Nursery / ELC Menu  April - July 2024 

Primary Menu April - July 2024 

Tuesday 2nd April and Wednesday 3rd April

11:00-14:00

FREE ACTIVITIES

@ St Machar's Cathedral, Old Aberdeen

🐰 Sponsored Bunny Hop Friday 22nd March 🐰

Come along and cheer on our pupils and help us raise money for new PE equipment!

Pupils can dress as they please. Maybe some Spring colours???

Sponsor forms should be going home this week, please can all money and forms be returned to school by Thursday 28th March.

🐰Thank you for your continued support 🐰

Cases of measles are on the rise. So, it's important to be aware of the symptoms. Find out about the signs and what to do if you think you or your child has measles at nhsinform.scot/MMRagainstMeasles 

Enrolment for nursery sessions for  starting August 2024 - July 2025, open today and close on the 14th February, please use this link to apply if you have a child born between 1st March 2020 and 29th February 2022 

Link to enrol 

We are collecting again!!!

Please collect and donate any tokens to us from the Press & Journal and Evening Express Newspapers!

Tuesday 6th February

ELC - P3 from 6-7pm (All ELC children to be supervised)

P4- P7 7:15-8:15pm

£2 entry

Tuck shop

Glow Shop

Prize Disco

P1-3 Girls

Tuesday 23rd January

4-5pm

At Get Active Kincorth

Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/toilet-training-children-with-send-rare-conditions-tickets-722636805137 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Aberdeen City Council – School Age Childcare Parent and Carer Consultation 2023

Part 8 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 requires Local Authorities to consult regularly with parents about the provision of day care. Following our recent Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Parent and Carer Consultation 2023, Aberdeen City Council is now carrying out an online consultation with parents and carers on School Age Childcare in the city.  

Our 2021 consultation was particularly interested to find out about the impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on the use of School Age Childcare. We are now keen to see if access and need for School Age Childcare has changed since the pandemic and are interested to hear from those families who use School Age Childcare as well as those who do not.

We would be very grateful if parents and carers could complete the consultation, which should take no longer than 5-10 minutes. It can be completed online using the link below:

https://consultation.aberdeencity.gov.uk/education-and-childrens-services/aberdeen-city-council-school-age-childcare-consult

All answers are confidential and anonymous.  The information gathered will be used by Aberdeen City Council to inform our ongoing support, development and delivery of School Age Childcare locally and will inform future policy.

The closing date for completing the survey is Sunday 7th January 2024.

Congratulations to our Parent Council raffle winners! Some incredible hampers going home with families today 

A huge thank you to our Parent Council for funding our Christmas pantomime this year! Our children and staff absolutely love the performance of Robin Hood from M&M Theatrical

Dear Parent,

Festive Food Parcels

At Somebody Cares, our greatest desire is that everyone can enjoy a peaceful and stress-free Christmas. With the ongoing uncertainty within our city and shire, a growing number of residents are facing challenging times.  Our Christmas 2023 appeal aims to provide Festive Food Parcels to those in need of a helping hand over the festive period.

If you feel you could benefit from our assistance, you can contact us until 19th December 2023 to request a parcel by email at christmas@somebodycaresscotland.org or call us on 01224 460700.  We expect to be very busy this year so urge you to contact us as soon as possible.

We hope to distribute parcels throughout the city on the 20th, 21st and 22nd December.  Collections will also be possible from our Food Bank at Somebody Cares House, Wellington Circle, Altens,  AB12 3JG

If you are facing uncertainty this Christmas, please get in touch and allow us to lighten the load, as our name suggests, Somebody Cares, and we are here to help.

Wishing you a peaceful Christmas

Yours sincerely

Brian Taylor

Chief Executive

Somebody Cares Scotland SCIO

All Young Carers & Care Experienced children, Young People and their families welcome!

Thursday 14th December 4-6pm

Get Active @ Westburn Outdoor Centre, Westburn Park Road, AB25 3DE

To book a place, ring the number, email the address or scan the QR code on the photo attached. 

School have paper copies of the booking form that can be requested.

Transport can be provided from various locations 

You’ve got to be in it to win it!

£1 per ticket for your chance to win one of this year’s 3 hampers!

Tickets are on sale now until Friday 15th December. Tickets will also be available to buy on both days of the shows, please take change if you can.

Raffle will be drawn on the last week of term. Good luck 🤞

Thank you all for your continued support this year 🥰 

The Parent Council

Click here to watch the video of an event that our Primary 6 children attended before the October holidays to improve and restart the love for running.

