New Reading Scheme

I am delighted to be able to tell you that we have bought a new reading scheme for the school. This is a modern scheme with up to date stories, pictures, characters and diversity and it fits better with the phonetic approach we take to teaching reading and spelling. A selection of the new books will be available for parents to browse at the summer fair and for anyone who feels they will miss Biff, Chip and Kipper, there will be a chance to take a bundle of the old books home! The new scheme is a significant investment for the school and it has only been possible to make the purchase due to a very generous £5000 donation from Peacehill Gas Community Fund and a further (and equally generous) donation of £500 from Parent Council.

Summer Fair and End of Year Event

The summer fair will start at 1.30 on Monday followed by the end of year event in the garden at approximately 2.15pm. All parents and friends of the school and nursery are welcome including those who Are joining the school in August.

So that cost is not a factor to children taking part, all children will be given **tokens** to play the following stalls:

Pyramid of Puzzles

Treasure Hunt

Hook the Duck

Lucky Dip

Beat the Goalie

Beat the runner

Darts

Basketball

Pirate Pete’s Treasure Island

**Please make a donation of your choice on the gate to pay for your child’s tokens**

There will be a cost for the following stalls:

Face Painting

Soak the Headteacher

Raffle

Tombola

Usbourne Book Stall

Bake Sale (being run by Parent Council

All monies raised will go to school fund to further the experiences of the children at our school and nursery.

Please bring a picnic blanket or folding chair to sit on at the end of year event. The forecast looks promising at present but we should plan for wet grass. If it rains during the afternoon, we will

Summer Reading Challenge

This starts tomorrow! Pauline visited us at Assembly today to share the details. We encourage you to get involved if you can: Click Here for Details.

Waterstone Crook Football Camps

Please click here for information.

Cafe Inc

Café Inc will be back during the summer holidays for children and young people across Fife. It is a free lunch club providing tasty, healthy meals for our children and young people while our schools are closed during the holidays. No need to book, just turn up. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult, who can also have a meal.

Cafe Inc venues will all be listed on our interactive map, which is available along with other advice and help with the Cost of Living, at our.fife.scot/gethelp

Click here for information about the St Andrews Area

On Behalf of Public Health Scotland

You may be aware that we are currently seeing an increase in the number of people getting ill with measles.

If your child is about to start P1, please read this letter.

If your child is about to start S1, please read this letter.

It’s the Newport Festival Tomorrow

Here is the programme for the day:

Parent Council Minutes

Please click here to read the minutes of the most recent meeting.

Message from Active Schools

Dear Parent/Carer,

I am delighted to showcase all of the fantastic opportunities our young people and families have across the local area to participate in sport and physical activity. The below SWAY details all of the club and partners community session information! Please click the link below to access a whole new community through sport!

 https://sway.cloud.microsoft/6dURYxOpRfvxWk8e?ref=Link

 A reminder that Active Schools are running Family engagement sessions across week 1 of the holidays too and that we are still adding to these sessions! To register click the link below 

https://forms.office.com/e/X0PbMQfKTt

 Please note our Community Use camp is now fully booked, however, we are operating a wait list. 

 Thank you,

Madison Garland 

Newport Festival

Click here for information:Newport Festival Poster

Reports

Children in their pre-school nursery year and in P1-7 will bring home their school report on Friday of next week (21^st June). Please take time to read the report with your child and complete the feedback sheet together.

Seesaw Next Year

We will continue to use Seesaw iN Nursery-P7 next year, please look out for an invitation to join your child’s journal towards the end of the school holidays.

Procedures

Ahead of next year, if your child will be in P1-7, please read the updated procedures sheet: A-Z (glowscotland.org.uk) A papercopy will also come home with the reports.

If your child will be in Nursery, please make sure you are familiar with the procedures in the nursery booklet: Balmerino-nursery-handbook-May2024.pdf (glowscotland.org.uk)

Dates

Please check you know the dates for the rest of the year:

Monday 17th June – Nursery children going to Wormit PS for Puppet Show – please take your child to the front door of the school at 9.15am. Please note that there will not be space in the car park, you should park on the road and walk into the grounds. The front door is accessed by going in the pedestrian gate off Flass Road. If you can;t drop your child at Wormit, please email lucy.jess@fife.gov.uk and I can help.

Monday 24th June – Summer Fair and End of Year Event – all parents invited to come to school for this in the afternoon. If it should rain, we will move into the hall and may need to restrict the number of parents coming. Fingers crossed it will be dry! P7 parents will hear their child’s memories whatever the weather!

Tuesday 25th June – P7s to Mountain Biking at Lochore Meadows

 Thursday 27^th June – P1-7 Woods Day – children should wear outdoor learning clothes all day. Please send them with a packed lunch from home or order a school packed lunch through iPayImpact. Please apply sunscreen first thing and send them with a hat and a waterproof coat.

Friday 28^th June – Last day of term 4 – Nursery celebration – details are on Seesaw