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We will be holding our Scots Assembly in school on Friday morning (27.01.17) and we are all looking forward to being entertained by the winners from each class reciting their Scots Verse. In addition, we have a number of children demonstrating their skills and talents in highland dancing, drumming, violin and singing throughout the programme. Parents of children performing in this assembly are very welcome to come and join us for this assembly in the main hall which will start at 9.00 am. We will let you know as soon as we can if your child is involved once the children have all had a chance to perform their poems in class. The children might like to wear something Scottish or tartan (kilt, skirt, shirt,  hat, scarf etc.) or a Scotland strip to school on Friday.

Mrs Callander is leaving Currie Primary School at the February break, as she is moving to live in Jersey due to her husband’s job being relocated there. Mrs Callander has worked at Curriehill Primary then Currie Primary for the last 14 years. Although we are all very excited for Mrs Callander with this  move and the new opportunities it will bring her, we will all miss her as she is very valuable member of staff. We wish her well. Mrs Callander’s last day will be Friday 10 February 2017.

Merry Christmas from everyone in school. We hope everyone has a relaxing time over the holidays and enjoys spending time at home with family and friends. We wish everyone a very happy New Year too, when it comes!

We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Tuesday 10 January 2017 at 8.45 am.

Everyone seems to have had a good time at the parties this week in school with lots of games and dancing. It’s always a busy few days but so worth it as the parties are so enjoyable. These are just a few of the hundreds of photos we have taken this week!

Over the past few weeks the school library has taken delivery of many lovely new books. Nearly £300 worth of books have been purchased using commission from our annual Book Fair (this is on top of the £800 commission already spent on books for classes) and we have also received a very generous donation from the PTA. This has allowed us to keep up to date with new releases (Diary of a Wimpy Kid and David Walliams are always very popular!) and purchase books requested by the children – our new books range from fish, reptiles, martial arts and the solar system to Star Wars, Frozen and Pokemon! We have also purchased copies of books written by the Scottish author Lari Don who visited the older pupils recently and other books relating to class projects.

Our most popular book though is the Guinness Book of Records. So popular in fact that this year we have purchased three copies of the 2017 edition, two copies are out to borrow and one copy will be kept in the library for all pupils to enjoy!

We look forward to your continued support at our next Book Fair in March 2017.

It’s year stage parties this week in school as you will see form the dates at the right hand side of this page. The children might like to bring in their party outfits to change into after lunch to wear to their party to save wearing their good clothes all day especially outside at break and lunchtimes. There are plenty of people to help the younger children change of they need help with fastenings, buttons, zips, buckles and laces etc.!

Thank you to everyone for supporting Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day in school today by wearing Christmas jumpers. It was also our school Christmas Service this morning and it was a very bright and colourful gathering. The service this year was led by some of our P7s with Amy, Sean, Charlie, Ross, Rosie, Macy, Eva and Owen doing the readings and Mackenzie and Karis acting out a short play called ‘The Biggest and Best Gift in the World’, that got everyone thinking about love, helpfulness, kindness and manners being the best present everyone can give. We also enjoyed some musical entertainment form our violin and brass instrumentalists as well as from our school choir and P7 Music Ensemble group.

Please remember that tomorrow Friday 16 December is Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day.  Wear your Christmas jumper to school and please feel free to make a donation to the charity by bringing a small donation to school.