March 2024 Newsletter
World Book Day
P1–P7 will be taking part in ‘World Book Day’ on Thursday 7th March. The children are invited to dress up as their favourite character from a book or wear pyjamas. Activities are planned for the children in afternoon in their ‘houses’ with the P7 House captains.
Children will all receive their £1 book token which can be used to get money off book in participating retailers or one FREE World Book Day 2024 book.
Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Click here to browse the latest books and order online. For every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20p in Scholastic Rewards.
Please place your order online by March 22nd, 2024.
P6 Euroquiz
This year we are taking part in the Euroquiz competition against other schools in the Scottish Borders. This will be taking place on Wednesday 13th March on Teams.
Dance Festival
Pupils in P1–7 will be joining pupils from the other Primary Schools within the Eyemouth Learning Cluster to participate in the 2024 Eyemouth Cluster Schools Dance Festival on Tuesday 19th March from 10am to 11am. The children have been working on their dance during PE lessons with Miss Bridgewater. A bus will be provided for all children, please look out for an EV2 in your child’s bag shortly which should be returned to school. Please give children a snack and water bottle for the trip. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of space in the hall for parents wishing to watch on the day but we will provide an opportunity for parents/carers to enjoy the children’s dances at a later.
Library Van
The SBC Library Van will be visiting on Thursday 21st March. Please bring in any books that need to be returned.
Red Nose Day
On Friday 15th March, pupils are invited to wear something red as part of our non-uniform day for Comic Relief. Red noses can be purchased from Sainsbury’s and other retailers. Donations can be made here if you wish to donate.
P7 Transitions
P7 pupils will begin the P7 to S1 transition process with a visit to Eyemouth High School this month. We have two groups going, one on the 11th of March between 1:30–3pm and the other on the 18th of March between 1:30–3pm. Your P7 child will have received a letter and EV2 stating which date they are going.
P4/5 Drama Project with Borders Youth Theatre Trust
On Friday 22nd March, parents/carers from P4 and P5 are welcome to watch the performance of the children from both schools in Ayton Primary School Hall. Parking is limited so you may need to park at Lawfield or the Beanburn. The performance starts at 11am and lasts approximately 30 minutes.
S1 Residential to Rock UK
Eyemouth High School are organising a residential for new S1 pupils in October 2024. The initial deposit of £40.00 is payable in Parentpay by 29th February at the very latest. Further payments of £43 are required monthly until the summer holidays.
Paying the deposit will indicate that you are committed to your child being on the trip. Please direct any queries over payments to the school office.
Kooth – P6
Kooth is a free resource for all 10–18 year olds living in the Scottish Borders and offers many different features on the platform, including a Kooth magazine, discussion boards, mini self-care activities and an online journal – all to help support better emotional and mental health and wellbeing for our young people. Letters were sent out via Groupcall to all P6 parents on Thursday 29th February, guidance into using Kooth can be found by joining an online meeting, linked within the letter.
P1–P7 School Reports
This session school reports will be issued on Friday 22nd March. Please sign and return the acknowledgement slip when you have received your child’s report. We will be having parent consultations again in May 2024. You will also receive an attendance letter for your child with their school report.
Numeracy Open Event
Primary 1 to Primary 7 parent/carers are welcome to visit classrooms on Monday 25th March from 2:15–3pm to take part in a numeracy open event. This is an opportunity for you to observe numeracy activities your son or daughter participate in at Early First or Second Level. If you have more than one child in the school, please split your time accordingly. Please report to the main office to sign in on your arrival.
PFA Easter Competition
PFA would like to host an egg decorating competition! All children decorate their boiled eggs at home and bring them in by Wednesday 28th March for judging. We will have a 1st, 2nd, 3rd for each class P1–3, P4/5 and P6/7. Be as creative as you can possibly think of. I’m sure this will be an eggcellent challenge for our fabulous school.
Easter Assembly
The Easter Assembly is being held in the school hall on Thursday 28th March at 1:30pm. Parents/carers are welcome to attend.
Changes in pick up
Please contact the school before 2:30pm if you are changing your child’s pick up arrangements at the end of the day. It is very important that we know of have changes so that class teachers can be informed. Thank you.
Staffing Update
Mrs Horsburgh and Mrs MacLeod have been interviewing recently to cover Miss Morton’s maternity leave, following the departure of Miss Tait who moved on to a new teaching post at the end of January. We will be writing to parents and carers soon when we have a start date for the teachers who will cover P6/7 to allow Mrs MacLeod her management time in both schools, and for the teacher who will be teaching groups or individuals with additional support needs. In the meantime, we have been fortunate enough to have experienced teacher working in the school on a supply basis.
School Uniform
Your cooperation with your child wearing school uniform is greatly appreciated. We do not encourage black jeans and brightly coloured trainers to be worn. We would like children to wear black school shoes.
School Holidays
The school will be closed from Friday 29th March to Friday 12th April.
Dates
- Thursday 7th March: World Book Day
- Monday 11th March: Group A - P7 going to High School with Miss Simm and Mrs McNeil
- Friday 15th March: Red Nose Day
- Monday 18th March: Group B - P7 going to High School with Miss Simm and Mrs McNeil
- Thursday 21st March: Library Van
- Friday 22nd March: P1-7 School Reports will be issued
- Monday 25th March: Numeracy Open Event 2:15pm–3pm. More details to follow
- Thursday 28th March: Easter Assembly 1:30pm in school hall. All welcome.
- Thursday 28th March: Last day of term for pupils and staff for Easter holidays.
- Thursday 28th March: Easter Egg Competition – Entries due
- Monday 15th April: All resume