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Family Comments

After our apologies below about the problem with comments on our blog, here is a taster of some of the comments that our families have left recently.

Patrick’s family liked the photos of the children enjoying the lollies round the fire.
“What an exciting day. Camp fire and rocket ice lollies!! Patrick said that was a tasty rocket! 😊 “

Joshua’s Mum was pleased to read the children’s ideas about friendship: “It’s lovely to see all the children’s replys, Joshua’s especially 😄” and commented on our campfire and lolly day: “Joshua said he had fun that day 😊 “

Enid’s family was pleased with her artwork: “Lovely colourful picture by Enid, her knowledge of shapes has really improved lately.”

Bethany’s family liked the photos of the children on Maths Week: “Bethany was so excited to bring her game in and play for maths week”

Leah’s family left a comment on a painting photo: “Leah just loves painting at Nursery .”

Thank you so much for leaving comments and apologies for the delay in posting them. It’s great to know that you are enjoying this taster of life in Nursery.

Apologies

Only today we discovered that several parents have left comments on our blog recently but that we have not been able to see them. We can only apologise for what must have seemed like a lack of response from us but we were totally unaware that these comments had been left as they were not appearing in the usual manner.
After a few phone calls we seem to have resolved this issue and will now catch up with your comments. We hope that lots more of you will post your views from now on.
Thank you particularly to Freddie’s Mum because without her help we could have gone a long time unaware that this was happening. She left a comment saying that “Freddie was delighted with this certificate” and also “brilliant effort from everyone in Hecklegirth Primary and Nursery. Lovely pic of the children in their purple x” (referring to our recent fundraising day). Thank you for taking the time to leave comments and apologies for the delay in publishing them.

Fantastic Fundraising

We are delighted to announce that Hecklegirth Primary and Nursery raised over £600 on “Wear Purple Day”. Thank you so much for all your generous donations. Photos will follow soon.

Go Purple Day

We would like to remind you that tomorrow, Thursday 5th October, is “Go Purple Day” at Hecklegirth. Staff and pupils will wear purple and make donations of £1 per family in aid of the Schiehallion Appeal, the Glasgow Children’s Hospital charity, to help support a pupil in our school who is currently receiving treatment in Glasgow. Any additional donations would be gratefully received.
Let’s hope that we can turn the school and Nursery purple tomorrow.

Autumn Walk To School Week

“Autumn Walk to School Week” begins tomorrow Monday 2nd October. The underlying intention of the initiative is to encourage pupils to walk, cycle or scoot to and from school and Nursery where it is safe to do so.
Dumfries and Galloway Council is supporting and promoting this activity throughout the region and we hope that Hecklegirth children actively participate in this healthy lifestyle initiative. Let’s hope that we are lucky with the weather for “Autumn Walk To School Week” and that we see lots of children joining in.

Dates For Your Diary

I have now added several events in our “Dates for Your Diary” link on the right under “Support Information”, including a visit by the school photographer and several events for school and Nursery parents/carers. Please click on the link for details and continue to keep an eye on this link for upcoming events. We hope that this is helpful for everyone.

Eadie’s Numbers

Based on our recent learning about numbers for National Maths Week, Eadie worked at home with her family to produce a wonderful poster showing all the places she had seen numbers in her community. Mrs. Alexander was very impressed with Eadie’s poster and was interested to hear her talk about the ‘winner’ and the ‘loser’ numbers from the tombola. Great work Eadie! We hope that your family was impressed with your special sticker from Mrs. Alexander.

Shimmering Shells

After hearing about the children decorating pebbles for our outdoor area, Leah’s Granny kindly gave us a box of shells to add to our display. As you can see, the children were enthusiastic to sponge various patterns on to their shells which they finished off with a dash of glitter. Thank you to Leah’s Granny for providing us with a fun activity which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Look out for our new shells in the garden any day soon.

Hecklegirth Fundraisers

We would like to remind you that Hecklegirth Fundraisers are holding their AGM on Monday 25th September at 6.00. All children in our school and Nursery benefit from the super efforts of this fundraising group so it would be great if Nursery parents could help to support them by popping along to their meeting where you can find out what they do and how to become involved as part of our community.

Dental Varnishing

Earlier this term we sent home forms offering dental varnishing to be carried out in Nursery sessions by NHS staff. Our Oral Health Officer has asked that we remind parents/carers to please return these forms as soon as possible. Thank you for your help.