World Book Day is back again! We are celebrating it in the ECC and the Primary, so head over to the school APP to get all of the details.
World Book Day
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Burns/Scots Poetry Recitals
We would like to say a huge congratulations to all of the children who participated in the poetry recital competition on Thursday afternoon. We were delighted to welcome Mr Lyall and Mr Airbright, from Mauchline Burns Club once again to judge our overall winners. The P7 overall winner, and therefore awarded the Burns Quaich, was Harris. His recital of ‘To a Louse’ was absolutely outstanding! The P4-7 winners have been invited to recite their poems again at the local Burns event later this month at the Kilmarnock Supporters Club and then again at the Mauchline Holy Fair. Every class are looking at Scots words this term as Scots is our third language, after English and French.
‘Be Safe Be Seen’ Day
‘Be Safe Be Seen’ Day is on Friday 22nd November.
We want to encourage all pupils to wear something bright on their journeys to and from school. Remember bright, fluorescent and especially reflective clothing is so important when the days become darker!
Children are welcome to dress down and wear bright colours on Friday 22nd.
Reading Schools survey
The Inclusive Schools Committee would love you to complete this survey to find out your views about reading. We are trying to achieve our Reading Schools Award and need to find out how you feel about reading, both with your child and for you. Thank you!
Reading Schools parent/carer survey
Parent Council Christmas Fayre request
Our Parent Council are currently planning the Christmas Fayre for Friday 29th of November and have asked very kindly for some donations for the Tombola and the Raffle.
Tombola (to be brought into school by the 20th of November please)
- bottles (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
- chocolate – advent calendars, bars of chocolate, chocolate Santas etc
- Sweets
Raffle
- Any unused gifts – new ones only please
- New items: candles, toys etc (no second-hand items please)
Digital Libraries
Miss Gill has found some great resources as part of our Reading Schools and Digital Schools Awards. Open the documents below and you can click on the books to take your child to the YouTube link and hear the story being read to them. We have selected links for every stage in the school. Happy reading!
Book Trust Reading Schools
Mrs Cross and the Inclusive Schools Committee have signed up to the Book Trust’s Reading Schools award programme. We are hoping to continue our journey towards fostering a love of personal reading in all of our children and will be involving everyone in the programme – including our parents and carers!
Parent Council minutes
Please find below a link to the minutes of our Parent Council meetings and details about how to join the Parent Council if you are interested in doing so.
Dinnae Forget Your Caddy!
Cairey the Caddy is back!!
Help us fight climate change and be in with the chance of winning a £50 East Ayrshire gift card.
A whopping 69% of food waste in East Ayrshire is not being recycled.
To encourage more people to recycle their food waste, the EAC Sustainability & Climate Change Team has launched a new recycling at home campaign – Dinnae forget your Caddy!
The campaign was successfully rolled out last year in schools and ECCs across East Ayrshire but now the team need your help to raise Community Caddy Counts.
Support the campaign by naming your caddy (Caddy McCaddyface is absolutely acceptable) and register the name online
Write the name in permanent marker on your caddy, then all you have to do is present your caddy each week to be entered into the ‘Favourite Caddy of the Month’ draw.
The monthly draw will run from November through to May, and the recycling crews will select one ‘named’ caddy at random to win a £50 East Ayrshire gift card.
You could also encourage your neighbours, family and friends to take part in the campaign and make it a bit competitive. Let us know if you encourage anyone to start recycling
EAC Waste crews will begin monitoring the number and names/designs of kerbside caddies from 4th November.
At the end of November, EAC Sustainability & Climate Change team will let you know:
- which family has been selected as ‘Favourite Caddy of the Month’ (we’ll get in touch with the winning centre/school and make arrangements to present the winning prize and certificate to your winning family)
- number of new Caddies requested by your families
- number of caddy names registered by your families
- number of caddy buddies made.
Thank you for your support!
SHOOT TO SATURN
We have registered for East Ayrshire Council’s Shoot To Saturn active travel initiative for session 2024-25. A letter was sent out on the school app explaining the details and how it works. If you haven’t read it you can see a copy below –
We would love if you could help us collect as many S-miles (any walking/ cycling/ scooting/ park-and-stride journeys to school and home again) as we can in our quest to Shoot To Saturn! You can also record Bonus s-miles (any additional journey to the school e.g. delivering a packed lunch box, collecting your child for an appointment, walking to the shop when you usually take the car, walking the dog, etc) by scanning the QR code below or on the poster at the reception.
We will keep you updated with how many S-miles we are collecting on our journey, so look out on the blog for more information!
Thank you for your support!
Mauchline PS Active Travellers
