Newsletter 9

School Newsletter July 2014

Issue 9

End of Another School Year – 2013-14 I can’t believe we are at the end of term, let alone a school year – what an eventful year it has been.

There

have of course been termly highlights sheets

sharing

what

we

for one last time this year each class put

together

a

quick

blurb

to these past few weeks just in case don’t

get

a

nightly

will be having our usual end of term assemblies as follows: 

report

were pleased to be able to send the yesterday

and

hope

that



have any questions about the content of

these

reports

please

do

not

hesitate to get in touch with school to make an appointment to speak to the teacher regarding any query you may have.

th

at 9.30am



Primary 7 Leaver’s Assembly will be held in the School hall on Friday 4

Everyone is welcome to join us and we hope to see as many of you as possible to join in with our end of term celebrations.

nursery parents just to remind you of change

of

hours

next

session.

to

the

Scottish

agreeing

to

extend

early

learning

and

childcare

hours

our

Staffing In

a

new

times

will

Government

be

as

follows: Monday to Thursday: 9am – 12.15pm Friday:

recent

letter

home

I

outlined

staffing for the start of next session as follows and here is a little reminder: Nursery

Mrs Little and Mrs Elliot

P1-3

Miss Hutchison

P4-7

Mrs Overmere & Miss McKinnon are

also

pleased

to

have

Mr

McCann, Mrs Tennant and Mrs Broadley

We thought it might be useful to our

Due

th

July at 11.30am

We

Nursery Hours

our

be

held in the Church on Friday 4 July

you

Should you

will

End of Term Church Service will be

found them informative and a record of recent achievements.

Assembly

rd

end of session reports home with your child

Leaving

3 July at 11.30am

when

you ask at the end of the day! We

Nursery

held in the School hall on Thursday

to

highlight what they have all been up you

To mark the end of our school year we

intend

covering each term in classes and so has

End of Term Celebrations

9am – 11.47am

back

next

year

as

Mrs

Gray

and

Mrs

remain

with

Cameron

us

will

part

Darrie

next

still

of

our

team.

will

also

session.

be

in

our

Mrs school

office happy to help with any queries you

may

most

have.

recent

As letter

mentioned to

in

parents

my the

recruitment of an Acting Head Teacher during

my

maternity

leave

shall

start

once we return to school in august to enable time for transition prior to the October break.

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Class Highlights Nursery The

last

month

in

action packed!

nursery

has

been

We have been learning

about our five senses, we thought about how our Daddies care for us for Fathers'

P1/2 In

Primary

term.

have

different

been

and

specialists.

the

P.E.

and

music

They created stories about

journeys

with

P1/2

and

Miss

Hutchison, P1/2 made maps of the

school

to

show

them

around and we all went on a journey to Yellowcraigs Country Park.

where

we

played team games

to

learn about minibeasts in the woods, we

been

and

Andy

Goldsworthy

before

our own art on the beach.

making

Thank you

to the parents for braving the rain and helping out!

James,

and

Lewis

F.

got

us

thinking about the World Cup so

and

After

games,

the

aiming and

for

some

warm

children a

target

some

settings

of

our

dribbling

and

we

morning with ice-lollies.

the

made

some

footballs

finished

the

We have also

headdresses

beautiful

which

we

focused

on

wore

when

We have had a lovely end to the year the

children

about

the

different

about

the

take.

seem

very

journeys

Discussions

Miss

Hutchison

and

they in

time

our

children

and

to

friends after the holidays.

Our

class

has

that

We

more

we

have

about

habitats,

chains and lifecycles. forward

to

food

We are looking

welcoming

the

pre-schoolers

into our team after the summer holiday.

P3/4 Primary 3/4 had a fantastic time at the East

Lothian

Primary

Tuesday

where

we

Queen’s

Baton

and

at

Games

got

to

try

see

last the

different

Meadowmill

Sports

Centre.

We are continuing to look at different have

started

our

and using timetables. ways based

art

scrapbooks.

to

cope

on

with

our

with

a

We also look meeting

new

Thinking about

loss

class

and

novel

change

and

own

experiences.

