{"id":135,"date":"2024-03-28T12:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/elieprimaryschool\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:54:07","slug":"traditions-at-elie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/elieprimaryschool\/about-us\/traditions-at-elie\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditions at Elie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Christmas Fayre<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Each year, the PTA organise a Christmas Fayre for the local community. The children make crafts, volunteer to run stalls and perform traditional Christmas carols. There is usually a fantastic raffle on offer too. This is a fabulous fundraiser for the PTA and is well attended by school families and the wider community every year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Advent Window<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An advent trail is created throughout Elie over the month of December and the school gets involved by transforming our front windows into artistic Christmassy masterpieces!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140435\/advent-2022-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140435\/advent-2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140435\/advent-2022-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140435\/advent-2022-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140435\/advent-2022.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140447\/advent-2023-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140447\/advent-2023-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140447\/advent-2023-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140447\/advent-2023-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140447\/advent-2023.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Scarecrow Festival<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elie Fayre Day Committee often organise a scarecrow festival in the village which we are always keen to enter &#8211; in recent years we have been very successful and even got 1st place a few years ago!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-137\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28135059\/scarecrow-2023-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28135059\/scarecrow-2023-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28135059\/scarecrow-2023-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28135059\/scarecrow-2023-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28135059\/scarecrow-2023.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140251\/scarecrow-2022-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140251\/scarecrow-2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140251\/scarecrow-2022-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140251\/scarecrow-2022-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/elieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/14028\/2024\/03\/28140251\/scarecrow-2022.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Christmas shows<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At Elie Primary School we are proud to say that our pupils put on an incredible show many times a year, we pull out all the stops at Christmas! Every child in the school is involved in a our shows, often taking on multiple roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Fayre Each year, the PTA organise a Christmas Fayre for the local community. The children make crafts, volunteer to run stalls and perform traditional Christmas carols. There is usually a fantastic raffle on offer too. 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