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School Newsletter March 2013 Issue 6

What’s Happening? I would like to thank all parents and carers for their

support since I announced the news of my

departure from the school. I can now say

that my offical start date at Rosewell

has been confirmed as Monday 6 May

and accordingly, my last day at

Athelstaneford will be Friday 3 May. As yet, no

decision has been reached in terms of my

replacement and as soon as I have any information, I

will let you know.

After School Clubs Our Drama and Homework After School Clubs have

proved very successful with the

last of these clubs taking place on

18th and 19th March. Many thanks

for your undertstanding when

these clubs have had to be cancelled at short notice.

After the holidays our Bikeability Clubs will be

starting so look out for acceptance letters coming

home via pupil post.

Soft Start Next term we will be holding 2 Soft Start Sessions

which will run from 9am until 9.30am

on 16 May and 6 June. Our Session on

16 May will focus on number. The

session on 6 June will give you

another opportunity to share with your child what

they have been learning. I hope you are able to come

along and join in with your child in class.

School Blog I would like to remind you to keep checking our

school blog. The Class Teacher’s and pupils

regularly update this with what’s going on

in school, we often post items of interest

which are going on around the

community too so I’m sure you’ll agree it’s

a great information point.

Loch Insh Primary 7 will be attending cluster residential school

camp from Monday 22 April to Friday 26

April. I will be holding an information

session on Wednesday 10 April at 3.30pm

for Parents and Carers. You will find out

more about what the children will be doing at camp

and what they will need to bring. I look forward to

seeing as many of you on this date.

Marie Curie Mini Pots of Care Daffodil Tea On Tuesday 26 February the whole school took

part in raising money for Marie Curie

Nurses. The children brought in a

donation and the Nursery served them

with a drink of juice and a cake. The

children also got to take home their mini

pots of daffodils that they planted back in

October last year. We managed to raise a fabulous

£69.05 - thank you to everyone who took part.

Burke and Hare The children in Primaries 5, 6 and 7 gave us a

fantastic performance at St Marys RC

Primary School this week, what fantastic

singers and performers. I was extremely

proud of all our children’s efforts and

how they worked well with the children

from the other schools involved. A huge thank you

goes to all those who came along and supported the

children.

Learning Event – Homework Thank you to all parents and carers who attended

this event. It was an informative night

where we welcomed the opportunity for

you to give us your opinions on homework.

I plan to run a similar workshop at the

next coffee and chat session on 26 April. This work

is part of a wider consulation process that Miss

Hutchison will lead on and will allow us to produce a

framework for home work that will be agreed and

implemented in August 2013.

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Comic Relief 2013

We had great fun in school on Friday 13 March

celebrating Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.

We all dressed in red or as something

funny and raised lots of money by taking

part in various Red Nose Day activities

including a home baking stall. Thanks to your support

and generosity we raised a total of £215.76 which

included the sale of Red Noses in School. – Well done!

Class News

Nursery

In Nursery we have been learning all about the zoo

and the animals that live there.

To celebrate Mother’s Day we each made a

lovely Mother’s Day Card and present to give

to our mum’s on Mothering Sunday.

The snow came to Athelstaneford and we spent some

time outside playing in it before we all got too cold –

what fun we had

Over the past few weeks we have been preparing for

Easter – we have made cards, Easter nests,

decorated eggs and cakes and hope to have a

treasure hunt on the last day of term –

weather permitting!

P1/2

P1/2 enjoyed their visit to the museum. They liked

the story we had on the magic carpet

and found lots of interesting things to

look at and explore. We have been

working hard in writing doing lots of

different kinds of functional writing

such as leaflets, labels and invitations. We added a

shop to our museum where you could get a cup of tea

or buy a souvenir to practise our money skills. We

had fun listening to everyone talk about their

personal project and asked lots of good questions to

show how carefully we had been listening. We are

looking forward to showing the rest of the school our

boxes and projects.

Dates for your diary

March

22nd: Church Service 9.30am

End of Term

April

8th: Return to School

10th Awards Assembly 1.20pm

12th April Holiday

16th Parent Council Meeting 7pm

22nd-26th P7 at Loch Insh

26th Coffee and Chat

P3/4/5

A really busy term in class. In literacy we’ve been

working with a novel written by

Lari Don, an author from

Edinburgh, First Aid for Fairies

and other Fabled Beasts. It was

great to have the author visit

class last week and bring the

book to life. Our own ‘Big Book of Beasts’ are

heading home soon.

In our topic ‘Blood, Bones and Bodies’ we have

learned all about becoming unwell, safety

with medicines and choices we might have

in different dangerous situations – Less

danger next term!

P5/6/7

Over the past few weeks we have been really busy

perfecting our songs for the Burke & Hare Musical.

Our hard work paid off and everyone participated

with great confidence and enthusiasm. We have also

produced powerpoints about life in Edinburgh during

the early 19th Century

We have continued to be active through our rugby

and golf sessions. We hope that the rugby

festival and final golf session with Kate

Green, which has been postponed due to

poor weather will take place in the summer term

P7 pupils also attended the rehearsal for North

Berwick High School Music Concert as

part of a transition event. Along with

the other Cluster school they

performed ‘Sing’.

Thank you for reading our Newsletter – I hope you all have a lovely Easter break and look forward to seeing you

all back on 8 April. As ever if you have any concerns or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Scott Lavery

Acting Head Teacher