March 2025 Newsletter
World Book Day
P1-P7 will be taking part in ‘World Book Day’ on Thursday 6th March. The children are invited to dress up as their favourite character from a book or wear pyjamas. Activities are planned for the children to take part in.
Children will all receive their £1 book token which can be used to get money off books in participating retailers or one FREE World Book Day 2025 book.
Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/ayton/digital-book-club to browse the latest books and order online or check out the leaflet given to your child this week. 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, 2025.
P1/2 Stay and Play
P1/2 are hosting a Stay and Play week. Each session will be 45 minutes long and parents can choose which session to attend on the letter that was received on Tuesday 25th February. If slips could be handed back to either Mrs Pearson or the school office, please.
Tree Planting
On Wednesday 5th March P5 will be going to Ayton Castle to work with Rotary and Border Forest Trust to plant some new trees in the grounds and learn about sustainability in forestry. Can all P5s please wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear on Wednesday and bring a snack, water bottle and a spare change of clothes. Children will be back at school for lunch as normal.
Act for Change
We took part in February’s Act for Change month, in partnership with Scottish Borders Climate Action Network (SBCan). We joined other schools and organisations across the Scottish Borders in taking action to protect, enhance or connect with the environment. The aim was to come together in February 2025 to inspire others and commit to making a positive impact in our community. We decided to focus on making our playground a greener space and doing a community litter pick. With help from an SBCan funding grant, and advice and support from Pearsons of Duns Garden Centre, we have successfully planted wild flower beds and installed bird feeders to attract wildlife to our playground, added shrubs and flowers to enhance our green space, and positioned two new fruit trees to replace the ones we lost during the trim trail development. P5 spent an afternoon litter picking to help tidy up Ayton’s community spaces, around the school. We are hoping to continue with this project through the summer term.
Adult help required
We have two planters in the playground which need dug up and turned over so we can plant some vegetables. If anyone would like to volunteer some time to help with this we would really appreciate it.
PFA Meeting
The next PFA meeting will be held on Monday 10th March at 3.15pm in school. All parents/carers are welcome to join.
P6 Euroquiz
Euroquiz is an annual project open to all P6 pupils across Scotland, which sees teams of four working together to broaden their knowledge of Europe and the wider world. Subjects covered include languages, history, geography, culture and European affairs. Heats take place in local authorities from February to March, with the winning teams from all areas progressing to the National Euroquiz Final in June.
This will be taking place on Wednesday 12th March.
P7 Residential
Payment due by the 14th March. Parents will receive further information with forms to complete before the end of term.
Library Van
The SBC Library Van will be visiting on Wednesday 19th March. Please bring in any books that need to be returned.
Red Nose Day
On Friday 21st March, pupils are invited to wear something red or PJs 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 on JustGiving.
Dance Festival – Katharine Bridgewater
Pupils in P1–4 will be joining pupils from the other primary schools within the Eyemouth Learning Cluster to participate in this years Dance Festival on Tuesday 25th March from 10am to 12pm. The children have been working on their dance during PE lessons with Ms Bridgewater. A bus will be provided for all children. 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 see the dances at a later date.
P7 Transitions
P7 pupils will begin the P7 to S1 transition process with a visit to Eyemouth High School this month. Letters were issued via Groupcall to all P7 parents on Wednesday 26th February, with more information.
P1-P7 School Reports
This session school reports will be issued on Friday 28th 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 2025.
Generation Science
P1-4 will be taking part in “Our Changing Climate” with Generation Science on Monday 31st March. P5-7 will get the opportunity to take part in a workshop with Generation Science in May.
P5 Open Assembly
P5 will be sharing their learning about “Creative Scots” in an open assembly on Friday 4th April at 9.15am. P5 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.
School Holidays
The school will be closed from Friday 4th April to Friday 18th April.
Dates for your diary
- Wednesday 5th March: P5 Tree planting at Ayton Castle.
- Thursday 6th March : World Book Day.
- Monday 10th March: PFA Meeting – 3.15pm in school.
- Wednesday 19th March: Library Van.
- Friday 21st March: Red Nose Day
- Tuesday 25th March: Dance Festival at Eyemouth Primary School
- Friday 28th March: P1-7 School Reports Issued
- Monday 31st March: P1-4 Generation Science “Our Changing Climate”
- Friday 4th April: P5 Open Assembly – 9.15am. P5 Parents and carers are welcome to attend.
- Friday 4th April: Last day of term for pupils and staff for Easter holidays.
- Monday 21st April: All resume.