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South School Newsletter
17 June 2004

SOUTH SCHOOL JUNE NEWSLETTER
17th June 2004

Dear Parent/ Guardian,

Just two weeks to go until school breaks up for the summer holidays. There are still a lot of activities taking place in school – please read this newsletter carefully and make a note of all the dates.

Friday 18th June – Football / Netball match at North School.
Thursday 1st July – End of Term Assembly/P7 Farewell at 9.30am.
Thursday 1st July – School Term ends.

Healthy Highland Week
· Monday 21st June 12noon – Smoking Talk in P6 with Nurse Skea.
· Tuesday 22nd June 2pm – Headlice Talk from Nurse Skea and Nurse Macleod for all parents/guardians.
Please come along to get some answers about these
“unpleasant visitors” to the hair!
· Wednesday 23rd June - Olympic Sports Day in the afternoon. The Nursery class will also have their Sports Activities. (If weather is bad then Sports will be held on the following Wednesday – 30th June).
· Thursday 24th June and Friday 25th June – Class Visits to “The Nold”. This will be an opportunity for your child to take advantage of a superb play park in our community. Please complete the permission slip at the end of this letter.

Class Trips
Monday 21st June - P4 to Dunbeath.
Thursday 24th June - P6 to Castle of Mey and Dunnet (should be back by 3.30pm.)
Thursday 24th June pm. - Nursery to Keiss Beach.
Friday 25th June – P5 to John O’Groats and Castle of Mey.
Monday 28th June – P1, P2 & P3 Mr Boom Show in school followed by woodland walk round Newtonhill Community Woodland.
Tuesday 29th June – P7 to Forsinard Nature Reserve (late return approx.4.30pm.)

· THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE FOR THESE OUTINGS.
· PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILD WEARS SENSIBLE OUTDOOR CLOTHING.
· CHILDREN IN P1 – P7 WILL NEED TO BRING A PACKED LUNCH AS WELL AS THEIR TUCK.
(Health Bar lunches are available for those entitled to a free school meal, please order at the school kitchen, the day before their trip)
· PLEASE COMPLETE THE ATTACHED PERMISSION SLIP.
· ANY PARENT WILLING TO HELP, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER.

LAPTOPS
We have recently been presented with three new laptop computers to the school from Calor Gas. A group of representatives from Scottish Business in the Community visited the school in April and this generous donation was then offered. These will be used by pupils and staff to support learning and teaching.

NATIONAL RUGBY EVENT
Groups of twelve P7 pupils from South School and Pennyland in Thurso represented all Highland Primary Schools in a National Rugby Event last week in Murrayfield, Edinburgh. They played a number of teams from throughout Scotland and thoroughly enjoyed their experience including a “whistle-stop” tour of Edinburgh. This event was sponsored by U.K.A.E.A., Highland Council Sports Development monies, Sports Co-ordinator monies and the Caithness Educational Trust. Many thanks to each organisation for their invaluable support and to Miss McArthur and Mrs Wilson for accompanying them.

FLOWER TUB PLANTING
A group of six children were involved last week in the Market Square, planting flower tubs for the town centre. The weather stayed fair and the children really enjoyed this activity aided by the Support for Learning team. Thank you to all involved.

STAFFING CHANGES FOR 2004 – 2005
There will be a number of changes to the staffing at South School next session, partly due to the drop in school roll and also due to a new post created to reduce the class contact time of teachers in P4 – P7. A Primary Specialist teacher will operate for two and a half hours per week in each of these classes having responsibility for Technology, Religious and Moral Education and French. Mrs Thompson will take up this post in August and her week will be split between covering classes in Pulteneytown Academy and South.
Mrs Swanson goes on Maternity Leave – her baby is due at the end of July.
Miss Thomson is transferring through to a Thurso primary school.

The teachers for next session will be:
P1/2 – Mrs C. Hourston
P2/3 – Mrs W. Wilson
P3/4 – Mr C. Pearson (currently working in Spean Bridge P.S.)
P5 – Mrs S. Sutherland
P6 – Miss J. Campbell (currently working in Newtongrange P.S., Midlothian)
P7 – Miss S. McArthur
Support for Learning Teacher – Mrs E. Mackay

Many thanks for your continued support over this session. Let’s hope the sun shines for the summer holidays.

Kind regards,

Pat Bowers - Headteacher