September 9th 2019 Milltimber School and Nursery Edition 23

Don’t forget! There’s no school on The Buzz September 20th WORKING TOGETHER TO BE THE BEST WE CAN BE and 23rd

IT’S GREAT TO BE GREEN! Litter-picking, re-using, recycling, designing and ‘trashion’ … we love being an eco-friendly school

A Tug o’ Colours… P7s practise for the House Tug o’ War. Remember, all children should come to school in in their House colour, but no football shirts please! It would be great if parents could support their family’s House by wearing their House colour too!

The whole school turned green last week when the focus was on all things eco. From Nursery to P7, pupils wore green, got creative and made a difference. These P5 and P3/4 litter pickers did a fantastic job, while these P5 designers made useful classroom organisers from recycled materials. Well done, everyone! ‘Green Day’ reinforces Milltimber’s excellent eco-friendly credentials. See Page 2 for Trashion Show pics!

Confidence galore as It’s time to hit the dance votes cast for councils floor… Roll up for tickets! Elections were held for places on all This year’s discos take place on school councils. Congratulations to Friday, Sept 27th. P3/4’s elected Eco Council, Pupil • P1-P3: 6pm-7pm; Council and Digital Leaders members. • P4-P7: 7.15pm-8.30pm. Excellent use of digital learning to Entry is £4 which can be made enhance their speeches. by PayPal. More details, including the PayPal link, will follow via the school soon. Parent helpers are needed on the night, so please get in touch to help fill the rota! Parent evening dates

Parent evenings take place on Tuesday 17 th and Wednesday 18 th September. An online booking system will be used. More information to follow… Election special… see more pics on Page 2 Page 2 Milltimber School and Nursery Milltimber School and Nursery Page 3

Trashion. Turn to the left… Trashion. Turn to the right… Everywhere you looked in the senior area last week, P6 worked in groups to design and make an item of pupils were busy getting ready for a special ‘trashion’ clothing from recycled materials. The senior area . The senior area put on a fantastic became a hive of creativity as trashion fashion Trashion Show showcasing clothes they made from designers were busy at work. Well done to everyone for recycled materials as part of our ‘Green Day’. displaying such enthusiasm and confidence.

P2 know that friendships are special Children in P2 have been learning that it’s good to talk and that, sometimes, it’s OK not to be OK. Friendships and emotions were in focus as pupils developed a class charter and created special worry cups, ready to gobble up any worries they may have!

The Evening Express is running a The more tokens we collect, the 'pounds for primaries' coupon more chance we have of winning a promotion, offering £10,000 of cash share of the cash that would help prizes to give away to local schools. to support the amazing work we do A share of the £10,000 can be here at Milltimber. So, please keep earned by collecting as many special your eyes peeled for the tokens in tokens printed in the Evening the Evening Express and pop any Express from Monday September you collect in to the box in 16th to Saturday October 26th. reception at the school. Thank you! Children shine as Elections for our school councils always prove to be close-run excellent speeches contests. They also demonstrate the win council votes exceptional confidence of pupils of all ages. There were great speeches when P5 and P6 held their elections for the Eco Council, Pupil Council and Digital Leaders. Congratulations to those elected! Please keep following The Buzz for news of our new Life & Ethos groups too… Page 2 Milltimber School and Nursery Milltimber School and Nursery Page 3

Anyone for tennis? Let’s get active! Budding young Andy and Jamie Murrays in our school were given a fantastic opportunity to learn tennis skills last week, courtesy of a visit from David and John from @Sportaberdeen

The P1 and P2 boys and girls benefited from the expert tuition as the Tennis Aberdeen Roadshow rolled Clubs for Milltimber pupils take place at Milltimber Primary, Cults Sports in to Milltimber… Complex and Peterculter Sports Centre. More information: Next stop, Wimbledon? " [email protected] Get noticed! Buckaroo! Keep on running The achievement notice … P2 worked Mrs Gray is starting Running Club again on a board in the main hall is Tuesday lunchtime. The purpose of the club is filling up fast with the together on balance while to enable pupils to improve their fitness sporting feats of our through running activities and to eventually playing a game school community. Let participate in organised Cross Country Running us know what sporting of Human Buckaroo events if they wish. The club comprises pupils activities you and your … in Primary 5-7. family have achieved! Sporting prowess on show as De-clutter AND raise funds for school new netball class starts ! ! We have organised a clothes and shoe collection with Bag2School Great to see to raise funds for our children and school. a new batch By getting involved in our Bag2School collection, you have an of P6/7 opportunity to sort through your wardrobes and donate netballers unwanted textiles into the Bag2School bags, which have been starting up at circulated via your child’s class. lunchtime at Collection date is Thursday 19th September 2019. Please bring Milltimber your bag (or bags!) to the grass roundabout in front of the school … entrance for 9am. ! ! ! ! out the Milltimber Primary School PTA Facebook page. Need to understand more about issues facing children? Many parents worry about how social problems may affect or influence their children. In an ever-developing digital age, the parenting challenge becomes greater. Go along to Hillview Community Church, Cults, on September 17th, for a multi-agency meeting for all involved with raising children in primary or secondary schools in Lower Deeside. Doors open from 6.30pm. Information sessions & presentations start at 7pm on: Cyber safety; Young people's mental & emotional well being; Drugs and alcohol. It’s free to attend. #WorkingTogether #CommUNITY

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