This week’s expression of the week or ‘expression de la semaine’ is

‘Je peux aller aux toilettes’

which means, ‘May I go to the toilet?’ As I am sure you can imagine the chidlren are  loving this one!  Once more it would be great if you could encourage the children to use this expression plus our previous expressions of the week at home as well as in school – merci beaucoup!

You will now have received through your son’s or daughter’s school bag your activation letter along with instructions on how to set up a Parent Pay account. PLEASE DO THIS BY 24 MARCH.

Once you have set up your Parent Pay account you can go on and book meals for the beginning of next term. If you wish assistance with this procedure you should make sure you book and pay for meals by 29 March.

Please note free school meals must be booked through the system and no charge will be made.

If you wish assistance with any part of the setting up process please either call into the school office in person or telephone the school 0131 449 3359.

Yes, it is that time of year again! Some of the children are asking if they can make and wear Easter Bonnets to school as we have done over the last few years.  This year our Easter Service will be on Friday 31 March 2017 and if the children would like to they can make an Easter bonnet and wear it to school for this service. The children can make their bonnet in any way they want to – this year some of the children are talking about decorating their hair or a fascinator or head band decorated with eggs, chicks and flowers instead of a bonnet! It is always lovely seeing the children (and staff!) designs and it makes for a very colourful service!

 On Friday the 24^th of March the P7s will be organising Red Nose Day activities. On Friday your child will be able to wear their own clothes to school if they bring in £1 [wear as much red as possible]. There will also be a bake sale so if they would like to bring some money the prices are from about 20p-50p. Any donations of home baking will be greatly received. The last activity we will have is a Splat the Teacher which will cost £1 for 3 throws!

Please take part in the activities and donate as much as possible for this amazing cause.

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On Saturday 11 March 2017we took part in the Edinburgh Primary Schools Badminton Association Tournament.

The singles event was first. There were three games in each group, then the knockout rounds. Sam was the runner up in the B section and Theo was the winner of the A section.

Next was the doubles where we won all our games in the group. We went into the final which we also won! We have now qualified for the National Finals in Perth in May 2017.

Sam and Theo Johnston P7

This year our Book Fair will be open in the Gym Hall during Parents Evenings on Tuesday 14 March 2017 and Thursday 16 March 2017 so please remember to pop down to the Gym to have a look when you are in to meet with your child’s teacher.

Thank you to everyone for coming along to our first House Coffee Mornings on Friday to give you a chance to look at your children’s work with them in school. This was the first time we have done anything like this and we were not sure how they would go. We are aware the early Coffee Morning in particular was a little chaotic but we have been overwhelmed by the very positive feedback from many people who came along. We will look to refine them for the future!

Great fun was had last night at the Spring Discos. We all enjoyed our new DJ who kept everyone dancing, singing and playing games all night!! A huge thank you to the PTA for organising such a successful and fun evening and to all the parents who came along on to help with supervision during the disco. We couldn’t do it without you all and we are really grateful for your help and support.

We are holding our first House Coffee Mornings on Friday 10 March 2017. This is a time for parents and cares to come into school and meet with their child or children to look through the work in the jotters before Parents Evenings next week. We hope you can come along (Otters at 9.00 am in the Gym Hall, Golden Eagles at 9.00 am in the Main Hall and Pine Martins at 11.00 am in the Main Hall).

If you haven’t already done so, please book a time to meet with your child’s teacher next week on Wisepay.

We took delivery this morning of some of the new loose play resources for our playground – 24 stacking crates. I am not sure which the children enjoyed more – the crates or the boxes they came in! It was amazing to see the all the different imaginative ways the crates (and boxes) were played with. Think we will need to include empty cardboard boxes in our playground more often!