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Pantomime Arrangements

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As you are aware on Tuesday 5th December, the school will be attending the pantomime at Motherwell Concert Hall.  All children should wear full school uniform.

Please provide your child with a small snack (no crisps) and non fizzy drink for during the performance.  All children will have lunch on our return to school.  Please provide your child with a packed lunch as there will be no hot meals available from the school canteen.  P.1-3 and free school meals, will be able to order a packed lunch only in the morning.

Your child will be issued with an emergency contact form which must be signed and returned to the school prior to your child attending this event.  Please ignore the section on this form requesting parent helpers as this has already been arranged.

Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3

Infant Nativity

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This year, the children in Primaries 1 to 3 will be performing “Born in a Barn” as our Nativity Performance.  The dates of the Nativity are as follows:-

Tuesday 12th December                         7 p.m.

Wednesday 13th December                   1.30pm

If your child is in Primary 1 to 3 and is the eldest in the family he/she will initially be allocated 2 tickets.

On Monday 4th December the eldest child in each family will be given 2 tickets for the evening performance, unless you have stated your preference for the afternoon performance.  If the evening performance does not suit you may return them to the school to be exchanged for day performance no later than Wednesday 6th December.  If your child is absent they will be given 2 tickets on their return.  On Thursday 7th December, the remainder of the tickets will be available on a first come first served basis from the school office from 9.30am.

The money for the tickets will be collected at the door on the evening of the performance.  Tickets are priced at £3.00 each and entry will be by ticket only so please keep them safe as duplicates cannot be issued.  For Health and Safety reasons we must insist that every person in the hall has a ticket.  Please see separate letter regarding prams and buggies.

The Parent Council will be providing tea and coffee during both performances.

As usual the children and staff are working hard for this concert and we are confident that you will have a very enjoyable evening.

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Mid Term Update

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Prayers

We were saddened to hear of the death of Eddie McGonnell who taught at St. Michael’s in the 1970’s, then at St. Maurice’s.  Please remember Eddie and his family in your prayers at this time.

After School Clubs

This is the last week for the After School Clubs.   Information regarding any future clubs will be sent out in the New Year.

St. Andrew’s Day

This Thursday we celebrate the Feast Day of St. Andrew.  The pupils are welcome to wear tartan, be it a scarf, skirt, ribbon or tie etc.  Please do not buy anything for this, it is only if the pupils’ already have something and would like to wear it.

Christmas Coffee Morning

The Parent Council are holding their Coffee Morning in the school on Friday 1st December at 10 a.m.  Entry fee is £1 and is payable at the door.  The children will have an opportunity to purchase some of the stock at very reasonable prices and the School choir will perform a few of the songs in their repertoire.  Donations of home baking and raffle prizes would be most welcome

Christmas Fayre

We will be having our Annual Christmas Fayre in the school on Monday 4th December  at 7.00 p.m.  Entry fee is £1 for adults and 50p for children of school age.   We would still be grateful for donations of unused/unwanted gifts.  Toiletries, games, bottles, perfumes, biscuits, sweets etc. would be welcome for the Tombola Stall and the raffle.  Please send any donations to the school office as soon as possible.

Santa will be here on the night as will a selection of stallholders with a variety of reasonably priced goods.  The childrens’ class enterprise goods will also be available for you to purchase.

 

Chistmas Lunch

An email has been sent today with details of the Christmas Lunch which will be held on Tuesday 19th December.  Please select from the options, what your child would like to order.

We hope that you will support us once again and we look forward to seeing you over the course of the festive period.

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This week in St Michael’s

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This week is has been national Anti-Bullying week.  The children have been taking part in various lessons  to increase their awareness of this topic.

Elsewhere in school, the Nursery children and their parents are continuing to enjoy the Big Chef, Little Chef sessions, Mrs Galloway from St Maurice’s has been sharing her art expertise on printing and Primary 2a have been enjoying Yoga s part of their PE.

Primary 2

Parents’ Evening

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Parents’ Evening

Mrs Stevenson will be holding her Parents’ Evening on Wednesday 22nd November and Wednesday 29th November between the time slots of 3.10-4.30pm.

The Parent Interviews will be held in the Agency Room within the school and each appointment will last 7 minutes.  However, in order to offer you a further opportunity to look at your child’s work the classroom will be opened.  Please ask your child to show you around the class and explain all the exciting things that they have been learning.

Please indicate replying to the email sent to the email address you supplied us with at the beginning of the school year.  I would be very grateful if you could reply to this email as soon as possible as this gives us time to make appointments.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Karen Greechan
Head Teacher

Whole School

Can you help?

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As you may be aware the Tombola Stall is a very popular and successful attraction at our Christmas Fayre.

In order for this to be a success we require donations of unused/unwanted gifts.  Toiletries, games, bottles, perfumes, biscuits, sweets etc. would all be most welcome.

​I would be grateful if you could please send any donations to the school office as soon as possible.

 

Many thanks

 

Mrs. Karen Greechan

Head Teacher

Primary 6, Primary 7

Outdoor Learning

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Primary 7/6/ had a day filled with fun during their Outdoor Learning day.  They explored the local community, tidied the Eco Garden to make sure it is ready for the Winter, made aerial maps and worked in teams to create dens in our forest.  They finished off the day with hot chocolate and marshmallows.