SCHOOL FAIR – 31ST May 2014

Volunteers wanted  – Please see your emails with detail (DPS sent 02/5/2014)

Anyone requiring a stall for school fair please email dunbarschoolfair@gmail.com

Mathletes‏

 Ready, Steady, Count!

The DPS Parent Council would like to invite your child to take part in Mathletes 2014.  This week of maths activity is an addition to Together We Count and aims to get those maths brains fit and agile.  All your child needs to do is complete the maths activities each night for a week.

Mathletes will run from Monday 12^th May – Monday 19^th May.  From Monday to Thursday, each night pupils will complete a maths activity (there’s a different one for each night) and once finished they colour in a lap of the running track on the sheet provided.  Over the weekend the pupils then choose another activity to do; this might be adding up the weekly shop, baking, playing a game etc.  Each day, pupils bring in their running track and talk about the activity and at the end of the week receive their certificate and reward.  The teachers have devised the different activities for each different age group and full details of the activities will be provided.

There’s no sponsorship involved and, other than reading, the pupils will have no other homework during their maths workout.

The most important part is to get those maths brains active and have some numbers fun.  Please take a part in the workout, working with your child as they complete the activities (race against them, challenge them?!), it’d be great to see as many families as possible get involved.  Some maths websites are listed below with lots of information and other activities for your child (and you!)

So, on your marks, get set, count…….!

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact Lisa Lumby

Websites:Together We Count section of the Primary School website:

https://www.edubuzz.org/togetherwecount/

Please click here for more information about Parent Council’s LotteryTerms&Conditions

Winners will be announced soon!

Parent Council Report Card for the year 2012-13!

Please click on the above weblink to see the Parent Council report card for the year 2012-13!  Thank you all for the wonderful year and have a good summer holiday!

Audrey, Dee & Emma

Here is a copy of a letter from Fiona O’Donnell, MP for East Lothian and Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian for you all on the Parent Council and everyone who got involved with different activities at the school!

We, Dunbar Primary Parent Council, won the “Parents as Partners in Learning Award” today at the Scottish Education Awards ceremony!

Thank you all!

https://edubuzz.org/dunbarprimary/

http://www.scottisheducationawards.org.uk/winners/index.asp 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-education-awards-teacher-year-1944860

Dear Dunbar PS parents,

At the end of 2012, DPS Parent Council made the following 4 nominations for the Scottish Education Awards:

1. Head Teacher of the Year Award: Helen Gillanders as for managing the
creation and operation of our wonderful two campus school so amazingly well.
2. Lifetime Achievement Award: Pam Clark, for being such a remarkable
teacher and person, whose loved by everyone.
3. Aiming High Award: Dunbar PS – after all, our school is the biggest and the best!
4. Parents as Partners in Learning Award: Dunbar PS Parent Council – we do so much, so well!

Despite our best efforts, due to intense competition, only the Parent
Council was shortlisted – we’ve made it through to the final 3 , which is
amazing. Please see the website
http://www.scottisheducationawards.org.uk/finalists/index.asp

We’ll find out whether we’ve won at the awards ceremony in Glasgow on Monday 10 June and will let you know how we do asap!

The Parent Council has been extremely busy and due to the extraordinary hard work and dedication of many remarkable parents, had delivered lots of different activities and initiatives this school year.

Because we’ve been so busy, I’ve just not managed to produce termly newsletters as hoped.  Instead please see the attached report that I produced for the Scottish Education Award Assessors, prior to our Assessment Meeting on the 23 April 2013.  Apologies for the length but I kept it as short as possible!  Dunbar PS Parent Council Overview Report for Scottish Education Awards 2013

HUGE thanks to the parents, grandparents and pupils that spoke to the
Assessors during the 3 hour meeting.

Many thanks

Dee

Dee Davison

Co-Chair

Those who arrived at SciFest today by bus had the chance to collect a raffle ticket. The raffle was drawn by Stephen Bunyan and the winning ticket is:

White 52

If you have this ticket please contact the school or email morag@sustainingdunbar.org to claim your prize. The winner of the bike raffle was David Third.