Reminder to all parents and carers that school will be closed Thursday 12th December due to the General Election.

With Christmas fast approaching we are all more mindful than ever of the effects of poverty on the lives of many of the families we work with and the pressure many families feel to show their appreciation to staff in the school through gifts and tokens of appreciation.

Last year the BBC ran a feature about this with the simple message that thank you is enough. We want to share this message with you again this year to reassure any parents that are worried about affording a gift for a teacher in the run up to the Christmas break.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46580014

We also want to reassure you that there is no ban on bringing gifts to teachers, but that a thank you, a card and even just the thought behind these small gestures, is more than enough for us as a staff.

Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to the Christmas Fair.  From buying raffle tickets to sending in items for raffle prizes and stalls, thank you!

To make our school fair a huge success we would be delighted to receive donations to our bottle stall, chocolate tombola and if you find you have outgrown a Christmas jumper then we would love to have that too for our Christmas jumper stall!  Items can be sent into school with pupils as well as being given to staff at the busses.

Thank you once again for your continued support and we look forward to seeing many of you at our fun filled Christmas Fair this Saturday.

Please click on the image below for more information.

The LPS Football team trials will take place this Wednesday from 3 -4 pm.  All P7 & P6 pupils who wish to attend the trial must return the permission slip from the bottom of the letter that was sent home last week.

An exciting visit to Loanhead PS by Mrs Milne and a small group of pupils.  The children were quite surprised to see how quickly things are happening!

Many thanks to everyone who managed along to join the pupils celebrate at the Harvest Service this morning.  Also, thank you for your wonderful donations sent in, these have now been given to the Salvation Army.

The children had great fun baking the Harvest Sheaf.  Spot the mouse on our harvest table!