Valerie Stoddart
Acting Head Teacher
Skene Primary School
Skene,  Westhill  
Aberdeenshire   AB32 6YJ
Telephone 01224 743242
skene.sch@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
www.skene.aberdeenshire.sch.uk

Working Together, Learning Together
To Be The Best We Can Be

30th November 2018

Dear Parents

It is really nice to finish the week off with some sunshine after all the rather damp and dreich days that we have had recently. There are a few events coming up that I need to share with you again.

100 Club
The 100 Club has its first lot of winners so congratulations to them all. A big thank you to Mrs Pirie for organising this. She has been very busy behind the scenes
The first draw for the 100 club took place this morning, due to only selling 58 numbers the prizes are as follows:
1st £8.70		2nd £5.80		3rd £2.90

The winning numbers were:
1st prize No. 19 – Jessica Tough	2nd prize No. 4 – Marjory Paterson	 
3rd prize No. 49 – Lynne Docherty

If anyone wishes to buy a number for the December draw onwards please return the form sent home from school with £11 and you will be allocated a number. The more numbers sold, the higher the prizes will be. Copies of the form can be sent home if required. Can I encourage you to spread the word to family, friends, neighbours – Remember: you have to be in it to win it!

Calendar
I have also been asked by the Parent Council to remind you that the deadline for either returning the calendar or your order was today.  We still haven’t heard back from 17 families so if you wish to purchase or order calendars can you please let us know by the start of next week.

Carols by Candlelight 
The annual Carols by Candlelight service will be taking place on Sunday 16th December at 6pm in Skene Church, to which you are all invited. We have begun to practice our carols for this as the school has been asked to take part in the service. 
We do not need permission slips to be completed as this is out of school hours but it is important that we know who will be attending (along with numbers of parents, grandparents etc) in order that we can have a final practice prior to the concert.
I would be grateful if you can let the school know by Wednesday 12th December if you and your child/ren are able to come along.  

Christmas Jumper Day
Just a reminder that Thursday 13th December is Christmas Jumper Day. The Parent Council have asked that instead of money you donate something which will be put into our Hamper Raffle. Please do not rush out to buy a new jumper if you do not already have one – children can wear a Christmas t-shirt or add something Christmassy to a plain jumper instead.

Christmas Parties
The Christmas Parties will take place on Friday 14th December: P4 – 7 will be held in the morning and P1-3 will be held in the afternoon. Thank you to the Parent Council for helping with the snacks. We look forward to seeing all the party outfits!

Christmas Lunch
The school Christmas Lunch is on Wednesday 19th December, when we will be enjoying turkey and all the trimmings. Again, thank you to the Parent Council for supplying the crackers to go along with this – we are going to have fun pulling them!

School Nativity
Our school Nativity will be taking place on Thursday 20th December at 6.30pm in Skene Church. We look forward to seeing you all there. 
Rehearsals for this will be underway next week. Staff will be in touch with you regarding any costumes which may be needed once they have sorted out roles and the costumes which are already in school. 
As previously mentioned by Mrs Blackwood, your children will sit with you in church until they are called forward to perform at the front.

Snowflakes
The school has been busy making snowflakes to help decorate the Village Store shop window so we are looking forward to seeing the beautiful window display soon. Please keep your eyes open for the display! Thank you to Rosemary Murray for coordinating all of this.

I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone for making me so welcome in Skene Primary School. We have had a busy couple of weeks so the time is flying past. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to discuss any concerns you may have regarding school.

Enjoy your weekend.

Kind regards

Mrs Valerie Stoddart
Acting Head Teacher 
Skene Primary School