With June around the corner, we are now less than 4 weeks away from the summer holidays. May has been a busy and exciting month, and June is shaping up to be just as good.
End of Year Reports
It was lovely to spend a few hours this week reading our pupil end of year reports. Every single child in the school has made progress in their learning this year, and I am delighted with all of the amazing things our teachers have to say about them.
Please spend some time with your children talking about their reports. Celebrate their successes and their hard work, and let them know how proud of them their teachers (and Head Teacher) are.
P7 Raasay Trip
The school will be a quieter place next week as the P7 class head off to Raasay for their residential trip. The class are really looking forward to this experience and we wish them all the best.
Information has been sent to parents about arrangements, but just a reminder that pupils should arrive at Sconser between 9-9.15am on Tuesday 4th June for the ferry departing at 9.25am. On Friday 7th June, pupils will arrive back at Sconser at 1.50pm and should be collected there.
If parents have any questions about arrangements then please contact the school.
School Improvement Planning
Thank you to everyone who has responded to the school improvement plan survey. I will close this survey on Monday, so please take a look if you haven’t already (the average time taken to complete this is just two minutes!).
Survey link: https://forms.office.com/e/Sc4UEBUFzx
Local Mod
Best of luck to those pupils in P1-3 who are taking part in the local mod today. They performed in front of the whole school at assembly yesterday and sounded absolutely fantastic. They have already done themselves and the school proud with their efforts, and I’m sure that they will have a great time showing that off this afternoon.
Skye Week
We have a large group of pupils who will be taking part in the Skye Week parade tomorrow (Saturday 1st June). Remember to come dressed in school uniform!
We also have a group of pupils singing at the event in the square on Tuesday 4th June. They have been working hard on their songs and had the opportunity to perform in front of the school at this week’s assembly. Much like the mod group, they sounded great.
Driving around the school
I have received complaints about driver behaviour around the school this week. Could I ask parents to be extra cautious and be mindful of all the wee ones crossing roads in the mornings and afternoons? Despite efforts having been made to fill the position, we still don’t have a crossing patroller outside the school – so please take great care.
I would also like to remind you that the pick-up and drop-off point for pupils is the carpark at the Community Centre, not outside the school. In addition, the school carpark is for staff only, so I would not expect to see parents entering this to drop-off children.
Community Café
I would like to invite parents/carers and the extended community into the school for our last Community Café event of the year. This will take place next Friday 7th June and will be run jointly by the P1/2 and P5 class. This event will be raising money for Skye and Lochalsh Young Carers. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Uniform
I have noticed standards have slipped recently in relation to school uniform. Pupils may wear sports kits to school when they have PE or dance lessons, but should be in full school uniform on days when they do not have these activities. Our uniform policy can be found on the school website and handbook. I have reminded pupils of their responsibilities in regards to uniform during assembly this week, and would ask that parents continue to support us with this.
Mountain Warehouse
Last few days to use the Mountain Warehouse discount:
Mountain Warehouse have been in touch to offer parents a 20% discount across their website for a period of two weeks beginning Monday 20th May. Please see information below about how to receive this discount.
Discount code: CC202473
Feel free to explore our range of products and take advantage of this limited-time offer. This code will be valid for 2 weeks starting week commencing 20/05/24. Please note this code is only valid on orders sold and shipped by Mountain Warehouse.
Below I have included a link to our website and instructions on how to apply your discount code:
https://www.mountainwarehouse.com/
Once the items have been selected and added to your basket, please select the basket icon in the top right hand corner of the webpage. In the basket on the left hand side is the total spent, below there is a tab where you can enter your PROMO code. Please enter the discount code provided and select apply. This will apply the discount to your basket, you can then proceed to the checkout as usual.
Parent Council
Our school Parent Council is on the lookout for new members. Parent Council plays a key role in representing the views of parents, supporting the school, fundraising, and much more. However, as a voluntary body it is reliant on members of the parent community offering their support. To find out more about the Parent Council, please see the information on the school website: https://portreeprimary.wordpress.com/parents/parent-council/what-does-the-parent-council-do/ .
I would ask all parents to please consider supporting the vital work of the Parent Council.
Active Schools
Please see message from Sarah Ross at Active Schools, with poster at the end of this email:
ACTIVE SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES- ONLINE NOW!!
Our community activities starting from Monday 22nd are now online for booking! Please see poster attached for what’s taken place. Please make sure that you re- book your child onto activities for the new term.
All these activities will take place at the Fingal Centre. We will have more information going out to individual schools about activities happening in your local area soon.
It would be great to have some new faces along, so make sure to book your place online at https://booking.highlifehighland.com/ You do not need to be a member to come to activities, but you will need to set up a pay as you go account to register.
Information about an exciting new Shinty session will be coming soon!!
We rely entirely on volunteers to deliver and support our activities in the community and across all our schools, so if you would like to set up something new for your school/community or keen to support our current activities, then we would love to hear from you! Please get in touch with sarah.ross@highlifehighland.com
| Friday 31st May | 2pm | Local Mod. |
| Saturday 1st June | 12.15pm | Skye Week Parade. |
| Monday 3rd June | 11am | P7 pupils visiting PHS for Dynamic Earth workshop. |
| Monday 3rd June | Morning | P5-7 Swimming Championship – more details to follow. |
| Tuesday 4th June | 6.30pm | Skye Week: Highland night/Hoolie in the square. Pupils singing. |
| Wednesday 5th June | / | Visit from Andy McKechnie of Jammin Fitness to do the session: Olympic Street Jam – Pathway to Paris. More information to follow. |
| Thursday 6th June | 11am | P6 pupils visiting PHS for Dynamic Earth workshop. |
| Friday 7th June | 10.30am | P1/2 and P5 hosting Community Café. |
| Week beginning 10th June | / | Activity Week All events tbc with days/times subject to change: Monday – P1-3 visit police station Tuesday morning – whole school cinema visit Tuesday – afternoon School picnic on KGV Wednesday – Fire Brigade visiting school Thursday – Archery competitions in school ACE target sports Various other outings and activities tbc |
| Friday 14th June | 11.30am | Open morning. |
| Wednesday – Friday 19th-21st June | / | P7 Transition visit to Portree High School. Other classes will be having transition time ‘moving up days’ on 20th/21st . |
| Wednesday 26th June | Tbc | Prizegiving ceremony. |
| Thursday 27th June | 12 noon | School closes for last day of session 2023-24. |
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