• Head Teacher

We are delighted to be welcoming Mrs Jo Legge to the team as our new Head Teacher, Mrs Legge will be joining us after the Christmas break but the children may see her around the school before then as she is hoping to come up for a visit next week.

• Christmas lunch

This will take place on Wednesday 9^th December – if you have not pre-ordered a Christmas lunch please can you provide your child with a packed lunch.  All orders should have been made by Monday 30^th November.

• Christmas Cards

Unfortunately, due to the ongoing pandemic we are unable to distribute Christmas Cards this year and have been asked to discourage the children from bringing cards in to school – we appreciate that this may be disappointing, however we adhere to guidelines.

• Christmas jumper day

This takes place on Friday 11^th December – children are invited to wear their Christmas jumpers to school on this date.

• Christmas Parties

Please note that the date of the P4/5  and P6/7 party has changed to Tuesday 15^th December, Nursery and P1/2/3 remain as Thursday 17^th December – children can wear their party clothes to school on the dates of their parties – unfortunately they cannot get changed once at school.

• Outdoor clothing

As the weather has turned colder and wetter please can you ensure that your child has suitable, warm outdoor clothing with them each day.

• Nursery Snack

Can you please arrange payment of this if you have not already done so – thank you.

• End of Term

We can confirm that this remains as Tuesday 22^nd December – we are aware that there has been a lot of speculation in the media that this may change again however we can confirm that our holiday dates are as previously communicated – breaking up on December 22^nd and returning on 6^th January.

• Christmas Countdown

Please see attached.

Christmas countdown

Please see letter from Lesley Brown, Chief Operating Officer (Education) for ELC regarding schools closures.

PARENT-CARER LETTER

• Rotary Quiz

Congratulations to the P6/7 pupils who represented the school earlier this week at the Rotary Quiz they gave a very good performance – in particular excelling in the observation round.

• Swimming Gala

Well done to the pupils who travelled to the Mercat Gait centre to represent the school in the small schools leg of the East Lothian Swimming Gala.  Strong performances all round – we await the official results to find out if any of them will progress to the next round.

• Early Years

Our Early Years Centre continue to share their good practice and have welcomed visitors from Greengables Nursery in Edinburgh as well as from St Martins in Tranent.  It was a pleasure to welcome them and both sets of visitors were very impressed with our Early Years Centre as well as with our fantastic children!

• Open Morning

We are looking forward to our open morning which will take place on Friday 31^st January – this will focus on the work undertaken by our pupil voice groups at an assembly followed by an opportunity to visit your child’s class.  Information has been sent separately regarding this.

• Community Ceilidh

This has been organised by our Pupil Voice Groups and will take place on Thursday 6^th February in the Village Hall with refreshments provided by the Parent Council.

• Photo permission forms

If you have not yet returned this for your child can you please arrange to do so as soon as possible, if you require another copy of the form please let us know.

• Diary Dates