It was organised by ACC and The Daily Mile team. 

The children practised and will continue to go outside for 15 minutes a day to get some physical exercise at their own pace.

Aberdeen Sports Village, in partnership with Global E&C, the National Lottery Community Fund are delighted to offer the opportunity for free sport and food lead by North East Scotland College sports students and partner clubs to children from Aberdeen City Schools, The next sessions will take place from week commencing Monday 30 October and will run as detailed in the pdf .

To sign up, click on the Book Here links alongside your chosen activity. You can sign up straight away and you can turn up on week one

Parent/guardians are required to stay in Aberdeen Sports Village for the duration of the session to comply with their under 8’s policy, to support their child getting to and from the session, and assist with their food that they will get from the cafe.

The Read&Write toolbar is an essential resource that we use in school. It is accessible to all children in Aberdeen City Council Schools. It provides them with tools to improve and support there literacy skills when using their Chromebook. We use it as an essential aid for children with specific literacy needs such as dyslexia etc.
We would encourage all parents to sign up to the Parent Training Session on Wed 4th October from 19:00-20:30 if possible to support your child(ren) and understand how it works for yourself too. This session can be booked using this link. Sessions are at Aberdeen Grammar School

Here is the calendar of events were we as a school report on the progress and achievement of our pupils to their families. 

Reporting is an ongoing activity which promotes partnership between school and home, with the common goal of raising attainment. 

Formal reporting to parents of pupils in Primary school has been realigned to incorporate one interim report in November and a final report in May.

Focused parent/teacher learning conversations will enhance relationships and provide protected opportunities for purposeful dialogue.

Please come along to our Parent Council AGM on Monday 11th September 2023 from 6-730pm in the school staffroom

ALL WELCOME!

Come and join Euan and Meg for a weekly walk up Kincorth Hill. This is a gentle 45-minute walk with free teas, coffees and biscuits provided afterwards. If you would like more information about the walk or would like to know more about the Family Learning Team, please contact Euan on 07971707468 or EuRae@aberdeencity.gov.uk 

Hello, I’m Euan Rae, Family Learning Development Worker for the Torry, Kincorth and Cove area. The Family Learning Team work in partnership with schools and other agencies to support families in bringing up their children. We work on a one-to-one basis with parents and offer support on topics like setting boundaries and being consistent, sleep routines, building confidence in parenting skills, promoting effective communication between parents and children, child development and other parenting information and advice. The team also offer courses to parents, and these include Understanding Emotions, Sleep, Confidence and Assertiveness for parents, Life Skills for Little Ones, Digital Awareness for Parents, Mental Health Awareness, and Outdoor Education. If you would like to find out more, please contact Euan on 07971707468 or EuRae@aberdeencity.gov.uk

This Friday 07.07.23 - last day of term! Parent Council will supply a Tuck Shop Trolley. No obligation to buy, just an option. Children can still take their own treat snack instead. 

Aberdeen City Council has launched a public consultation that will help shape the 2024/25 Budget and future spending plans. The feedback will be shared with all Elected Members to help them decide how to allocate funds for running services.

Phase 1 – which will run until the end of July – invites you to identify what they think should be the council’s spending priorities. Phase 2 will give you the chance to explore detailed options for producing a balanced budget, including finding necessary savings.  

We’re very keen to capture the views of young people, so it would be wonderful if you could encourage your children to complete the consultation. If they are under 16, they should be supervised while doing so.

https://aberdeencity.pointsimulator.com/

One of our P7 pupils is starring in this production! It runs from 12-15th July - a perfect Summer holiday activity! Tickets are available from the Aberdeen Arts Centre website:  www.aberdeenartscentre.com/whats-on/matilda-jr. 

Click here to watch a clip of the footage taken from this amazing opportunity that our Primary 4s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8zHmOl2xKo 

We are so proud of them all.

Monday 26th June 13:30-14:30

Thursday 6th July 09:30-10:30

18.05.2023

A Groupcall message went out with the following information helpig parents to book a slot for Parent's evenings next week. Any questions or queries, just call the school office!

Our P7s received their Leaver's Hoodies last Friday much to their delight! 

A huge thank you to our Parent Council who paid for half of the cost to reduce the price for families. It is much appreciated!

