Hello and welcome to the ‘Reston Primary School’ blog page.
This blog will be used for posting information on events and news happening in the school and local community.
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ELC and S c h o o l N e w s
Dear Parents/Carers
I hope this newsletter finds you and your family safe and well.
Some of the staff and myself will be working in the Eyemouth Learning Community Hub provision at Eyemouth Primary School from Monday 8th June for one week. There is also provision for ELC children which is based at the Highway Day Nursery in Eyemouth which some ELC staff are supporting learning with. Staff from all Learning Community Primary Schools and from Eyemouth High School have helped support the Hub provision for the children of key workers and invited families. We will continue to do so throughout this period of uncertainty.
Glow Teams Parental Engagement Questionnaire and SBC Survey
Please complete the attached questionnaire and return it to myself by email to the Reston Mailbox, on restonps@scotborders.gov.uk I would appreciate if these can be returned by Friday 29th May this will help inform our next steps.
Scottish Borders Council issued a Home Learning Survey to all families on Friday 15th May, please ensure you have completed your views by the 31st May. Here is the link:
https://scotborders.citizenspace.com/children-and-young-people/home-learning-evaluation-may-2020/
This is to help gauge a central response to home learning across our local authority.
Reston Rattle Snake
If you live near the school, why not decorate a stone and add it to our Reston Rattle snake, whom we’ve named ‘Rocco’. We will update the schools Facebook page as he gets longer. Rocco is located at the double gates in front of the big playground. We can’t wait to see him grow!
Community Patchwork
To supplement home learning online we have the opportunity to take part in a local project to make a giant patchwork quilt. All schools in the Eyemouth Learning Community Cluster have been invited to take part so the quilt should be an impressive size. All completed squares can be posted to Mrs Lathe at Eyemouth High School, details are on the poster below or dropped in at the Eyemouth Primary School Hub on Coldingham Road in Eyemouth. If you are unable to do this, please get in touch and I can arrange to collect from Reston Village Shop. Thank you for your support with this.
Primary 7 Updates:
Dalguise
Thank you for your patience. SBC are in touch with our insurers and as soon as an update is provided, I will inform you of when your refund will be made.
P7 Hooded Sweatshirts
These have been ordered and will be presented to the children when it is safe to do so. We would like to mark their leaving of Primary School in a special and fitting way for this fantastic group of P7 learners.
P7 Library Books
Please can all P7 children let Miss Eaves know of a novel of their choice which will be gifted to them on behalf of the Reston Parent Council Forum. Please can your son or daughter let us know the reasons for this so that I can arrange with Miss Bell and Miss Moulin to order their novel choices? These novels will be presented to the children when we mark them as leavers, and in tradition they will be left in the school library for other children to enjoy reading in years to come.
Transition to Eyemouth High School
Please visit the Eyemouth High School website, if you haven’t done so already by following these instructions below. Mr Chapman, Head Teacher and his Deputes, Mrs Patterson and Mrs Fairbairn look forward to meeting with their new P7 families when it is safe and possible to do so.
Parents/pupils need to go to the Eyemouth High School Website then go to:
‘STUDENTS’ tab (along the top)
Then scroll down to the bottom to find ‘P7 transition 2020’
This link will take them straight to the virtual tour:
https://www.eyemouthhigh.org.uk/page/?title=P7+Transition+2020&pid=560
East Berwickshire Churches
East Berwickshire Churches are inviting pupils to hang a heart, rainbow or note on any church gate or railing in our area between Thursday 21st May (Ascension Day) and Sunday 31st May (Pentecost Sunday). Any size, shape or colour but make it from waterproof material if possible, or put it in a poly bag. Write on your personal prayer or wish for the world at this difficult time, coping with the stress of the covid-19 virus. Thank you. Rev Norman Whyte.
Transition to P1
We will be sharing a PowerPoint presentation and welcome to P1 Booklet for all of the children who will be starting Primary 1 with us next session. This information will be issued to those new families on Friday 22nd May. For children who are starting Primary 1 at Ayton Primary School, please be assured that Mrs Donkin, Head Teacher and I have been liaising about transition and she will be contacting new families in the near future.
Free School Meals
If you are entitled to free school meals and you have not been accessing these but wish to do so please get in touch with me. These meals can be transported to those people who cannot collect from the Hub provision at Eyemouth or from the kitchen at Chirnside Primary School.
Help for Families
The Salvation Army in Berwick is also offering assistance to families. Should you require support for food parcels, please contact me by email and I can arrange for these to be safely delivered to you by school staff.
Primary 6: JRSO Application Form
All Primary 6 children are invited to complete a Junior Road Safety Officer application form which can be found on their Glow page. Please complete and email to Miss Eaves and Mrs Horsburgh on their Glow emails by Friday 26th June 2020. If there are questions around this please contact Miss Eaves through the P4-7 Home Learning page. Thank you.
