On Friday we held a ballot to allocate places for the forthcoming trip to York in May 2019. The trip was significantly oversubscribed and went well beyond the interest we had anticipated as we had offered the trip to Pr. 6 pupils and also extended the invite to Pr.7 pupils . Unfortunately we had some disappointed children on Friday who were informed they were unsuccessful in our ballot. We are sincerely sorry that this was the case. Letters will be issued tomorrow confirming details for the forthcoming trip and confirmation that your child will be attending. We now have a waiting list of pupils who would be eager to take up a place should one become available so please indicate your intentions and make your return to school by the end of this week. Your support in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Could you please let me know if there are any plans to increase the number of places available for this trip. Following Fridays ballot there are a small number of P7 pupils wishing to attend the trip who will not have the chance of attending next year, should this be offered again. This trip takes place near the end of the school year when the P7 pupils are preparing for high school and feels very unfair to exclude them from this experience. I would really appreciate if consideration could be given to the P7 pupils to allow them to share this final experience with their friends.
Hi Colette, I am sincerely sorry that we had some disappointed children last week and that your child was one of them. We have a waiting list of pupils who are still keen to go on the trip and I will notify you if any places become available.