1. Welcome to Balbardie Primary School P1 Information Evening

2. Greg Welsh (HT) Communication with school/home: Newsletters Emails
Phone calls
Call in to school office
Balbardie Blether – School Blog
or Google Search – Balbardie Blether
Classes for Next Session

3. Improvements this year
A snapshot of life in Balbardie

4. School Hours Soft start at 8.50am School begins at 8.55am
Interval 10.30am
Lunchtime 12.15pm p4-7
Lunchtime 12.30pm p1-3
School ends 3.25pm

5. Self Registration

6. School uniform Girls Skirt/trousers Polo shirt School blouse/tie
Black or burgundy sweatshirt
Boys
Trousers
Polo shirt
School shirt/tie
Black or burgundy sweatshirt

7. PE Kit
Shorts
T shirt
Gym shoes

8. Please label all items! All school jumpers/tshirts/trousers/ skirts etc. look the same!

9. Playground Break and Lunch Time
Fun time
Support Staff and leadership team on duty
Activities to play with in the playground
Peer Mediators on duty (P6 children)

10. Wet Weather Wellies and a change of footwear
On wet days pupils will be supervised in their class at interval and lunchtime

11. Lunchtime Packed lunches School dinner in our gym hall
3 trays red, blue or green
Children order their dinner in the morning
You will receive a copy of the menu in your P1 pack – this is usually changed around April time

12. Going home safely
Bus
Car
Foot
Bicycle

13. Don’t worry! Tidying up at home Dressing him/her self
Label everything- 25 sweatshirts all look the same !
Flush the toilet and wash hands- encourage at home
Talk to your child about what they have been learning at school

14. The Curriculum – CfE Early Level
Language & Literacy (including Modern Languages)
Maths & Numeracy
Health & Wellbeing (social/emotional/physical)
Religious and Moral Education
Technologies
Social Studies
Science
Expressive Arts

15. Early Days in Primary 1 Informal Coffee Morning – Wednesday 28th
August 2013 at 9am – 10am
Meet the Teacher evening – 4th September 2013 at 6pm

16. Mrs White P1 Information Packs School Uniform orders
Medical Information
School dinner ordering
Milk ordering
Arrangements for visit day 13th June 2013
Arrangements for starting school – staggered start

17. Milk
Ordered at the end of each term – you will get lots of notice from the school office on when this has to be paid by
Orders cannot be taken after this date – West Lothian Council Policy
Milk kept in fridges in P1/2 area
Children get milk at some point during the school day

18. Celebrating Achievements in Balbardie Primary School

19. Thank you for listening. …
Thank you for listening! …. Please come down to the P1 classrooms and collect your packs – you will also have the opportunity to see which class your child will be in!