Newsletter 25.08.23

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P7 set off today on their overnight residential to Voxter Centre.  Excited and nervous, the P7s packed the minibus arriving at Voxter about 10am giving time to settle in before setting off to Brae Leisure Center for some fun in the pool with the inflatable fun run and then  outside  for  more fun with  the Zoorb balls and crazy golf, followed by a fish and chip tea at Frankie’s.  There will be a further update tomorrow with more pictures when the children return to school 3pm.

Thanks to the hard work of the parent council the uniform with the new logo, designed by Hannah Wells from P7 last year, is now available to purchase ready for the  next academic year from the Price Buckland Website Dunrossness Primary School (pbuniform-online.co.uk). The link can also be found in  the For Parents page on this blog. Thanks to Owen and Isla for modelling the hoodies for us!

10th March 2023.  What a spectacular day that was enjoyed by everyone. The weather for perfect, snow with sunshine for our P7 Jarl Squad led by Jade  aka Lagertha-  the victorious shield maiden  to walk through the ranks to follow the fire engine down to the pitch to set light to the galley, built by John, which has sat for 3 years in the school hall, waiting for this moment.  It was great to be joined by many parents and members of the community  as well as the fire service and marshals.  Thank you all.  Guiser Jarl Jimmy aka Einar Hjaltendingur and his squad joined us in the school  hall in the afternoon for a rousing version of the Up Helly Aa song as well as the school’s own Jimmy the Jarl song.  A great time was had by all. Thanks again for all came along to support this wonderful day.

All school and nurseries closed again today due to ongoing weather conditions.  Teachers will be posting  a learning activities to do at home either on the class blog pages or on  Teams. Take care everyone.

Thanks to pupil council and parent council for organising the discos. The children had a fab time , enjoying the marvelous DJing  and the half time ice cream. Even nursery was able to join in!  

We are  expecting  schools to be open tomorrow, Wednesday as normal, but if we receive any further notification  tonight or in the morning then we will let you know.  Otherwise we look forward to seeing all the children tomorrow.

All schools and nurseries  closed again due to adverse weather.   Hope you all managed to have a bit of fun in the sun and snow today.  Do share photos through Teams.  First time I’ve seen snow like this for several years so couldn’t resist a walk- but it was cold!  Keep warm and take care if you do have to travel.

Parent Council will be meeting on Monday 16th January at 7.30pm in NOOSC.  All welcome to come along.  This is now postponed till next week

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