The first performance of our Nativity Concert took place in school today. What can we say? Everyone performed extremely well; whether it was singing, dancing, playing an instrument, acting or speaking dialogue – is there nothing the children of Stoneyburn Primary School cannot do when they put their minds to it? With the hard work of pupils and staff and support from the whole school community, we believe we can do just about anything! We look forward to another stupendous performance tomorrow evening – hope to see you there.

It’s that time of year again that we start to think about the School Dance Show.

A Dance After-School club will be running next term for children in Primaries 4 – 7.  It will commence on Thursday 12th^th January 2012, and will run every Thursday until the dance show on Tuesday 13th March.

Permission slips to  attend the Dance Club have been handed out to interested pupils.  Dance Club has a limited number of places so pupils who wish to attend Dance Club should return slips to Miss Welsh or Mrs Warden by Thursday 15th December.  Places at Dance Club will be announced before the Christmas break.

Well everyone, with a bit of help from Mr Shanks, I have finally got around to setting up my bit of the blog. I am really excited I am about Stoneyburn’s GLOW Blog. I think it is a great way for everyone in the school community to share all of the great things about our school with – The Whole World!

Already, classes are sharing their learning and I am sure the blog will continue to grow very quickly. Already this year we have achieved a lot – this term’s money and enterprise work being the latest learning and teaching success for us all! Well done to everyone for your contributions.

We are now approaching the festive season of Christmas – and the Christmas Show. All of those involved have been festively, furiously working away and I think it’s going to be a great show on 13th and 14th of December (tickets on sale now!)

So that is my first blog posted. Remember everyone to keep striving for the best. As a Rights Respecting School we are working towards our values which are to be

S – safe

C – challenged

H – happy

O – optimistic

O – orderly

L – learning

Click the link below to get information on how to obtain emergency dental treatment for under-16s who are not registered with a dentist. The document also lists dentists in the West Lothian Area who are currently registering patients.

Dental Care Leaflet

Letters have gone home with order forms attached for the Nativity Concert. Tickets will be on sale from Monday,05 December priced £2.00 each. There will be two performances of the concert: Tuesday,13 December at 1.30 in the afternoon and Wednesday,14 December at 6.30 in the evening. Tickets are limited to 2 per family for each performance. Unsold tickets will be put into a ballot on Friday,09 December for those who have indicated on the form that they would like additional tickets.

The school Christmas Postbox is now operating. If children are bringing in cards to school for their friends, it would be nice if they posted them in the postbox and gave our classes the experience of sorting and delivering the Christmas mail.
It’s much better to have your cards delivered anyway, isn’t it?

Our Christmas parties will be held on the last week of term. Dates are
Primaries 1 and 2 – Monday 19 December in the afternoon.
Primaries 3 and 5/4 – Tuesday, 20 December in the afternoon.
Primaries 6/5 and 7 – Wednesday,21 December in the afternoon.
Here’s hoping we manage to get through all the parties without having to postpone any because of snow!

Our annual School Lunch will be on Wednesday, 14 December. Children who wish to have a Christmas lunch should have returned the form indicating their menu choices. This is usually a very busy day for our kitchen staff, who continue to turn out hot meals no matter the weather.

Our Christmas Assembly will be held on the last day of term, Thursday 22 December , at 11.00 in the school hall. As always,parents and friends are invited to come along and help us celebrate Christmas and the start of school holidays. School will close at the normal time of 3.10 p.m. on 22 December and re-open at 8.45 on Monday, 09 January, 2012.