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Dear Parent May
Newsletter – 10.05.06
PSA News
On Monday evening the committee was given a tour of the recent internal
improvements to the fabric and decoration of the building and also had
the opportunity to view the state of the children’s toilets. It was
decided that the entertainment for the term would be Party at
Pulteneytown Palace which will have an entertainment theme for all on
the same lines as the Party at that other Palace in London where they
are celebrating the Queen’s 80th birthday. The date will be Tuesday 27
June at 5 p.m. so please put this date in your diary to keep it free.
Details will follow after the next meeting on Monday 5 June at 7.00 p.m.
If you are willing to help out please come along to this meeting with
your ideas. School
Improvements - update
The painting of the infant playground will now be on Thursday 11 May. It
is very important that if you are coming to collect your child from
school that you keep young children well away from this area. I will
ensure school children are kept away from painted areas until they are
safe. The gym is almost finished and this will make such a huge
difference to the facilities for Physical Education. It should also save
money on heating during the winter. The infant resource room which has
been completely redecorated is still awaiting the new furniture with
anticipation. I hope this will be completed before parents’ evenings so
that you will be able to see all these improvements for yourselves.
Football/Netball
Weather dependent dates for matches are as follows
· Thursday 25 May 10.00 v Lybster – home match
· Wednesday 31 May 1.45 v North – away match
· Friday 2 June 1.45 v South – home match
· Friday 9 June 1.45 v Hillhead – away match
Permission slips will not be done for pupils attending or playing in
these matches. If your child is in P6 or P7 and you do not wish them to
travel by bus to the away matches, either as a player or spectator,
please let me know before the first match.
Cycling Proficiency
Children in P6 were given permission slips before taking part in this
activity. I know at least one of them did not take their letter home as
I found it in the cloakroom after everyone had gone, so if you did not
get this information and you would like your child to take part, please
contact the school immediately. Those taking part must bring their bikes
tomorrow (11 May) to be checked for roadworthiness and size before
lessons start on 23 May.
Edinburgh Trip
As both Mrs Budge and I will be away with the group in Edinburgh next
week, Mrs L Harper, PT will be in charge of the school. As she will be
teaching, please try to keep any routine matters which cannot be dealt
with by office staff until my return the next week and only request to
see her if something cannot wait. Many thanks for your cooperation with
this. Questionnaire
Before the end of May you will be issued with a questionnaire to seek
your views on the Science Sacks, homework in general and on the style of
the Class newsletters this term. As your responses may vary depending on
the age of your child(ren) I will issue one questionnaire per pupil
rather than one per family and I would be obliged if you could complete
and return these to school by the date indicated. The management team
have learned a lot about how to get useful information from a
questionnaire and I promise this will be much more straightforward to
complete and have less than 10 questions in all. Children will complete
a similar questionnaire in school so that we can also gauge their views
on these subjects. Yours sincerely
LILIAN M WARK
Head Teacher |