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JUNE 2005
Dear Parent,
As ever June is a very busy month so I thought it would be timely to
produce another newsletter with some important pieces of information for
you.
WICK HIGH SCHOOL
VISIT
Pupils in Primary 7 have now received their classes for the High School.
Next week on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th June they will visit the High
School for two days. Pupils should make their own way to High School and
home again. Where appropriate they may use existing Wick High School
transport to get to and from school. Wherever possible, pupils should stay
in the High School over lunch time. The High School cafeteria will be
available to them. Pupils who receive free school meals will receive a
credit at the cafeteria, which can be used to purchase items. Pupils
should bring the normal school items to High School such as pencil, short
ruler, rubber and pen.
5 A SIDE FOOTBALL
COMPETITION
The annual 5 a side football competition involving house teams from
Hillhead and the smaller rural schools on this side of the county will
take place at the school pitch on Saturday 11th June at 2pm. This year,
teams from Watten, Bower, Canisbay and Crossroads as well as the four
house teams from Hillhead will participate. Hillhead teams are chosen by
the captains and vice captains and they will have notified them if they
have been chosen to represent their house team. The event is normally a
very enjoyable one and parents are invited, indeed encouraged to attend.
are invited, indeed encouraged to attend. A tuck shop will be available on
the afternoon.
HEALTHY HIGHLAND
WEEK
Healthy Features
The week commencing June 20th � June 25th has been designated as Healthy
Highland Week. As well as holding the school sports during the week there
are a number of other healthy features, which the school is involved with.
Every pupil in Primary 1 will receive a free toothbrush and tube of
toothpaste. The nursery are to hold a mini activities morning on Thursday
morning after which they and their parents will enjoy a healthy meal in
the school canteen. Details have been passed to nursery pupils about this.
Throughout the week the kitchen will serve a selection of meals with an
increased emphasis on healthy eating. An attached menu shows what is on
offer each day. Mr Green has some interesting specialities made with a
wide variety of different types of fruit. In addition on Friday 24th June
Mr Green is to provide a leaving barbecue for all Primary 7 pupils.
RECOGNISING
ACHIEVEMENT
Last session you may recall that the school marked the sporting
achievement of each of the players in the school netball and football
teams with a framed photograph of the team. This resulted from the pupils
identifying playing in the school team as one of the highlights of their
time at Hillhead. These pictures were funded through a donation, which the
school received for �308.50 from fundraising, which was carried out by
Wick Thistle FC in memory of the ex-
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Hillhead pupil Robert
Munro. This session the sports team players will again receive a mounted
photograph paid for through this donation. In addition it was felt that we
would extend this photo scheme to the choirs and recorder groups who have
represented us so well at the Music festival. Photographs will be
distributed at the beginning of Healthy Highland Week. In each case there
are a small number of extra mounted copies available on a first come-first
served basis for �1 per mounted picture.
SO WHAT WILL WE ALL
DO FOR HEALTHY HIGHLAND WEEK
Finally to mark Healthy Highland Week pupils will be given home a form to
fill in what they will do extra for Healthy Highland week. They could walk
more, eat more fruit, eat their vegetables, brush their teeth twice a day,
cycle or swim more. In fact anything which would improve their health.
Please confirm that your child has done these things by signing the form.
The class with the highest % of returned forms will get a special healthy
class photograph each plus a piece of fruit.
Of course this event
is a whole school community event and therefore we are also looking to
parents (and staff) as to what they are going to do for Healthy Highland
Week. The range of activities open to you is wide and all you need to do
is fill in the form and make sure your child has confirmed that you have
actually done these things! All completed forms (pupils, parents and
staff) will go in to a prize fruit draw on the final week of term. So this
is your chance to impress your child and underline to him or her the
importance of healthy activities.
BUDDIES at HILLHEAD
The Primary 6 pupils and current nursery pupils have now been paired up as
buddies. They have spent some time together in the nursery and this will
continue over the next few weeks. Both sets of pupils appear to really
enjoy this link. Each buddy will shortly be provided with a picture fridge
magnet of the buddy pairing.
ORANGES ARE THE
ONLY FRUIT AT HILLHEAD
Hillhead Primary School have returned to the traditional, oranges at full
time for football and netball players in the local inter school matches. A
traditional snack in the past they appear to have been overlookied in more
recent years. However their return has been welcomed by pupils. They have
gone down extremely well with the players from all teams. The pictures
show football players Stephen Crawford, Richard Budge, Daniel budge and
William Loughlin enjoying an after match orange. It looks like oranges are
here to stay.
PARENT EVENINGS
Report cards have now been distributed. Those parents who requested an
appointment should have received details of an appointment time for a
meeting with your child�s class teacher on Wednesday or Thursday of next
week.
Yours faithfully
A Budge
Headteacher
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