{"id":1647,"date":"2025-11-07T15:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:49:42","slug":"weekly-information-7th-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/2025\/11\/07\/weekly-information-7th-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Information &#8211; 7th November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Click here to check you have all the dates for this term:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/calendar-term-4\/\">Calendar 2025-26 | Balmerino Primary School<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apologies that I have not included the time for the P1-4 Literacy\/Numeracy event. It is 2pm<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Parent Council News<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/parent-council\/\">Please click here to read the recent minutes of Parent Council meetings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1658 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/07154908\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/07154908\/image1.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/07154908\/image1-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/07154908\/image1-723x1024.jpeg 723w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/07154908\/image1-768x1087.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Message for P7 Parents from Madras<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><u>Second P7 transition welcome evening<\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">A reminder that the second of our P7 transition welcome evenings is on this Thursday 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November from 17:45-19:00. This will the same evening as last Tuesday so if you attended last week there is no need to attend this time.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><strong><u>Transition Coffee Mornings<\/u><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">There will be a series of coffee mornings for parents\/carers of P7 pupils coming to Madras College in August 2026. These will be an opportunity to visit Madras and meet with some of our staff and pupils\u00a0in an informal setting. Please note that these are for parents\/carers and that P7 pupils should not attend.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The coffee mornings will run in the school canteen from 9.30am to 10.30am on the following dates:<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Wednesday 3rd\u00a0December<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Tuesday 9th\u00a0December<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Thursday\u00a018th\u00a0December.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Parents\/carers are welcome to choose which date(s) they would like to come along to.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">We look forward to seeing you soon.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Yours sincerely,<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Mrs Jenni Alexander<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Principal Teacher Transition and Equity<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Madras College<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Panto Payment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please remember to pay for your child(ren)&#8217;s tickets following the information sent in an email on 27th October. Or contact Mrs Jess directly if you can&#8217;t meet the cost. No child will miss out. Many thanks<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Planetarium Visit &#8211; 19th December<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Community Council have organised and funded a visit from a planetarium for a Christmas Show on the last day of term. All children will\u00a0 attend with school staff in the Morison Duncan Hall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1650\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/06121215\/What_Santa_Sees-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/06121215\/What_Santa_Sees-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/06121215\/What_Santa_Sees-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/06121215\/What_Santa_Sees-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/06121215\/What_Santa_Sees-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/06121215\/What_Santa_Sees.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/12737\/2025\/11\/06121236\/Seasonal-Shows.pdf\">Click here for more information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Football<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A parent has asked me to share this:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u26bd Join the St Andrews Colts! \u26bd<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We\u2019re on the lookout for enthusiastic boys born in 2013 and 2014 to join our growing Colts 11\u2019s team. Whether you\u2019re a seasoned player or just love football and want to learn, we offer a fun, supportive environment to develop skills, make friends and be part of a fantastic local team. Training takes place in St Andrews with qualified SFA coaches who focus on teamwork, confidence and enjoyment of the game. Contact Neil on 07926 016110 to find out more and arrange a free trial session.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to check you have all the dates for this term: Calendar 2025-26 | Balmerino Primary School Apologies that I have not included the time for the P1-4 Literacy\/Numeracy event. It is 2pm Parent Council News Please click here to read the recent minutes of Parent Council meetings. Message for P7 Parents from Madras &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/2025\/11\/07\/weekly-information-7th-november-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Information &#8211; 7th November 2025<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1659,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions\/1659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/balmerinoprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}