This is our 25th year of supporting Barnardo’s and, over the years, we have raised just over £19000 which is an incredible achievement. Hayley came into school to talk about what Barnardo’s does to support families in Scotland. The P1s have been issued with new boxes but if you still have the cottage box then that can be used to place any extra coins into.
Ellon Primary School is celebrating our 25th year of supporting Barnardo’s.
Since 1990 we have raised over £19 000 for Barnardo’s.
On Monday we were visited by Hayley from the charity who spoke to us about the benefits that Barnardo’s has brought to families in Scotland. If we still have our cottage boxes then we can get a new wrap-around and if we don’t have our box (like the P1s) then we can get a consent form and a new box. The boxes will be collected in the Summer term and we will find out how much we have managed to raise.
For the first few weeks of this term, Primary 5 pupils were on a Christmas mission to raise as much money as they could for Cash for Kids. They took part in a sponsored read and organised guess the teddy’s birthday. They managed to raise an amazing £500! They then spent time researching toys, finding out the best places to buy the toys and working out what they could afford with the money. The classroom was filled with toys that will go to children who may not have received a present this Christmas. Well done to everyone in Primary 5. 
Well done to all the pupils in P3J who organised a number of activities to raise money for Children in Need. Through holding a dress as you please day, bake sale, guessing games and by putting pennies on Pudsey we managed to raise £610! Pudsey has written a letter to P3J to highlight that every penny they have helped to raise will go towards projects that are making positive changes to the lives of disadvantaged children and to thank them for all of their hard work. Well done to Owen Black in P4 for correctly guessing the number of sweeties in the jar and Romi Campbell (P7) who won the teddy bear..Here are Connor Stewart and Mrs McBride enjoying the activities.
