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Upcoming Dates

Upcoming Diary Dates:
November
- 27th – 100 years of Our Lady and St Bride’s church, mass at 10:30am.
- 28th – Advent Service – 09:30 in school, pupil event.
- 29th – Immunisation Team In – Flu Immunisations available for all pupils.
- 30th – Badminton Tournament St Columba’s 4-6pm group of P7 pupils
- 30th – P1 & P2 Shared Start 9:00am-9:30am
December
- 1st – Christmas Fayre 3:15-5pm, Raffle
- 8th – Christmas Jumper Day/ Christmas Show 1:30pm
- 9th – Christmas Show 9:30am
- 12th – P7 Christmas Party
- 13th – P5/6 Christmas Party
- 14th – Pantomime – Whole school Rothes Halls
- 15th – Christmas Dinner, P3/4 Christmas Party
- 16th – P1/2 Party
- 19th – Family Christmas Art Shared Finish 2:15-3pm/ Nursery Christmas Party Starbright
- 20th – Share a Christmas story day – Children may wear Christmas jumpers/accessories
- 21st– Last day of term, school closes 3pm
January
- 5th– Full school return
- 12th – Indoor football Festival 4-6pm St Columba’s
- 25th – Basketball tournament 4-6pm St Columba’s
February
- 1st – St Bride’s Feast Day, 10 am Mass TBC
- 7th – Safer Internet Day
- 13th – 1:45pm First Confession rehearsal
- 14th – 9:30-2:30 Beath P7 Step up to Enterprise
- 15th – Inset day 4
- 20th – First Confessions 6pm St Joseph’s All Welcome
- 22nd – Ash Wednesday Service in school AM
March
- 8th – Netball tournament St Columba’s 4-6pm
- 9th – Moving on Mass P7s St Andrew’s High Kirkcaldy
- 16th – Parent’s Night 1
- 21st – Parent’s Night 2
- 23rd – Primary 1 checks by NHS
April
25th – St Margaret’s Football Cup Festival
May
- 1st – School Closed
- 4th – Confirmation 7pm St Bride’s Church
- 8th – School Closed – Coronation Holiday
- 9th – Primary 7 Residential – Dounans
- 21st – St Bride’s First Communion 10:30am All Welcome
- 23rd – Beath P7 Sports Morning
June
- 1st – 4:30 P7 St C’s Parent Information Meeting
- 5th – School closed
- 6th – Inset Day 5
- 7th – Beath Parents Information Meeting 6:30
- 14th – Football Tournament St C’s 4-6pm
- 15th – 16th P7 Beath Visit
- 20th – 10am Leaver’s Mass
- 21st – 23rd St Columba’s P7 Visit
- 27th – 1:45 Leavers Service / P7 Big Night Out
Letter from Carrie Lindsay – June 2022
Please see attached letter from Carrie Lyndsey (Children’s and Education Services)
School & Nursery Lunches – August 2022 to June 23
A primary school meal costs £2.40 per day.
In line with the Scottish Government’s ‘Hungry for Success’ policy, Fife Council provides tasty, healthy meals to young Fifers. All of our meals conform to national nutritional standards which you can read or download on the Scottish Government website.
The national nutritional standards demand that a Fife school lunch provides at least one third of the daily nutritional requirements of pupils. Our menus provide nutritious choices that ensure a balanced diet over the week.
High schools have a cafeteria-style service, where pupils can choose from a variety of tasty and healthy items. Please encourage your child to vary their selections.
Special diets
Should your child have a specific dietary requirement e.g. a specific food that they cannot eat for health or religious reasons, please complete the online Specific Dietary Requirement Form. The school cook and manager will arrange to meet with you to discuss how best to fulfil your child’s needs.
If your child prefers a vegetarian diet there is a selection of suitable dishes on the menu every day and you don’t need to complete a Specific Dietary form.
Fife school meals do not use any ingredients containing nuts but some products may be made in a non-nut-free environment – please check recipes for more details.
We are committed to reducing the impact we have on the environment and are trying to reduce or eliminate packaging and single-use plastics where we can.
Snacks and Lunch

Please can we encourage children to have ONE healthy snack at break time. We are now in the situation where many children have so many snacks at break, that they are left with little or no time to play. We also ask you to consider what you give your child as a snack. High content sugary snacks do not promote good concentration and learning.
Dounans Residential Trip
Dounans 2022
Ms Carroll from St Columba’s RC High School will lead a Parent Information Evening, on Teams at 6pm on Wednesday the 27th of April regarding the upcoming P7 Dounans Trip.
Confirmation 2022
Thursday 28th April at 7pm in Our Lady’s and St Bride’s Parish Church.
We are delighted that we are able to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation with Arch Bishop Cushley.
Here are the final points
- School uniform should be worn.
- Pupils should arrive for 6.50pm
- The sponsor should be over 16, Catholic, not a parent and preferably their Godparent.
- Each family will be issued a pew, the confirmandi should sit with their sponsor on the inside to the middle aisle. Additional seating will be available at the back of the church.
- The children will approach the alter with their sponsor one at a time.
- The children will be given a badge with their saint name on it.
- We will let the children know when it is time for them to go up.
- No photos during mass please. There will be an opportunity for the children to get a photo at the end of the Mass on the altar.
- No masks are required but may be worn.
We look forward to sharing this special occasion with our children and families.
P6 Visit to St. Columba’s
Primary 6 pupils will be visiting St. Columba’s as part of a Science programme where they will explore forensic science. Visit are on Wednesday mornings from 9:30am and run until 20th April.
Date of visits:
- Wednesday 9th March
- Wednesday 16th March
- Wednesday 23rd March
- Wednesday 30th March
- Wednesday 20th April

February Newsletter
We are keen to keep you updated with events in our school as we progress through our busy term.