Burntisland Primary
School
Newsletter
February 2012
Inset and Holidays
School is closed on Wednesday, 15 February for Staff In-Service and on
Thursday 16 and Friday 17 February for the mid-term holidays.
Events for this term
 Pupils have been visited by the SSPCA to hear about their work.
 Our P7 Burns Competition was of a high quality. The winner judged
by the Rotary Club was Natalie Sellar.
 P7 pupils are busy preparing their talks for the Speakers Club.
 P3/4, P4 and P4/5 classes visited Edinburgh Castle.
 P6 pupils took part in the Big Brain Quiz.
 P3 and P5 pupils received talks from Road Safety Officers.
 P1 pupils are busy creating their own books about the Magic Carpet.
 P1s to be visited by ‘Cherry’ from the Hearing Dogs Charity.
 P1s to hold ‘Mothers Day Afternoon’ – 16 March 2012.
 P2s planning to perform ‘Litter Muncher’ to parents – details to
follow.
 Nursery Scottish Day – 14 February – 11 am and 2.40 pm – All
welcome.
M & M productions will be visiting us on 28 February to perform ‘Dick
Whittington’ for the pupils. Our Parent Council have kindly agreed to
fund the cost of this.
P7 pupils are rehearsing for their show “Pirates of the Curry Bean” to be
held on 28 March. Details of tickets and performances will be sent to
you.
Charity Day – Wear Yellow Day on 2 March for the
Marie Curie Appeal.
Erskine Church concert – pupils will be performing on 5 March – 2 pm.
Tickets available at the school office.
Learning Jotters go home to you on Friday 23 March.
Easter Service (pupils only) takes place on Friday 30
March at 11.15 am in the Erskine Church.
Film Award Nomination
Granny Mac’s Meringues – the film made last session by the
then P3 pupils has been nominated for a First Light Award in
London on 5 March.
The Scotland on Sunday newspaper featured this story last
week and STV are visiting the school to interview the pupils
involved. We hope to send a group of pupils, Mrs Whatmore and Mrs
Rossborough to London to the Award Ceremony.
Good luck to all of them and well done.
Parent Interviews
Dates for these are -
Thursday 15 March 6 – 8.30 pm
Monday 19 March
4 – 6.30 pm
Wednesday 21 March 4 – 5 pm
Information will be sent to you soon so that you can select suitable
dates.
Christmas Nativity 2011
We appreciate greatly the support parents, carers and
visitors give to this and the enjoyment we all get from such
an event.
It is clear though that for our latest nativity space in the Church was
problematic.
As our pupil numbers in the early years continue to increase, it is likely
that we will have to consider how we can accommodate our audience.
Clearly our Nativity for 2012 will require two performances.
School Accommodation
As our school roll continues to rise, a number of parents have been
concerned about space for our August Primary 1 pupils. Let me
reassure you that we still have 1 classroom space in the huts (currently
a music room) which can house the additional class we will need
for 2012 – 2013.
As we move towards a new school space is at a premium for
assemblies, drama, and music instruction. We will certainly
have to be creative before we move into our new school.
Playground space at lunch-time is a concern though which will need
some action. There is simply not enough space for all our pupils to be
able to run about outside and enjoy their playtimes. Very few pupils go
home at lunch-times.
It is likely that from August 2012, I will need to organise two lunchtimes. I shall be discussing this further with the Parent Council and
asking your views on this later on.
This is not an easy decision, however I think our pupils deserve a better
provision at lunch-time than they currently experience.
Holiday Dates
Friday 30 March
Schools closes at 3.10pm for Easter Holidays
Monday 2 –
Friday 13 April
School closed – Easter Holidays
Monday 16 April
Schools opens to staff and pupils
Monday 7 May
May Day – school closed to staff and pupils
Monday 4 June
Tuesday 5 June
Victoria Day – school closed to staff and pupils
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – school closed to
staff and pupils
Inset Day – school closed to pupils only
Wednesday 6 June
Nursery
Mrs Kathleen Duncan has joined the Nursery Team – and will be with us
until July 2012.
A Nursery Induction for our new April starts will be held on Thursday 1
March at 2.15 pm in school. Then on Monday 5 March and Wednesday
7 March two Welcome Evenings will be held from 3.30 – 4 pm.
Finally
Our school will be featured in Fife Council’s Raising Achievement Policy.
Our pupils and staff have worked hard to achieve high levels of
performance and we continue to do this. We are all very pleased to see
this hard work and commitment recognised and shared across other
schools as best practice.