Sports Day 2012 on PhotoPeach

Thanks to your fantastic family turnout, we enjoyed a great time at Sports Day this year. A decision was taken by the staff and by the Parent Council that we would introduce more competition into the event. However, that has proved a bit controversial. A number of children found it very upsetting that they didn’t win a race and get a winnner’s sticker. However, many people feel this reflects our experiences in life where we don’t win everything and that this builds our resilience. What are your thoughts? Please comment. We will also be asking you this in the last newsletter of the year so you can have your say on a tear off slip there too.

It’s the first time we have tried sports this way and we will certainly learn from our mistakes. We’ve made a big list of those already eg £1.50 was really too dear for an ice cream, confusion amongst staff about when children could have an ice cream, can we get the grass marked out for races etc

However, our thanks go to the staff and Mrs Sellwood for running the events, to our P7 helpers for giving us much needed assistance and to you for all coming along and supporting us in what was a great afternoon of fun and competition in sport.

What a fantastic day. Thank you all so much for coming along and taking part in everything on offer at the School Fair. It was heart warming to see so many families having a laugh together, wrestling, having a cuppa and a blether or a bit of pizza or tablet and watching magic, beating the goalie, buying plants, sweeties, ice cream, baking and winning prizes at our enormous raffle. I’m sure we all felt proud to be part of our community today.

We want to thank our hard working, creative, well organised Fundraising Group for making it all happen today. I know it’s been so much work for you all and you must feel you are never out of the school. You did everyone proud today and gave so many families a good day out. Thank you all.

We’ll post the amount raised once we have finalised it.

1. Prestonpans Gala Committee meet Tuesday 15.5.12 at 7.30pm in Prestonpans Labour Club.

2. Buy your Gala bag tickets for £1 at the School Fair this Saturday or in the Post Office, in Munchables or in Halls Newsagent. A bargain at £1.

3. Gala is on Saturday 16 June 2012 with the Gala Queen being crowned at 11am then leading the parade to the park.

An event called “A Braw Nicht Oot” will see a collection of well known storytellers, poets, singers and musicians come together on Friday 13th April at Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. The event is part of Edinburgh’s Ceilidh Culture Festival, and follows the first successful Braw Nicht Oot performed last year. The evening will be a celebration of the Scots language, in all its forms, and promises to be a great evening of entertainment for all the family, and will include a wee fun drama “Costa del Port Seton”.
 
Tickets £6 or £4 at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
 
Dinnae miss it, cause it’s goanie be….a braw nicht oot!! 
 
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