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March 2019 Dear Parents , As we approach the end of Term 3, I write with our latest school news. L U Grants and Funding M We were delighted to be awarded £1000 from the ‘Bags for Life’ P scheme operated by Tesco. This meant that we were able to order H our new toy shed. We are very grateful to the Young Farmers who dismantled our old shed and put our very smart new shed in place. A An application was also made to the ‘Dick Bequest Fund’ to support our fund raising N efforts towards a gazebo for our garden development. The application was successful A and we were awarded £1412.50. Once again the ‘Young Farmers’ have offered to put N this in place for us. A big thank you to the Young Farmers for their continuing support. S Visits and Trips C Skiing H It looked like the conditions for the P6/7 ski trip would not be favourable for us to go ahead with the trip. Fortunately, just enough snow fell and Glenshee managed to O prepare the slope in order for us to get our 5 days skiing. The children had a great O time and as we virtually had the slopes to ourselves, this allowed quite a few of the L pupils’ skills to advance considerably. Royal Northern Spring Show N Thankfully the weather was much kinder to us this E year and the P4-7 pupils were able to attend the W Spring Show at Thainstone. It was a fabulous opportunity for the pupils to witness the diversity of S nature and agriculture in Aberdeenshire. L E Yo! Sushi/Duthie Park In February, each class in turn visited the Yo! Sushi restaurant T in Aberdeen. The children learned how to make cucumber maki T rolls and a stuffed edamame bean pocket. Many of the children E ‘had a go’ sampling their Japanese creations with most agreeing that it was very different to our British cuisine. We then R stayed and enjoyed our lunch there. In the afternoon the children went to Duthie Park. The rangers led a tour around the Japanese Garden with the children completing a quiz. Later they all had an origami lesson and made a jumping frog. We are very grateful to the Alexander Davie Trust who very generously funded the whole event for us which otherwise would have cost a staggering £29.50 per pupil. For further information on the Alexander Davie Trust please visit: www.davie-trust.org A.L.E.C Unfortunately the A.L.E.C. bus is no longer operational but a representative from A.L.E.C. was in school with her ‘pop up’ tent speaking with all the boys and girls on topics related to health and wellbeing. ICT We have now been through our ICT refresh where our computers were upgraded and our new skype telephony has been installed. Our old telephone number is no longer operational and only the new number can be used. 013392 67735 I politely remind you that any messages left out with Mrs Julie Revie’s office hours cannot be accessed Jazz Programme We have been very fortunate to have been chosen to take part in a jazz programme this term. We are working with a saxophonist (Sue Mackenzie) who is introducing the children to the concept of jazz music. www.suemackenzie.com Play Leaders The P7s undertook their training as play leaders supported by Mrs Laura Murray from Active schools. The P7s will now run a weekly games session at lunchtimes for our younger pupils. The P7s were awarded their certificates at a recent assembly. Well done to all our P7s. Staffing Mrs Helen Bilsby will be leaving us at the end of this term. Her last working day at Lumphanan Primary School will be Friday 29 th March. We wish Mrs Bilsby all the very best in her new ventures. The post of Head Teacher at Kincardine O’ Neil is in the process of being advertised. I will be continuing in the role of dual headship for term 4. Missing Logs Earlier this term we had to have a very large tree removed from our garden as it was leaning very dangerously in the recent high winds. Although the bulk of the wood was given to a local farmer, I requested that the school be able to retain 15 of the logs for the children to use as part of our garden development. It saddens me greatly to inform you that all but one of these logs now appears to be missing from our school grounds. I would be grateful if anybody has any information about this, that they contact the school. P6/7 Residential Trip –Tuesday 24 th September (3 nights) We have made a provisional booking for the residential trip to Abernethy. Due to staffing constraints we have joined together with Kincardine O’ Neil School in order to make the trip viable. There is a possibility that we will need parental support to make the trip go ahead. A joint information meeting is being planned for in Term 4. We will require 1 parent volunteer for this trip to go ahead. This will require a PVG application to be completed. If you are interested in volunteering for the trip, please return the tear off slip which has been sent home as soon as possible. News from our Classes P1/2/3 In P1/2/3 we have been learning about life in Japan and comparing it with life in Scotland. The highlight of the term was a trip to Yo! Sushi in Aberdeen and tasting the Japanese food. We made our very own Sushi Bar in the classroom where we can dress up as a Japanese person. Did you know that Japanese traditional clothes are kimonos and Scottish clothes are kilts? Japanese trains are called ‘Bullet Trains’ because they are very fast. We developed our poetry skills writing Japanese Haiku Poems and stories about Princess Moonbeam who lived on Mount Fuji. Look out for our pictures of our McCoos and Great Wave pictures in the school hall. We are fabulous artists. “We went to Duthie Park and we made dragon pictures” By Elizabeth Stewart “I liked making origami frogs and dogs. We made sushi and we painted the Great Wave and made cherry trees blossom trees.’ By Catherine Muirhead P4/5/6 It has been another very busy term for us all in Primary 4/5/6. Our student Mrs. Ellis re-joined us for a month after the Christmas holidays as we began new themes entitled “Japan and Scotland – a Comparison”, “Rocks, Fossils and Soil” in Science and our Primary 6’s had their ski week. Here are some of our favourite experiences from the term so far. As part of our Social Studies work this term we were fortunate to be able to go on several visits. Our visit to Yo! Sushi was great fun. We had a sushi-making lesson and ate a lunch there too, though reactions were mixed on the taste of the sushi and the fries! At Duthie Park we explored a typical Japanese garden and found out what type of plants would typically grow there. Stroking the shining coppery red bark of the Prunus serrula (Tibetan Cherry) was loved by all. To round off our day we made origami frogs and raced them to see whose frog was the fastest. Our visit to the Spring Show at Thainstone was another great day out. The weather couldn’t have been sunnier as we walked around visiting all of the different exhibits and areas and though the calves and lambs were hard to beat, we sat on vintage tractors, went into an animal transporter and said hello to family members that we saw there. Science has been great fun this term as we have been finding out about natural disasters and even made and then erupted our own volcanoes. In PE we have focused on balance, posture and developing skills and fitness, while in Art we have looked closely at different types of Japanese art. P7 Term 3 has been a busy one for P7. In addition to all their class- based learning, the pupils have enjoyed excursions to Yo! Sushi and Duthie Park to enhance their understanding of Japanese cuisine and culture, and to the Thainstone Spring Show to appreciate the importance of agriculture to the life and economy of Aberdeenshire, contrasting aspects of Japanese and Scottish societies. The process of transition from Primary school to Academy has begun with two mornings hosted by Kincardine O’Neil Primary. Here, the pupils engaged with P7s from Kincardine and Finzean Primaries, exploring some of the ways they can find support through the changes ahead. Decision making featured strongly in the class’s visit from ALEC, the Aberdeenshire Life Education Centre, where the pupils recognised how good relationships with their peers can provide strength when they are faced with difficult choices. The visit from PC. Crawford to discuss anti-social behaviour helped the pupils to consider their actions and highlighted that from someone else’s perspective some behaviours can have a detrimental effect. The afternoon was very popular and everyone in the class was given the opportunity to experience being handcuffed by a friendly police officer. News from our Committees J.S.O In Term 3 the Junior Safety Officers have looked at safety within the school. We have looked at Internet Safety, Road Safety and Travelling on the Bus Safely and Fire Safety. We made an information guide for each area which has been added to our J.S.O.

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