1. Welcome to Buckstone Primary
Starting School
Primary One

2. The First Few Days Two primary one classes
Penguins – Mrs Bailey and Mrs Munro
Starfish – Miss McGhee and Mrs Conlin
Wednesday 16th August and Thursday 17th August
Mornings am - altogether
Friday 18th August 8.45am – 12.15pm – altogether
Week beginning Monday 21st August: full days

3. The First Few Days Emphasis on - Having fun!
- Settling in, Getting to know each other, Making friends
Personal Organisation
Familiarisation with the school environment
Establishing routines
Introduction to simple rules

4. The Cluster Transition Project
The First Few Days
The Cluster Transition Project
All cluster and private nurseries are involved
Activities happening in nursery and transferred to P1
Activities continue in P1 during the first few weeks
Focus on new situations, making friends,
sharing, kindness and being helpful
Children are asked to create a memory box during
the summer to share with their P1 classmates in
August.

5. Things your child will need
School Uniform – school sweatshirt, white polo shirt, black/ grey trousers, shorts or skirt, summer gingham dress
Indoor shoes – plimsoles, with Velcro preferably
Gym kit – shorts and t-shirt in drawstring bag, use indoor shoes
Water bottle
Snack – healthy and no nuts please
Purple book bag – provided by the school
Please name everything

6. In preparation Before starting school please practise:
Changing from outdoor shoes to indoor shoes and vice versa
Changing clothes from school uniform to gym kit and vice versa
Opening and closing their lunch box
Opening and closing their water bottle
Taking off and putting on their jacket including fastening buttons and zips

7. Parent Pay At Buckstone Primary, we use Parent Pay
Online system to book lunches, pay for trips, milk etc
Safe, secure way to pay for and track payments
Need to activate your account – can set up notifications
Lunches need to be ordered by midnight on a Wednesday for the following week
Can order up to 121 days in advance
If the deadline is missed, parents will have to provide a packed lunch as no orders can be added

8. Parent Pay Ask for consent to attend a particular event or trip
Sometimes permission letters will still have to be issued
Payments can be made as individual payments or you can add a larger amount from which payments are drawn down
You can set Parent Pay to notify you if the account drops below a set amount
Any difficulties, the office staff will be happy to help

9. Lunches Packed lunches School Dinners Your choice of food
Easy to open lunch box or bag please
Easy to open packaging
No nuts please
Juice or water
Free for all P1-3 children
Menu available in advance
Menu booklet or online
Choices made in advance
Parent Pay
Vegetarian option
Allergen list for each meal

10. Health Care and First Aid
Health Care Needs
First Aid
All Health Care Needs require a form to be completed
Able to administer medication long term or short term
Not able to hold Calpol ‘just in case’
Asthma sufferers require two inhalers in school
Many staff First Aid trained
All staff have had Allergy and Asthma Awareness training
Medical Room available for minor injuries /illnesses
Unwell / more serious injury – phone call home
48 hours for tummy bugs

11. Buckstone buddies
Buddy system is very popular and a positive experience
All Primary One children are allocated a P6 buddy
Most have met their buddy before the summer holidays
Buddies help the P1 pupils at play times and lunch times
P6 children play with their buddy in the playground
P6 children encourage friendships and playground games
Any issues, please contact us

12. Looking ahead….. Primary One more like nursery
Some children need more opportunities to play within a different environment
Activities will promote early reading, writing and counting skills
Early assessments used to indicate next steps
Class teacher will target groups rather than whole class
Greater focus on taking learning outdoors, being active

13. A wee reminder….
Wednesday 14th June at 9.30am - Teddy Bears Picnic with buddies
Thursday 15th June at 11.30am – Trial lunches
Monday 19th June at 9.30am – Playground Experience with buddies
Tuesday 20th June at 9.30am – Meet the Teacher – all P1 pupils will meet their P1 teacher in their P1 classroom
Monday 26th June – Meet the Teacher – new P1 pupils invited to meet their teacher in smaller groups

14. Other things to consider…..
Parent Council Breakfast Club and After School Club Active Schools Programme

15. Any questions? And finally….. P1 Parents Curriculum Meeting
Wednesday 13th September at 2pm