P5/6/7 This term P5/6/7 have been really busy, we

started Trade

by

finishing

Project

and

our Water Topic. other

circle

forward to welcoming back our ante-pre school

bugs

gardens.

discovered

are

drama specialist helped them to prepare for forthcoming changes.

Morag,

find in the playground and in

positive

time with 'Mr Happy', in transition work with

Katie

topic

the

carnival

Samba dancing! and

characters

We've been working on telling the time

been enjoying moving to Brazilian music and

with

own.

interdisciplinary

and

up

practised with

about

media in art to copy our photographs

we held our own mini World Cup Day.

them

we've read describing poems and written

sports

Radleigh

with

In class we have

thinking

had fun at the park with P1/2 and then looked at the work of artists Tony Clark

the

and had great fun on our trip to

getting

They met and spent time with their P7

welcomed

Journeys

Yellowcraigs.

ready for their journey to primary one. buddies

have

We have enjoyed going on many

the rainbow and the alphabet! children

we

pre-schoolers into class every Friday this

Day, we also focused on the colours of Pre-school

1/2

people

off

our

then

Fair

started

We learned that

don’t

always

have

access to clean drinking water or even water to wash their hands.

We took advantage of the great weather to go out into the playground to make scale

drawi

ngs

of

the

pitch.

The

Primary7’s had a great introduction to High School and we wish them all the best for S1.

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STOP PRESS Some

very

news……

exciting

Susan

confirmation

Begg

from

Credits

that

they

agreed

to

fund

skatepark

project

minute

has

received

Viridor have the

to

tune of £45, 000.

last

This is great news

this project so far and was an idea originated

from

boys

from

our

school who I’m very sure would want to thank Susan for her support and dedication their

to

hard

this

work

project. and

Without

courage

for

standing up at a village hall meeting, the project would never have got this far

and

closer

we

would

to

not

be

realising

anticipated

one

step

this

village

much

resource

for

children of all ages.

you

to

all

of

continued this

you to

year

village and

of

who

have

support

us

attending

events,

curriculum

evenings

course

helping

etc on

school trips which could not go ahead without you.

Special thanks must also

go to Mrs Fallowfield who has led our Motor Skills Group and also picked up the

baton

sponsored

recently cycle

Record Event. to

come

succesful

in

Paton

this

community for

arrange

Guinees

the World

Final numbers are still

school and village.

Mrs

to

and

but

her

was

event

another for

our

Thank you also to help

running

our

Bikeability School Sessions and to all those

parents

who

have

come

in

to

school or the nursery to help out over the course of the year –we want to see you and this really is the best way to see and feel what is happening in your school and experience what your child does.

for

thanks

leading

recycling

to

us

Ms

Fry

through

workshops.

and some

The

final

products

the

children

have

produced

are

amazing

never have happened had you not come in

with

your

ideas

and

willingness!

Thank you.

Of course we couldn’t forget about our Parent Council for their ongoing support and dedication to our school.

Thank

you again to Nicola Semple and Susan Begg

who

have

recently

stepped

down

as Chair and Vice Chair and to Sandra Delahooke who was voted in as our new Vice Chair and to Debbie Coppinger and Evelyn back

Swanston from

years and

by

parent

and

Ziggy

really

I

who

have

fundraising

dedicated

school

And finally ……..

Thank

recently,

and this entire project would

the

for everyone who has been involved in that

Most

is

look

partnership

after

stepped two

to

the

cause!

a

very

special

forward

with

to

you

long This place

working

all

again

in next

sesion as we continue to work towards providing learning

the

highest

experiences

possible for

our

quality

children.

On a personal note my partner and I would like to thank you for your very lovely

messages

congratulations

of

now

support that

we

and have

shared our happy news with all of you.

On behalf of myself and the rest of the team

I

happy

wish

holiday

forward everyone

to

you and

all

a

restful

and

look

welcoming back

on

Thursday 21 August.

Please remember to keep an eye on the school

blog

http://edubuzz.org/blogs/athelstaneford/ for the most up to date information.

As

ever if you have any concerns or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Catriona McKinnon Head Teacher

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