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This
website was last updated on the 19th November 2009
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involves building on existing knowledge. The brain will more readily
absorb detail when it can place it in a wider context
Our
Vision: Excellent Education For All |
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The Orkney
Today newspaper |
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The Orcadian
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| Scottish
Qualifications Authority |
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| Orkney
Islands Council Website |
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Learning
Teaching Scotland |
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Visit
Orkney - website |
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BBC Radio
Scotland |
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Executive |
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Click
on the photo to meet the staff team
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Click
on the link above to see how our school is helping to make changes
that will help to save our environment.
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At
St Andrews Primary School, we aim to provide a happy, caring
environment where children are valued as individuals and are
treated as equals regardless of gender, ability, culture, belief
or ethnic background
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Congratulations!
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I
am very pleased and excited to have been appointed as Head
Teacher of
St
Andrews Primary School . It is a vibrant school where everyone
is welcome and respected, and the focus is on the children's
learning. This is not a job for one person however, and I
often think of the African proverb which says ‘it takes a
community to raise a child', - emphasising the importance
of everyone's role in preparing our children for the lives
ahead of them.
Our
school is an important part of our community, and our community
is an important part of our school. We work well together
as a team at St Andrews– staff, pupils and parents, and are
always looking out for more ways of building this relationship;
I am very pleased and excited to be at the centre of this
learning community.
Together
we can support our children to be the best they can be – confident
individuals, effective contributors, successful learners and
responsible citizens.
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Staffing Arrangements for next term 2009/2010 |
We
are very pleased to be able to tell you of our new staffing
arrangements for next term and year. They are:
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Mrs
Jocelyn Tulloch, Mrs Inga Gilmour and Mrs Barbara Moore |
P1 |
Mrs
Hazel McKinlay |
P3/2 |
Mrs
Alison Aitken |
P4/3 |
Mrs
Margaret Kirkness |
P5/4 |
Miss
Lindsay Campbell |
P6 |
Mr
Murray Gallacher |
P7 |
Miss
Lori Scott |
Music |
Mrs
Denise Denvir |
Support
Staff |
Mrs
cathie Shearer, Mrs Linda Bonner and Mrs Amanda Ruddick
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We
will be supporting two probationer teachers this year, one
in P1 and one in P6. They will be supported mainly by Mrs
Shelia Eunson and Mr Neil McIntosh. Neil will have time outwith
these duties to engage in developing a project in school and
for the Authority.
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The
St Andrews Primary School
Parent
Council |
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All
relevant information and items of interest, such as: minutes
of Parent Council meetings, fundraising activities and other
school news will now be posted onto the new Parent
Council Page. Please click on the photograph
or above link above to view.
The
Parent Council is also to be found on Wikispace, please click
the link below
www.saparentcouncil.wikispaces.com
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Occasionally
due to severe weather conditions, pupils may be sent home early
or the school may close until the weather improves. Details
of school closures are usually broadcast on Radio Orkney in
the morning during severe weather conditions or parents can
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Our
Privacy Promise |
We are
very aware of parents concerns as regards to the school website
and appreciate that some parents/ carers may not want their
children to be published online, so we are careful not to upload
any photos or information about pupils whose parents have not
given permission to the school. For parents who have given permission,
we are still very careful not to identify any pupils. We will
never identify a child alongside a photograph or give out personal
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St
Andrews Primary School
Toab,
Orkney Islands, KW17 2QU
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Telephone
01856 861256
FAX
01856
861421
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St
Andrews Primary School
Opened
in December 1995, St Andrews Primary School was built as a seven class
primary school with a nursery for the children of Deerness, Holm,
St Mary's, Tankerness and Toab. It was officially opened in June 1996
by Jim Wallace, MP for Orkney and Shetland.
Since extension work in 2003-04, there is a larger hall, eight class
bases and two shared areas in the ground floor of the teaching area.
Upstairs there is a computer room, small library area, art/ craft
base and teachers resource room.
The nursery is well equipped with both morning and afternoon sessions
for Nursery (3 year olds) and Pre-school (4 year olds)
In the administration area there is a Staff Room, The Office, Head
teacher's Office and a general purpose class base used for musical
activities as well as a Medical Inspection Room.
The school is surrounded by grassy and hard surfaced play areas which
are being developed gradually. At present there is a wooden Trim Track,
pond and wetland area, Victoria's Garden, a weather station and imaginative
games painted on the tarmac. Bulbs, trees and bushes have been planted
and further development of the of the outside of the school is on
going thanks to the Grounds for learning project.
There
are currently around 160 pupils at St Andrews, that includes the Nursery
pupils. The average class size is about 19 pupils per class.
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