Category Archives: Term 1

School News Update

Guess the Name of the Guide Dog

The winner of the dog was Corinna Scott who guessed the name was cinnamon. £36.50 was raised in support the training of a guide dog. Primary 2 are tring to raise £30o to sponsor a guide dog.

Chewing Gum

Some children have been bringing chewing gum to school. This is against school rules. it is a meance to others when it gets stuck to shoes and clothing. Pleas talk to your child about this.

Children Cycling to School

In the interest of safety we do not have children cycling to school. Please do not allow your child to cycle to school. We will continue to promote cycling at schooll but not cycling to school. Thank you for your support.

Rotary Shoe Box Appeal

Families and children can fill a shoebox with toys and household goods or items that would appeal to a teenager. You may not want to fill a whole shoebox. Individual items can be donated and the children will place them with other items to make up a shoebox e.g. tolitries, toys, hats, scarves, soap, paper, pencils. Shoeboxes are avaiable to order fromt he school via the newsletter.

Wooly Hats

Now that the colder weather is almost here you might want to buy a woolie hat with the school logo. We have two colours – red and green and they cost £3. Please order these via the newsletter.

Glowing for Guide Dogs

Primary 2 organised our Glow for Guide Dogs day and raised £126. This will go towards sponsoring a guide dog.

WEEE Recycling

Coupar Angus, Burrelton & Woodside Zero Waste Challenge

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Coupar Angus, Burrelton and Woodside are hosting Perth and Kinross’s 13th Zero Waste Challenge between Monday 25th August and Wednesday 17th September 2014, run by Energy Saving Coupar Angus in partnership with Perth & Kinross Council’s Waste Services.

The aim of the Zero Waste Challenge is that from Monday 25th August, householders in Coupar Angus, Burrelton and Woodside are encouraged to put as little as possible in the Green-Lidded (General Waste) Bin – until after the next general waste collection.   Simultaneously, householders are encouraged to put as many recyclable items in the Blue-Lidded (Recycling) Bin as possible.

Over 80% of the contents of the average general waste bin in Perth and Kinross can instead be:

  • Reduced (minimising food waste, stopping unwanted mail, minimising packaging),
  • Reused (using Real Nappies, using reusable bags, passing items on for reuse locally)
  • Recycled (in the Blue-Lidded Bin, in the Brown-Lidded (Food & Garden Waste) Bin, at Recycling Centres or at local Recycling Points).

For more information about WEEE Recycling, please look out for updates on twitter at #weeebitsofinfo or to find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge, please visit www.pkc.gov.uk/zerowastechallenge.

Farmers’ Market

On Wednesday 27th August we held P7’s Farmers’ Market. With support from RHET’s Anna Dickinson we were able to celebrate locally produce food. Thats too go to Scotmid, Mr Easson, Mr Hanlin, McLaren’s Fruit, Greendale, ESCA, Sustrans and the Langelaan family for all their support. We raised almost £700 which will go into School funds and will be used to help redevelop the nursery garden and to fund transport to various events.

For more information about the Farmers’ Market please click here.