Weekly Information – 27th October

Tuesday 31st October

– All children invited to come to school in a costume and to enter the pumpkin competition. Carve and decorate a pumpkin at home and bring it into school. Please pay a £1 entry cost as a donation to school fund and towards the cost of the prizes if you can though your entry will be counted if you can’t.

 

Parent Council Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Don’t forget the Halloween Hunt around Gauldry tomorrow,  Saturday 28th October. Please meet at the Morison Duncan Hall at 11am to collect your Halloween Scavenger Hunt form. Then set off to find spooky characters hidden around Gauldry. Find them all and return your form to the Hall by 12pm to receive a candy prize.

 

Calendars

Orders need to be in by 9th November

Please use this form to order school calendars:

https://forms.office.com/e/ypE4hZcQU8

 

Family Charity Challenge

When you wish upon a star, are a charity who do amazing work granting wishes for children living with life threatening illnesses. They are looking for families to participate this winter in the Elf Wish Walk campaign to help them raise money. Details of the campaign are here:

Scarlett’s Wish

Elf Wish Walk Information Pack

If your family gets involved – we’d love to hear how you get on with your challenge. It could be a great way to beat the early winter blues!

Thank you to a Wormit parent who brought this to my attention.

 

Poppy Appeal

Collection boxes now in school if anyone would like to donate and have a poppy for Armistice Day.

 

Volunteers for outdoor learning

P1/3/4 will do outdoor learning each Monday and P5/6/7 will do it each Wednesday. This will start from week beginning 30th October. Outdoor Learning will take place in the school grounds, on the pitch or at Brownie or Waterloo Woods. Please send your child with Outdoor Learning clothes to change into before the session – they will come home in those clothes.

We can only go to the woods if we have parent helpers. If you are free to volunteer on a Monday or Wednesday afternoon, please contact Tracey in the office.

 

P1 Class Photo

DC Thomson have advised that the photo will be printed in the following papers.

Evening Telegraph – Thursday 2nd November

Courier – Thursday 9th November

 

Pantomime Contribution

All children (Nursery – P7) will be going to the Byre theatre to see their performance of Cinderella on 8th December. We be leaving at approximately 9.30 and will return in time for a late lunch. Children should bring a waterbottle and snack of your choosing for the interval. To help meet the cost of tickets plus transport, we are asking for a £10 contribution per child. Please pay this by 8th December using iPayImpact – please choose the fund called Pantomime 2023. Please don’t send cash but if you have problems accessing iPayImpact, contact Tracey in the office and she will help. If you can’t meet the cost, please email me in confidence to let me know – your child can still attend – no one will miss out!

 

Cluster Netball

Please find information below from Fife Active Schools on P5-7 cluster netball:

I am delighted to announce that Active Schools in partnership with Saints Sport are once again running our cluster netball session for pupils in P5-7.  Sessions will start on Wednesday 1st November from 4pm-5pm at Madras College for a 4 week block. The last session will take place on Wednesday 22nd November. 
 
To secure your child’s place please complete the below link. I will be in touch to confirm your child’s space at this club on Monday 30th October. 
 
https://forms.office.com/e/20Aw9Vcf5m
 
Thank you,
Madison Garland 
Active Schools