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May Birthday Wall
Happy Birthday to all our pupils and staff who have a birthday in May. Don’t worry if you haven’t sent in your photos yet, I can add them in once I get them.
April Birthday Wall
World Book Day
Staff and pupils have a great day last Thursday celebrating World Book Day
Coffee Morning in aid of the Shetland MRI Scanner Appeal
Thank you to everyone who came along this morning to the annual coffee morning. Early signs show we have raised around £400, actual amount to follow, for the MRI Scanner Appeal.
Polycrub Open afternoon
Thank you to the parents that came along to the Polycrub Committee Open afternoon. The children had lots of fun harvesting the produce and were especially excited about the size of the potatoes they dug up.
Top Bowls Competition
Well done to Kaysha, Layla, Holly and Josh who went along to the Clikimin on Wednesday to represent Whiteness Primary School at the Top Bowls Competition.
Christmas Jumper Day
Pupils wore Christmas Jumpers and raised a fantastic £107.68 for Save the Children.
Primary 3/4 judged a Christmas jumper design competition and here are the winning entries from each class.
Promoting good mental health for everyone.
Last week we have been focussing on Growth Mindset, positive language and being happy. The Health Committee have been busy finding out what we all do to cheer ourselves up if we feel sad, frightened or anxious.
On Monday we had a visit from the NSPCC and Buddy, spreading the message about who we can talk to if things are tough. We also learned the Childline number.
0800 1111
On Friday we had a great morning with parents, grand-parents, friends and family coming along to take part in our coffee morning. Our focus was promoting good mental health. We had dispaly up in the hall and resources from Mind Your Head to help spread the message.
Thanks to all the wonderful support, we raised £295.58 which we will split between the NSPCC and Mind Your Head.
Getting ready
Everyone enjoying the morning
We love reading
Last Friday we had a brilliant afternoon when Andy Stanton, author of the “Mr Gum” books visited Whiteness Primary to speak to the P3-7 classes. Our Early Years and P1/2 class enjoyed a bookbug session with Morag Nicholson from the Shetland Library. Burravoe Primary School, and our community came along to join us too.
Andy had lots of fun with the pupils, he was pretty crazy and completely on their wave length, it was so lovely to look around the hall and see a mass of smiling faces. We hope too, that he has inspired our pupils.
