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08 JANUARY 2007
Welcome back to the start of the spring term! Thank
you to everyone who gave Christmas cards and gifts at the end of last
term. I hope you all had a lovely time with friends and family and wish
you all a happy and healthy 2007.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
15 January SRTS Meeting � 2.30pm
16 January Badminton starts for P6
23 January PSA Meeting � 6.30pm
7 February P7 Sponsored Walk
8 February In Service Training Day for staff
8-12 February(inclusive) February long weekend for pupils
19 February School Board Meeting � 7.00pm
20 February Nursery selling pancakes for �Pancake Day�
20 February(proposed date) Inter Schools Quiz in Miller Academy
19 March Caithness Science Fair week
30 March Schools close at the usual time for Easter Break
RESCHEDULED SAFER ROUTES TO SCHOOL MEETING
This meeting will be held on Monday 15 January 2.30 pm in the Parents�
Room. All parents are welcome to attend.
ADVERSE WEATHER/EMERGENCY CONTACT
By now all parents (P1-7, Nursery 3 & 4 and SEU) should have received
information regarding the 0870 number to be used if you think the school
may be closed due to adverse weather. We still have not had all the
return slips. If you have lost/misplaced/don�t think you received on,
please contact the school office immediately to arrange for a
replacement. It is essential parents have this information available to
them.
It is also extremely important that all emergency
contact details held by the school are kept up to date. Please think
carefully and inform us immediately of any changes to phone numbers etc.
Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.
HEAD LICE - Please be vigilant and check
children�s heads regularly!
Schools are no longer permitted to issue alert letters to all parents.
If we become aware of anyone having head lice we will only contact the
parent/carer of that child. This will be done by letter or a personal
telephone call.
SWIMMING
Please note that swimming sessions for the first nine weeks of this term
are for P7, P4, P3 and P5. P7 pupils should meet their teacher at the
pool at 9.00 am on Wednesday morning.
CO OP COLOURING COMPETITION
I would like to say a big thank you to Mr Sinclair, manager of our local
CO OP store on Mount Pleasant Road. He recently invited our pupils to
take part in a colouring competition and the CO OP provided �200 to be
spent on prizes for the winners. Mr Sinclair suggested we buy the prizes
from our book fair and as a result the school has benefited in two ways,
eighteen children received prizes of their own choice from the book fair
AND the commission earned from these prizes bought �120 worth of books
for our library!!
The following children are the prize winners for the
competition:-
Zoe Craigie and Jake Dunnett N3
Jack Sibbald and Sorcha Campbell N4
Charles Angus and Sophie Irvine-Dunnett P1
Cameron Mackay and Sophie McIvor P2
Chloe Hawthorne and Marc Deighan P3
Chloe Mackinnon and Michael Smith P4
Craig Wares and Cara Jones P5
Matthew Stanger and Shelley Mackay P6
Sophie Urquhart and Connor Dunnett P7
Well done to all the children who entered the
competition and I hope you enjoy seeing their entries which are to be
displayed in the CO OP store.
EDINBURGH TRIP � FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES
Primary 7 are undertaking a sponsored walk from the school to Scrabster
and back (approx 5 miles). It is proposed this will go ahead, weather
permitting on Wednesday, 7 February. Any parents from other classes
wishing to sponsor P7 in their efforts can do so on a general sponsor
sheet at the office.
SCHOOL HANDBOOK
Please note the school handbook has been updated in preparation for the
annual enrolments. If any parent would like a copy, please contact the
school office and Hilary will arrange for one to come home via school
bag mail.
BOOK FAIR COMMISSION
Thank you to everyone who bought books from the recent book fair. The
total commission raised came to �658.94 (including the �120 from the
COOP prizes). This has been spent on new books for the library and
project boxes. These were on display on the Open Afternoon so I hope
some of you had time to have a look at the new books.
FIRE SAFETY TALKS/COMPETITION
I would like to thank Mr Smith (Hannah P5) for coming into school and
delivering Fire Safety talks to all pupils. This coincided with all
local schools being invited to participate in a Fire Safety at Christmas
competition held by Dounreay. We had winners in both the P1-3 and the
P4-7 categories. They were:-
Kerri Mackay � P7 Rosie Fidler - P4
Morgan Kennedy � P2 Jamie Sinclair � P2
Tegan Souter � P1
PARENTS� EVENINGS/PARENT HELPERS
Thank you to all the parents who came along to the Parents� Evening
(afternoon and morning for Nursery) meetings. We had a great turn out
and it was lovely to see so many parents interested in the work of the
school and their children�s progress. Thank you too to the parents who
helped out at the book fair and in promoting the PSA and School Board.
