We would like to clarify that the last date for bringing Christmas boxes in to donate to Operation Christmas Child is Tuesday 14th November.
Apologies if we have given you the wrong date earlier in the term.
Tag: fundraising
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child is the world’s largest children’s Christmas project and children in Hecklegirth can donate a Christmas shoebox which will be sent to needy children who will undoubtedly be delighted with your gifts.
Pupils in school and Nursery can donate boxes between 1st and 14th November so that they can be delivered in time for Christmas. Please hand your boxes in to Nursery staff if you wish to contribute.
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.
Wear Purple Day
As promised, here are photos of some of the children taking part in our whole school “Wear Purple Day”. Thank you again to all those who so kindly donated and helped Hecklegirth raise over £600 for a very worthwhile cause.
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.
Barbecue
We hope that lots of people have their barbecue tickets bought and are looking forward to a lovely evening relaxing in the sun tonight. Hecklegirth Fundraisers have worked hard to bring this event together and are looking forward to seeing lots of Nursery and school families there. The barbecue is on from 6.00 until 8.00 and money raised, as always, will be used to support activities and resources for all children in the school and Nursery. We hope that those going have a great time.
The Grand Opening
When we arrived back in Nursery on Monday our super new climbing frame had been constructed and secured in the ground but the children had to resist temptation for one more day to ensure that everything was complete. This was no easy task for some because that climbing frame just looked so inviting.
However the grand opening arrived today with a huge cheer and rush of excitement as the children explored our fantastic new outdoor resource and, as you can see, it was very popular.
We would like to say huge thanks to Davie Bell and Liam Mitchell who worked so hard to install the climbing frame – we really appreciate all your help.
Massive thanks also go to the ‘Hecklegirth Fundraisers’ group who gave us a very large donation towards the purchase of this wonderful resource. We appreciate all the effort and organisation that goes in to the fundraising events that make this kind of donation possible and are very grateful for your support. We hope that Nursery families continue to support the ‘Hecklegirth Fundraisers’ events, such as the upcoming barbecue, as they do such good work for the school and Nursery community.
All we need to do now is sit back and enjoy the joyful little faces having fun. One little voice was heard saying today, “This is the best climbing frame I’ve ever been on in my whole life” so we think it’s passed the test.
Red Nose Day
As you can see from our photos, the Nursery children took part with great enthusiasm in Primary 4’s challenge on Friday to wear something red for Red Nose Day.
Thank you to all those who bought red noses from us earlier in the week as you helped to raise £53 towards the Red Nose Day total and apologies to those who missed out as there wasn’t a single red nose left to buy in the whole school.
Thank you for all your donations and to Amelia’s family for their raffle prize which was won by Ava. Including red nose sales, the raffle and donations on the day Nursery families raised a grand total of £135.45 to add to the whole school contributions so thank you to everyone for their generosity.
Christmas Jumpers
Towards the end of term we had a “Non-uniform/ Christmas Jumper Day” and lots of you joined in with the festive fun to help raise money for the Carlisle flood victims. Those fantastic jumpers seemed to put a smile on everyone’s face and helped us add a good donation to the school’s total of £237 for a very good cause.
