Longniddry Primary School Kitchener Crescent Longniddry EH32 0QU 01875 853161 [email protected]
Learning to Live, Loving to Learn
December 2016
Dear Parents Thanks to your continuing support and Welcome to our last newsletter of 2016. generosity, our Christmas Hamper raffles raised £670. Many thanks to everyone who donated items and bought tickets. The money raised will be split between school funds and local charities to be Thank you to everyone who came chosen by the Pupil Council. along to see our Christmas Shows last week. It is always great to share these special occasions with you and I’m sure you will agree that all the performances Save The Children Christmas nd were up to the usual very high standard. Jumper Day – Thursday 22 December You should all be very proud of your The children are invited to wear a children. Huge thanks must go to all the Christmas Jumper on the last day of term teaching and support staff for making and bring in a small donation for Save the sure these ran smoothly and successfully. Children.
P1-7 will be entertained by M&M Theatre Parent Helpers - Thank you as always to Company this week, they will bring us all our parent helpers and volunteers who their production of Peter Pan. The cost come into school and help us throughout of the ticket money from the children’s the year. Your support is greatly performances goes towards paying for appreciated by all the staff and children. this event for everyone. We would also like to thank our Scotland The Nursery enjoyed a great trip to the Reads Volunteers who give up their time Brunton Hall to see the pantomime on a regular basis to support children Aladdin the other week and special thanks across the school with their reading skills. go to all the parents who helped out.
Our Christmas parties will be in full swing this week and a ‘special visitor’ will be Thanks also go to our wonderful book shop making an appearance in Nursery and P1-3. ladies who come into school every week to collect money and run our book shop. Dates For Your Diary Please note that all the children start Milk Money - Milk Money is due to the back on Monday 9 th January 2017. office after the holidays. Cheques should be made payable to East Lothian Council New Term Reminders – can we please at a cost of £10.80. Please remember remind everyone that your child needs payments can also be made online using the following items for the new term the button on our school blog page. Indoor shoes that fit and are secure on their feet (many of the plimsolls with velco fastenings do not stay shut so become unsafe!) Gym kit with shorts/t-shirt Coat for break/lunchtimes Finally on behalf of all the staff at Water bottle to keep in class Longniddry Primary I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your Can we please remind parents/carers that continued support and to wish you and indoor shoes do not need to be black your families a very happy and peaceful plimsolls however they do need to be safe Christmas. and suitable for indoor use and PE
We continue to have large amounts of lost property left around the school. Can you please ensure all items are clearly named. Kind regards as always Can we please also remind everyone that we are a NUT FREE school so please do Sheona Skinner not send your child to school with snacks Headteacher or packed lunches that contain any nuts or nut products including NUTELLA, many makes of chocolate spread and pre packed crepes containing chocolate spread. We are also a KIWI FREE school.
Can we please ask that for safety reasons parents/carers do not park in the staff car park at the front of the school and do not use the kitchen car park as a route through to the time garden and playground. Children are walking through the car parks and this is dangerous at the start/end of the day when there are kitchen deliveries and cars arriving.
Your support in ensuring your child/ren arrives on time for school at 8.50am is also greatly appreciated to avoid disruption to the teaching and learning of the class.