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Here is a wee catch up on all that has been going on in St Michael’s!

On Friday 15^th December we will hold a special Advent Appeal Day.  On this day the pupils are invited to wear something Christmassy!! Such as the colours red or green, tinsel in their hair or a Christmas jumper, if they have one, but please don’t buy anything new.

We would ask that on this day all the pupils donate one of the items mentioned below for those less fortunate.

• A tin of food (such as soup, beans etc)
• A packet of food (such as savoury rice)
• A new toy (perhaps an unwanted gift)
• Or a new hat or gloves for a child

We will then donate these items to local charities.  We ask that you only donate what is affordable at this time of year.

Following Pret-a-Portrait’s recent visit to the school, Student pictures are now available. A viewing card explaining how you can view and order pictures will be sent home with pupils today.

Please ask your child to give it to you as soon as possible so you have a chance to order any pictures you would like at a discounted price before the Early Bird Deadline 12^th December 2017.

 Christmas Order Deadline:

Sunday 10th December for Framed Prints & Phone Cases

Sunday 17th December for Unframed Prints, JPEGs on USB

Thursday 21st December for JPEGs to download

If for any reason your viewing card doesn’t make it to you in the next few days, please contact Pret-a-Portrait  directly on 0800 021 7626 or customerservice@pret-a-portrait.net

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.

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 1^st 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 4^th 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 19^th 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 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.

Various school cleaning posts are being advertised by North Lanarkshire Council for the Cumbernauld Area.

For more details, please see the link below.

Job Vacancies

Please see the attached poster for more details on our Christmas Fayre,

Christmas Fayre Advert 2017

Please see below the website link to the invitation and arrangements for the Scottish Government’s consultation on the Scottish Strategy for Autism in Glasgow. This is an opportunity for people to record their views regarding autism services and the autism strategy.

Autism Strategy Consultation

Thank you.

Mrs Karen Greechan

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