We have been very busy… The children have enjoyed participating in Enjoy a Ball sessions, Zumba, circuits, rugby and much more!

We have had so much fun!

Have a look at some of our photos so far…

Health Week so far… on PhotoPeach

This morning Haddington Infant School children, staff, parents and carers turned out to see the Royal Regiment of Scotland receive the Freedom of East Lothian and to welcome the soldiers home after their tour of Afghanistan.  The children were thrilled to see the soldiers and hear the military band.  The children also liked the lively little Shetland pony mascot, Lance Corporal Cruachan IV.  What a great morning and a memorable experience.  We are grateful to the parents and carers who came along to help walk the children round – thank you.

We welcomed some new faces to this week’s Parent Council meeting so would like to thanks those parents who braved the weather to attend.  Any new parents are very welcome to come along to the next meeting.

As usual this meeting covered a range of topics.  Mrs Swinton gave her regular head teacher’s report which advised that Mrs Robison is due back to work in April on temporarily reduced hours.  We also heard about the school development plan which next year will focus on reading and parental views will be sought.

A number of issues were raised by parents at the meeting.  The safety of the bottom of the path from the school to the Aubigny Centre was raised and Councillor Tom Trotter agreed to investigate whether there is any possibility of some safety features being installed, although there are issues about ownership of the land which may make this difficult.  Parking and road safety was also discussed and Mrs Swinton advised that the architect had been contacted about additional barriers to stop parents driving over the grass to get round the bollards and drop their children off at the car park.  The Parent Council would like to ask that parents respect the barriers.

We had a good discussion on the transition to P4 and Mrs Swinton described some new transition activities that are planned next term and the possibility of deputy heads of both schools spending some time in the other school to get to know the children before transition and to ensure the children settle well afterwards.  These will be communicated to P3 parents in due course.

The final big topic was the playground.  Mrs Swinton has been in touch with the architect about the drainage problems so these will be investigated.  Sadly the trim trail could not be moved from the old school, so the PTAs of both HIS and St Mary’s will be raising funds for new playground equipment.  We should also see a new basketball hoop soon.

Full minutes of the meeting are available here for anyone who wants more detail on any of the above.

Life is certainly never dull at Haddington Infant School.  Last night just before 5 o’clock water was discovered pouring down the wall of the PE hall, changing rooms and south east corridor.  Water was also pouring through the ceiling of a resource room on the first floor.  The source of the water was traced to the water tank and help was summoned.

The danger of collapsing ceilings and water in electrics is never a safe combination and as the safety of children and staff are a priority we had to cancel the Primary 1 Spring disco and a Groupcall text message was sent out as soon as we were able.

We are grateful to staff who stayed on to help save resources and of course give up another evening to run the Primary 1 disco after the holidays.  Information for Primary 1 parents  and carers will be sent home today.  We are also grateful to Morrisons and the janitor who worked to ensure the school would be open today.

Well done everyone!  Through selling red noses, dressing up as chefs and cooks and the staff decorating aprons we have raised an amazing £525.00 for Comic Relief.

Children in Primary 1B led a fun assembly where they explained to everyone how Comic Relief started and how it uses the money we raise to help less fortunate children.

The next Parent Council meeting will be held on Tuesday at 7pm in the school staffroom.  All parents and carers are welcome to attend. The agenda for the meeting can be viewed here.

This week we have been celebrating World Book Day.

This morning we had a wonderful morning sharing our work at our World Book Day Open Morning.

We have been learning our times tables this term. We thought it would be a great way of sharing our learning by writing a times tables song in groups. We hope these songs help you to learn your times tables too!