{"id":1297,"date":"2024-04-18T13:31:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:31:19","slug":"latest-information-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/2024\/04\/18\/latest-information-april-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Information April 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Date: 18.04.24<\/h3>\n<p>Dear Parents and Carers<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to welcome everybody back to school for the final term of this session. As usual it will be a busy term and with more events in the pipeline but this should give you a good idea of what is being planned.<\/p>\n<p><u>Class arrangements for next school year.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>We plan to have a P1 \u2013 4 class of 8 with Miss Laurenson and a P5-7 class of 12 with Mrs Robertson and Mrs Fraser.\u00a0 Please let me know if you have any queries.<\/p>\n<p><u>Transitions <\/u><\/p>\n<p>We are implementing a programme of transitions for new P1 and new P5 pupils starting this Friday .\u00a0 This will mean current ELC pupils coming into P1 at Urafirth and P4 children will spend 2 sessions per week in their new classroom on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Separate arrangements are being made for ELC pupils transitioning to P1 at Ollaberry and we will keep you informed of these plans.<\/p>\n<p><u>Gym lessons<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Miss Mhairi Gifford will be taking gym for the rest of the term starting Thursday 2<sup>nd<\/sup> May.\u00a0 There will be additional gym lessons by the class teacher or Mrs Fraser taking place at other times so could children please have suitable kit with them or left at school? We have a box of gym shoes of all sizes in the school if anybody needs to borrow a pair as well as a good supply of clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Please find below a guide to what\u2019s on this term that we have planned already:-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Date<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Wed 24<sup>th<\/sup> April<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Primary classes visiting Lerwick for the Day. P4 \u2013 7 at performance at Mareel and P2 and 3 are having a day out in Lerwick. Please take a packed lunch.\u00a0 Separate letter will be issued.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Fri 26<sup>th<\/sup> April<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Voar Redd Up on the beach.\u00a0 Please wear warm clothes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Tues 30<sup>th<\/sup> April till Thursday 2<sup>nd<\/sup> May.<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Team Improvement Visit to the school from Hayfield House staff.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Thurs 2<sup>nd<\/sup> May<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Health and Wellbeing Open Afternoon \u2013 an opportunity for parents and carers to visit the school.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">ELC Stay and Play \u2013 parents are welcomed to join their child in the ELC setting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Mon 13<sup>th<\/sup> May<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Ben Mullay taking school photos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Thurs 16<sup>th<\/sup> May<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">P7 Maths and Science day at Brae High School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Mon 20<sup>th<\/sup> May<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Holiday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Wed 22<sup>nd<\/sup> May<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Library Van<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Tues 28<sup>th<\/sup> May<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">P7 PE and Literacy Day at Brae High School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Wed 29<sup>th<\/sup> May<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Northmavine Sports Day at Urafirth School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Thurs 30<sup>th<\/sup> May<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Parent Council at 7pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Tues 4<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 Fri 7<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">P5 \u2013 7 3 day residential trip to Unst \u2013 more info to follow soon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Mon 10<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Django\u2019s Journey \u2013 Childrens Classic Concert workshop for Primary children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Wed 12 and Thurs 13<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Transition days for P7 to Brae High School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Thurs 27<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Leavers assembly and lunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">Fri 28<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/td>\n<td width=\"488\">Last day of term \u2013 school reopens for pupils on Wed 14<sup>th<\/sup> August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>As always.\u00a0 If you have any queries, concerns or suggestions please get in touch with me.<\/p>\n<p>Kind Regards<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Fraser<\/p>\n<p>Head Teacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Date: 18.04.24 Dear Parents and Carers We are delighted to welcome everybody back to school for the final term of this session. As usual it will be a busy term and with more events in the pipeline but this should give you a good idea of what is being planned. Class arrangements for next &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/2024\/04\/18\/latest-information-april-2024\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Latest Information April 2024<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":569,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/569"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1298,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}