May 2013
Dear Parents and Children,
Thankfully the weather is beginning to at least pretend that it is spring and when the sun shines it is lovely. I do hope this continues.
Having enjoyed a brief period when Colin was able to get the children to school for the start of day “they” start digging up the road again at Marypark and we are back to delays and traffic lights. I am sure though it won’t last long this time and since Fulcrum and Carrillion employees came in to school to explain what they are doing to the children it all makes much more sense to them. In fact the children were fascinated by some of the information they received regarding the costs and timescales involved in carrying out such a task. The children also gained some very useful insight into career pathways and opportunities provided by these companies.
We also received a donation to help us develop our garden area so it turned out to be a very worthwhile afternoon for everyone.
Transition
Time is marching on and the diary is filling up quite quickly now. Our P1 induction days will start soon and James Grant will join us on Friday mornings to get a taste of what it will be like in P1. Knowing James I am sure he will have a great time and he will be made very welcome by his future classmates.
Our P7 boys have just embarked on a series of visits to and from Speyside High which started last week when Mr Picksley (Depute Head) showed them how to set up their e profile. Mrs Duncan will support them over the next few weeks as they add to it. Tomorrow (Tuesday) they will be joined by their P7 peers from Knockando to take part in an English lesson delivered by Rebecca Cowie from the English department. This will give them an opportunity to experience a wee glimpse of high school life. This will be followed up on June 7th when they go to Knockando to take part in a mock election led by Ms Juliet Presly (Depute Head) and some senior pupils from SHS and then on June 17th and 20th they will spend two days in the school which will be very exciting for them.
Fund Raising
We are all looking forward to the walk on Thursday morning and hope that the sun will shine. Please feel free to join us if you would like to. We are leaving Cragganmore as near to nine as possible as Colin will just take the children straight there (depending on the roadworks of course). I hope you have all been busy getting sponsors as the money we raise will go towards our end of term trip. The more we raise the more exciting the trip will be!
That same morning we are having the Bag2School collection so please make sure you bring any bags in to school on Wednesday afternoon. Much to my husbands consternation I am going to be having a right good clear out this weekend!
Visits
As part of our Health Promoting Topic we have enlisted the services of the Hopscotch Theatre Company again to put on a performance of “Hamish’s Healthy Nutrition Mission” on Thursday May 30th at 10am. We will be joined by the pupils from Glenlivet and Knockando for this and if the last performance was anything to go by they are all in for a real treat.
Staffing
As you know Mrs Ducrocq decided to accept a Principal Teacher Post in an Elgin school which she is due to start as of Monday June 17th when her maternity leave from Inveravon officially ends. Just last week I was informed about what would be happening to the post.
It will be offered to existing Principal Teachers in Moray who will lose their PT status following the budget cuts in March and as such Mrs Mailer would not be eligible to apply. Should no existing PT wish to transfer to Inveravon then the post will be opened out to the wider teaching community in Moray as a long term temporary appointment. I realise that this is far from satisfactory but all we can do at the moment is to wait and see what happens although I am confident that the situation will be resolved by the end of term. In the meantime I ask you to bear with me during this time of uncertainty and let us just all enjoy the remaining weeks of the term together.
I have attached a dates for the diary section for you to keep and I look forward to seeing you all soon.
Kind Regards
Head Teacher
ngs,break and lunch times and any school events) The girls had made a PowerPoint presentation and told us all about what they do and also told us about an opportunity that our school may want to take part in. This involves coming up with a idea and then a business plan it will then be submitted and the best one from all the entries will be awarded £100 to go towards a new business idea.
