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School Events, Excursions and Parent Helpers

Please find attached updated information and guidance for parent helpers for any upcoming excursions 

Parent and family learning

We are delighted to be hosting a series of parenting sessions for children aged 3-6 years old. These sessions will be held in our school every Wednesday (10am to 12noon) from February 25th until 17th June and will be facilitated by the Parenting and Family Learning Team. If you are interested in attending, please email parenting@pkc.gov.uk or get in touch with school office or Mrs Robertson in our nursery. 

Additionally, there will similar sessions running at Newhill Primary every Thursday (10am to 12 noon) from 19th February to 11th June. These sessions will be aimed at parents of children aged 8 to 12 years old. If you are interested in attending, please email parenting@pkc.gov.uk. 
 

Global Play Day

? Global School Play Day – Wednesday 4th February
On Wednesday 4th February, we will be taking part in Global School Play Day (GSPD), a worldwide celebration of child‑led, unstructured play.
Children are welcome to bring in a toy or game from home to use during our free‑play session.
(Please avoid electronic or battery‑operated toys)
Thank you for your support — we’re looking forward to a fun day of creativity, imagination, and play! ??
    

Priority Family Group Consultation

Please find attached information for Priority family group interview and consultation information 

January newsletter

Dear pupils, parents/carers and friends of Rattray I hope this January newsletter (a little later than planned—my apologies!) finds you well and that you enjoyed a joyful and restful festive break. The new term seems to have begun much like the last one ended, with both staff and pupils contending with a range of winter bugs. We’re hopeful this passes soon and that everyone’s energy returns. Despite this, our dedicated staff have already launched into another busy and exciting term of learning, with a wonderful variety of activities, projects, and special events planned for your children. Over the next few weeks, we have several events taking place. As always, these can be found in the annual dates section at the end of each newsletter, but I’ve included additional detail below to help keep you informed. I encourage you to stay connected with our school community through our communication channels and by joining us at school events whenever possible.

P1-7 Come and Try - A day of sport

Please see attached flyer for more details. 

Scottish Afternoon Info

Scots Afternoon (change of date) – Friday 6th February – 2pm (sharp)
Our Scots Afternoon (poster also attached) will be led by our upper school pupils from P6, P6/7 and P7. During the afternoon all our classes will entertain parents/carers and relatives with Scots poems, songs and dancing in Rattray Community Connect.  We hope you can join us on this celebratory afternoon but do remember to wear something tartan or Scottish and bring your dancing shoes - there may also be some shortbread on offer! 
Use this link to book your tickets https://forms.office.com/e/JDpSsEu7X7
 
On this afternoon you will have the opportunity to hear our Scots poetry winners from each class. Parents of these children will be informed separately, and we will ensure that seating is kept at the Scots afternoon for2 family members of each winning child.
 

After school clubs

Please see attached letter regarding after school clubs. 

December Update

Please find attached our December update which will get you informed of what’s going at Rattray over the next week.

Thanks
 

Useful CAMHS links

Please find below and attached some useful links from CAMHS

Understanding and Supporting Your Child:
This is the course we recommend starting with if you have a child who has big emotions or big behaviours, or who is or may be neurodivergent. In this course we explore preventative and in the moment strategies for supporting your child’s development and focus on building on your child’s strengths. 
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/understanding-and-supporting-your-child-3782053 

Supporting Your Child's Communication: 
Did you know that around 80% of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in children, have an underlying communication difficulty? Join us for this online session exploring communication basics and strategies to help with communication.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/supporting-your-childs-communication-4620083 

Understanding Sleep 
Join us for this online session exploring both sleep basics and strategies to help with problematic sleep patterns.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/understanding-sleep-4620053 

Understanding Big Emotions 
Before attending this session we recommend completing our Understanding and Supporting Your Child course first, then join us for this online session exploring emotions and strategies to support your child.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/understanding-big-emotions-for-parents-and-carers-4794815 

Understanding and Supporting Behaviour
Before attending this session, we recommend completing our Understanding and Supporting Your Child course first, then join us for these online sessions exploring behaviour. Over two weeks we'll look at strategies to help us better understand behaviours, preventative strategies, and specific strategies related to the function of behaviour.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/understanding-and-supporting-behaviour-4794907

Executive Function 
Join us for this online session exploring supporting your child's focus and organisation skills. 
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/executive-function-4795078 

Decider Skills 
Join us to learn about the 12 Decider Life Skills, based in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. These skills aim to support children and young people to learn to manage emotionally difficult situations in less damaging, more positive ways. The skills support distress tolerance, emotional regulation , mindfulness and interpersonal communication.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/parents-decider-skills-training-3001949 

Supporting Your Child With Anxiety and Worries
Over 4 weeks our Mental Health Education Officers will explore anxiety:

• What is it? Why do we have it?
• When do we know anxiety is becoming a problem?
• Anxiety Traps? What are they? How can we avoid them?
• Ways to cope.

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/supporting-a-childteen-with-anxiety-worries-3001979 

Your Resilience for Parents/Carers of Teens
Join our 4-week online programme aimed at building your understanding of resilience. We will discuss how to support your teen with coping with stress and distress; managing friendships and social pressures; and how to talk with your teen about resilience and mental health.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/your-resilience-for-parents-and-carers-of-teens-3702449