Staff Emails Contact
Please find below the email address of your child’s class teacher or early years practitioner should you require support or have a question with any aspect of the home learning provision which is being provided.
ELC Class
Mrs Allerstorfer: gw09allerstorfererik@glow.sch.uk
Miss Turnbull: gw19turnbulljoanne@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Dalgleish: gw09dalgleishheather@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Roberts: gw13robertsalison@glow.sch.uk
P1-3 Class
Mrs Patterson: gw15pattersonamy@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Horsburgh: gw09horsburghjill2@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Gold: gw09goldlana@glow.sch.uk
P4-7 Class
Miss Eaves: gw09eavescatherine@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Gold: gw09goldlana@glow.sch.uk
PE Curriculum Support Teacher Miss Bridgewater: gw09bridgewaterkathe@glow.sch.uk
Music Curriculum Support Teacher: gw17scottsallyanne@glow.sch.uk
Administrator: eaitchison@scotborders.gov.uk or restonps@scotborders.gov.uk
Reminders about responding to Emails and Questionnaires
Please check your emails on a regular basis as we are often asked to feedback information to the centre at SBC Head Quarters.
Please do get in touch if there is anything I can support you with. The staff and I are missing all of the children very much and we look forward to when our school reopens and we can learn in the way the children are accustomed to.
Thank you very much for your continued support.
Kind regards
Jill M Horsburgh
Head Teacher
ELC and S c h o o l N e w s
Dear Parents/Carers
I hope this newsletter finds you and your family safe and well.
As we continue through this period, the staff at Reston Primary School want you to know we are missing you all and look forward to when we do return to our school building.
Last week some of the staff and myself worked in the Eyemouth Learning Community Hub provision at Eyemouth Primary School. There is also provision for ELC children which is based at the Highway Day Nursery in Eyemouth. Staff from all Learning Community Primary Schools and from Eyemouth High School have helped support the Hub provision for the children of key workers and invited families. We will continue to do so throughout this period of uncertainty.
Glow Teams
Home learning continues to be a focus for everyone at this time. Please ensure you are accessing the class page for your son or daughter. You will find the curriculum overviews within these which have also been emailed out to you.
We would love to see what the children have been up to, if you wish to share any photographs or videos, please post on Glow Teams or you can email to the Reston mailbox, on restonps@scotborders.gov.uk
Please find below the email address of your child’s class teacher or early years practitioner should you require support or have a question with any aspect of the home learning provision which is being provided.
Staff Emails Contact
ELC Class
Mrs Allerstorfer: gw09allerstorfererik@glow.sch.uk
Miss Turnbull: gw19turnbulljoanne@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Dalgleish: gw09dalgleishheather@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Roberts: gw13robertsalison@glow.sch.uk
P1-3 Class
Mrs Patterson: gw15pattersonamy@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Horsburgh: gw09horsburghjill2@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Gold: gw09goldlana@glow.sch.uk
P4-7 Class
Miss Eaves: gw09eavescatherine@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Gold: gw09goldlana@glow.sch.uk
PE Curriculum Support Teacher Miss Bridgewater: gw09bridgewaterkathe@glow.sch.uk
Music Curriculum Support Teacher: gw17scottsallyanne@glow.sch.uk
Administrator: eaitchison@scotborders.gov.uk or restonps@scotborders.gov.uk
P7 Transition
You should have received a letter from Mrs Patterson, Depute Head Teacher at Eyemouth High School. This was emailed out on Friday 1st May. If you have any queries around P7 transition, please do not hesitate to contact me.
In-service Day – Thursday 7th May
On Thursday 7th May staff will be taking part in self-evaluation activities linked to the School Improvement Plan as previously planned for. Therefore, there will be no new learning activities posted on the class Glow Teams on Thursday 7th or on Friday 8th May which is a national VE Day holiday.
VE Day – Friday 8th May
Should your child wish to participate in making home decorations for VE Day, we would love to see any photographic evidence that we can share on the School blog and school Facebook page.
Here is a link from one of our parents, Miss Goldsmith who was going to be working with staff in school on VE Day decorations: https://pin.it/5GLvYrE
Help for Families
Please see below information regarding Cash for Kids Grants.
The Salvation Army in Berwick is also offering assistance to families:
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/berwick-upon-tweed
Free School Meals
If you are entitled to free school meals and you have not been accessing these but wish to do so please get in touch with me. These meals can be transported to those people who cannot collect from the Hub provision at Eyemouth or from the kitchen at Chirnside Primary School.
Reminders about responding to Emails and Questionnaires
Please check your emails on a regular basis as we are often asked to feedback information to the centre at SBC Head Quarters.
Please do get in touch if there is anything I can support you with.
Thank you.
