St Patricks - house winners! January 6, 2009
Posted by K Fitzpatrick in : Uncategorized , comments closedEveryone has been working hard all term to get points for their house by wearing school uniform, coming to school on time and general good behaviour. St Patricks were the winners for term 1 and their treat was a Christmas party, organised by Miss Fitzpatrick and Miss Pottie. We had dancing competitions and played lots of party games. It was great fun! Thank you to Mr Bonner who came along and helped out at the party.
Hearing Dogs for the Deaf Funday! January 5, 2009
Posted by S Gilhooly in : Class News, Fundraising News, Primary 6, School News , comments closed
P6 Christmas Charity
What a fantastic day everyone had! All of us in P6 worked really hard to make our enterprise project as successful as possible and boy was it successful - so many people turned up to support us and our charity. We would like to thank everyone that donated their things, baked for us and came along to spend their money.
After a hard day at work buying and selling in P6 classroom we were all very tired. Miss Gilhooly said that she would take the money home to count and that we could all count it in the morning to double check what we had made - we all split up into groups and then together added all the money. We made an amazing £503.73! We are so delighted that all our hard work had paid off - it is great to know that with this money dogs will be trained to help deaf people.
Thanks again to everyone that participated in one way or another, we had a fantastic day and we hope you did too.
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Nursery Christmas Show December 19, 2008
Posted by Janette Gaunt in : Nursery , add a commentThe nursery put on our Christmas show today for the parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles and friends. The children have worked hard practising thier songs over the last few weeks, and performed really well.
The children sang Winter Wonderland, Twinkle Twinkle, Away in a Manger, Jingle Bells, Rudolph, When Santa Got Stuck up the Chimney, Here We go Round the Christmas Tree and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
A special mention should go to our stage manager, Arron, who kept us right on the day!
Many thanks to all the parents who have helped us with the party and show over the past 2 days. We couldn’t do it without your help!
Nursery Christmas Party December 19, 2008
Posted by Janette Gaunt in : Nursery , add a commentWe had our nursery Christmas party today, and had a great time. We had an entertainer who did some magic and put on a puppet show. We then ate our party food which we all enjoyed. We played pass the parcel and musical statues. We also danced the Conga and the Cha Cha Slide which was great fun! Santa found time to come to our party and brought the boys and girls a present of a book each.
2008 Christmas Fair - Thank You December 15, 2008
Posted by Simon Broadhurst in : Christmas Fayre, Fundraising News, Parent Council , add a commentA huge thank you as well from the Parent Council to all the local people and businesses who donated some amazing gifts for the raffle prizes, the winners of which are listed below.
£50 cash - Danny (Nursery a.m.)
100 photography voucher – Louise Williams
Luxury Food Hamper – Adam (P1F)
Food Hamper – Jack (P4)
Food Hamper – Ayla and Murray Grant
Pamper Hamper – Audrey Peter
Round of Golf for 4 at Monktonhall – Kasey (P1P)
Round of Golf for 4 at Craigielaw – Abby (P1P)
£30 voucher for Restaurant 102 – Glynnis Boyle
Meal for 2 at the Quay – Niamh (P1F)
Voucher for Callum Grant Hairdressers – Hannah (P5)
Family Pass for Dynamic Earth – Nathan (P7)
£20 vouchers for Marks and Spencers – Alex (P1P)
£30 Tesco’s vouchers – M.Kraske
Royal Musselburgh Golf Club Malt Whiskey – Joe (P4)
B&Q Cordless Drill – Beth (P1P)
£15 vouchers for Fords the Bakers – Lucy (P5)
Flower arrangement from Flowercraft – Beth (P2)
Chocolate Hamper – Judith Hunter
Luca’s voucher – Joanna (P1P)
Luca’s voucher – F McGilliveray
Luca’s voucher – Shona Garrity
Luca’s voucher – Liam (P2/3)
Family Swim Pass – Gavin (P7)
Family Swim Pass – Caitlin (P1P)
Family Swim Pass – John Brown
Bottle of whiskey – Liam (P2/3)
Bottle of wine – Chloe (P7)
Mulled wine – Alex (P1F)
Thank you everyone … see you next year
P6 Christmas Charity Enterprise December 12, 2008
Posted by S Gilhooly in : Primary 6 , 1 comment so farOver the past few days P6 have been working very hard to prepare for our fundraising event that is taking place on Wednesday the 17th of December. We have made many things such as calenders, activity books, pictures, dog masks and we have been baking with Mrs Gaunt in the nursery so that we have baking for everyone to buy. We have also organised a raffle and games for all the children in the school to play and the P6 parents and families. We loved baking so much, while doing it we were learning about tessellation, weight and following instructions!
