PTA AGM – Tuesday 27th September, 6.30pm-8pm, school staff room

All parents/carers are invited to come along to support the PTA, elect the office bearers for 2016/2017 & share ideas for fundraising/social events for this school year.

The PTA gets parents/carers together for social events and to raise much-needed funds for our school to buy things for all our children e.g. iPads for every classroom, books, craft supplies, First Aid training for kids, gym equipment, p1 blue bags, buses for class trips, playground equipment, etc …….

We are always looking for new ideas & extra help to organise events. A little bit of help from lots of people can do great things so please come along &/or offer your time!

If you are unable to come to the meeting but would like to help &/or have ideas, please contact our Chairperson, Angie Nicol via the the Ferryhill School Parent Forum Facebook page, 07776 292344 or angelanicol@rocketmail.com

Thanks for your support of our school!

Ferryhill children have taken part in Active Schools Champion of Champions for P4 to P7 culminating in the following final events:

Ruby and Edie took part in the P5 girls event – 1600m – Edie was the overall winner for this.

Esther took part in the P4 girls event – 800m

Sam took part in the P5 boys event – 1600m

United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child 

Article 30 – Children have the right to learn about and practice their own culture…

On Friday 10th June pupils enjoyed  coming to school dressed up in costumes from their countries.  We held a special Assembly where the Primary 3 to 5 Highland Dance class performed some of the dances they had learned over the last few months.  Pupils from every stage were able to share with the rest of the school some interesting facts about their countries.

Primary 7 girls lead by Morgan have formed their own knitting club.  They are knitting clothes and blankets for the Children’s hospital.  Well done girls!

Fiona Harvey from Cancer Research UK came in to speak to Primary 7 and collect a cheque.  Our target was to reach £1000 but our final total was an amazing £5976.42!   Well done Sports Captains!

Well done to Angie and her team for another highly successful Summer Fair.  £4600 was raised.  A very special thank you to everyone who helped make it a success.

The school appreciate all your support and hard work throughout the year.

On Sunday 28th Ferryhill staff had great fun in participating in the Colour me Rad charity 5km at Hazlehead Park.  The four charities we supported were:  Archie Foundation, CLIC Sarget, The Brain Tumour Charity and cclasp.  These are all very much close to our heart.

If you feel you would like to support us then it’s not too late.  The sponsor link is:

www.virginmoneygiving.com/ferryhillfitties

Kindest regards

Ferryhill Fitties!

Our final total for our Ferryhill Race for Life event is the grand sum of £5200!  Thanks to pupils, parents and teachers who all helped make this a huge success.

Your child has a chance to dress up in clothing which represents their culture.  This will be on Friday 10th June.  They also have homework to prepare about their culture.

Unicef Rights of the Child – Article 14 – Every child has the right to think and believe what they want and practise their religion…

Erin Gildea and Sherwin Fernandes (Rights Respecting Steering Group)