Primary One had a lovely Teddy Bear Walk this week for St. Andrew’s Hospice, thankfully it stayed dry and we were able to provide lots of fun activities. The children loved their bear hunt – well done to Miss Ramage and Miss Bell for working so hard to prepare a lovely day for the children. We have not issued sponsor sheets for this event but would ask you to consider sending in a donation for the hospice as they rely very heavily on fundraising throughout Lanarkshire.
Last week was our World of Work day – I must say a huge thank you to all of the professionals, parents, members of the parish to came along and shared their stories of their working life with our pupils. The children have all commented on how much they enjoyed speaking to the various visitors. They have learned lots about the skills they need for different jobs and will now be reflecting on these in school. If you were a parent volunteer many many thanks – it was a great morning!
Well done to our four Primary Seven pupils who participated in St. Aidan’s High School Maths Challenge, they had to spend the whole day working on maths, but they absolutely loved it and did us proud!!! Well done to Diarmuid, Amy, Leah and Conal – a very good effort from you.
We received news on Thursday that Her Majesty’s Inspectorate will visit the school on week beginning the 15th June. We are delighted to welcome them to the school and are looking forward to working with them in taking the school forward. I have advised the children that our summer outing will be cancelled to enable our visitors to see the children at work. We will, however, rearrange an outing early in August to make up for the disappointment.
As you know we had to postpone our Sports Day in the hope that the weather improves, at the moment we are monitoring our grassy area very closely, it is still really wet and soggy. As the weather forecast is not looking too good I will make sure that we text everyone early next week to let you know the final plans.
Please remember that next weekend our Parent Council will be holding their bi-annual summer fayre. Please support this event – everyone has put a great deal of effort into ensuring its success. The Parent Council would be very grateful for donations of raffle prizes, tombola prizes and any homebaking.
Also coming up this week Primary Seven will travel to Strathclyde Park for the annual Yellow Walk in Aid of St. Andrew’s Hospice. Please make sure your child has a waterproof jacket for this event.
I will be issuing a random sample of questionnaires to parents on behalf of HMIe. If you receive one can I ask you please to return it in the prepaid envelope. If you are able to come into school and speak with the inspectors please indicate this on the form too.
