Stoneyhill Primary School

Our school lunch on Thursday was a special lunch to celebrate St Andrew’s Day. The dining hall had been decorated and a special menu planned. We were served haggis, neeps and tatties and then shortbread. We were treated to Scottish music and most of the pupils particularly enjoyed Dark Island. We wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to all the kitchen staff for a lovely lunch.

Stoneyhill is currently making a link with a school in Tanzania.  The school is called Makabe Primary School and it is in Dar Es Salaam which is Tanzania’s largest city.  P4 and P4/5 have been making a Scottish brochure and a Scottish recipe book to send to Tanzania. Do you have any Scottish recipes that we could include in our recipe book?  If you do please send them into school and give them to P4 or P4/5.  Remember to write your name on your recipe. Thank you very much for your help

Liam, Rachel U and all of P4 and P4/5

The latest edition of our newsletter is available by clicking the following link: December 2008

The new team of Playground Pals has been chosen. It was a very difficult decision as the standard of interviews and application forms were very high. Well done to all those who were successful and a huge thank you to all who were not, you still gave us lots of ideas about how we can improve our playground.

The Playground Pals are being trained at the moment but look out for their caps… They are coming to your playground soon! 

Miss Davidson

Well done to all applicants and successful candidates from P.1 to P.7. I am looking forward to working with you throughout the school year.

Mrs Taylor

Thank you for raising money for Children In Need and wearing your pyjamas. You all looked GREAT!!!

I hope you all watched Children In Need (but not for too long after bed time!)

The amount we have raised is………….. £336.05!
Thank you again for donating money to others not as fortunate as you.

Organised by - Jennifer S, Jennifer M, Eilidh, Emma and Hannah P7

Thank you to all candidates who applied for this years Health Promotion Group. There were some excellent ideas on the many application forms and I know we shall all continue to work together, sharing ideas throughout the coming months.

This years successful candidates are:
Toby P2; Abby P2/3; Sam P3; Neve P4; Ross P4/5; Rory P5; Jonathan P6; David P6/7 and Ben P7.

Well done to all of you - I am sure your classmates will support you in your new responsibilities ensuring Stoneyhill continues to be a Health Promoting School with happy, healthy children!

Wendy Shiells
Health Promotion Co-ordinator

To date we have received around 50 shoe boxes in school for this worthwhile cause.  I know that many families may have already donated through their local church or another organisation but we have decided to extend collection until Monday morning in the hope that we might receive a few more boxes.  For anybody that has lost or misplaced their leaflet, all the information that you require about what you can and cannot put in boxes, gift ideas, labels, etc can be found and downloaded by visiting www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk.   Thanking you in advance for your participation.

The Rag Bag Collection will take place on Thursday 13th November. Rag Bag is a recycling scheme that aims to increase recycling of usable textiles to prevent landfill. It helps the school to raise funds and helps to increase recycling awareness. The collections are also part of our Eco-Schools commitment.

All pupils will be given a plastic bag to take home and hopefully be able to return it full of textiles that you no longer want or need around your house.

What We Collect.

We collect all types of unwanted textiles including adult’s and children’s clothes, paired shoes, hats, bags, belts, curtains, towels and bed linen. It is important that you remember to pair shoes by tying the laces together, or pair shoes with an elastic band. We take all qualities of textiles, even ripped or with buttons missing!!!

www.rag-bag.co.uk

The health promotion group will be making healthy fruity smoothies during golden time on some Fridays between now and Christmas. The first Friday Smoothie day will be on the 31st October and we shall be selling the smoothies for 20p during golden time.

If you want to enjoy a Halloween Smoothie next Friday remember to bring your 20p!