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Sorn Primary School Acting Head Teacher: Mrs Laura Kelly Email: [email protected]

01.03.21

Dear Parent/Carer,

February has certainly been a quick month, and it does not feel long since my last Head Teacher update. We were delighted to welcome our P1/2/3 class back to school last week and we look forward to welcoming back our P4-7 classes as soon as possible. I have a number of items to update you on this month and I hope you find this information helpful.

P4-7 Teams

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our P4-7 pupils for embracing our move over to a greater use of Teams last week. We have been delighted at the uptake of this platform and the work received. Initial feedback from our class teachers has been very positive, keep up the good work!

P1/2/3 Return

It has been wonderful to see our P1/2/3 class settle so quickly back into the school routine. We have loved hearing their chatter around the school and seeing them playing together outside. It has really lifted our spirits during such challenging times.

500 Miles Challenge

Thank you to all who participated in our Walk 500 Miles Challenge. We collectively walked a whopping 610miles which was wonderful. A great way to round off our focus, participate together as a community and also keep fit and healthy whilst doing so. Thank you to Miss Wallace for organising this and our video of the walk can be found both on Class Blogs and Twitter. The Chronicle has run an article on this event too for you to read.

Parent/Pupil Voice

Miss Evans is working on obtaining some funding to support us in developing our school grounds. We are keen to hear the opinions of both pupils and parents on your ideas for enhancements to the playground and outdoor shed so, please look out for a questionnaire over the coming weeks regarding this.

I am currently reviewing our curriculum development and would be keen to hear the opinions of parents/carers on aspects of both literacy and numeracy, including the possibility of hosting Parental Workshops. Again, look out for a form on the app in the coming weeks seeking your opinions.

Parent Conferences

We are hoping to host Parent Conferences in the form of a telephone call week beginning 29th March, prior to the Easter break. We will shortly send out more information about appointments for this.

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Upcoming Events

We are currently in the middle of Fairtrade Fortnight where Miss Weir has prepared various activities along with her P1/2/3 Fairtrade Committee to promote awareness within the school community. We are looking forward to seeing completed Fairtrade activities and sharing our whole school Fairtrade Assembly on Friday 5th March at 11.30am.

Thursday 4th March is World Book Day and Miss Evans has been creating lots of fun activities to promote a love of books and reading. We have a virtual author visit with AH Proctor, author of the Thumble Tumble series based on Arran and we are excited to participate in a BookTrail around the Sorn Community where parents, staff and some special guests will share their favourite books.

British Science runs from 5th-14th March and we have a variety of Science and STEM related activities which can be completed both in school and at home, look out for more of these on the blogs from Monday 8th March.

The RRSA Committee are currently working on Red Nose Day activities for Friday 19th March, we are very hopeful all pupils will have returned by then to participate in the Comic Relief event together.

I would like to thank you all for your continued support throughout these challenging times. We are hopeful to see the return of the remainder of our classes on 15th March pending the next Scottish Government update and I will in turn update you as soon as I have further information. Meanwhile, please continue to keep yourself and your families safe and know we are here to support you in any way we can.

Kind regards,

Laura Kelly Acting Head Teacher