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.

Firstly, our new Nursery teacher, Miss Sturrock, would like to say a huge thank you to all the children and parents/carers for the warm welcome she has received here at Currie. She looks forward to working with you all in the future and getting to know the families better.

Christmas Activities

The children have been busy in the Nursery getting into the Christmas spirit through a variety of different activities! You will find them…

• Making festive crafts from materials available in the craft room
• Re-enacting the Nativity using costumes and props
• Singing Christmas songs and listening to Christmas stories
• Playing in the home corner which is now equipped with Santa suits, pyjamas and Christmas stockings.

Christmas Cards

Children are always keen to send Christmas cards to their Nursery friends but we ask that if you are giving out cards, you write one card only to the whole Nursery, which we will then share with children at group time. Thank you for your support in this.

End of term Celebrations

The Christmas parties are fast approaching and we would like to invite parents to come and join in the fun, listening to Christmas songs and getting to meet Santa Claus himself! A reminder of the dates and times:

• Morning children: Thursday 21^st December at 11am
• Afternoon children: Wednesday 20^th December at 2.45am

New Children 2017

We are pleased to be welcoming 12 new children to the afternoon Nursery from Wednesday 11^th January, taking our numbers to full capacity. We are looking forward to welcoming the children and their families in the New Year.

Dates for the Diary

• Friday 16^th December 2016 – Christmas Jumper Day (Save the Children)
• Thursday 21^st December 2016 – end of term (no afternoon session)
• Tuesday 10^th January 2017 – all resume

Finally, we would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to all our nursery families and hope you have a Happy New Year. We are looking forward to continuing to work in partnership with you and thank you for all of your support so far.

Currie Nursery Team

P7’s took a wee trip up to Currie Library today in order to hand over the presents to Forth One’s Mission Christmas Appeal.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 13 December 2016 is Panto day for P1 – P6. The children should bring a snack to eat at the interval of the Panto and a bottle of water (please don’t send juice as this is very sticky when it is spilt) and a packed lunch which we will eat when we return to school. The children can also wear Christmas Jumpers / t-shirts, Santa hats etc. if they would like to.

We have 9 coaches arriving first think in the morning to take us all to the Panto – we would appreciate it if parents do not park on Curriehill Road tomorrow morning so we can leave spaces for the coaches to park and for other cars, buses etc. to get passed. Many thanks in advance for your cooperation with this.

Some people have been asking what our school t-towels look like before they order them so we have attached a couple of photos above. The children all drew a picture of themselves which have been printed onto the t-towels. We only have a few left so if you would like one please order on Wisepay soon to avoid disappointment – they are £4 each and will make a great stocking filler or keep sake!

Thank you to everyone who came along to see our P2 Nativity in school this morning, Och Aye the News. P2 did a fantastic job of telling us the Christmas story with this new Nativity Show which Mrs McGlynn and Miss Perry adapted to fit our school. They acted and sang so confidently, we were very proud of everyone’s performance. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.

P7 have voted overwhelmingly to donate the money their teachers would have spent on them to the local Forth One Mission Christmas Appeal. This appeal gives Christmas presents to children around the city who are less fortunate than us in Currie. We have to say we are very proud of the choice the children have made. This decision will hopefully make other children in the city very happy on Christmas morning.

Mrs Tate and Mrs Laird

Scottish Swimming are running their Scottish National Short Course Swimming Championships from Friday 9th December to Sunday 11th December at the Royal Commonwealth Pool.

We would like to invite families from the local area to come along to see Scotland’s top athletes compete to become Scottish Champions and cheer them along! The Finals are full of fun with a light show, music and serious competition between our athletes who include Duncan Scott, who recently returned from the Olympics in Rio with 2 Silver Medals.

Event Details
Scottish National Short Course Swimming Championships
Royal Commonwealth Pool
21 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh
Friday 9th December – Sunday 11th December
Finals start at 17:30 each evening and will finish at approximately 19:30
Local schools are offered FREE entry to the finals session (RRP £5 per adult, £1 per child).
1. To get your free tickets please go to our ticketing website http://www.eventbrite.co.uk and search the event title ‘Scottish National Short Course Swimming Championships’ to find the event page
2. Enter the code LOCALSCHOOLS in the promo code box; this will open up hidden tickets allocated for local Schools and you are welcome to choose from Friday/Saturday/Sunday Finals
3. Select the free tickets for the session you wish to attend (up to 6 allowed per family)
4. Enter your details and checkout with Eventbrite
5. Print your ticket or have the code on the Eventbrite app ready on arrival at the Royal Commonwealth Pool
6. Enjoy the event and cheer on our athletes!
If you have further enquiries regarding the event, please email nationals@scottishswimming.com

This year we have made school T-Towels of the children in school, one from P1 – P3 and one from P4 – P7. They are available to buy at £4 each. If you would like to buy one please log onto Wisepay and place your order and we will send it home.