Active Schools volunteer training programme December 2, 2009
Posted by Jill Wareham in : Community, Health, Sport , 1 comment so far ctp-2009-101There are lots of opportunities for parents to get involved as volunteer coaches/helpers with the Active Schools programme. These are some of the forthcoming courses:P5 Enterprise Event - a report by Michael October 6, 2009
Posted by Jill Wareham in : Community, Enterprise, Primary 5 , 3commentsOn Friday 25thSeptember Primary 5 held a coffee morning in aid of MacMillan Cancer Trust. The coffee morning was a great success and a total of £790 was raised. Tables filled up quickly in the hall and people gave generously in donations and at our stalls. There was a Fair Trade stall offering chocolate, tea bags and coffee. Also there was delicious home baking on offer. We had a lucky dip and raffle stall as well. Thank you to all our volunteers and all who visited us.
By Michael P5
On your marks, Get set, GET HEALTHY!!! May 8, 2009
Posted by elps in : Community, Health, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Sport , add a comment Next week is HEALTH WEEK!We have some fantastic things planned, including the Healthy Cafe mentionned below by Miss Lawson.
Our focus is being healthy INSIDE AND OUT. So we are not just thinking about physical activity, but also eating well, relaxing and using our minds for creative and mental challenges.
Parents are invited to join in EARLY MORNING AEROBICS at 8.45am each morning. So pop on your trainers and come jump up and down to some good music.
Also if any parents wish to come on our WHOLE SCHOOL WALK, please give your name to your child’s teacher or to Audrey.
Thank you
Miss Fleming
P.S Keep an eye out for photos from our week being posted!
P6 enterprise day at Dunbar Grammar March 6, 2009
Posted by elps in : Community, Enterprise, Primary 6 , 2comments
P6 Dunbar cluster enterprise day
On the 4th of March p6s from all schools in the Dunbar cluster came together at Dunbar Grammar. Everyone got in 20 groups. We all had to make a Scottish business name and logo. There were lots of funny names like Hippy Highlanders and Out of Date shortbread.
After that everyone in the groups decided on which jobs they wanted from Managing Director, Finance Manager, Designer, Production Manager, Quality Control, Personnel, Seller and Buyer.
Once we had decided we set to work on making Scottish products to be sold in a gift shop. These products were bookmark, gift tag, postcard, birthday card, table decoration and giftbox. So we started of with £25 and we had to buy materials then make suvinerors for money. Everyone did extremely well at making money and the winning team “the Hippy Hilanders” made an outstanding £125 including a £10 bonus which was smiles go miles with the Hippy Highlands. There was also an award for best quality products which was won by the “Out of date shortbread” . The day was a big hit and we all enjoyed ourselves.
By Megan and Jack A, P6
Open Morning February 18, 2009
Posted by elps in : Community, Primary 6 , 3comments
My job
At the open morning, I had a great time!
My job was organising the raffle with Marty.
We had to tear the raffle tickets out of the book,
write the persons name and phone number on each ticket,
then fold them up and put them in the raffle bucket.
The raffle tickets were 20p each or 5 for a pound.
Then at 11:45 Marty, Jack Armstrong and I drew the raffle tickets
and announced the winners.
Altogether our stall raised over £140 for Mission International and
we also had a great time.
By Callum Hardwick.
OPEN day
I love it when there is an open day in school because
one ,you get to shop,
Two you get to sell and get money, T
hree you get to win prizes.
My friend Delphi and I had a stall.
We were selling every thing from purses to pillows.
We sold a lot in the first half hour .
We had £45 in notes and lots of pennies but at the end we ran out of crafts
and Mrs Donaldson’s mum and aunty all gave us some of their stuff
because they weren’t selling and we sold everything .
They were very happy.
We don’t know how much we made but our stall must have made over £100- wow!
Ellie
Running the Tombola Stall
My job was to organize the Tombola for the Open Morning.
So I got all the donations suitable for the Tombola together.
I got a raffle ticket book and started sticking the tickets with 0 or 5 on the prizes.
My favourite prize was a remote control helicopter.
