School Newsletter March 2013
Issue 6 What’s Happening?
I would like to thank all parents and carers for their support since I announced the news of my departure from the school. I can now say that my offical start date at Rosewell has been confirmed as Monday 6 May and accordingly, my last day at Athelstaneford will be Friday 3 May. As yet, no decision has been reached in terms of my replacement and as soon as I have any information, I will let you know.
After School Clubs Our Drama and Homework After School Clubs have proved very successful with the last of these clubs taking place on 18th and 19th March. Many thanks for your undertstanding when these clubs have had to be cancelled at short notice. After the holidays our Bikeability Clubs will be starting so look out for acceptance letters coming home via pupil post.
Soft Start Next term we will be holding 2 Soft Start Sessions which will run from 9am until 9.30am on 16 May and 6 June. Our Session on 16 May will focus on number. The session on 6 June will give you another opportunity to share with your child what they have been learning. I hope you are able to come along and join in with your child in class.
School Blog I would like to remind you to keep checking our school blog. The Class Teacher’s and pupils regularly update this with what’s going on in school, we often post items of interest which are going on around the community too so I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a great information point.
Loch Insh Primary 7 will be attending cluster residential school camp from Monday 22 April to Friday 26 April. I will be holding an information session on Wednesday 10 April at 3.30pm for Parents and Carers. You will find out more about what the children will be doing at camp and what they will need to bring. I look forward to seeing as many of you on this date.
Marie Curie Mini Pots of Care Daffodil Tea On Tuesday 26 February the whole school took part in raising money for Marie Curie Nurses. The children brought in a donation and the Nursery served them with a drink of juice and a cake. The children also got to take home their mini pots of daffodils that they planted back in October last year. We managed to raise a fabulous £69.05 - thank you to everyone who took part.
Burke and Hare The children in Primaries 5, 6 and 7 gave us a fantastic performance at St Marys RC Primary School this week, what fantastic singers and performers. I was extremely proud of all our children’s efforts and how they worked well with the children from the other schools involved. A huge thank you goes to all those who came along and supported the children.
Learning Event – Homework Thank you to all parents and carers who attended this event. It was an informative night where we welcomed the opportunity for you to give us your opinions on homework. I plan to run a similar workshop at the next coffee and chat session on 26 April. This work is part of a wider consulation process that Miss Hutchison will lead on and will allow us to produce a framework for home work that will be agreed and implemented in August 2013.
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Comic Relief 2013 We had great fun in school on Friday 13 March celebrating Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day. We all dressed in red or as something funny and raised lots of money by taking part in various Red Nose Day activities including a home baking stall. Thanks to your support and generosity we raised a total of £215.76 which included the sale of Red Noses in School. – Well done!
Class News Nursery In Nursery we have been learning all about the zoo and the animals that live there. To celebrate Mother’s Day we each made a lovely Mother’s Day Card and present to give to our mum’s on Mothering Sunday. The snow came to Athelstaneford and we spent some time outside playing in it before we all got too cold – what fun we had Over the past few weeks we have been preparing for Easter – we have made cards, Easter nests, decorated eggs and cakes and hope to have a treasure hunt on the last day of term – weather permitting! P1/2 P1/2 enjoyed their visit to the museum. They liked the story we had on the magic carpet and found lots of interesting things to look at and explore. We have been working hard in writing doing lots of different kinds of functional writing such as leaflets, labels and invitations. We added a shop to our museum where you could get a cup of tea or buy a souvenir to practise our money skills. We had fun listening to everyone talk about their personal project and asked lots of good questions to show how carefully we had been listening. We are looking forward to showing the rest of the school our boxes and projects.
Dates for your diary March 22nd: April 8th: 10th 12th 16th 22nd-26th 26th
Church Service 9.30am End of Term Return to School Awards Assembly 1.20pm April Holiday Parent Council Meeting 7pm P7 at Loch Insh Coffee and Chat
P3/4/5 A really busy term in class. In literacy we’ve been working with a novel written by Lari Don, an author from Edinburgh, First Aid for Fairies and other Fabled Beasts. It was great to have the author visit class last week and bring the book to life. Our own ‘Big Book of Beasts’ are heading home soon. In our topic ‘Blood, Bones and Bodies’ we have learned all about becoming unwell, safety with medicines and choices we might have in different dangerous situations – Less danger next term! P5/6/7 Over the past few weeks we have been really busy perfecting our songs for the Burke & Hare Musical. Our hard work paid off and everyone participated with great confidence and enthusiasm. We have also produced powerpoints about life in Edinburgh during the early 19th Century We have continued to be active through our rugby and golf sessions. We hope that the rugby festival and final golf session with Kate Green, which has been postponed due to poor weather will take place in the summer term P7 pupils also attended the rehearsal for North Berwick High School Music Concert as part of a transition event. Along with the other Cluster school they performed ‘Sing’.
Thank you for reading our Newsletter – I hope you all have a lovely Easter break and look forward to seeing you all back on 8 April. As ever if you have any concerns or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Scott Lavery Acting Head Teacher
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