As we move rapidly into the busiest and most exciting month of the year for our children, I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with some important dates and update you on our festive plans.
In her message via the School App on 12th November, Linda McAulay-Griffiths explained that Scottish Government guidance for schools still does not permit large gatherings of pupils indoors which means that we continue to be unable to offer visits to pantomimes and concerts. All Ayrshire authorities have agreed that, given the continued prevalence of positive Covid-19 cases in schools, parents and carers will not be invited into schools and ECC’s to attend events. Although we appreciate how disappointing this will be for you, please be reassured that we will continue to look at creative ways to offer these experiences to our children.
Our children in the ECC, Primary 1 and Primary 2 are all working hard on their Nativities. The ECC will perform “The Big Little Nativity” and Primary 1 and Primary 2 will perform “Whoops-a-daisy Angel”. These performances will be recorded and shared with parents and carers. Further information regarding how to access the recordings will follow.
Our Primary 6 and Primary 7 pupils are working hard to prepare for their performance of Elf. Further information will be shared by Base 4 staff. Elf will also be pre-recorded with showings on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th December at 7pm.
We have booked an online Christmas Pantomime for our children to enjoy – Aladdin – 3 wishes, 2 vaccines & a genie! All of our children from the ECC through to Primary 7 will have the opportunity to enjoy the Panto with their class during December.
Thursday 16th December will be a Christmas Fun Day for all children at Gargieston. The children are welcome to come to nursery and school wearing a Christmas jumper or their Christmas party outfit for the day. Christmas lunch will also be served on this date.
We are expecting a socially distanced visit for our children in the ECC, Primary 1 and Primary 2 from a special guest on Friday 17th December. We will have a Grotto prepared for him in the ECC courtyard and the children will visit him outdoors.
School closes for the Christmas holidays on Wednesday 22nd December at 2.30pm and reopens for the new term on Thursday 6th January.
Thank you for your continued support this term. We are hopeful that 2022 will bring further relaxations in the guidance for schools to enable us to reinstate further school events. We look forward to continuing to work in partnership with you in the New Year.
Kind regards,
Julie McKee