On the day it was all set out on the table with the bucket full of screwed up tickets.
Tickets were 5 for £1. At first it seemed no one was going to do it.
But after the first person came another one came then another and another.
At the end no prizes were left and I had made about £117.00!!
Maddy Dorrian P6
Selling Potatoes
On the open morning my job was to sell potatoes. I had put them into bags.
There were 36 bags and at the end I had 5 or 7 bags left.
I sold the bags for £1.80 and £1.00 . It was fun as my dad helped me.
By
Thomas Angus Innes Tait
Primary 6
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Through the week p6 were having activities like putting.
We also sold books, paper lasers, flying saucers and lots more.
Everybody in the school came to p6 class. Everyone bought something.
P6 were so happy that everyone enjoyed themselves and my stall alone raised over £76.
Miss Dunlop and Miss Donaldson were very pleased with us.
Miss Donaldson brought us all thank you cards with kids from Burundi on them.
Alex Black,p6
The Toy stall
On Friday 6th February P6 had a big open morning.
I was on the toy stall with Alex, Olivia, Rebecca and Hannah.
There were light sabers, paintball guns, a hot wheels track
and loads of books and videos.
Some items had never been opened so we sold them for a fair amount.
Nearly all our items were sold. We raised a lot of money from everybody’s donations.
By Jack Armstrong
Internet Safety Training for Parents June 2, 2008
Posted by elps in : Community , 4comments Every family has been invited to an Internet Safety Training for parents on Wednesday 11th June at Dunbar Grammar School. Don’t forget to return your slip to secure a place.Race for Life Medal Winners June 2, 2008
Posted by elps in : Community , 3comments Congratulations to Rhona and Rachel who ran in the Race for Life in Edinburgh on Sunday. Congratulations too to Mrs Daly, our P2 teacher, who ran the race in 33 minutes.Murals brighten up our playground May 26, 2008
Posted by elps in : Community, Enterprise , 5comments Last Friday our three murals were mounted on the school building. Thanks to Laura Young, our mural artist, who worked with all classes to produce these wonderful murals to brighten up our grounds. Two of them are situated in the infant playground at the rear of the school and the third is on the approach ramp to the Nursery. The Nursery also has a new sign. Thank you to East Lothian Council Arts Service who gave us financial support towards the project. Thank you too to the parents who came and helped supervise the painting and to Mick and Paul for putting them up.Gala Week: Bill Brodie Award 2008 May 19, 2008
Posted by elps in : Community , comments closedDo you know a child or young person who deserves to win the 2008
BILL BRODIE AWARD
for exceptional achievement
The Bill Brodie Memorial Award has been donated by the East Linton Gala Day Association to recognise the many years of service that Bill gave to the local community and his commitment to local children and young people.
The award will be presented to a local young person on an annual basis on Gala day.
The award is to recognise young peoples’ exceptional achievements. This should be taken in its broadest sense. For some young people exceptional achievement may be easily recognised, such as making a county team in sport, however, for some young people managing to achieve full attendance at school despite difficult home circumstances may be an exceptional achievement.
The award will comprise a trophy which the recipient will keep for a year and a smaller trophy for them to keep in perpetuity. There will also be a small monetary award.
Nominations
1. Nominations will only be accepted on the official nomination forms
2. All nominations should be passed to the Secretary of the East Linton Gala Day Association prior to 6th June 2008
3. Nominations will only be accepted from people over the age of 18 years
4. Permission for the nomination to be put forward must be gained from the young person being nominated and their legal guardian before being submitted
Further information and nomination forms can be obtained from the Secretary, Andy Baker, 2, School Road, East Linton. Tel: 861 040. e-mail: theandybaker at yahoo.co.uk
May Fair Success! May 12, 2008
Posted by elps in : Community , 2comments A big thank you to the Parent Council for organising a fantastic May Fair on Saturday. There were lots of great activities and stalls and the weather was very kind to us. A staggering £932.43 was raised!Thank you to everyone who donated goods, baked cakes, gave up their free time to help or came along and supported us on the day.
