Dear Parents/Carers,
With just two weeks to go until the end of term, please find some updates and reminders below.
While this unusual weather has been fantastic for school trips etc. we appreciate that everyone has been finding this week very hot in school, and are doing all we can to keep things cool. We appreciate everyone’s efforts during this very warm spell!
Community Café
Primary 4 and 5 will host our final Community Café of this session today at 11am with all proceeds going to Young Carers. We look forward to seeing you if you are able to attend.
School Picnic
Weather permitting, our school picnic will take place this coming Tuesday afternoon. Pupils will have their lunches at school and we will then head to the KGV pitch in the afternoon for some games and ice lollies. As we have done in the past, we will use this event to support the work of The Community Foodbank, Skye and Lochalsh. Children will have a non-uniform day but are asked instead of taking in money for this that they please take in a item of non-perishable food to be donated to the foodbank.
Makaton
While we have not had an assembly this week to introduce a new Makaton sign, it seems appropriate to introduce the word “hot”, this week.
Transition Arrangements
Primary 7 will visit Portree High School next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and further information has been sent out about arrangements for these days.
We had hoped to hold our own transition days next Thursday and Friday, however, due to uncertainties around staffing for next session and staff absence, we are going to do our transition in two stages.
Our new Primary 1’s will visit Mrs Templeman’s class and our new P7’s (current P6 class) will visit Miss MacKenzie’s class on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd June as originally planned. P2 – P6 classes will visit their new classes on the afternoons of Monday 26th June and Wednesday 28th June, by which point, we hope to have our staffing for next session finalised. The staffing will dictate our class composition and as soon as we are aware of this information, this will be shared with parents.
We appreciate that this is very late in the term to be finalising information and while we share your frustration, this is completed at Council level and not shared until it is all finalised. We hope to be in a position to share this information next week.
Soccer 7’s
The final Soccer 7’s event of this session will take place on Saturday 24th June in Broadford. We are very grateful to Starsky Campbell, Barry Speed and John Urquhart for offering to help out with coaching at this event. Further information and strips will be given out on Tuesday ahead of the P7 transition days at PHS. We ask that all strips please be returned to school by Monday 26th June so that they can be organised and stored away before the end of term.
Prizegiving
Our annual Prizegiving assembly will take place on Wednesday 28th June at the school at 9.30am. This is our opportunity to recognise the achievements of the year and to wish our P7’s well as they head off to High School. Primary 7 parents are welcome to join us for this event and to stay afterwards for tea/coffee and cake. Parents of prize winners in other classes will also receive an invitation.
Dates for this term
Tuesday 20th June School Picnic
Thursday 21st June Tongadale League Shinty Event 5pm Portree- TBC – there is a chance of change to this event
21st – 23rd June P7 Transition days at Portree High School
22nd and 23rd June PPS Transition Days (new P1 and new P7)
26th and 28th June PPS Transition Days (new P2 – P6 classes)
Saturday 24th June Soccer 7’s Broadford
Tuesday 27th June P7 School Trip
Wednesday 28th June Prizegiving 9.30am
Thursday 29th June Last Day of Term 11.50am finish
Please be in touch with any questions or queries.
Regards,
Sara
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