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Term 4
We are happy to welcome our pupils back to school for the final term of the session and will be helping our P7 pupils prepare for their transition to Secondary and our Nursery children with their transition to P1. We are also hopeful that we will get some better weather soon. We have many events and trips planned for the term ahead to help our pupils become Successful Learners and Confident Individuals. Some events planned are listed below.
May
May Day Holiday on the 2nd
In Service day on the 3rd
Nursery Teddy Bears’ Picnic Enterprise on 5th
P2/3 Trip to Satrosphere on the 10th
P7A/B Wartime enterprise afternoon on the 12th
P7A/B Residential Visit to Dalguise Outdoor Activity Centre 17th to 20th
P7A/B Visit to Gordon Highlanders Museum on the 25th
P5 Oscar Night and Film enterprise morning-May date still to be finalised
June
P1/2 and P2 Trip to Alford Transport Museum and Miniature Railway on 10th
P4 Visit -place and date to be finalised
P5/6 Trip to Dundee on 23rd
As well as all that P3 and P3/4 are hoping to organise an Olympics Day with a possible visit to the Aberdeen sports village-date to be arranged
P7 Residential Visit to Dalguise
Pupils will be accompanied by Mrs Campbell-Morgan, Mrs Turner, Mr Constable and Mrs Mathieson. Mrs Pert will be in charge of the day to day running of the school for the duration of the trip from 17th to 20th May
Induction Evenings
The P1 Induction will take place at the school on 31st May at 7pm and the Nursery Induction will take place on 7th June also at 7pm. More information will follow.
Sainsbury’s Vouchers
If you shop at Sainsbury, please collect the Active Schools Vouchers and ask your child to bring them to a collection point at the front office. Ms Thorpe coordinates these for us every year and redeems them for Sports equipment.
Garden Shed
The school has secured funding from Cash for Kids to add to some funds that Y8 pupils already had. This cash was used to purchase the Garden Shed to store gardening tools and equipment. This resource is currently being used extensively by y8 and will be extended to the wider school and community in the future. The shed was officially opened by Miss Macdonald before she left.
Sadly there has already been some malicious damage to the shed. Please be vigilant and let the school know if you notice anything as this was very disappointing for the children.
Sports Day
Our sports day will be on the 13th of June this session (weather permitting). Should the weather not be suitable we will Groupcall as early as possible to let you know. If Monday does not go ahead we will aim for Tuesday. If we do not manage to have it by Tuesday that week we will postpone till Monday 20th. Our Sports Day will have an Olympic Theme. Times are below for your information:
9.30am – Sports Activities on the field for P1-3
11.00am Flat races on the field for all pupils (pupils from P1 to P7 will run a flat race and then a tattie and spoon race)
1.30pm – Sports activities on the field for P4-7
More information will follow nearer the time.
Acting Head Teacher
Miss Munro hopes to take up her post as Acting Head Teacher at Loirston School on 1st June. In the meantime, Mrs Campbell-Morgan and Mrs Pert will continue to be responsible for the day to day running of the school. Mrs Pert still has a teaching commitment to P1/2. There is cover in place for some of that and for P7A but the work will be overseen by Mrs Pert and Mrs Campbell-Morgan.
Learning Journeys
Your child should have the first entry of the term in their Learning Journey on Friday 29th April and fortnightly after that. Please have a look at their ILD or Learning Journey jotter and comment if you have a minute. Staff and pupils appreciate your comments.
S. Campbell-Morgan
Acting Head Teacher