Shortlees Primary School

P6 have thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Bannockburn. Photos will be posted on Learning Journals in the coming days.

P6 on route to Bannockburn, have fun 🤩 💜

Yesterday after school P1 we were joined by Lorna Sloan to kick start our John Muir Family Award. We created some figures to take on our adventures with us and enjoyed a hot chocolate and a chat while planning out our award journey.

Families helping families, Shortlees helping families and families helping outdoors 🌳 🥇 💜

Please see Learning Journals if you wish to join in on the fun.

Community Information ⚽️⚽️⚽️

"Shortlees amateurs will play in the West of Scotland final on Thursday evening against St Pats. The manager of Shortlees amateurs has organised a sponsored bus for the Shortlees community. The bus will be free for all and entrance to the game is free for children and will cost £5 for adults. The bus will leave the Murray bar at 6pm and travel to Hamilton Academical's park in Hamilton. The bus will return directly after the game.

If you wish to have a space on this bus for you and your child/children please place your name on the list by either popping into the Murray Bar before Thursday or calling 01563525153."

Good luck 🤞🏼 💜

P1 had a special visitor yesterday, Stacey from joined us to celebrate the end of a very exciting transport topic 🚌🚀🏎
Photos on Learning Journals 💜

P6 graduation from Talent Academy with weightlifting.
All photos on Learning Journals 💪🏼💜

Our first Jubilee post is on our School App, please go and have a look 👀 💜👑

East Ayrshire Schools and Vibrant Communities will be running several clubs throughout Kilmarnock over the Easter holiday.

Please see the posters below for more details.

Please type the links into a web browser to sign up for each club.

Please note there is also a gymnastics club running on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th April which does not feature on the posters. You can sign up for this here:
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ShortleesKAGCSPRING/

Out hiding Easter treats for the community, enjoy 💜🐣🐰

🔵Tesco Blue Token Scheme🔵

Please help Shortlees by voting for us using the Tesco blue tokens. This will be available at both Tesco stores in Kilmarnock and voting will run from 4th April to 30th June.

Please pick up a token at the checkout and drop it in the box as you exit.

Our community helping another community on our path of hope 💜 💙💛

East Ayrshire Active Schools and Vibrant Communities will be running several clubs throughout Kilmarnock over the Easter holiday.

Please see the posters below for more details.

Please type the links into the a web browser to sign up for each club.

Such a lot of fun today raising awareness for charities helping communities around the world 🌎 🎈💜

Vibrant Communities will be running clubs at the Shortlees Campus throughout the month of March.
Spaces in all of the clubs are limited and places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. All clubs are FREE to attend.

Please see details below:

P1 to P3
Fun Games
Saturday's - 10:15am to 11:15am
4 week block (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th March)
THIS CLUB IS NOW FULL

P4 to P7
Multisports
Saturday's - 11:30am to 12:15pm
4 week block (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th March)
PLEASE SIGN UP VIA THE LINK ON THE APP

P6 to P7
Netball
Monday's - 5:00pm to 5:50pm
4 week block (7th, 14th, 21st, 28th March)
PLEASE SIGN UP VIA THE LINK ON THE APP

P1 to P7
Gymnastics - Please note that this club is held at the Kilmarnock Acrobatic Gymnastics Club, not at Shortlees Campus. No transport is provided.
Tuesday's - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
5 week block (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th March)
PLEASE SIGN UP VIA THE LINK ON THE APP

As spaces are so limited, we politely request that you only sign up if your child definitely intends on attending.

Numeracy Workshop For Parents / Carers (Reminder)
Friday 4th March - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Parental engagement in children’s learning has a large and positive effect on children. We want to support parents to engage positively with our pupils’ maths learning.

Therefore, we are inviting all parents and carers to attend a workshop with the charity National Numeracy.

The workshop is not a maths lesson, nor does it cover any maths learning, but is focused on fostering positive attitudes towards numeracy and tips for ensuring your children develop these too.

The session will cover the importance of maths in the real world, being positive about maths and how to boost your own number skills.

We would be delighted to welcome you to the session. The session will take place on Zoom.

Meeting details and the link are on the school app.

Wait until you see our kids 💜📚

Perfect day to start our Outdoor Library for

Numeracy Workshop For Parents / Carers
Friday 4th March - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Parental engagement in children’s learning has a large and positive effect on children. We want to support parents to engage positively with our pupils’ maths learning.

Therefore, we are inviting all parents and carers to attend a workshop with the charity National Numeracy.

The workshop is not a maths lesson, nor does it cover any maths learning, but is focused on fostering positive attitudes towards numeracy and tips for ensuring your children develop these too.

The session will cover the importance of maths in the real world, being positive about maths and how to boost your own number skills.

We would be delighted to welcome you to the session. The session will take place on Zoom.

Meeting details and the link are on the school app.

Thank you for the donation of cereal bars and food boxes for our families from the Rapid Relief Team. This support is very much appreciated! 💜

Vibrant Communities will be running clubs at the Shortlees Campus throughout the month of March. Please check the school app for more details and to sign up!

Snowmen, angels, mazes, painting, spraying and sledging. A wonderful day for all the outdoor suits to get used 💜❄️⛄️🎨😇

Nothing better than watching our own stars on the big screen 🌟🎞💜
Enjoy the videos on the School App during the February holiday.
Children return to school on Wednesday 16th February, have fun 🥳

A big ‘Shout Out’ to us from our colleagues at LOST who enjoyed seeing our success in the newly published National Improvement Framework 🙌🏼💜

We wish our friends and partners in the Chinese community a very happy New Year 🐯🐅💜

After a weekend of counting votes we are ready 💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Our stage is ready for our poetry finalists, good luck everyone🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💜

We are celebrating Robert Burns’ birthday in style this week. Please keep an eye out for information on upcoming photos and videos 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💜

Saving the cutest until last.
Coming to a device near you!
Please see School App for future details.

We hope all 540 of our amazing young people and staff have a Christmas full of joy and memories 🎄💜

Show days are the best days, even virtual ones 💜🎄 https://youtu.be/NPKADLic5C4

Now it’s the turn of our ECC 💜🎄
Please vote for the door that gives you some Christmas joy this morning.

Please vote for our winning door.
Comment below with the number of the door that makes you feel the merriest this Christmas 💜🎄

Our Nativity and Christmas Concert productions are in the safe hands of our directors and will be released soon.
In the meantime if you have any photos of your children enjoying community events in Shortlees or Kilmarnock please email these to the class teacher.
Christmas wishes 🎄💜

All our Christmas advert videos for the Virtual Christmas Fayre are on our school app, please watch when doing your Christmas shopping this weekend 🎄💜