Prestonpans Infant School Newsletter

April 2012

That was the view of every

P3 child at Innerwick Centre.

“We don’t want to go back.

This is way better than

school.” Parents’ fears

vanished when they saw the

excitement on the children’s

faces as they tumbled out of

school to share their experiences. So P2 parents and carers,

don’t you worry about Innerwick. Just speak to a P3 family and

they’ll reassure you. We’re already booking up for next March

2012 for our P3s.

To share this joy, we’d like to invite P2 and P3 parents and carers

to Assembly on Friday 4 May at 9am. We’ve asked P3s to tell us

about In- nerwick and to show us some

of their pho-

tos. It’ll be

great to see.

On Wednesday 25th April, the Parent Council are holding a Sports

Event for P1-3, a class at a time. Lots of fun and exciting activi-

ties are planned. Each child will receive a prize for competing.

Apart from the School Fair, this is our last fundraising event of

the year. Families are asked to make a donation on Wed 25

April for this event. However, this is not com-

pulsory. All children will

It was great to see

so many parents and

carers along to the

P2 Pirate Afternoon

to enjoy seeing and

hearing about what

the children had

learnt.

So many families came along

to the P1 Dinosaur Museum to

see the amazing range of

fossils, models, paintings and

writings showing all that our

P1s have been learning about

dinosaurs. Thank you all for

coming and well done to P1s

and their helpers for setting

up the exhibitions and for

guarding and showing our

families and visitors around the museum. £80 was raised from

your donations and we are using this money to send our friends

Brenda and Barri to school in their own countries. Thank you.

If you’ve read the programmes, you will see

that on Thursday 7 June, P3s will perform

BORN FRAE THE SEA in the school as part of

the 3 Harbours Festival. We’re proud and ex-

cited to be in the programme and performing

this year. You can get programmes from The

Goth.

... the parents and carers of our new P1 pupils are invited to a

meeting to hear all about our plans to make the new P1s transition

to school as good as possible on Tuesday 1 May at 1.45 or 7.30pm?

....Alison Kettell and Sheila Laing are offering parents and carers

the chance to learn more about RAISING CHILDREN WITH

CONFIDENCE in a 7 week course, starting Thursday 26 April at

12.45pm? Why not think about coming along?

.... Wee Pans Stay and Play for Young Parents and their children

starts on Friday 20 April. Do you know somebody who might bene-

fit from this afternoon in the nursery from 1-3pm weekly?

...Prestonpans Primary School Fair is on Saturday 28 April from

10-12 and our own Infant School Fair is on Saturday 19 May from

10—12?

.... school is closed on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 May for a

public holiday and an In Service Day?

... Debbie Finnegan, Claire Taylor and Steve Aitcheson are run-

ning in the Marathon to raise funds for our playground. Please

think about sponsoring them.

... Prestonpans Gala Day is Saturday 16 June?

... only 2 people have offered to be in our Relay Support Team at

the Edinburgh Marathon so we will have to withdraw if more don’t

come forward. Speak to Sheila Laing if you think you could spare

a few hours on 27th April to raise money for the playground.

.... Health Fortnight runs from 23 April—4 May and children will

be involved in a wide variety of activities from cheerleading to

streetjam.

Please do not park on the zigzag or double yellow

lines around the school. This is a warning that the police will

be checking up on these lines regularly in the weeks to come.

20.4.12 Fri 11 Daffodil Tea for P1 families

24.4.12 Tue 7.30 Gala Committee, Labour Club

25.4.12 Wed 6.30 Parent Council

26.4.12 Thurs 12.45 Raising Children with Confidence(7wks)

1.30 Family Ceilidh P1/4 and P2/11

28.4.12 Sat 10-12 Prestonpans Primary School Fair

1.5.12 Tues 1.45 Welcome Meeting for P1 parents

7.30 Welcome Meeting for P1 parents

3.5.12 Thurs 2.15 Streetjamming Andy—parents welcome

7.5.12 Mon Public Holiday—no school

8.5.12 Tues In Service Day—no school

18.5.12 Fri am Class photos

19.5.12 Sat 10-12 Prestonpans Infant School Fair

25.5.12 Fri Community Walk

27.5.12 Sun Marathon Team

30.5.12 Wed 6.30 Parent Council

4.6.12 Mon Holiday for Golden Jubilee

7.6.12 Thurs 2pm BORN FRAE THE SEA Performance

Thurs 7pm P3 parent meeting at Primary School

12.6.12 Tues 1.30 Sports Day

13.6.12 Wed all day P2s to Butterfly Farm/Vogrie Park

16.6.12 Sat Prestonpans Gala Day

21.6.12 Thurs all day P3s to Prestonpans Primary

22.6.12 Fri am P3s to Prestonpans Primary

22.6.12 Fri am New P1 pupils to P1 classes

27.6.12 6.30 Parent Council

28.6.12 1.30 P3 Leavers Assembly

29.6.12 11.50 End of Term/ Holidays