{"id":854,"date":"2021-11-24T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/?p=854"},"modified":"2021-11-24T15:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:42:03","slug":"newsletter-w-c-22-11-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2021\/11\/24\/newsletter-w-c-22-11-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter &#8211; w\/c 22.11.2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Families and Friends of Crossmichael and Gelston Primary Schools,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent Council Christmas Card Fundraiser<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each child has designed a Christmas card.\u00a0 If you wish to buy a pack of cards with your child\u2019s design on them then please order and pay for them using the online portal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">To access the artwork you should visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mychildsart.co.uk\/order\/parent-portal\/login\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">website<\/a>\u00a0and enter the username\u00a0<strong>Gelston <\/strong>and password\u00a0 <strong> SYTDh26W.<\/strong> The 10% discount code is G<b>elston.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The deadline for orders in 8th December.\u00a0 We really appreciate your support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent Council Christmas Raffle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our fantastic Parent Council is organising a raffle to help raise money towards the cost of our outdoor classroom.\u00a0 We are aiming to make up several hampers and we are asking local businesses for donations too.\u00a0 Please look at the Gelston Parent Council Facebook page for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, books of raffle tickets will be on sale for \u00a31 from the school office.<\/p>\n<p>The raffle will be drawn in school on Monday 20th December<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Jigs and Reels for P4-7<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Our P4-7 pupils will be participating in two weekly sessions of country dancing (&#8216;Jigs and Reels&#8217;) with Active Schools.\u00a0 This starts on Monday.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Diary Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The P4-7 Christmas party is in the afternoon of 15th December<\/p>\n<p>Our school Christmas dinner is on 16th December<\/p>\n<p>We are having an end of term assembly on Friday 17th December at 1.30pm\u00a0 for Mrs Maxwell&#8217;s retirement and we are hoping to stream this live to Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The P1-3 Christmas party is in the afternoon of 21st December.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Children from our partnership schools will be performing \u2018Christmas Around the World\u2019 and will share this with you remotely nearer the time.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Mary Cruickshanks<\/p>\n<p>Headteacher<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Families and Friends of Crossmichael and Gelston Primary Schools, &nbsp; Parent Council Christmas Card Fundraiser Each child has designed a Christmas card.\u00a0 If you wish to buy a pack of cards with your child\u2019s design on them then please order and pay for them using the online portal. 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