Balcurvie Primary School

The children, staff and parents of Balcurvie Primary School believe that our school is at the heart of a caring and supportive community where everyone is welcomed, valued and included.

We aspire to be a centre of excellence which strives to work with our partners to ensure that our children are safe, healthy, active, nurtured, achieving, respected, responsible and included.

Through the philosophies of an active and challenging Curriculum for Excellence our aim is that our children will be:

• Confident Individuals - "I know I can do it if I try my best"
• Effective Contributors - "Everyone's opinion is important and valued. We all co-operate together as a team to benefit others"
• Responsible Citizens -"I care about myself and others and the world I live in"
• Successful Learners - "I like to learn new things and develop my skills. I am not afraid to make mistakes."

We aim to provide a place where our children are learning relevant and transferrable skills for the future and where successful achievements and attainment, big or small, are valued and celebrated.

In carrying out our work we promise to regularly and rigorously evaluate our practice to ensure that we are on a journey of continuous improvement, providing our children with an education that will encourage every individual to thrive and reach their full potential.

Celebrating Success

In Balcurvie we are committed to recognising and celebrating positive behaviour and achievements. Pupils belong to a House and can be awarded House Points. Positive playground behaviour is recognised and children can earn House Points which contribute to a House prize at the end of the year. Achievements are celebrated in whole assemblies, some of which parents are invited to attend. These are also recorded in Learning Journey Jotters and on Seesaw.

Community Links

We have strong links with our local community. The minister of the parish church is a regular visitor to our school. We use the church regularly to hold services, to which, parents and members of the community are invited.

We also have links with the Womens Guild, Active Schools and Community Police Officer.

School roll: 147

Nursery roll: 47

Balcurvie Primary School and Nursery serve the village of Windygates and surrounding area. Housing is a mixture of local authority houses and privately owned houses with the village expanding rapidly due to a growing number of new developments. The main school building is Victorian and houses four classrooms, a multi-purpose hall, learning base/resources room and a kitchen / dining room, two medway huts cater for a further two classes. The nursery building, also Victorian, has two classrooms, staffroom and kitchen and sits adjacent to the school grounds.

Daily Timetable

School hours

• Morning: 9:00 am - 12:35 pm
• Lunch: 12:35 pm - 1:20 pm
• Afternoon: 1:20 pm - 3:00 pm
• Interval: 10:40 am - 10:55 am

Nursery Hours: 4 hours 40 minutes per session

• Morning Session: 8:00 am - 12:40 pm
• Afternoon Session: 1:20 pm - 6:00 pm
• 49 weeks a year

School Uniform

We have a school uniform which comprises a Burgundy sweatshirt and a White polo shirt with the school logo on the front, these must be ordered and paid for in advance. Place your order online at Alan Santry Ltd. The school tie is Burgundy and Silver, also available from Alan Santry.

In addition our pupils are expected to wear dark trousers, skirt or pinafore.

Physical Education takes place indoors and outdoors. For indoor PE, pupils should wear black plimsoles or indoor trainers which do not have black soles, a t-shirt and shorts/close fitting tracksuit bottoms or leggings. In addition a sweatshirt and outdoor trainers should be provided for outdoor PE. A change of indoor shoes should be provided for Drama.

The wearing of jewellery for any physical activity can be dangerous. Our pupils are asked to remove any jewellery before taking part.