Monthly Archives: June 2021

End of Term, Parent Association, Parent Information, Pupil information

Information for end of term

Final week arrangements

It is hard to believe that we are heading towards the summer holidays already!

The teachers will share your child’s final report with you on Seesaw today Monday 21st June. Your child is also bringing home their class photograph today organised and funded by the Parents’ Association. The tea towels should also be arriving this week and will be issued before we finish for the holidays.

On Wednesday the PA have arranged a little summer treat for all of our pupils. They have also arranged a special treat for P7 as we weren’t able to go ahead with the planned P7 party because of Covid restrictions. These treats are being funded from the Break the Rules fundraising day. Many thanks to the PA for organising this and to all of you for your contributions.

Please note that school closes at 1pm on Thursday. Because of our staggered lunch breaks we won’t be able to have a full lunch break but we have arranged two short breaks. There will be a mid-morning break as usual. There will also be another short break for children to have a packed lunch or a school lunch which they will eat in the classroom or outdoors. Choices for school lunch on Thursday are hot dogs or sandwiches.

At 1 o’clock we will ring the bell continuously to send off our P7 pupils who will have the chance to walk through the school to say goodbye before being dismissed to the back of the building as usual. All classes will be dismissed following usual procedures at 1pm. We would respectfully request that parents do not congregate on school grounds at the end of the day.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a safe and happy summer holiday. Thank you as always for your continued support, especially during this most challenging of years. We are all in a much better place than this time last year and can hopefully look forward to these positive changes continuing.

Kindest regards,
Colette Haddock and the Merrylee Staff Team

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Fundraising, Parent Association, Parent Information

Class Tea Towels

Merrylee Tea Towel orders are now open!

 

(Example of tea towel)

Available to buy on ParentPay for £3.50 only until Friday 11th June 12 noon.

There is one design per year group. Each year group design (P1 – P7) has the children’s self-portraits and their drawings of their class teacher.

A fun (and useful!) way to capture the year before the end of the term!

We hope you love seeing your children’s and their friend’s artwork.

Thanks, from the PA.

Fuel Zone, Parent Information, Pupil information

Payments – Breakfast club & lunch

Please see information below about payment for school lunches:

As we move towards the easing of some restrictions relating to Covid-19, we are pleased to let you know that we are resuming cash payments for lunches. Pupils can pay in cash in primary schools from 7 June 2021.

The BACS payment process will remain in place for primary schools until Friday 28th May 2021. In the event of credit balances remaining through the BACS system, these should be run down to a nil balance by pupils taking meals as current practice.

Refunds will be made only in exceptional circumstances, e.g. if the pupil has left the school.

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club is available from 8am, Monday to Friday. Payment can be made in advance or as and when required to the catering staff. Please note that your child should arrive by 8.40am for this service.

Parent Information, Uniform

School Uniform

Saturday 5th June  – 10.30am – 11.30am

Many thanks to the parents who organised our school uniform donations. There was a great response to this last week and I am delighted that we are able to recycle good quality school uniform in a responsible way.

If you missed this last week, the parents have organised another opportunity to pick up good quality donated school uniform. This will be laid out on tables in the school car park this Saturday 5th June between 10.30 and 11.30.

Please follow social distancing guidelines. Thanks again to all of you who have donated to this event and to the parents for organising.

Please come along and help yourselves. No payment is necessary.

Colette Haddock