Everyone at the school would like to say a big thank you to the GFG for their kind donation of money to buy more handheld and headset microphones and accessories to complete our sounds system. We cannot thank you enough for your generosity to the school and to supporting and enhancing the children’s learning. Mrs. McLaughland, the staff and all the pupils.
As previously intimated, for our Parents Afternoon/Evening at the end of March we intend to arrange afternoon and evening appointments for parents all on the one day, Wednesday 28th March. Appointments for the Parents Afternoon/Evening, which will be advertised and arranged nearer the time in early March, will be between 3.30 – 5.00 and then from 6pm-9pm. Please put this date in your diary. Please inform the school if this date is unsuitable for you and we will make alternative arrangements. Mrs. McLaughland
Our new right of the month is ◊Article 7◊ and what a very important one it is!
“You have the right to a name, and this should be officially recognised by the Government. You have the right to a nationality (to belong to a country).”
We will be learning a lot this coming month about the importance of Article 7.
Why not share your learning with someone at home?
The RRS school group!
Just a reminder that we would be very grateful for any donations of outdoor toys you have finished with, to supplement our playground equipment. Please look and see if you have anything you have finished with and are willing to donate, which is still in a good condition. Also, before we spend school money to supplement our wet day boxes, we would like to ask if there are any indoor games or toys you have finished with which are in good condition,to supplement our wet day boxes which are in every class. Thank you very much for your help. Mrs. McLaughland
Remember this relates to our Rights Respecting Schools and an important Article of the UNCRC:-
Article 31:- You have the right to play and relax by doing things like sport, music and drama.
Due to last week’s difficult weather conditions, Gargieston’s P1 registration is extended into next week, week beginning Monday 22nd January.
Here are the Starwriters and Maths Award winner from last week. The P1-3 Starwriters were Zoe Hammond, Jack McPherson, Olivia Lough, Rose Gilmour, Charlotte Speirs, Chloe Allison and Lucy Hill. The P4-7 Maths Award winners were Erin Cameron, Tia Kwok, Brooke Handy, Cameron McLardy, Blaike Hay and Freya Staddon. Very well done, everyone!!
Here are the three winners of the scooter raffles this year. Congratulations to Isla Clark from the ECC afternoon group, Calum Healy from P2 and Cameron McLardy from P6. The giant food hamper was won by Hannah Paterson in P7.The Grand raffle prize was drawn today and the winners of the 62 prizes will hear the good news very soon. The winner of the Guess the Reindeer’s birthday wll be drawn at tomorrow’s assembly. Congratulations and thank you once again.The final sum raised from our Christmas Fayre this year has been £4,411.68 – an outstanding amount of money. We cannot thank you enough!! Everyone at Gargieston Pr. and ECC
A HUGE thank you to all the parents, grandparents and family members from the school and ECC who attended our Christmas Fayre !
Thanks also to those who donated raffle prizes, tombola gifts, bottles and baking – we were overwhelmed by your generosity!!
Very special mention goes to the parents and grandparents who volunteered their time to help set up the Fayre on Thursday after school and all those parents who helped to man the stalls on the day of the Fayre. We definitely couldn’t have done it without you!!!
The total raised at present is somewhere around £4000 – a fabulous total which is far beyond our expectation, which will help to support the learning of all our pupils, particularly through IT.
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There is still the opportunity to purchase tickets for the following
The grand raffle – 50p per ticket
Food hamper raffle – 50p per ticket
The scooter raffles – 50p per ticket
Guess my birthday – £1
Please send appropriate money in an envelope with your name, your child’s name and class, total amount in envelope and information about which raffle and how many tickets you require. Pupils will organise this and tickets will be sent home.
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Well done to Lucy (P4), Sam (P2) and Danny’s (ECC) gran, Mrs. Lennox who won the cake by correctly guessing its weight.
Jamie Ryan, (P1/2) who guessed there was 165 marshmallows in the jar.
Callum Kerr(P6) who guessed the number of the magic square.
Thank you all once again!
Mrs. McLaughland
Here are the top prizes for this year’s kid’s raffle.
Poppy from the ECC is modelling the electric motorbike, the ECC prize.
Callum McKinlay from P3 is modelling the scooter for P1-3.
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Ellis from P5 is modelling the scooter for the P4-7 age group.
Tickets for all of these raffle prizes are on sale now !
Tickets will be sold in the school hall each playtime and lunchtime for 50p each.
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Winners will be drawn on the last week of school !
***Good Luck ***
At Friday’s assembly we had our first visit from PC Sean McKenna, the new Grange Academy Campus Cop. He visited some classes and came to our Assembly to introduce himself and also to explain to us about the possible dangers of social media and accessing sites such as Facebook, Instagram or SnapChat. He reminded everyone that the minimum age to have an account for these sites is 13 years old.
Our Rights Respecting Schools Article of the month of December is:- Article 17 – Every child has the right to reliable information from the media. This should be information that children can understand. Governments must help protect children from materials that could harm them.
Rights Respecting Quiz – At the assembly on Friday, 15th December the Rights Respecting Schools group will give a prize to the person who can name the most Articles of the UNCRC. Get practising!!!
