November 2021

Welcome to our November Parent Council Newsletter

We hope you all had a good October break and the children are ready to enjoy our next term to Christmas.

Due to the continuing covid-19 restrictions, the Parent Council are not sure if we will be able to hold our usual fundraising discos and similar events this session, so please contact us if you have ANY ideas which we could use to raise money to support the school!!

We are resuming our fundraising activities, however, we will not be able to hold a Disco at the school until sometime in the New Year. The Hallowe'en Hamper on Wednesday 27th of October was a HUGE success! Well Done to our 3 winners and thanks to everyone who bought a ticket - we made the grand total of £239.55!!!

For out next fundraising we are having a dress backwards Nonsense in November on Friday 12th November!

Our next PC meetings are online on Zoom on:

Monday 06 December at 7pm

All Parents are very welcome to attend.

Please email us or use our Contact us form and we will send you out the Zoom meeting link just before the meeting.

Are you going to shop online this Christmas?

There is a REALLY, REALLY easy way to help raise funds to support our pupils using easyfundraising.


  1. Register using this link to support Bankhead Parent Council

  2. Download the donation reminder

  3. Or, go through the easyfundraising website to your favourite online shopping websites

  4. Activate the donation each time you shop online

It's that easy ....

REMEMBER!

School Car Free Zone and Face coverings!

Bankhead Primary School is part of the Glasgow School car free zone. All parents must not enter Broadlie Drive or Caldwell Avenue between 8:30am and 9:15am and 2:30pm and 3.15pm. If you see issues then you please report to school.

All parents are expected to wear face coverings when dropping and collecting their child at school. Please remember that Covid-19 numbers are still very high so please take all precautions necessary to protect you and your family.

Please remember that the Parent Council are here to represent you and to bring your views and issues to the school.

If you have anything that you need help with then you can contact us using our online form or email.

One Kind Word

This Anti bullying week encourage your children to join the '5 Days of Kindness' challenge!

The challenge: All you need to do is commit to one kind action every day of Anti-Bullying Week.

Download and complete the ‘5 Days of Kindness’ pledge card here.

Find out more.

The school's new communication app is up and running!

Search on your App Store for School App for Parents and input the school name - Bankhead Primary School Knightswood.

Then you should be up and running - it's that easy!

The school have agreed to all parents receiving a 5 minute phone call about their child's learning during November.

All parents should have had a letter home with the agreed dates and a choice of time slot.

If you have not received this letter, or need any help then please contact the school.

We are hoping to engage more of our parents who do not have English as their first language in the life of the school and the Parent Council. To do this we will be asking for parents to help to translate short documents into as many languages as possible.

If you are able to help then please contact us on bankheadparentcouncilgcc@gmail.com.

Glasgow Eco Trust Events:

Pedal on COP feeder ride - in partnership with GoBike and Pedal on Parliament we are hosting a feeder ride for Pedal on COP as part of the Global Day of Action on Sat 6 Nov. The ride will start at Clydebank Bandstand and stop off at Yoker Sports Centre, Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre and Partick Interchange before heading to Kelvingrove Park to join the main march. Come and join us and remind the decision makers that #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange More info on all the feeder rides

COP26 we have set up a dedicated section on our website for all things COP26 - www.glasgowecotrust.org.uk/cop26 check it our for the key info or see details below.

Sun 7 - Wed 10 Nov - The People's Summit for Climate Justice - the climate justice movement will be coming together to discuss, learn and strategise for system change. You can join in online from anywhere in the world, or in-person in Glasgow.

Learn to ride is back - delighted to announce that our learn to ride programme is back. These offer a free 30 minute indoor 1-2-1 session and all equipment is provided. Open to ages 12+. Booking in advance is required.

Health walks - our health walks programme is proving really popular with walks leaving from Heart of Scotstoun on a Wed and Fri morning. Open to all.

Scottish Child Disability Benefit


From 22 November 2021, Child Disability Payment (CDP) will replace disability living allowance (DLA) for children for new claims across Scotland.


You can apply for Child Disability Payment for a child under 16 with mental or physical disabilities to get support for the extra costs that a child with a disability might have.


Find out more information.

GCPG host many events throughout the year aimed at ALL parents within Glasgow. You can watch videos of their previous events on their Youtube Channel.

Remember the specialised forums for parents/carers from GCPG.


You can subscribe to their distribution list for up to date emails about their events (Email: GCParentsGroup@gmail.com) or follow them on Twitter or Facebook.