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24.05.12

No. 10

Carrongrange School
Dear Parents/Carers, Welcome to our end of May newsletter. I hope you are enjoying the recent good weather at last!! As you will know this last month is extremely busy, full of trips and events, and this year we also have a great deal of Olympic activity and activities linked with the Jubilee. Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Assembly on 30th April we enjoyed having Tam Baillie, Childrens Commissioner for Scotland, who helped us to launch our new School Values and Rules. The week following the assembly kept the theme of values and rules very much in mind with a visit from Steve Frew (Commonwealth Gold Medallist) whose skills and enthusiasm led to a wonderful display by pupils, showing all of our school values and rules. The week ended with another Assembly, led by Andy McKechnie, who again reminded us of the Olympic values and how they link to our own. Your support in helping our pupils to understand and follow our new values and rules is very much appreciated. At the time of writing, our Blackpool revellers are enjoying a great residential once again, huge thanks to staff who give up so much of their own time to make such wonderful events possible. Our first Duke of Edinburgh overnight expeditions are planned for June too lets hope the sun shines and the midges are somewhere else! We are enjoying welcoming our new S1 pupils, who are visiting the school just now as part of their induction we wish them all well and hope that they will be very happy as Carrongrange pupils. Fundraising continued thanks go to Chris Allen, from Enjoy-a-ball, who is working very hard, organising the raffle in aid of our school funds. The Raffle will be drawn at our Assembly on 29th May - we look forward to seeing you then! Free School Meals a gentle reminder that Free School Meals begin in August. Please ensure that your children have sufficient funds to cover their lunches between now and the end of term. Our end of term events include our Enterprise Assembly at 2.00 pm on Friday, 22nd June, and our Prizegiving on Wednesday 27th June at 9.30 am. School then closes at 1.00 pm on Friday, 29th June (please check with Transport providers about the time to expect your children home). Further details about individual class trips etc. will follow. I hope you enjoy reading the rest of this newsletter, and we look forward to seeing you at our forthcoming Parents Nights and Assembly on Tuesday. Best wishes Gillian Robertson Headteacher

Pupils of the Month

Bruce House Wallace House

June Birthdays 1MBrooklyn Gordon 2ALeon Zandbergen 2FLyle Rettie 3EJordan Dolan 3MLamara Boyce, Ben Scobie 3WAbby McLaren 4BIan Anderson 4SOlivia Day, Jordan Montgomery, Zoe Murphy 4WJames Martin

Bronze Awards

5MPaul Mackey

1LNatalie Davidson, James Hughes, Jane-Ellen McCulloch 1MRyan Anderson, Andrew Binnie, Lochlan Carr, Brooklyn Gordon, Lewis Haggerty, Nicole Hamilton, Matthew Mitchell, Nicole Redding 1RAsim Ali, Scott Jones, Darran Laird, Jordan McGuinness, Rebecca Soper 2AKayleigh Allan, Tom Hutchens, Lewis Kellett, Lewis McPhail, Ross Vickers, Leon Zandbergen 2FLyle Rettie, Erin Swinton, Alexander Thomson The Award System is as follows 2RJordan Aikman, Tony Stephens 3ABekka Blackwood, Tommy Buller, Sian Craig, Jordan Grivas 3JDarryl Davidson, Ashleigh Hannah, Megan Jamieson, Eilidh Leadbetter, Dan Ware 3MLamara Boyce 3WJamie Cieslak, David Jinks, Jordan Kilgour, Cameron Lewandowski, Abby McLaren 6AZain Ul Abadean

6 Blue Cards = Bronze Award 5 Bronze Awards = Silver Award 5 more Bronze Awards = Gold Award

Gold Award 1MHelen Smith

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Eco News If anyone would like a hanging basket please let Ms. Burton know. The cost is 7 if you supply your own liner and basket and we will provide the compost and flowers. 11 if you would like us to provide the basket, compost and flowers. All profits go towards school funds. A big thank you to all parents/carers who have supported the Eco ventures this year and the Eco committee are ever nearer to submitting the paperwork towards our Green Flag award!

Regional Track and Field Championships We had 32 pupils compete at Grangemouth last Wednesday. We competed in 100m, 200m, 400m, high jump, shot putt and relay. We won medals in most events and as we were the school with the most points overall, we won the Denis Shovelin Trophy. All pupils put in performances to be proud of and several won in personal best times/distances. Several of our pupils are members of the Falkirk Flyers Athletics Club and train on a regular basis.

Assemblies Tuesday 29th MayWhole School Assembly at 9.30am Friday 22nd JuneReflections Assembly2.00pm Wednesday 27th June at 9.30amPrizegiving You are very welcome to join us for a cuppa after each assembly Parent Council The next meeting of the Parent Council will be on Tuesday 19th June at 5.30pm. All parent/carers are

Parents Nights S4-S6Tuesday 29th May 4.006.00pm S1-S3Tuesday 5th June 4.006.30pm Rag Bag Collection

We raised 91.50 for school funds. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

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Looking After your Childs Eyesight Most children do not require to wear spectacles but all children can benefit from an eye examination. During a full check-up, the vision in each eye, muscle balance and the eyes health are assessed. Its also a very good idea to have colour vision checked because 1 in 8 boys show some level of colour vision deficiency which may make learning at school more difficult. Children and young people dont always realise that they have a vision problem especially if it only affects one eye. Some children in Forth Valley will have had pre-school screening and all children have a quick vision check at primary one but a full eye exam can detect a lot more. Its easy to do and all eye exams are paid for by the NHS. Eye examinations can be carried out by any local community optician. Gymnastics We were very honoured to have a visit from Steve Frew, Commonwealth Gold Medallist on Wednesday 2nd May. Pupils had the opportunity to join him in gymnastics sessions in the morning and take part in a display in the afternoon.

The Sensory Centre Teenangers Group meet from 4.306.30pm on the last Thursday of each month. Next meeting will be on 31st May at the Ten Pin Bowling Alley, Camelon. If you would like to go along or find out more contact them on 01324 590888 or e-mail: sensory@falkirk.gov.uk. Activities are low-cost or free.

ENABLE Scotland is the countrys largest charity working to support children and young people with learning disabilities , and their families. ENABLE visited the school and have left an Information Handbook and a very useful guide for young peopleGetting Ready to Leave School. If you are interested in any of these, please contact the school office, or ENABLE on 0845 123 2303e-mail: info@enquire.org.uk or www.enquire.org.uk/yp. Later in 2012 they are looking to start up Youth Groupsone for 10-14 years and one for 15-18 years. If you are interested in completing a questionnaire please contact the school office.

NDCS are running a free residential weekend for deaf young people age 13 to 16 and their families living in Scotland at Dalguise House, Dunkeld, Perthshire from 15-17 June. For more information contact derek.todd@ndcs.org.uk or download a booking form from http://events.ndcs.org.uk.
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