Please remember to call in with any absences before 9.30am.

If your child had been absent the previous week , an update on Monday morning would be appreciated.

Thank you.

This week we have our Infant and ECC Nativities. At each performance there will be a last opportunity for parents and friends of the school to purchase any tickets for our Grand Raffle (£1 a strip) and Hamper raffle (50p each ticket). There are 4 prizes in the Hamper Draw, ranging from the largest basket down to various smaller hampers. In the Grand Raffle there is a wide variety of super prizes ranging from jewellery to afternoon tea vouchers, restaurant vouchers, toiletry sets and a huge number of assorted bottles!! The draw for each raffle will take place next Monday, 16th December. Any other P3-7 parents who wish to purchase tickets can send the appropriate money in an envelope with their name, contact details and number of each tickets required.

With Christmas fast approaching, we are all more mindful than ever of the effects of poverty on the lives of families in our area.   Some families may feel under pressure to show their appreciation to staff in the school through bringing in expensive gifts.

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 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

I would like to reassure you that there is no ban on bringing gifts for staff, but that a thank you, a card, a handmade token of appreciation and the thought behind these small gestures, is more than enough for us.

Wishing you all the best this festive season,

Julie McKee
Head Teacher