{"id":710,"date":"2020-11-23T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T13:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/?p=710"},"modified":"2020-11-23T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T16:04:28","slug":"weekly-newsletter-w-c-monday-23rd-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2020\/11\/23\/weekly-newsletter-w-c-monday-23rd-november-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter &#8211; w\/c Monday 23rd November 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Family and Friends of Gelston Primary School,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u2018Poppy Appeal\u2019 Fundraising<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We raised \u00a328 from the Poppy appeal.\u00a0 Thanks to those who donated this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Children in Need<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our pupils raised \u00a354 in total for Children in Need.\u00a0 Thank you so much for your kind donations.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-710 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2020\/11\/23\/weekly-newsletter-w-c-monday-23rd-november-2020\/p5-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/gelston\/uploads\/sites\/7653\/2020\/11\/23131901\/P5-7.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2020\/11\/23\/weekly-newsletter-w-c-monday-23rd-november-2020\/attachment\/001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/gelston\/uploads\/sites\/7653\/2020\/11\/23131900\/001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Christmas Dinner \u2013 Monday 14<sup>th<\/sup> December<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are having our Christmas dinner on Monday 14<sup>th<\/sup> December.\u00a0 This will be carried out in two sittings to ensure that we are safely following Covid-19 guidelines.\u00a0 Pupils may wear Christmas jumpers and hats that day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Christmas Donations for the Food Bank<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of our school aims is to BE KIND.\u00a0 We have decided to collect donations for the Food Bank this year.\u00a0 Please send your items in to school by <u>Wednesday 9th December<\/u> where they will be quarantined for three days before being passed on to Castle Douglas Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Christmas Cards<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we are not sending Christmas cards this year because of Covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Christmas Parties<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christmas parties will still take place this year!\u00a0 Your child can come to school wearing their Christmas party clothes or casual clothes that day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Party dates are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Monday 7th December = P1-3<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 10th December = P4-7<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Christmas Pantomime<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Normally we take pupils to the Fullarton Theatre to watch the pantomime.\u00a0 This year we have decided to buy an online pantomime (Jack and the Beanstalk) so that pupils can watch it in their classrooms.\u00a0 Our Parent Council has kindly agreed to pay for the pantomime and to provide refreshments for pupils.\u00a0 More details will follow shortly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Christmas Video Clips<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We may not be able to invite you in to school\/ church for our Christmas Service so we will do things differently this year!\u00a0 We will create a Christmas video clip to share with you instead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Mary E Lidstone-Scott<\/p>\n<p>Headteacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Family and Friends of Gelston Primary School, &nbsp; \u2018Poppy Appeal\u2019 Fundraising We raised \u00a328 from the Poppy appeal.\u00a0 Thanks to those who donated this year. &nbsp; Children in Need Our pupils raised \u00a354 in total for Children in Need.\u00a0 Thank you so much for your kind donations. &nbsp; Christmas Dinner \u2013 Monday 14th December &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2020\/11\/23\/weekly-newsletter-w-c-monday-23rd-november-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekly Newsletter &#8211; w\/c Monday 23rd November 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}