Newsletter
Number 7
22ndNovember 2013
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Funky Pyjamas for the Philippines – Thursday 28 November
Children are invited to come to school wearing funky pyjamas and donate what they can for the Philippine Disaster Fund (minimum donation £1) on Thursday 28 November 2013. Also for 50p they can get a photo taken of them wearing their funky pyjamas.
Public Holiday
A reminder – school will be closed on Monday 2 December 2013 for the St Andrews Day holiday.
Enrolment for Primary One session 2014-2015
Reminder - enrolment for Primary One for session 2014/15 tookplace this week. If you have not already enrolled your child, please do so as soon as possible.
Christmas Cards
We ask that instead of children giving each other cards for a donation of £1.00 per message they write a Christmas message which will be displayed on the monitor in the entrance hall of the main building - money raised will go to the school’s chosen charity Lepra.This complements our Eco and charity work and we would be pleased if you could support the idea.
Teachers will share more information with children, after the St Andrew’s Day holiday, messages and donations will be collected and organised in classes and overseen by the pupil’s fund raising committee.
Christmas Fair and Carol Singing
Parents, relatives and friends are invited to the Christmas Fair on Friday 13 December between 1.30pm and 4pm in school run and organised by the Parent Council and the school. During the course of the afternoon, each class and the school choir will sing in the hall and every class/year group will have a fundraising stall/activity.
There will also be a range of stalls organised by the Parent Council. Tea, coffee, hot chocolate and mince pies will be served during the afternoon.
Donations will be gratefully accepted (nearer the time) for the bottle stall, the chocolate tombola and the cake and candy stall. Further details will follow nearer the time. Volunteers will be required to help at the fair – if you can spare some time please contact Lori Thomson on 07950 032889 or .
Although the fair will be running until 4pm, it is the responsibility of parents to look after their children from 3pm onwards or to ensure arrangements are in place.
Nativity Show
This year Primary One pupils will be performing a Nativity show called Prickly Hay. The children in Primary Two will be supportingas a choir. Performances will be on Tuesday 10 December at 6pm, Wednesday 11 December at 2pm and Wednesday 11 December at 6pm.
Ticket order forms have been sent home with the P1 & P2 pupils.
Early Learning and Childcare Provision
Scottish Borders Council request that parents who have children aged between 0 and 4 years respond to a questionnaire about early learning and childcare provision. The questionnaire is attached and should be completed as soon as possible. Paper copies are also available from the nursery or the school office.
Scottish Judo Championships 2013
Well done to all who participated in the recent championships, special congratulations to Andrew Wilkinson who a won goldmedal and was Scottish Champion, Robyn Mackay who won a silver medal and Matthew Kirk who won a bronze medal.
Children in Need Choir
Well done to Rose Davenport, Katherine Donaghy, Kirsty Westbury, Poppy Graham, Maddie Thomson, Josh Wyatt, Angus McIver and Yotaro Kubo who were selected as part of a Scottish Borders choir to take part in this year’s Children in Need fund raising event. They spent last Friday at BBC Scotland in Glasgow practising and performing as part of a National choir - some were spotted in the TV coverage on Friday and Saturday! We feel very proud of their contribution; they were all a credit to the school. Special thanksto Mrs Kershaw (P7 teacher) for initiating pupil involved and both Mrs Kershaw and Mrs Potts (voluntary helper) for organising the pupils and giving their time to rehearsals and attending the event.
Plea from P4/5
The children in P4/5 are urgentlyrequire cylinder containers with lids e.g. bisto gravy granules containers. Please send any containers to the office.
Book Club
Book club leaflets were handed out earlier in the month, could all orders please be in by this Monday, 25th November. If you wish to order books as presents, please advise us at the time of placing the order so that the books are not handed out to your child.
Diary Dates
28th November 2013 Dress Down Day – Funky pyjamas for the Philippines
29th November 2013St Andrews Day Assembly led by P2
29th November 2013 Mary’s Meal lunch
29th November 2013 Open Morning for P4 – P6 parents
2nd December 2013 St Andrews Day Holiday – school closed
10th December 2013 P1 & P2 Nativity Play 6pm
11th December 2013 P1 & P2 Nativity Play 2pm and 6pm
12th December 2013 Nursery Christmas Performances at 10.30am and 2.15pm
13th December 2013 Christmas Fair and carol singing 1.30pm – 4pm
16th December 2013 P4 Christmas Party
17th December 2013 P3 Christmas Party
P6 Christmas Party
18th December 2013 P5 Christmas Party
P7 Christmas Party (6.30-8.30pm)
19th December 2013 P1 Christmas Party
P2 Christmas Party
Nursery Christmas Parties
20th December 2013 Christmas Church Service led by P5 year group
23rd December 2013 –
3rd January 2014School closed for Christmas Holidays
6th January 2014School re-opens for Spring Term
FORTHCOMING EVENTS/ACTIVITES
Play Talk Read Road show
The playtalkread road show is coming to the Scottish Borders. You can join the fun and take your wee ones along to the playtalkread bus for free songs, stories and play activities.
The road show bus will be at High Street Eyemouth on 25th November, ColdstreamPrimary School on 26th November, LauderPrimary School on 27th November or St Ronan’s Primary School on 28th November. Sessions run between 10am – 1pm or 2pm – 4pm. On Friday 29th November the bus will call at Kingsland Primary between 10am – 12.15pm and High Street, Peebles between 1.45pm – 4pm.