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Weekly Update 7/2/20
- Digital Morning
Wednesday’s digital morning was a great success, the children had a great morning taking part in the various activities. Many thanks to the Education Scotland, Digital Gurus from West Barns and Digital Warriors from Aberlady Primary Schools. We are looking forward to seeing the children using these skills in the classroom.
- Ceilidh
Thanks to everyone who attended the Community Ceilidh on Wednesday, we hope that you all enjoyed the children’s dancing and the refreshments kindly supplied by the Parent Council. Almost £70 was donated which the children are hoping to use towards football equipment.
- Payments
A reminder that payments are cashless for regular payments. Parents and carers should sign up to SchoolPay. The school office will be able to help you to sign up, if you need assistance, just ask. You can also contact the dedicated On Line Payments team on Tel: 01620 827562 or email onlineschoolpayments@eastlothian.gov.uk who will be happy to help you. School lunches can also be ordered online via SchoolPay, we have some outstanding payments for lunches so please check your child’s account for arrears.
- Parking Around the School
A reminder to please consider our neighbours when dropping your children off at school or attending events.
- Diary Dates
| Fri 7th Feb | End of Term |
| Mon 10th – Fri 14th Feb | February Holiday |
| Mon 17th Feb | In Service |
| Tues 18th Feb | All return |
Weekly Update 31/1/2020
- Wuhan Coronavirus
Please see attached information from the NHS.
Wuhan information for schools 27Jan 2020
- Ceilidh
A copy of the invitation to next week’s Community Ceilidh to which all are invited is attached, we look forward to welcoming you to this event.
- Buses
Can you please ensure that your child is at their collection point in time for their allocated pick-up time in the morning. Eves have reported that some children are coming out late and this impacts on other children who have been out on time.
- Swimming
Congratulations and good luck to Oliver who has been selected to swim in the finals on Friday following his performance at last week’s event.
- Wee Sleep Out
Our final fundraising total for this was £229 – for which we received an email from Social Bite thanking everyone for their efforts.
- Open Morning
Thank you to all the parents who attended today’s open morning, there was a lot of positive feedback following this event and the children enjoyed seeing you all and sharing the work of the pupil voice groups. Also thanks to the parents who visited the Early Years Centre
- Digital Masterclass Morning
On Wednesday the children will be joined by the pupils from Stenton for our digital morning, when we will also be joined by pupils from West Barns and Aberlady who will be leading some of the workshops.
- Diary Dates
| Wednesday 5th February | Digital Morning |
| Thursday 6th February | Community Ceilidh |
| Friday 7th February | Swimming Finals |
| Friday 7th February | Last Day of Term |
| Monday 17th February | In Service Day |
| Tuesday 18th February | All Return |
Update 24/1/2020
- 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 31st 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 6th 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
| Thurs 30th January | NSPCC presentation |
| Fri 31st January | Open Morning |
| Weds 5th February | Digital Day |
| Thurs 6th February | Community Ceilidh |
| Fri 7th February | Last Day of Term |
| Mon 17th February | In Service Day |
| Tues 18th February | All return |
Update 17/1/2020
- Pupil Voice Groups
The children have been meeting all this week in their Pupil Voice Groups and have had lots of interesting ideas how to take these forward, thank you to the parents who have been coming in to help with these.
- Ceilidh
We are intending to hold a Community Ceilidh on Thursday 6th February organised by the pupil council, further information will follow regarding this.
- Swimming Competition and Rotary Quiz
Good luck to the pupils representing the school in both these events next week!
- Open morning
Our next open morning is scheduled to take place on Friday 31st January, further information regarding this will be sent out next week.
- Running club
A reminder that our running club takes place on a Friday morning before school.
- SchoolPay
A reminder that payments to the school should be made using the SchoolPay system, if you are experiencing difficulty with this please let us know.
- P7 camp
We are still waiting for some deposits to be paid for this year’s P7 camp, if you have not already done so can you please arrange to make this payment as soon as possible.
- Diary Dates:
| Weds 22nd January | Rotary Quiz |
| Thursday 23rd January | P7 transition |
| Friday 24th January | Swimming Gala |
| Friday 31st January | Proposed Open Morning |
| Weds 5th February | Digital Morning |
| Thursday 6th February | Community Ceilidh |
| Monday 10th – Friday 13th February | February Break |
| Monday 17th February | Inservice day. |
Weekly Update 10/1/2020
- Welcome back
We are delighted to see the children back after the Festive period, we hope that everyone had a lovely holiday.
- School packed lunches
A reminder that if you would like your child to receive a school packed lunch on Fridays this should be ordered via Schoolpay by Wednesday.
- Parent council meeting
The Parent Council meeting scheduled for next week has been cancelled and will take place after the February holiday, the exact date will be confirmed at a later daate.
- Photo permission forms
A revised photo permission form has been sent home with P1-7 children – we would be grateful if you could complete and return this as soon as possible, a copy is attached for your information.
- Diary Dates
| Wednesday 22nd January | Rotary Quiz |
| Friday 24th January | Swimming Gala |
| Thursday 30th January | NSPCC presentation |
ELC Photo Video Permissions Form 11yrs and younger – Nov 19.v2.0docx
Free School Meals & Clothing Grant
Information on how to apply for free school meals and clothing grants is published on the Council website under the ‘Schools and Learning’ section: https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210557/schools_nurseries_and_learning/11899/free_school_meals_and_clothing_grants/4
There is also a link to the ‘apply for free school meals or a clothing grant’ area under Council Tax and Benefits section on the website, under “are you eligible for help?” https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210559/council_tax_and_benefits
Athletics Morning
The children from both Innerwick and Stenton had fun at the recent athletics event. Thanks to Lynda Gilroy, Athletics Development for organising and running the morning.