Check out the post on our Twitter page https://twitter.com/abbotswell/status/1657346300159877122 

The local police supported our P7 children to act as Junior Cops and inform drivers of the speed limit along Faulds Gate. They used the Speed Gun to track the speeds some drivers were driving at and pulled them in to inform them that the speed limit is actually 20mph, not 30mph as a lot of people think! It is a residential area with a school!!! Check out how they have done in the photos

Please join us in celebrating the children compete and have fun at their organised races! see the photo attached for all the information!

Come join in the fun with an evening of Mediumship to raise some much needed funds to continue to maintain and make improvements to our school!

The more the merrier!! :)

The Care Inspectorate visited Abbotswell School Early Learning Centre (ELC) late in term 3 over the course of two days.

It was a positive visit with the inspector impressed with how well our ELC is running.

Here is a link to the report: https://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/inspection-reports 

Welcomes you to come along and help get the garden ready for 2023!

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd of April from 11am-2pm.

See poster for details.

Tools, snacks and refreshments provided. We are looking for new volunteers and garden group members to help develop the garden this year.

Please contact asteehouder@aberdeencity.gov.uk if you are interested or have any questions.

https://www.facebook.com/CommunitiesTorry/?locale=en_GB

One of our fab P7s is performing in this show at the Aberdeen Arts Centre from 26th - 29th April 2023  

Get your tickets here: www.aberdeenartscentre.com/aea 

Tuesday 14th March 2023

All welcome!

Tuesday evenings 6-8pm

7th-28th of March 2023

Online on Microsoft Teams

For more information or to book a space email Lauren on: 

lrobertson-young@aberdeencity.gov.uk or call on 07919394142

Design a Cosmic (Space) themed banner and drop it into your local library

For more information go to this link: 

www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries-and-archives/aberdeen-reads 

CONSULTATION OPEN: REVISED CHILDREN’S SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN 2023-26

What we are consulting on?

The Children’s Services Board is consulting on the draft revised Children’s Services Strategic Plan 2023-26 which sets out the priorities we have identified to help improve outcomes for children, young people and their families in Aberdeen.

In November 2022, the Children’s Services Board gathered and analysed data from across all children and family services, as well as feedback from children and young people and their families to develop a children and young people’s population needs assessment.  This has then been used to help Board members identify current and future need for the child population as a whole, for more vulnerable groups within this and also by age and stage.

The Board have used the population needs assessment, along with the direction of travel outlined in The Promise, the cultural transformation required to deliver against the UNCRC and anticipated legislation such as the anticipated Care and Justice Bill and education reform agenda to inform the revised draft Children’s Services Plan 2023-26.

We’d like to hear your views on our draft Plan

The draft Children’s Services Plan 2023-26 is now open for consultation until 12 March 2023. The consultation gives all citizens the opportunity to comment on the draft Plan before it is considered by the Community Planning Aberdeen Board on 19 April 2023. 

Please tell us your view and whether we’re focusing on the right priorities by accessing the consultation at the link below:

https://consultation.aberdeencity.gov.uk/customer/draft-revised-childrens-services-strategic-plan-2/

The views of our children and young people are vital to informing the Plan and ensuring that our priorities are the right ones. To assist with engagement, we have developed a children and young people’s version of the Plan, along with a MS Form to capture their views. Children and Young People can complete the form individually, or as part of a group.

If you have any queries or would like to give us feedback, please use the comments boxes in the link or email us at communityplanning@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Tuesday 7th February

Nursery - Primary 3 = 6-7pm (All Nursery children must be accompanied)

Primary 4 - Primary 7 = 7:15-8:15pm

£2 entry

Lots of things to buy: Glitter tattoos, Tuck shop pieces, Glow shop etc

Monday 30th January 2023

6-7pm

Staffroom

Abbotswell School is moving to a new system for school meals payments, called ParentPay. The new online service for school meals will go live on 23 January 2023.

For more information visit: School Meals ParentPay | Aberdeen City Council 

A service for our staff, parents and colleagues and anyone who may use our organization who may need to find a safe space to talk to someone regarding the challenges they maybe experiencing.

The service is open to anyone over the age of 18 who wants to talk to someone confidentially.  The Listening Service is available at various GP practices across Aberdeen city.

They also provide appointments at the Aberdeen Health Village on Frederick Street, and Get Active@Northfield centre, (Northfield Swimming Pool).  All bookings for both sites are made via the health village, telephone number 01224 65 55 55.

When: Sunday 11th December 2022

Where: KC Community Hub (formerly Kincorth Community Centre)

Time: 4:00pm