Prestonpans Infant School Newsletter

19 November 2014

(Bring Your Own

Carrier Bags!)

Our Christmas Shopping Night is on Thursday 27 November at

6.30pm. Come along and enjoy a great range of Christmas Shop-

ping opportunities, pick up the Christmas Cards you made in your

child’s class, enjoy the £1 bags, the teddy tombola and try to win

one of our amazing hampers.

You have given so generously so far towards the £1 freezer bag

appeal and to the hampers. We still need some hamper goodies so

here is a reminder of what the different classes could bring;

P1a cakes P1b chocolates

P1c savouries/crisps P1d puddings

P1e biscuits P1/2 sauces (eg cranberry)

P2a tea/coffee P2b preserves/jams

P2c cheese/biscuits/savouriesP3a Christmas items (crackers etc)

P3b tins of fruit/custard P3c soft drinks

All the money raised at the Christmas Shopping Night will go into

the School Fund, which subsidises trips and the pantomime.

The children have all been busy creating a craft item for you to

buy, as their contribution to the Christmas Shopping Night. You

will get a letter explaining what your child has made and how much

it costs before Christmas Shopping Night so you won’t be disap-

pointed at the event because somebody has bought your child’s

item. Any unsold items will be sold at Christmas Shopping Night.

The P1-3 children will be performing Ralph the Reindeer 3 times;

Thursday 11 December 2014 at 2pm

Thursday 11 December 2014 at 6.30pm

Friday 12 December 2014 at 10am

This year, we will be selling 2 tickets to each family. Each ticket

will be £1. This money will be used to pay for costumes. You will

be sent a letter on Tuesday 2 December with a ticket application

f o r m . Look out for it.

We are very grateful to Nursery parents Samantha and Keith

Murphy who have been successful in asking their employer Bank of

Scotland to give 6 staff a day to come and build our show scenery.

The bank have also donated £150 to pay for the scenery. Thank

you so much.

We had a competition in school to de-

sign 2 boards to go round Prestonpans

Christmas Tree at the War Memorial.

The winners were Zack Watters and

Darby Turner. Look out for their lovely

designs when Prestonpans Christmas

Lights are switched on. This event

starts with a parade starting at 5.15 at the Community Centre on

Sunday 7 December 2014.

The Parent Council Fundraising Group ran 2 lovely discos for the

children who dressed up so well and had a lovely time. Thank you

to the parents & carers who gave up their time to run the discos.

We are very proud that Place2Be are

showing a film of our P3 children sing-

ing at Place2Be National Awards in

Kensington Palace in front of the

Duchess of Cambridge and Place2Be

supporters.

Our P2s have finally been successful in

being chosen to sing to Radio Forth au-

diences on the Boogie and Arlene show.

This is being recorded on Wednesday 26

November in school. We’ll let you know

when it’s broadcast.

We are growing so big that we can’t all fit into the Brunton

Theatre together any more so P1s are going on Monday 15th

December at 9am. P2ss and P3s are going on Tuesday 16th

December at 9am. We won’t need any parent helpers as we

have enough staff to accompany the children. We will give the

children a drink and some sweets at the interval so please

don’t send them with any goodies. Thank you.

All P1 parents and carers are invited into

classes on Thursday 27 November at 2.15pm.

The children will be presented with their

Scottish Book Trust bookbag gift. This is a

lovely gift and we hope you will join us. You

can take your child home when the wee event

is over.

Our second FAST programme is going well and also quickly. The

FAST graduation will be on Friday 5 December in the gym hall.

Well done to all the families who are coming along every week.

Thurs 27 Nov P1 Parent Bookbug Event 2.15 in P1

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NIGHT

6.30pm

Mon 1 Dec Enterprise Decorations Gym 3pm

Tues 2 Dec Christmas Newsletter and ticket

application forms out to families

Fri 5 Dec FAST 2 GRADUATION

Sun 7 Dec Christmas Lights Prestonpans 5.15pm

parade from Community Centre

Tues 9 Dec P3 Christmas Lunch

Wed 10 Dec P1 Christmas Lunch

Thurs 11 Dec P2 Christmas Lunch

2pm Ralph the Reindeer Show

6.30pm Ralph the Reindeer Show

Fri 12 Dec 10am Ralph the Reindeer Show

Mon 15 Dec P1 to Panto at 9am

Tues 16 Dec P2 + P3 to Panto at 9am

P1 Party (1.10pm)

Wed 17 Dec P2 Party (1.10pm)

Thurs 18 Dec P3 entertain senior citizens (am)

P3 Party (1.10pm)

Nursery Party Day (am and pm)

Fri 19 Dec Term Ends 11.50/12 noon

TUESDAY 6 JANUARY 2015 ALL RETURN TO SCHOOL