[rockyou155037354] Pupils and staff donated money to Children in Need to dress up or dress down for the morning at school. We also went on a walk around the village to collect money from friends and family. We raised almost £400. Well done Aberlady!
Category Archives: Charity Club
Malawi Backpack Appeal
[rockyou154996376] We were delighted to have collected 105 backpacks to send off to Malawi. They were picked up on Friday, 16th October, and started on their long journey to Malawi.
All the children in school made a long human chain – along the corridor, out the front door, down the steps, along the path to the main gates – and passed the backpacks out to the mini-bus. Well done everyone!
Poppy Scotland Poetry Competition
Poppy Scotland Poetry Competition
[rockyou 154994567] To raise money for Poppy Scotland this year the Charity Committee ran a poetry writing competition for the middle and upper school. Pupils were asked to write a poem about ‘Remembrance’. Why did they think it was important to remember all the people who have fought and died for our country? We had entries from P4, 5 and 6.
Our winning poems were written by Matthew (P5) and Gregor (P6). Congratulations, boys!
Why Poppies?
The war ended,
Thousands dead,
Many tears,
Throughout the years.
Soldiers cried,
Bullets were shot,
Many were killed,
But on they fought.
They ask, ‘Why poppies?’
Let them understand,
Poppies grow from the wreckage,
Of that Promised Land.
Gregor P6
The End Of The War
The war is at an end,
Dead bodies lying on the ground,
The sound of guns we should not hear,
Still ringing in our ears.
The battlefield is red,
The graves are being made,
Bullets that shot here and there,
Now they litter the ground.
Around the poppies are growing,
Pushing through the soil,
All over Flanders Fields,
Spreading the memory of the dead.
Matthew P5
Marvellous Mondays
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This Monday was a Marvellous Monday! The Charity Club hold these once a month. The idea is that local residents in Aberlady come to the school to play board games with the children and enjoy a chat, a cup of tea and a biscuit!
Here are some photographs of everyone having fun together on Monday…. By Samuel
Marvellous Mondays
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The Charity Club in school have started Marvellous Mondays again. Once a month on a Monday the Aberlady Friendly Club are invited in to school to have a cup of tea or coffee, eat cakes and play board games with the Charity Club. Here are some pictures of everybody playing the games and having fun. By Freyja and Cameron
Shoe boxes
The school has been collecting shoe boxes for children who don’t get much for Christmas. We put in things like toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks, hats, gloves and soft toys. They will be sent to counrties in Eastern Europe and Africa.