Prestonpans Infant School Newsletter

September 2013

Remember school is closed on Friday 13th AND Monday 16ht

September this year. Enjoy a long relaxing weekend.

Our Harvest Celebration will be on Thurday 19

September at 9am in the gym hall. All parents

and carers are welcome to come and listen to the

Harvest songs. The children are invited to bring

in tins of food or dried food and fruit and veg which P3s will

take to our elderly neighbours and to East Lo-

thian Foodbank. East Lothian Foodbank would

particularly like tinned meat, fish or veg, small

bags of sugar, long life fruit juice and custard.

You can begin sending food in as soon as you

like, Children will keep it in the classes to bring

to assembly on 19.9.13.

We usually have our McMillan Coffee Morning straight after

Harvest Celebration but this year it’s going to be at 9am on

Friday 4 October 2013 (for staffing reasons). Children will

be serving this year to make it an extra treat for you. Put

the date in your diary.

On Thursday 19 September from 6.30—7.30pm, you are in-

vited to school to see your child’s new class and meet their

new teacher. P2 and P3 children can take their families into

their classrooms. P1 teachers will have a talk and we will

provide a crèche for P1 pupils and their brothers and sisters.

I am sorry to tell you that Miss Carr will be retiring from

Prestonpans Infant School after over 30 years of service to

the families of Prestonpans. Miss Carr is a great favourite of

children and parents alike and I know her current pupils and

their families will be particularly disappointed. We wish Miss

Carr well in her retirement. Be reassured that we have begun

the process of recruiting to fill Miss Carr’s shoes or should I

say sandals! It won’t be an easy job.

Only a few parents came to the recent consultation on how

parents and carers would like the extra 125hrs the Scottish

Government are providing from August 2014 organised. Ideas

being considered are a) giving longer days b) opening in sum-

mer holidays c) using Friday afternoons d) taking vouchers to

private providers and a few other options. You can have your

say in an online survey on East Lothian Council’s website from

3—20 September 2013. You can find it by going to East Lo-

thian’s website and looking for Early Learning and Childcare

Consultation or on this web address;

https://eastlothianconsultations.co.uk/education/600hoursearly

learningchildcare/consult_view

Please pass this on to parents of children aged 3 years and

under as it will affect them most.

Have a lovely September weekend everyone. Have a lovely September weekend everyone. Have a lovely September weekend everyone. Have a lovely September weekend everyone.