Dear Parents and Carers,
Where has this term gone? What a busy and productive term we have had, I cannot believe we are almost at the end of 2025!!
Only 3 sleeps until Christmas and we have alll enjoyed a festive final week of term…
Christmas Cheer – Thank you so much to everyone who managed along last Friday to enjoy the children performing their Christmas songs. Thank you for also buying Christmas raffle tickets, reindeer food and guessing the Gingerbread Man’s birthday. I am delighted that you raised around £600 and we will discuss with the children what is needed in school next term.
The children certainly provided lots of Christmas cheer and I hope you all left feeling warm and festively fuzzy. I would like to thank the staff for their hard work in preparing for Friday, a great time was had by all!
Decider Skills– On our recent Inset days, most staff were trained in Decider Skills by NHS staff. We look forward to looking at this next term as part of our Health and Wellbeing programme.
NHS Tayside also run parent / carer courses that support a consistent approach being used at home and in school. Please see below a flyer and a link for information and booking about some new sessions being delivered for parents/carers by CAMHS. Â
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/parents-decider-skills-training-3001949
Multi Cultural Fortnight –  After the holidays we will embark on our on a mini topic covering our religious and morale outcomes and experiences. Each stage will learn about a different religion and compare with Christianity. We will then celebrate World Religion Week by sharing our learning at Learn to Learn on Friday 23rd January.
“Grange Museum” – The theme for learning, following our Multi Cultural fortnight, will be a historical one. Each stage has chosen a theme and the learning from the chosen era will follow the children’s interests.
We look forward to opening our “Grange Museum” for Sharing our Learning on the 5th March (World Book Day) from 2-3pm.
Dates for your diary:
- End of term 2 – Tuesday 23rd December (3.00pm finish for ALL)
- Start of term 3 – Wednesday 7th January
- Learn to Learn – Friday 9th January (Community Police Visits P5-7)
- Nursery Natter – Wednesday 21st January 2pm
- Reading Cafe @ The MAC hosted by P6AÂ – Friday 6th February
- Learner Led Conferences – Monday 9th and Wednesday 11th February 3.30-6.30pm
- In-service day – Thursday 12th February – school closed to pupils
- Mid term holiday – Friday 13th and Monday 16th February
- Progress Update 2 – Friday 20th February
- Sharing our Learning (Open to Parents)Â – Thursday 5th March 2-3pm
- World Book Day & Book Fair (details to follow)- Thursday 5th March 2-3pm
- Reading Cafe @ The MAC (hosts TBC)Â – Friday 6th March
- End of term 3 – Friday 3rd April
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and look forward to welcoming the children back in 2026 for lots more Great Grange Learning!🎅
