I am really looking forward to celebrating my first Christmas at Cross Arthurlie. The school is currently buzzing with the sounds of children rehearsing for the Christmas Concerts and Nativity. They are sound-ing great at the moment and are really looking forward to performing to a live audience.
Christmas Concert
Hopefully you’ll all now have collected your tickets for the Christmas concert next Wednesday and Thursday evenings 13th and 14th De-cember.
Children from P3-7 should come into school via the P1 & P2 classrooms adjacent to the car park.
P3 & P4 — Room 1
P5 & P6 — Room 2
P7 – Room 3
The gym doors will open for parents at 6:30p.m. We are very conscious that Christmas can be a very expensive time of year for families and in order to keep the costs down, have agreed that children should wear their school uniform plus a Christmas object such as a Santa hat, Christmas headband or other such item, to help us get into the festive spirit.
Nativity
The children in P1 & P2 are very excited to be performing their show ‘The Nativity’ on Friday 15th December in the morning. Doors will open at 9:15a.m.
Christmas Dinner
Christmas dinner for the children will be served on Wednesday 13th. If your child has a Christmas jumper and you would like them to wear it instead of a school cardigan or sweatshirt, they can do so on that day. Other than the days of their party, children should wear school uniform as usual.
Christmas Parties
The Christmas parties will take place on the following days:
Friday 15th—P6 and P7
Monday 18th—P4 and P5
Tuesday 19th—P1 & 2 and P3
Children may bring party clothes to change into for their party, which will be in the afternoon.
Parent Council
I’m sure everyone appreciates the hard work of the Parent Council in organising the Christmas Fair and Movie Night recently. The funds from these events are used for specific purposes which benefit the children and we are very grateful for the support of the parents who commit to being part of the Parent Council and all who volun teer to put on events for the children.
The dates of the next meetings (to be held in Barrhead High School ) are : 06/02/18; 06/03/18; 01/05/18; 05/06/18 (AGM in Cross Arthurlie)
Events next year :7th February : Valentine’s Disco 3rd March : Ladies Night; 1st May: Spring Fun Day; 12th June discos : 21st June: Leaver’s Dance
Primary 1 Christmas Charity
Primary 1 is aiming to raise awareness of poverty and help stop hunger. This Christmas, we are looking for donations for our local food bank. The local food bank would be grateful for donations of sugar, fruit juice and toiletries such as soap, shampoo and shower gel. If you are able to donate, please ask your child to bring the donation to either Primary 1 classes by Friday 15th.
VIP Assembly
We had our second monthly VIP assembly this Wednesday celebrating the school value of honesty. The following children were awarded VIP certificates : Max Morrison; Holly Simpson; Poppy Aird; Bruce Hannah; Anna Lagan; Freya McGuire, Freya Reynolds, Kaci Wales, Lyla Winning, Jessica Ferguson, Lucy Johns, Max Moultrie, Ben Weir, Lucy Stewart, Sam Ed-monstone, Alfie MacDonald, Zac Davidson, Leon McDougall, Robbie Wallace, Ashton McKechan, Declan Smith.
We also celebrated a range of achievements out of school:
Football : Jack Laing; Max Mouldrie; Scott Hendrie; Harry Johns
Judo : Lachlan Douglas-Kelly
Karate : Arran Junner; James Gribble
Brass : Souroush Uthmani, Marley McEwan
Dancing: Dylan Quinn
Fiona MacDonald
Head Teacher
