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
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
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.
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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We are really excited to see how all your lovely seedlings are coming on, despite the arctic weather!
We’re almost at planting time 👏👏👏 We would like to invite you to bring any seedlings (spinach, kale or peas) that you want to donate to the school garden on Saturday 15th May from 10.30, where – if social distancing allows – you can help to plant them out.
If your seedlings have been kept inside until now, it would be a good idea to start exposing them to the outdoors gradually to prepare them.
We look forward to seeing you then! If you’d like to know how to get involved with the school garden please email merryleepa@hotmail.com
Thank you.
The annual Merrylee PA Obstacle Course will take place on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st January.
As most of you will know this is an event greatly enjoyed every year by all the children. The course is setup by parent volunteers and staff, and is supervised at all times whilst the children are using the equipment.
Every child in the school will have the opportunity to enjoy the obstacle course, and the children are able to wear sport clothes on the day that their class is taking part.
To make the course as interesting as possible, we need as many volunteers as we can to supervise the various obstacles. If you have time on either or both days to help please email:
We are no longer asking for sponsorship for this event. If you would like to make a donation towards PA funds, which help support school trips and resources, then you will be able to do so via ParentPay.
