Pupils and staff have had a super time celebrating the run up to Christmas.  The Early Years Department held a fantastic concert with teas and games afterwards.  Later on the same day the Primary Department treated parents and members of the community to ‘Hansel and Gretel’.  The audience showed their appreciation by laughing at the ‘gags’.  The show was followed by some fiddle playing and carol singing from our very talented pupils.

Members of the community kindly came in to show all the pupils how to make Christingles and other Christmas crafts.  It was great to host this event in the school and thanks again to all involved.

What a great total of £106.75 the pupils raised today for Children in Need!  Everybody took part and wore their pyjamas or onesies – even the teachers.  Well done everybody!

P5-7 led a very interesting Assembly today, where they showcased their work from last term.  They shared their personal and academic targets for the term, showed their appreciation of determination and resilience through the story of Robert the Bruce and the spider and demonstrated that to get good at something – whether work or pleasure – you have to work at it.  Practice, practice, practice!

From now until Christmas….

Mrs Missenden will take up a QIO post based in Hayfield House.  Mrs Wendy Fraser will join Urafirth Primary as Acting Headteacher from Monday.  Mrs Missenden will still be in touch though, as Urafirth will be one of her contact schools.  Exciting times!!

As part of My World of Work, we invited David Brown (nursery parent) from Cooke Aquaculture, to come in and talk to us about:

• salmon farming,
• the importance of literacy, numeracy and HWB
• the journey of food from farm to plate

A very informative and engaging session was delivered by David and Michelle.  Pupils were very inspired by the session, asking lots of pertinent questions and relating to their own experiences of fishing.

The bairns were kindly given a hat each, which will be very useful in keeping them warm now that winter is fast approaching.  A huge fresh salmon was gifted to the staff, so Mrs Missenden had fresh baked salmon for tea (the bairns have salmon to look forward to  at school dinners next term).

Thank you

A big thank you to TOTAL for the delivery of reflective armbands to help keep us safe during these darker months.

Parents and grandparents were invited to join in with our whole school assembly this morning.

Numeracy and literacy in the Early Years class was celebrated, with “1,2,3,4,5…once I caught a fish alive” and “5 little speckled frogs” highlighting forward and backwards counting.  “Baby shark” has been a favourite during the term – alongside child-led learning about pirates, princesses and our bodies.

Our vision – Inspire Our Individual Stars to Shine Brightly – was shared and celebrated, with a whole school rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”.

Thanks to all who joined us.