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Christmas Jumper Day

 Christmas Jumper Day is coming to a school near you………..  Friday 13th December.

                                                                                                    

We are supporting Save the Children’s  Christmas Jumper Day, this is a brilliant opportunity for us to have some end-of-term festive fun while raising money to help children in the poorest parts of the world.

We ask that all children come to school in a festive top and pay £1 which will then be donated to Save the Children.

More details will be sent home via the school diaries.

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MacMillan Cancer Coffee Morning

Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the recent MacMillan Coffe Morning, organised by the staff and pupils of Loch Ness.

A great morning was had by all and the delicious home baking went down a treat.

At the end of the coffee morning the staff and pupils gave everyone a demonstration of Reels on Wheels.

We are delighted to let you know that the magnificent amount of £350 was raised on thday and now a cheque for that amount is on it’s way to MacMillan Cancer Care.

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Jeans for Genes Day

Thank you to everyone who supported the Jeans for Genes Day on Friday.

We are delighted to inform you that we raised £145 and this money will be sent to the foundation along with the money raised from the Family Centre.

The total amount raised was IMS £153.75, Family Centre £89.60

So the grand total to be sent to Jeans for Genes is £239.65

Thank you to everyone who contributed.

- Pupils, Fundraising

Thank You Waitrose

Thank You

Thank You to everyone who donated to the charity coins in Waitrose.

Today some of our pupils went to Waitrose to recieve the cheque. We were delighted to find out the generous amount was £433.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed,  the money will be used to buy some new equipment for the pupils.

Here is our school captain receiving the cheque from a member of Waitrose staff.

- Pupils

Shoe Box Appeal 2013

Fill a box and support the Show Box Appeal

The 2013 Shoe Box Appeal is well underway and Isobel Mair School are helping to support this. 

You can help us  by supporting your child/young person to fill a box with specific items. We are collecting boxes which will help support boys and girls.

This year boxes will be sent to Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine and  help to bring some joy and laughter to young people at Christmas.

Click here for more details of the Shoebox appeal

 

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Parent Council Fundraising Event

Isobel Mair School and Family Centre

Isobel Mair School and Family Centre Parent Council are holding a Celidh to raise funds.

 Date: Saturday 11th May 2013

 Time:  7.30 pm till 11pm

 Venue: The MOD, Isobel Mair School

 Tickets: £10 includes food, BYOB

Please contact the school if you require any tickets.
Information has also be sent home via the home/school diaries.

 Please support our school.

 Donations for the raffle can be sent into school.

 Many Thanks for supporting our School and Family Centre

- Pupils, enterprise, Fundraising

Red Nose Day @ IMS

We will once again be supporting RED NOSE DAY 2013 at Isobel Mair School and are trying to raise as much money as possible to help support other children at home or abroad.

Here are some of the fun activities that we will taking part in on the day.

Wear Something RED for Money
We want everyone to enjoy Red Nose Day by wearing something RED. This can be anything from a pair of red socks, a red nose or hair accesory. All we ask for is a donation.

Pie Throwing
The student council have made a request for staff willing to take a pie in the face – all for the sake of charity!
We had a bigger response than we thought, so there will be plenty of opportunity to hit one of your favourite teachers in the face.
If youy child would like to lob a pie in their direction then they can buy one for £1.

Red Hamper Raffle
We have been collecting items for a hamper raffle. Tickets are £1 if you would like to be in with a chance of winning this fabolous prize. Tickets wil be on sale from Wednesday.

Nail Bar
Spoil your fingers! Get pampered and get your nails painted by the very experienced Cassie and Chloe  from S5. A plain colour will cost £1 and a funky design will cost £1.50.

Leg Waxing
Some of our hairier members of staff ( Mr McLaughlin and Mr Holmes) have agreed to a sponsored leg wax!
Not only will we get to see them squirm, other staff members will be able to pull a strip off……………… for a small donation of course!

Chocolate Fountain and Cakes
There will be a chocolate fountain with a variety of things to cover in chocolate, as well as yummy home made fairy cakes.

Face Painting
If you haven’t already bought a red nose, or just fancy a funny face, get your face painted with your favoutite design!

Thanks for all your help in supporting us to achieve our aim of raising money for Comic Relief and Red Nose Day 2013

 

 

- Pupils, enterprise

ISS@IMS Red Nose Day Raffle

Iss@IMS Tuesday group have been working hard on their Red Nose Day 2013 project.

They collected lots of gifts for the raffle and sold raffle tickets to all the staff.

At 2pm the group all worked together, selecting the winners, using the tannoy to call out the winners and stick the appropriate tickets on the many prizes.

A wonderful event for a great cause, well done everyone.

- Pupils, Parents

Zumbathon @ IMS

Get Fit with Zumbathon @ IMS

We are holding a Zumbathon on Thursday 21st March.

We would like to invite pupils, staff and parents to donate £1.00 and join us to help raise some more money to enable one of our pupils Amy Clark to compete in the Special Olympics with her rhythmic gymnastic team.

 Every competitor has to raise their own funds to support the travel and accomodation cost at these events.

Pupils will participate in ZumbAtomic in the morning.

Parents will be given a full and sweaty workout 1.30pm-2.00pm.

Staff will be put through their paces 3.15pm-3.45pm.

Please join us in what is to be a great day for a great cause. Please complete the form sent home with your child if you wish to join us for some fun and help a good cause..

- Pupils, Fundraising

Assembly

Class Tiree are hosting this weeks assembly on Friday.

The class have decided to take part in the Mary’s Meals project which  helps provide daily life changing meals for over 600,000 hungry children.

At the assembly on Friday, Class Tiree have arranged for a Mary’s Meal speaker to come and share with us all about the project and how we as a school we can help.

We look forward to sharing this information with you at a later date.

Mary’s Meals