I am pleased to write to you during this exciting time with regards to the Active Schools program within Aberdeenshire. Let me take this opportunity to introduce myself.
My name is Gary Cameron and I am the new Active Schools Co-ordinator for the Meldrum network. I am based in Meldrum Academy and can be contacted on 07917267222.
My primary aim is to get children more active and to do this I need to create more opportunities for participation. To enable me to gain an extensive understanding of the levels of activity at Tarves Primary School and to find out what both the children and parents would like to see introduced to the area I have produced a short questionnaire that was sent home to you on Friday 22nd February 2008. Both you and your child’s opinions and ideas are crucial. I would be grateful if you could take the time to complete the child section along with your child and also fill in the parent section before returning it to the school.
Thanking you for your help
Gary Cameron
Active Schools Co-ordinator
Friday, February 22, 2008
Safety is always a priority at School and at Home
This week we obtained a few copies of NESCPC's (North East of Scotland Child Protection Committee) new 'Home Alone' leaflet which is also available for download at www.nescpc.pro.uk under Public Information/Publications and Reports/ General Guidance. This leaflet is also available in Polish, Lithuanian.Portuguese, Russian, Traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese.
It is a particularly useful leaflet and I commend it for your attention.
It is a particularly useful leaflet and I commend it for your attention.
We're just a little different!
I don't know if all of you realise that there are some holiday dates that are decided on a local, Community School Network basis, and last Friday, 15th February, was one of them!
Many months ago member schools of the Meldrum CSN sat down to decide where these occasional holidays should be taken. It was agreed that we should take Friday, 2nd May along with Monday 5th May as our longer weekend.
What we were not aware of, was that practically all other schools had decided to take off the 15th February!!
Hopefully this did not affect you adversely and we hope you will enjoy having the proposed dates in May.
Friday brought for us, here at Tarves, a pleasant visit from our Director of Education, Bruce Robertson, who took time from his busy schedule to make himself familiar with our school, its children, and some of the issues and challenges facing the school in the future.
Mr Robertson toured the school with me and chatted to, and questioned the children. I was pleased to note that they responded well to his questions and comments and showed that they could apply what they had been or were learning to wider situations.
In-service Day, Tuesday, 19th February, was taken up with examining 'Active Learning' in delivering the Curriculum for Excellence to your children. Our staff attended two different venues, Kintore and Methlick, to have the work further explained to them and advice offered regarding its delivery in the school.
Many months ago member schools of the Meldrum CSN sat down to decide where these occasional holidays should be taken. It was agreed that we should take Friday, 2nd May along with Monday 5th May as our longer weekend.
What we were not aware of, was that practically all other schools had decided to take off the 15th February!!
Hopefully this did not affect you adversely and we hope you will enjoy having the proposed dates in May.
Friday brought for us, here at Tarves, a pleasant visit from our Director of Education, Bruce Robertson, who took time from his busy schedule to make himself familiar with our school, its children, and some of the issues and challenges facing the school in the future.
Mr Robertson toured the school with me and chatted to, and questioned the children. I was pleased to note that they responded well to his questions and comments and showed that they could apply what they had been or were learning to wider situations.
In-service Day, Tuesday, 19th February, was taken up with examining 'Active Learning' in delivering the Curriculum for Excellence to your children. Our staff attended two different venues, Kintore and Methlick, to have the work further explained to them and advice offered regarding its delivery in the school.
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