“The baking was great fun” - Ronan
“I really, really enjoyed it” - Aine B
“I’d love to go back to the nursery to bake” - Jamie
“That was amazing” - Kieran
“I wish that we could turn one of the extra classrooms into a kitchen then we could cook more often and we would learn more” - Aidan
Below are some photos of us enjoying ourselves with Mrs Gaunt in the nursery.
We have been busy writing letters to our parents to ask them to come to the fun day between 11am and 12 noon on Wednesday the 17th of December. We have also asked them to bake for us so that we can sell the cakes and biscuits to raise as much money as possible to help get dogs trained to make the life of deaf people easier on a daily basis.
We have also been around the school putting up posters to remind everyone about all the things that we will be selling and doing. We have visited all the classes to show them the items they can buy and the games that they can play and we are making a big point of reminding everyone to please make a big effort to dress as a dog for £1.00 - we think it would be great to see all the pupils and teachers of Loretto dressed as dogs!
Have a look at P6 in action preparing for our Enterprise Event below.
Children Helping Children December 12, 2008
Posted by C Capaldi in : Primary 7 , 2comments
P7 were proud to welcome Joseph McGrath from Missio Scotland to speak to the school in late November. He spoke about his experiences in Uganda and how the money raised in our October fundraiser during Mission Week would be spent. We handed over a cheque for £300!
Badminton Club December 12, 2008
Posted by C Capaldi in : Primary 5, Primary 6 , comments closed
Over the last five weeks, some children from P5 and P6 have been taking part in a badminton club. They have learned to control the shuttle, to return shots, to rally and ultimately to play a game of doubles. They finished with a mini tournament yesterday evening. Everyone has had a super time, worked very hard and improved their skills.
Miss Pottie and Mrs Capaldi would like to say a huge well done to all the boys and girls for trying their hardest!
December 9, 2008
Posted by C Pottie in : P1P , comments closedAs an Enterprise project Primary 1P are selling cardboard bones to raise money for Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. The bones cost 20 pence and can be decorated for our display.
P1P St. Andrew’s Week December 9, 2008
Posted by C Pottie in : P1P , add a comment
P1P enjoyed their Scottish themed week around St. Andrew’s Day. We listened to Scottish stories, sang Scottish songs and enjoyed various art activities. We created a topic table in the classroom with a selection of Scottish items.
P1F Enterprise - tartan day December 9, 2008
Posted by K Fitzpatrick in : P1F , comments closedOn Friday 28th of November P1F organised a tartan day to raise money for the Children 1st charity. We asked all the staff and pupils to wear a piece of tartan to school and bring in a donation for the charity. Some people wore ribbons in their hair or pinned tartan badges to their jumpers and we even had a few people wearing kilts and tartan pinafores. P1F also entertained their parents that morning with some Scottish songs, poems and dances. We managed to raise £110. Thank you to everyone who took part in our tartan day and made a donation to our chosen charity.
Exploring the Universe December 9, 2008
Posted by C Capaldi in : Primary 7 , comments closedThis morning, P7 had a visit from the Royal Observatory. We took part in an activity where we had to list in order of closeness some objects in the universe like planets, galaxies etc. We then had to do some challenging maths to discover the distances between the different places.
“I learned that Hayley’s comet was last seen in 1986.” - Marie
“I learned that if you went into a black hole, you’d stretch like spaghetti!” - Talia
“I learned that Pluto is no longer considered a planet because it is too small.” - Chloe P
“I learned that you can actually see a comet in the sky without a telescope.” - Holly
“I learned that the distance between the earth and the moon is a light second - 300 000km.” - Mrs C
“I learned that the universe could go on forever!” - Daniel
P1F Autumn walk December 2, 2008
Posted by K Fitzpatrick in : P1F , add a commentP1F had a visit from 2 East Lothian countryside rangers. We went out to the woods at the back of the school and looked for all the signs of autumn. We collected Autumn leaves to make Autumn crowns and we did some bark rubbings. We learned about the different trees that we have in our school grounds.
December 2, 2008
Posted by E Watson in : Primary 2/3 , 1 comment so farIn Primary 2/3 have been very busy working on our science project about Materials.
We have been finding out about different types of material, where materials come from and how they are used.
Last week we had a visit from a recycling expert who showed us how to sort materials to be recycled.
We made posters to remind everyone in school to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle their waste materials.
School Camp bus fundraiser December 1, 2008
Posted by C Capaldi in : Christmas Fayre, Primary 7 , add a commentPrimary 7 are delighted to announce that they raised over £270 towards their bus to school camp on Saturday by selling homemade crafts and teas and coffees at the School Fayre.
Thank you to everyone for your support!
