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This
website was last updated on Thursday 17th May 2012
Our
School Logo - The Heron
Our
School Vision:
Excellent
Education For All
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Working Parties
Working parties is a new page that has been set up so that pupils can add their seasonal photos and also photos of their wall displays. Please click on the link above to see their page.
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Quote
for the week
A good book should leave you.......slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading reading it.
Weekly events at St Andrews for week starting Monday 14th May 2012
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Monday 14th May
9:30pm Business Meeting in hall
2:30pm Cycle Training
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Tuesday 15th May
1:30pm p6/5 Swimming
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Thursday 17th May
9:30am SPCA Visit in P4/3
(animal friendly citizens)
11:10am SPCA Visit in P5/4
7:30pm Junior Instrumental Concert
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Friday 18th May
9:30am Mrs Dass Assembly
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The
St Andrews Primary School
Parent
Council
Please
click on the Logo above for all the latest news and updates
on the Parent Council
What
is The Parent Council?
As a parent of a child in our school you automatically become
a member of the Parent Forum and Parents are invited to attend
AGM meetings as observers or contributors. The Parent Council
works together with everyone involved in school life- parents,
learners, teachers, school staff and the wider community-
to support the school. The council itself is made up of parents,
teachers and co-opted members. Our local councillors come
along too, to help support the school.
Parent
Council meets once a term, with additional meetings when there
are special events, e.g. preparing for a fundraiser or helping
out at parents evenings. We hope that you, our parents can
find a small amount of time to support your Parent Council
and our wonderful school.
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Main Entrance to our school
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 180 pupils at StAndrews, that includes the Nursery
pupils. The average class size is about 22 pupils per class.
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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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St Andrews Community Association
The Community Centre in Toab hosts many local community events as well as being available for hire for weddings or other functions to everyone. There is a variety of activities going on for the whole family including clubs, events such as afternoon teas, car boot sales and Gala's. The Community Associaltion are always on the look out for new commitee members or volunteers who would just like to help out at events.
Please click on the link below to visit their website and find out more about what your local Community Centre has to offer.
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Enquire
If,
as a parent or carer, you're worried your child might need extra
support in school but confused about what to do next, the Enquire
website can help you. They have lots of practical advice
to help you find your way through the education and additional
support needs system to make sure your child gets the most from
their education.
They
also offer advice and information to practitioners working with
families and to children and young people themselves.
Below are two websites, one aimed for adults and one especially
for young people to access. Please click on the links below. |
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Counterweight
families
Seeking
families for healthy weight programme
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Family
life can be fun and rewarding, but sometimes it can be hectic
and challenging! Do you want to spend more time together,
have fun, be more active and be healthier? Then this is the
programme for you! Counterweight Families is a new, exciting
and free programme on offer through NHS Orkney. It supports
your family to take the first steps to making small changes
to family routine and habits to mange healthy weights and
ensure improved health. Please click on the link below for
more information about this programme and for contact detail.
Counterweight
Families
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Club
Times |
Club
times is a joint newsletter from Community Learning &
development Service and Orkney Association of Youth Clubs.
Please click on the link below to read the 13th issue of Club
Times. It's full of interesting articles and information about
all of the great work that the youth clubs in Orkney have
been doing in the past few months.
Club
Times
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| Local
links to explore |
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The
Orcadian newspaper |
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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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| Scottish
Executive |
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| Northlink
Ferries |
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| Pentland
Ferries |
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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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Mrs Thelma Holt
Head
Teacher of St Andrews Primary School
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Glowing
Report for St Andrews
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are very pleased to post a copy of the report of HMIe visit
to our school in June 2010 on our school website.
Our
experience of the inspection was a positive one, and I am very
pleased to read in the report that the inspectors noted much
of the very good work that goes on in our school, including
friendly and polite children who are involved in improving the
school and the lives of others; positive relationships between
most members of the school community; and high-quality learning
experiences for the children. These strengths are the foundation
of a school that is in a good place to move forward with creativity
and imagination, in trust and respect, with whatever challenges
lie ahead.
We
note areas where we would like to do better: continue to work
on improving standards in writing; look at how we organise support
for learning in our school; and consider making better use of
self-evaluation in nursery. The enthusiastic and dedicated team
here at St Andrews has already begun to make plans for the coming
year in these areas, and as always we would appreciate thoughts
and ideas from parents and children on how to improve what we
offer.
We
strive to provide the most effective opportunities for all our
learners at St Andrews, and with the support of our community
can continue to ensure high standards in everything we do.
Thelma
Holt
Head
Teacher
St Andrews School
Report
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Staff Team for 2011/12 |
Our
staff team is:
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Mrs
Jocelyn Tulloch, Mrs Inga Gilmour and Mrs Barbara Moore
(Nursery Nurse) |
P1 |
Mrs
Alison Aitken |
P2 |
Mrs
Lori Dass |
P4/3 |
Mrs
Margaret Kirkness |
P5/4 |
Ms
Mharee Rendall |
P6/5 |
Miss Charlene Leask (maternity cover for Mrs Lindsay Moar) |
P7/6 |
Mr
Neil McIntosh |
Music |
Mrs
Jennie Keldie |
Art |
Mrs Verity Branscombe |
Fiddle, Tin Whistle and Woodwind |
Mr
Douglas Montgomery and Mr Steve Miller |
Drama |
Mr
Chris Giles |
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Paula Kennedy (Support Teacher) Mrs Jan Higson and Miss
Karen Hume (Early Years in Nursery) Mrs Linda Bonner, Mrs Amanda Ruddick and Mrs Teresa Peace (Support for
Learning Assistant in Nursery) (Suport for
Learning Assistant)Mrs Amanda Ruddick |
P.E |
Mr
Bradley MacDonald |
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Mrs
Thora Moar, Ms LeesaThomson,
Ms Elaine Pottinger, Mrs Doreen Cursiter |
| Janitor |
Mr
Conrad Murray |
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Mrs
Leonora Peace, Mrs Samantha Rendall, Mrs Karen Rendall,
Mrs Tracey Lesley |
Cleaning
Staff |
Mrs
Karen Rendall, Mrs Elaine Ward, Mrs Alison Low |
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Standards
and Quality Report Wordle
Wordle
is a program that takes a whole document, counts the words and
the more often a word is used, the bigger it is on the wordle
page. We have put the Standards and Quality Report into wordle,
and you can tell from the bigger words what is most important
in our school. If you would like to read the full version then
click on the link above the wordle. Please click on the photo
itself for a larger file if you should wish to print it out
or view it better. |
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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 details of any of our pupils. |
St
Andrews Primary School
Toab,
Orkney Islands, KW17 2QU
Telephone
01856 861256
FAX
01856
861421
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If
you have any comments or questions about this website, please
e-mail us at
webmaster.standrews@orkneyschools.org.uk
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| Photograph
of St Andrews School taken from the top of Stembister Road in
Toab. Wideford Hill in Kirkwall can be seen in the background.
To the centre right of the photograph can be seen the old St
Andrews School building. |
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