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Stay n Play (Added 09Feb24)
We are holding our next Stay n Play event on Tuesday 27th February at the school from 3-4pm.  We would love to see any new potential parent/carers at this opportunity to meet the school as well as our parents and children.  Have a cup of coffee/tea, make some new friends and have a chat whilst the children play.  If you would like any additional information, please call us on 01899 308281! 

Two Gold Awards!  (Added 02Feb24)
We are delighted to share that not only have we achieved our Gold Reading Award but also our Gold School Sports Award!  Please click here to see a photograph!   As you are aware, we were recently awarded our Gold Reading Award and that our school now benefits from a reading-rich environment; encompassing cosy reading nooks and regular ERIC time during the school day for our pupils and a staff Reading Group with recommendations of books enjoyed.  Our Community Library is available to benefit the whole community and has been down to the tireless efforts of the Reading Group in the school!  In addition, the School Sports Award was recently presented to Libberton Primary!  Our pupils have been very enthusiastically attending several after-school and lunch time clubs with both parental and community partner involvement as well as attending several Biggar Learning Community events.   Our pupils have been sharing their wider achievements out with school too which has helped to highlight to other pupils what is available out there! 

New Primary 1 Enrolments for August 2024
For any potential Primary 1 pupils for next August, enrolments will open on the South Lanarkshire Website from 8th January 2024.  Any issues or concerns, as always, please do not hesitate to contact us.    

Stay & Play - Monday 15th January
We would like to invite current parents along with any perspective new parents to come to the school with their children for some fun and to meet some new friends on Monday 15th January from 3-4pm.  Tea/Coffee will be available for adults too.  

We would love your help in encouraging new families to come and see our school!  Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. 

Welcome back and a Happy New Year! (Added 090124)
Please see below our latest Sway Newsletter with important updates for your diary. 

For any potential Primary 1 pupils for next August, enrolments will open on the South Lanarkshire Website from 8th January 2024.  Any issues or concerns, as always, please do not hesitate to contact us


A very Merry Christmas to all the friends and families of Libberton Primary! (Added 21Dec23)
We have uploaded some photographs of our Christmas fun on the Gallery page!  Thank you to all who came to see our School Panto last night; the children worked so hard and we are incredibly proud of them!  A huge thank you to our Parent Council (especially Mrs Sarah Alcock for all her hard work) who raised over £1000 towards school funds!  Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets or donated prizes - we very much appreciate it! 

We wish you all a safe and very Merry Christmas and we will reopen to pupils on Monday 8th January. 

Reading Newsletter (Added 30Oct23)
Please see the Home page for the link to our latest Reading Newsletter!  There are some fantastic book reviews from pupils and Biggar Library!  

Welcome back! (Added 17Aug23)
A very warm welcome back to Libberton Primary and the new school year!  We are delighted to welcome Meg and Addi to the school as well as two new members of staff; Mrs Boyd and Mrs Barron.  The sun is shining and the children are getting settled back into school life; having fun whilst learning.  As always, if anyone has any issues or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.   Have a look on our Gallery Page for some photographs of our first day back.  

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End of Term (Added 26June23)
Thank you to all our parent/carers and friends who came to our End of Term Ceremony on Friday last week!  A huge well done to all the pupils for all their awards and achievements throughout the year and for giving their all.  A special mention to Rosie and Finlay for being jointly awarded the Cara Carvel Memorial Award for Most Progress - Confidence and Personal Development, and thank you to the Carvel family for their ongoing support with this.  Some photographs are on our Gallery page of our afternoon.  A huge thank you too to all the parent helpers for all the time spent taking after school clubs and helping us out in school this year; we really appreciate it and couldn't do it all without you.  The staff will return on Monday 14th August and the pupils return on Wednesday 16th August.  Have a wonderful, fun, safe Summer - see you in August! 

Broomlee P7 Residential (Added 21June23)
Our Primary 7's did us proud on their residential this week - fantastic behaviour and a lot of great memories and new friends made!  They all came back with huge smiles on their faces!  Please check our Gallery Page for some photographs of their adventures! 

Reading Schools GOLD AWARD!  (Added June23)
Libberton Primary are delighted to have been awarded their Reading School: Gold accreditation!  What an achievement!  Well done to Mrs Forde and to all the staff and pupils for promoting reading for enjoyment, and creating a reading-rich environment.  Our Community Library is available to benefit the whole community and has been down to the tireless efforts of the reading group. 


Sports Day! (Added 090623)
It was great to see so many friends and families join us for Sports Day recently at Wiston Primary!  The children had a fantastic morning taking part in various potted activities followed by a delicious lunch prepared by Mrs Hodge and Mrs Wearden!  The afternoon saw the races - what a day - we even managed to get the parents in on the action!  Please have a look at our photographs on the Gallery Page.  Well done especially to our winners in the afternoon - Best P1-4 Girl Lena, Best P1-4 Boy Charlie, Best P5-7 Girl Ella from Libberton and Best P5-7 Boy Fraser from Wiston!  

Garden Party and New Community Library (Added 090523)
It was great to see so many people join us for our afternoon of celebrations!  Thank you to all those who helped out in so many ways.  We are over the moon with our new playground and our new community library and we were delighted to share them with everyone who came to help us celebrate on Friday!  Please see the Gallery Page for some photographs. 

Reading Newsletter (Added 250423)
Please click HERE to see our latest Reading Newsletter from the Reading Group and Mrs Forde!  Some great reads recommended! 

SLLC Active Schools Dance Festival (Added 30Mar23)
Our after school dance club members made us so proud last night at the SLLC Active Schools Dance Festival!  A very huge thank you to Kirsty Thomson who took the class and provided costumes for 'Toy Story' on the stage last night.  All of the dances from all the schools were brilliant; it was a fabulous evening of entertainment.  Well done everyone!  Some photographs are available on the Gallery page. 

Reading Newsletter (Added 140323)
Please click HERE to see our latest Reading Newsletter which Mrs Forde and the Reading Group have been working on!  We hope you are enjoying the recommendations! 

Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) (Added 140323)
We recently held two fundraisers in the school to raise money for Ukraine and more recently Turkey/Syria due to the earthquakes.  Our small school has managed to raise a massive £842 which we will be donating to the DEC.  Thank you to EVERYONE who has helped us make this happen.  The DEC work tirelessly to provide a fast, effective and flexible response to the millions of people affected by conflict and disasters. 

Feb22 Trip to RSNO Concert in Motherwell
Primary 5-7 had a wonderful time yesterday at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra production of 'Once upon a Tune'!   The concert included  Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden and Flight of the Bumblebee, Debussy’s Sunken Cathedral and Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and was accompanied by art to tell the story as it went along.  See our Gallery page for some photographs of us there! 

Reading Newsletter (Added 160223)
We are delighted to share our very first Reading Newsletter produced by Mrs Forde and her Reading Group!  Please click HERE to see a copy.  

Happy New Year! (Added 100123)
Welcome back to a new term at Libberton Primary School!  For August 2023 Primary 1 intake, please register your child on the South Lanarkshire Website as this is now open for new registrations for the Libberton/Quothquan catchment pupils.  Placing Request Applications open from mid January until 15th March.  Our new school handbook is now uploaded on the 'About Us' page of this site for further information. 

Dec22 Silver Reading School Award!
We have fantastic news to share with you.  Libberton Primary School has been awarded their silver Reading School award. Well done to all the children whose enthuisiasm for reading has contributed to this recognition; to the reading committee for setting it up and a huge thank you to Mrs Forde who led this initiative, helped by the rest of the staff. 






































 
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