ACTIVE SCHOOLS COORDINATOR
Kenny Russell, the Active Schools Coordinator was as busy as ever last
term. Our pupils participated in both a swimming gala and a rugby
festival organised by him. He has asked me to pass on his thanks to the
pupils and parents both for participating in the events and for the
support given to the competitors.
Kenny also attended our last PSA meeting where he
explained to the parents there about his work and what he hopes to
achieve. The main aim of Active Schools Coordinators is to encourage
more children to be more active more often. To do this Kenny relies on a
band of volunteers and he has asked me to pass on the following to our
parents:-
�Active Schools are looking for more volunteers. We are not looking for
a lifetime commitment, any time parents/carers are able to give will be
greatly appreciated. Perhaps parents waiting after school between the
two finish times would like to help out with an activity. We are not
necessarily looking for sports coaches but people who are willing to be
an extra pair of hands/eyes.�
If you have some time to spare even for just a few weeks please contact
the school office and we will pass your details to Kenny.
BADMINTON WINNERS
Mrs Mennie held a badminton tournament with Primary 6 at the end of term
and the winners were:
1st Jack Fidler and Declan Campbell
2nd Justin Gunn and Jamie Moffat
3rd Maree Sutherland and Abbie Leonard
CHRISTMAS TREE COMPETITION
Congratulations to Hannah Smith, P5 who won a Christmas Tree for her
house and one for the school. Her decorated Christmas Pudding was a
prize winner in the recent Forestry Commission competition.
THANK YOU�
�to Mrs Peddie and Mrs Jones who very kindly donated some books to the
school. Some have gone to the school library and some to the Nursery
library.
�to Mrs Cameron For donating a lucky draw prize of �5. this was drawn at
the last Assembly of the term and the winner was Samantha Barry, P4.
�to Mr Wares for the selection boxes donated for Christmas Party prizes
ENROLMENT
Adverts will be appearing in the local press soon informing parents of
the enrolment arrangements for P1 and Nursery 3 & 4 pupils for next
session. Please watch out for these and pass the information to anyone
you know with children of the appropriate age.
RETIRAL
As you know Agnes, the school cook retired at the end of last term. I
would like to thank everyone who contributed to the collection we had
for her. At the end of term Assembly Agnes was presented with a plaque,
made by Callum Mc Clelland, and a cheque for �350 which was the total
amount collected from staff and families.
CHRISTMAS OPEN AFTERNOON PROGRAMME
I hope everyone who attended the open afternoon had an enjoyable time.
Certainly the feedback from parents has indicated that the children
provided a good afternoon�s entertainment.
Primary 6 designed, produced and sold the programme
for the Open Afternoon as their Enterprise Project. Thanks to their hard
work the money they raised from this came to �142.69 and has been
donated to the Couthie Corner.
CHRISTMAS POST
Primary 7 also carried out an Enterprise Project last term. Theirs was
to plan and organise the Christmas Post. Stamps were designed, produced
and sold by the pupils and their efforts raised �127.90. This money has
been donated to the SSPCA at Balmore.
TERM 3 CHARITY
The Charity the school will be supporting this term will be �Red Nose
Day� which is held in March.
TERM 2 CHARITY - RNLI
Our collections at Assemblies throughout term 2 raised �116.90 for the
RNLI. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
PSA NEWS
The next PSA meeting will be held on Tuesday, 23 January at 6.30pm. All
parents are welcome to attend. Copies of PSA minutes are available on
the school website and also on the notice board outside the school
office.
SCHOOL BOARD
Copies of School Board minutes are available on the school website and
also on the notice board outside the office. The next meeting will be
held on Monday, 19 February 2007 at 7.00 pm.
Hilary has decided to step down as clerk to the
School Board. The Board would like to express their thanks for the
excellent work she carried out. This means we now have a vacancy for a
clerk and anyone interested should contact the school office for further
information.
CHRISTMAS RECYCLING
CHAS, (Children�s Hospice Association Scotland) the charity we support
with our collection of ink cartridges also collect mobile phones. If
anyone was lucky enough to get a new mobile this Christmas, please
consider disposing of your old one by donating it to this charity. We
will be collecting mobile phones until Tuesday, 31 January.
We will also be collecting old Christmas cards for
recycling up to Friday, 20 January for recycling.
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