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It is great to see everyone back to school and looking great after the holidays. As you will see we are now an official building site, we have supervision in the playground at lunch time and break times but please note there is no playing on the field prior to this time. So don't come to school too early as you will only be in the court yard.

The nursery worked hard to open but a HUGE, "thank you" to the staff for their efforts.

The Halloween party went down a storm the children had a great time this afternoon and Mrs Curly did a really Freakish Lunch which the children loved. So have a lovely weekend and don't get too spooked!

I would like to wish you all a very happy October holiday. For most of you this is a VERY long holiday. This is to allow for staff training on the Curriculum for Excellence. The school does not re-open until Thursday29th October.

Thank you very much to all the mum's, dad's and grannies who attended the Harvest Thanksgiving service at the church today. The children say really well and said their poems with confidence.

We have had a busy day today getting ready for the renovations in the nursery, the staff have now cleared the nursery and the workmen move in next week. The porta cabin is empty and will be taken away at the beginning of the week, the school office is also empty ( I never knew it was SO big!!) So the school will look a little different when we come back.

The Fairy Queen arrived to school today and the the Pr 1/2/3 class were delighted to have her at their party.
As part of the RME lessons Pr 5/6/7 spoke to Mr Varwell in the church and walked down to the Catholic Church in the afternoon to see Father Stuart. We had a very interesting day and the children learnt about many of the similarities and differences in the two faiths.
Pr 3/4/5 have been really getting involved in their active maths lessons which is all about making maths fun and engaging through participating in maths games. This can also help children turn take and to work in groups.

Finally please can parents whose children travel by bus continue to remind their children that they MUST wear seat belts at all times on the bus.

Have a super holiday and we shall look forward with much excitement to next term, beginning with the Halloween party on the 30th October... Halloween is coming!

Kindest Regards

W S Scollay

Well it’s hard to believe that next week will be the last week before the holidays.
Due to a few technical difficulties I was unable to send the blog last week and hope that we will be up and running again soon.

The School Newsletter and the Quality and Standards Report should be winging thier way to you in the post as we speak. I hope you find both really useful. Should you wish to discuss any aspect of these two documents please get in touch.

Pr 3/4/5 have really got into the spirit of Hogwarts and are now in new house teams, taking their names from the Harry Potter book. They have also been making potions in their science class and learning to write in disappearing ink! (That will make marking easy!) The children have also really been enjoying their new active maths sessions on a Friday where maths is taught through active games.

Pr 1/2/3 have been continuing to work on their woodland topic and spent some time working through a website which demonstrated just how much they knew about the forest. We have real experts in this class.

Pr 5/6/7 headed up to Abraichan on Monday. They had a great time looking for the Kelpie’s Pearls. They found the Kelpie pool and followed clues around the forest looking for the Kelpie. The one of the children declared it was, “the best day of his life!” what more can I say really!

Mrs Pargetar had the nursery parents hard at work in the garden this week, they did a tremendous job filling the vegetable patch with new top soil, cutting down long grass and getting the garden in ship shape condition. A HUGE thank you to you!

The nursery children joined us for the assembly this week, which was great, they sang a lovely wee song and their mums and dads joined us to which was great.

The Harvest Thanksgiving service is in the church on Friday at 1.30pm. All are warmly invited to join us.

We shall walk round to the church on Thursday morning to have a practise of the songs.

Pr 5/6/7 will be going to walk around to the chapel as part of their RME topic on Thursday to meet with Father Stuart.

On Friday parents are have been welcomed to Pr 1/2/3 class to join them for a Fairy Party. It sounds just great fun, so come and join us. I think that there will be fairy cakes on sale!