HERMITAGE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
Hermitage Park, Edinburgh, EH6 8HD
Newsletter 184/30.11.17
Dear Parent/Carer,
Please check out what the school has been up to and what the
children have been learning on our school website -
www.hermitagepark.edin.sch.uk.
Appointment of Senior Development Officer
I am delighted to inform you that after a long recruitment
process we have finally managed to appoint Mrs Lisa Black to the
Senior Development Officer’s post. Lisa’s role will be to support
the consistency of high quality learning and teaching throughout
the school and to further enhance parental engagement.
She will join the team after the Christmas holidays.
Scooters/ Bikes in the Playground
Can I please remind you that children should dismount from
scooters and bikes as soon as they come through the school gates.
Riding bikes and scooters in the playground is really dangerous and
over the past few weeks we have had several accidents with children
being ‘run over’.
This issue was discussed at the last School Association Meeting
with members highlighting great concern.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Christmas Carol Concert
Our annual Christmas Carol Concert will take place on Thursday
14th December 6.00pm – 7.00pm. The choir, guitar group and band
will be offered 2 tickets per family. Any extra tickets will be
available next Wednesday. Should you require more than 2 tickets or
alternatively wish to come along and your child does not attend any
of these groups, please let the office know and your name will be
placed on a waiting list. Tickets will be allocated from the
waiting list on a strict ‘first come, first served’ basis.
School Association Update
We are still taking donations for our tombola and 2nd hand toy
stalls. If you have anything, please hand these in to the
school office.
Please sign up to our Easyfundraising
page easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/hermitageparksa/ to
collect donations for our School when you do your Christmas
shopping this year. So far we have raised £441.36 for school
funds.
Nursery News
This week has been a busy week in nursery. We had our Stay and
Play sessions where parents and carers could come into nursery and
play with their children at the end of a session. We also had
activities linked to the Bookbug Explorer bags which the 3 year old
children received last week.
Heather Muchamore our new Family Learning colleague joined us
for the activities along with Yvonne Miralees from the Additional
Support for Learning team. Thank you to all who came.
Can we remind parents/carers that It is important to inform a
member of staff if your child’s medical history changes. Just let
the front office know and a member of nursery staff.
Nursery nativity tickets will be coming out very soon. Each
family will be allocated 2 tickets. If you do not need all the
tickets then you can hand them back to the nursery staff. If you
require more, we will do our very best to accommodate this but
cannot guarantee extra tickets until we know how many surplus there
are. There will be coffee/teas and mince pies before the shows.
This is a nice opportunity to chat with other parents.
Finally, we have been making tree decorations to sell at the
Christmas Fair on Friday. These are a lovely keepsake of your
child’s time at nursery. However, to make things easier we will be
selling the decorations in nursery on the day rather than at the
fair. This also allows you the opportunity to buy your own child’s
decoration.
Dates for your diary
All dates for upcoming events can be found on our school website
(see above).
I hope you have found this newsletter informative. Should you
have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Denise Penman,
Head Teacher.
Website: www.hermitagepark.edin.sch.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0131 554 2952
Website: www.hermitagepark.edin.sch.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0131 554 2952
