Dear Parents and Carers,
Although it has been a short week, there are still a number of pieces of information to bring to your attention;
Uniform Swap
Uniform pieces will be laid out in the corridor outside the gym today from 12.15 next Friday for anyone who requires them.
Coding Club
We are delighted to be working with Dr Craig Stewart from Portree High School to start a new lunchtime coding club. This club will be open for P6 pupils over the first block and will take place on Tuesdays from 1-1.30pm. Spaces will be limited and P6 pupils will be given further information about how to sign up for this. Pupils taking part, will require to take a packed lunch on the dates the club is offered; 7th, 21st and 28th March
Singing Club
From Thursday 2nd March an after school singing club will be offered at the school for pupils in P4-7. Singing club will be led by myself and will take place in the music room from 3.30 – 4.15 each Thursday. Interested pupils have been given a permission form which should be returned at the first session.
Breakfast Club
Due to a very generous community donation, we will be offering breakfast snacks each morning from 6th March. These snacks will be available from the Cookery room and any pupil wishing to use have these will be able to come in before the bell and take a snack outside with them.
Fun, Exciting Maths Sessions for P4 parents
Primary 4 are inviting their families to their “Fun, Exciting maths session” during the afternoon of Thursday 9th March. This is a family learning event for pupils to show their parents some of the problem solving maths activities they have been working on in class. Invitations and further information will follow and some pictures of pupils working with the materials are attached above.
Growth Mindset Workshops
All P6 pupils will be involved in a 5 week block of Growth Mindset Workshops as part of our Health and Wellbeing programme at the school. The worskhops will be run in groups of 7-8 pupils and will be led by Julie MacLean and Maggie Cowie, Childrens Service Workers. Further information will follow for P6 parents.
After School Shinty
There will be no shinty for the next two weeks due to the holiday and industrial action. From Wednesday 8th March, our location and times will change to the following;
All shinty sessions will now be held at Portree High School on Wednesday evenings
Primary 1,2 Small Gym 5-6pm
Primary 3,4 Small Gym 6-7pm
Primary 5-7 Games Hall 6-7pm
Family Reading Sessions
These sessions continue today with Primary 3 families invited to join us at 12.15 and Primary 1 families invited next week.
Gardening Week
In order to prepare our allotment and Polytunnel for Spring, the school will be holding a Gardening Week from 27th March where all classes will be involved in visiting the allotment and taking part in gardening activities. Further information to follow.
Bikeability
Cycling Proficiency for P7 pupils will take place over the coming few weeks and further information will be sent home to parents regarding what is required for these sessions.
WOW Certificates
Just a reminder of our WOW certificate system. In order to recognise wider achievements by pupils and to share successes outside of school, parents are encouraged to complete a WOW certificate and send these into school. Each certificate is shared with the class, 5 house points are awarded and these are then added to pupil profiles. A template of certificates is attached above but please also feel free to email class teachers with these good news stories!
Soccer 7’s
Please note a change to the date of the second Soccer 7’s date below. The first two dates will be run as festival by Active Schools. Further information was sent out earlier this week for pupils to register online to participate in this weekend’s event.
Saturday 25th February – Plockton (Astro) 12-2pm
Saturday 11th March – Portree (Astro) 11-1pm
Saturday 13th May – Kyleakin/Kyle
Saturday 27th May – Portree (KGV)
Saturday 24th June – Broadford
Makaton Signs
Due to the Community Café today, we will not be having our usual Friday assembly where Makaton signs are introduced. For this reason, there are no new signs this week and we will have 3 new ones next week.
Basketball Festivals
Basketball Festival for all P6 and 7 pupils, arranged by Active Schools, will take place in March at Portree High School. Our P6 class will attend on Tuesday 14th March and our Primary 7 class on Tuesday 21st March. Pupils will require PE kits, water and packed lunches for this event.
World Book Day
World Book Day takes place on Thursday 2nd March, however, we will be marking this on Friday 3rd March to avoid pupils having to worry about changing from costumes into swimming and PE gear. On Friday 3rd March, pupils are invited to dress as their favourite book character or to wear the jammies to help us mark the day.
We intend to hold a book swap for all classes on Friday 3rd March as part of our World Book Day celebrations. Pupils are invited to take a book from home that they no longer need and will have the opportunity to choose a book from the book swap.
Instead of the book tokens this year, each child will also be gifted with one of the World Book Day titles to take home. We are aware that exchanging the book tokens has not always been easy given our location and we are very grateful to the Highland Book Shop in Fort William who have been able to supply the books this year.
Young Carers Awareness Day
This will take place on Wednesday 15th March. Pupils will be invited to pay £1 to dress down for the day to raise money for this very worthwhile cause which benefits many of our pupils.
Red Nose Day
Friday 15th March is Red Nose Day in support of Comic Relief an while we appreciate there are a lot of fancy dress days upcoming, pupils are encouraged to wear read and to take in a donation if they wish. The traditional red noses are not available this year.
Composite Class Information Session
While we are still a long way off from knowing our class arrangements for next year, I would like to invite anyone with questions or concerns about composite classes to an open information session on Thursday 16th March at 2.45. This will be held by Mrs Templeman and myself in the gym and will be a very informal chance to hear a bit more about composite classes and to ask any questions you might have.
Known dates for this term (further dates TBC)
Friday 24th February P7 Community Café
P3 Family Reading session 12.15pm
Uniform Swap
February 28 & March 1st Planned Industrial Action
Friday 3rd March World Book Day
Friday 3rd March P1 Family Reading session 12.15pm
Thursday 8th March P4 Fun Exciting Maths family learning session
Friday 10th March P2 Family Reading session 12.15pm
Tuesday 14th March Basketball Festival P6
Wednesday 15th March P1 & P3 Community Café
Young Carers Awareness Day
Thursday 16th March Composite class information session 2.45pm
Friday 17th March Comic Relief
Monday 20th March P3 & P5 Open Afternoon
Tuesday 21st March P1 & P4 Open Afternoon
World Down Syndrome Day
Basketball Festival P7
Thursday 23rd March P2 & P7 Open Afternoon
Friday 24th March P6 Open Morning
P3 Family Reading session 12.15pm
Tuesday 28 & 29th March Parents Evening Appointments
Please be in touch with any queries you may have.
Regards,
Sara
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