mediator Application Forms to be returned today please
UGT Auditions at lunchtime for Rooms 5 & 6
Weekly Awards Assembly for pupils at 1.45pm
Monday 7th May: Bank Holiday – school closed
Tuesday 8th May: Development Day for staff – school closed for pupils
Wednesday 9th May: Nancy’s Bingo Night from 7pm
Thursday 10th May: UGT Auditions at lunchtime for Room 1a
Friday 11th May: Sports Day at the Jock Stein Centre Pitches from 9.15am & UGT Auditions at lunchtime for Rooms 1 & 2