Kind regards
Jill M Horsburgh
Head Teacher
FAQs Borders Cash for Kids Basic Essential Family Grant 2020
Borders Cash for Kids Basic Essentail Family Fund Grant 2020
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope this letter finds you and your families all safe and well. I hope you have been able to enjoy some of the lovely weather we have been having lately from the safety of your gardens. We are certainly very lucky to be living in a beautiful part of the countryside. I know that I have enjoyed my daily walk taking in the lovely views we have in Berwickshire.
Eyemouth Learning Community Hub Provision
Some of our children have been accessing the Hub facility which is based at Eyemouth Primary School and the Highway Day Nursery in Eyemouth. These are the facilities which are being used for the children of key workers during the national response to COVID-19 for families of children who attend ELC, Primary School and for S1 and S2 pupils who attend Eyemouth High School. If you are a key worker or have been contacted directly by myself, the school Hub at Eyemouth Primary may be somewhere you would like to access. This can be done by accessing the booking in system for Childcare Hubs on the Scottish Borders Council website at: www.scotborders.gov.uk/coronavirus
Free school meals
If you are entitled to free school meals and you have not been accessing these but wish to do so please get in touch with me. These meals can be transported to those people who cannot collect from the Hub provision at Eyemouth or from the kitchen at Chirnside Primary School.
Home Learning on GLOW TEAMS
Prior to the Easter holiday period we emailed every family a GLOW TEAMs log in for you to use to support your child/children with during the period of school closures. On each class page we will post some learning activities for further home learning for the children to access this term. There are pages set up for each of our three classes, ELC, P1-3 and P4-7.
Each week there will be a list of suggested activities. Spending time as a family to complete activities you wish to do so are also vitally important. Please do what works for you and your family.
I have included the emails for staff should you wish to get in touch with them out with the Glow class page for your son or daughter. We are looking forward to hearing how the children are getting on or if you need any questions answered. Some of my staff work part time at our school so please remember they may not be able to respond to any requests straight away but they will endeavour to do so when they can.
Their email contacts for during normal ELC and school hours are:
ELC Class
Mrs Allerstorfer: gw09allerstorfererik@glow.sch.uk
Miss Turnbull: gw19turnbulljoanne@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Dalgleish: gw09dalgleishheather@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Roberts: gw13robertsalison@glow.sch.uk
P1-3 Class
Mrs Patterson: gw15pattersonamy@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Horsburgh: gw09horsburghjill2@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Gold: gw09goldlana@glow.sch.uk
P4-7 Class
Miss Eaves: gw09eavescatherine@glow.sch.uk
Mrs Gold: gw09goldlana@glow.sch.uk
PE Curriculum Support Teacher Miss Bridgewater: gw09bridgewaterkathe@glow.sch.uk
Music Curriculum Support Teacher: gw17scottsallyanne@glow.sch.uk
Administrator: gw09aitchisoneilidh@glow.sch.uk or restonps@scotborders.gov.uk
If you have anything you would like to share or your child/children are particularly proud of please share on the class Glow Teams page or you can email your child’s teacher and we can share, if you wish to with the wider school community.
P7 Residential Trip to Dalguise
All Head teachers are awaiting further information from the centre at SBC headquarters and when we have this information, I will be writing to all P7 families with your refund. Thank you for your patience with this matter.
Transitions to P1, new classes for next session and for P7
You will receive further information from myself around this as we move forward but please be reassured I am communicating with different ELC settings and Eyemouth High School around this. We will also plan for a transition time in school for all of our current and new pupils when we do return to our school building.
Groupcall Xpressions App
If you haven’t yet signed up for the XPressions app, please do so. Groupcall Xpresssions is a new way for you to view messages from your child’s school through an App on your mobile phone or tablet. Text alerts will be used for any urgent messages, while all others will be sent using the new App or Groupcall email. Please see flyer attached. If you have any issues/problems with using the Xpressions app, please contact Miss Aitchison through the Reston Primary School mailbox on restonps.scotborders.gov.uk or she can be contacted by email on: eaitchison@scotborders.gov.uk
Reston Parent Council Forum
Once we return to school I will hold a meeting with members of the Parent Council Forum and we can continue with our ongoing business of supporting school improvement and gathering your views moving forward for next session and beyond.
Should you need to contact me, please email me on restonps.scotborders.gov.uk or at Jill.Horsburgh@scotborders.gov.uk. I will be on duty at the Learning Community Hub during the week beginning 27th April with some of my staff but I will still be contactable by email. If it is an emergency you can contact me on 018907-50692 up until 6.00pm during that week.
Thank you very much for your continued support. I wish you all well in the coming days and weeks ahead. I look forward to hearing from the children on their class Glow teams pages.
Kind regards
Jill M Horsburgh
Head Teacher
