January 2014
Dear Parents and Children
Happy New Year to you all and I sincerely hope that 2014 treats you well.!
It’s great to be back at school after the festive season which is generally not such a restful time. I really like being back into the routine of getting up early and getting on with my day and of course being back with the children is such a joy.
Many thanks to everyone who came along to the magnificent performance of The Donkey Seller which provided an extremely entertaining and enjoyable night for us all. It was great to see so many of you there and for us to have time together as a school community. I know that for many of you the Christmas show is the highlight of the year and in lots of ways I have to agree with that as there is always such a special feeling in the school on the night of the show. It was so rewarding for us to see the children performing on stage and enjoying every minute of it.
As the final chorus said……”Amazing things have happened round here!”
Weather wise it’s a case of so far so good and we hope it continues but with just enough snow on the higher ground in a few weeks time for our intrepid skiers who will be away week commencing January 20th. Mrs Laing has once again volunteered to accompany them along with the Knockando children and we are all very grateful for her enthusiasm and commitment as it is really a case of being on duty 24/7 on a residential trip. I hope everyone has a great week.
Should snow arrive over the next few weeks please make sure you have the appropriate numbers for the Adverse Weather Phone line handy (Mrs Bassett sent out the information last term) and there is also a dedicated page on the Moray Council Website. As ever I will always try to have the information available to you by 7.15am at the latest.
We are looking forward to hosting our Creativity Open on Monday afternoon where the children will present their learning from last term. They explored the concept of creativity and now realise that everyone can be creative in all sorts of different ways…….but I wont say any more as the children will be able to tell you all about it far more effectively than I will.. I look forward to seeing you all on Monday afternoon. What a great way to start a new term!
As ever the new year is starting to look quite busy and the weeks and months will fly past. We hope to start the redevelopment of the area behind the school building in earnest this year to create a wildlife and nature trail which will be open to the wider community to use so if you have any ideas or any spare time and would like to get involved we would love to have you with us. Let me know if you are interested and I will contact you when our plans are a bit firmer.
I am also planning to ask PC Mark Potter our Police Liaison officer to come and talk to the children about internet safety quite soon. Providing a safe environment for our children is a basic right and a responsibility we all share, not only in the physical world but increasingly within the online world where many of our children play and communicate with each other. Online technologies bring a different set of responsibilities and issues for safeguarding our children that are often hard to understand, track and manage and we really do need to know what our children are doing when they use the internet. Once the date has been arranged I will let you know and you will be more than welcome to come along to hear what PC Potter is saying to the children and to ask him any questions you may have.
I have attached a dates for the dairy on the next page for you to keep handy.
In the meantime stay warm and stay safe.
Kind Regards
Head Teacher
