Entries Tagged '2010 – 2011' ↓

The Eco Committee held their first meeting of 2012 today. We will be holding a logo competition soon for the whole school. Children will have to draw a logo for the eco committee,it  must be something to do with the eco committee. At this meeting we were traffic lighting our eco display, labelling our compost [...]

A wonderful night was had by all, as you can see by the photos! The hall looked fantastic and there was a spectacular spread of food, so a huge thank you to all involved.

Primary 2/3 have worked really hard this term to create their own rainforest in their classroom and have done a great job! Well done!

On Thursday 23rd June this year’s honest lad and lass, Scott Nisbet and Julie Durham, came to visit Loretto.  The children from primary three had prepared an assembly all about Musselburgh and Fisherrow which they performed to the honest lad and lass, their attendants, parents, and the rest of the school. Our very own ‘honest [...]

A copy of the updated nursery handbook is now available on the Information and Policies page.

This term we have been learning about mini-beasts and plants. We have been learning about life cycles and have observed caterpillars turn into butterflies. We watched the tiny caterpillars eat lots of yummy sugar syrup and grow bigger and bigger. They then turned into a chrysalis so we put them in a special net. After [...]

The morning group had great fun on Thursday with a visit from Musselburgh Fire Station’s Blue Watch. We got to climb in the fire engine and have a go at squirting the hose! They dressed Mrs Gaunt up in the firefighting gear – she looked very funny! The afternoon group will be getting a visit [...]

We have been finding out about the lifecycles of  butterflies and frogs. Kara and Scott brought in some tadpoles from their pond and we have been watching them grow.  They now have little back legs, so we hope they don’t start hopping out of their tank. Our caterpillars started out really tiny but just like [...]

REMEMBER…Friday 27th May will be our next dress down and burger Friday.  Burgers will be on sale from 12.15pm from the back door of the dining hall as usual. Burger £1.50, Cheeseburger £1.60 with all profits from this and the £1 charge to dress down going to the Playground Project Fund. As most of you [...]

Not long now until our Summer Fair and fingers crossed the sun will shine!  We are now looking for donations for our stalls and also volunteers who can help out on the day. If you can lend a hand then please email the parent council @ parentcouncil@loretto.elcschool.org.uk. Donations of raffle prizes, bottles for the bottle tombola, [...]