Merrylee pupils are invited to take part in ‘Break the Rules day’ on Friday 9th February.
For a small donation of £1, you can have fun breaking a few rules. (See the poster for ideas)
The money raised will go towards a fun event in the summer term. Donations can be made via Parentpay.
Merrylee PA
6-7pm Parent Workshop – online safety NSPCC (sign up on Parentpay)
P7 Residential trip to Galloway (15-19 May)
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HOLIDAY
HOLIDAY
P7 Hillpark Induction day
P7 Hillpark Induction day
PA Summer Fair 10-12
Sports day (details to follow)
P7 Leavers’ Assembly @ Cathcart Trinity Church 10am (details to follow)
P7 Leavers’ Ceilidh 7-8.30pm (details to follow)
School closes at 1pm for the Summer holidays.
Why not grab yourself some summer holiday entertainment for the children? Lots of popular titles all at £2.50 plus lots of craft and activity sets also at bargain prices.
Check out the range in advance here – www.booksforbugs.co.uk
Ordering details will follow and the online fair will run from Monday 23rd until Sunday 29th May.
Best wishes, The PA
☀️ SPRING/SUMMER uniform swap☀️
The PA are going to pull out our clothing rail ready to hang pre-loved summer school uniform to share and swap. A great way to re-use uniform that no longer fits, and to get summer items for free that are often only worn for a short time.
We would love any donations of clean items in good condition from the list below to add to our rail.
☀️ Summer school dresses
☀️ Short sleeve polo shirts (with or without school logo)
☀️ School grey shorts or skirts
☀️ Cotton cardigans / jumpers
☀️ School blazers
The donations box will be in the foyer at the main entrance from today, and the rail available, same place, from tomorrow.
Thank you for helping us to reduce, re-use and recycle.
The PA
Please note that the school photographer has been arranged for Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th May.
An alternative date for P7, and any P7 sibling photographs, will be arranged as they are away on their residential visit.
Many thanks to the PA for organising this.
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Hello Parents and Carers,
In the absence of our annual Christmas Fair, we are excited to launch our first online Christmas Raffle (Prize Competition)! The Merrylee Primary Parents’ Association Christmas Raffle serves to raise money to enhance the learning experience and environment for all pupils at Merrylee Primary School.
As we’ve had to pause many of our usual fundraisers, we hope to raise a record amount through this raffle! The Christmas Raffle operates entirely online, and the draw takes place on Wednesday 15th December at 12 noon.
Tickets are £1.00 and will be available to buy from the 1st of December. All winners will be notified by email, so keep an eye out! Prizes must be collected from the school office from 15th – 17th December 2.45 – 3.10pm or by arrangement with the PA by emailing merryleepa@hotmail.com
Buying tickets is easy, visit and follow this link Enter Raffle to Win Merrylee Christmas Raffle Hosted By Merrylee Primary School Parents Association (raffall.com) https://raffall.com/269618/enter-raffle-to-win-merrylee-christmas-raffle-hosted-by-merrylee-primary-school-parents-association Or join our Facebook Page here https://www.facebook.com/groups/237423799686385/?ref=share
We have been generously supported by the SEC who have donated tickets to the Aladdin Pantomime at the Armadillo! Also included this year – Kids Hamper from Morrison’s, Infinite Fitness Training sessions, Kidnetick Voucher, Halloumi Southside voucher, fabulous prizes from parents of the school and many more prizes from local businesses.
Thank you for your support and please share news of this raffle with your friends, neighbours, and family!
The PA.
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Our online book fair starts today, hurray!
It runs for one week, until midnight on Sunday 21st November.
To order –
For every 5 books sold, the school gets to choose one to add to the stock of books in school which is constantly needing replenished.
Happy shopping, we hope you find some Christmas bargains, and thank you for supporting the school!
Best wishes, The PA
Following the success of our Halloween trail last year, we are recreating the fun with The Merrylee Monster Mash running from Thursday 28th October to Sunday 31st. If you would like your home to feature on our map, please email the PA (merryleepa@hotmail.com) asap, including your name and address. Your home will appear as a pumpkin on the map. We can’t wait to see your decorated windows, balconies and/or gardens! Maps will be available from school, on Seesaw and Facebook from Weds 27th Oct.
We will be decorating the school grounds with all sorts of ghoulish delights from this Saturday 23rd October. If you’d like to get involved please email us or message on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/237423799686385). There are ideas on the Facebook group of things you can easily make at home at little/no expense, and bring in to school e.g. milk bottle ghosts, sock spiders and egg carton bats. We welcome any of your creations or offers of help!
The recycling rail is up and ready outside the school office, awaiting donations of pre-loved, good condition Halloween and fancy-dress clothes and accessories. Please donate if you can, and pop along to see if there’s anything you could re-use this year. Another great way to help refuse, reduce, re-use and recycle.
Many thanks,
The PA
MESSAGE FROM OUR PARENTS ASSOCIATION:
Hi everyone,
We have been bowled over by the huge amount of donations for our outdoor wear clothing swap! Thank you all so much.
We have arranged the clothes and footwear on a rail in the main foyer, outside the school office. This will be accessible from drop off to pick up, and at afterschool times all this week.
Please pop in and see if there’s anything you can re-home.
The donations box is also still there for any further clean, good condition items.
We are really excited to be supporting our Eco School to reduce, re-use and recycle ♻️.
Thanks, The PA
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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