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THORNWOOD PRIMARY
DECEMBER 2015 NEWSLETTER
Important Dates for Diary
Wed 9P6 - ‘Victorian Style’ @ Kelvingrove Art Galleries
Thur 10P6 & P7 - ‘Bubblegum and Fluff’
Thu 10Nursery Class Parents night 4.30-6pm
Mon 14P7 Residential trip to Blairvadach
Mon 14P1-P3 Christmas Parties
Tue 15P4& P5 Christmas Parties
Tue 15 P6 - Polar Express, Glasgow Film Theatre
Wed 16P3 & P5 Muppet Christmas Carol, Glasgow Film Theatre
Wed 16 Nursery Nativity Play
Fri 18Christmas Nativity & Concert at 10.45 (All welcome)
Fri 18P7 return from Blairvadach at 3pm
Mon 21Nursery Class Christmas parties
Mon 21Christmas Service lead by P6at 2pm. (All welcome)
Tue 22 P6 & P7 Christmas Parties
Tue 22 Dress as you Please Day (children should bring 50p)
Tue 22School closes for holidays @ 2.30pm
Wed 6th January 2016School reopens
Christmas Concert and Nativity play
All classes are busy getting ready for our Concert, which is taking place on Fri 18 December. We hope many of you will be able to come along and support the children. Doors will open at 10.30am and the show starts at 10.45am. Entrance to this will be £2 for adults; children under school age are free. We will be having a raffle to raise money for school funds. Raffle tickets will be £1 per strip.Some classes have also been making some Christmas gifts which will be on sale on the day.
Photographs
Thank you for returning your orders on time.
Orders have now been sent away so that they will be here in time for Christmas.
Community involvement
- All classes had Judo taster sessions
- P4-P7 classes had Fencing taster sessions on Friday 4 December with Fencing Scotland. Please check our website for further information. We will be running a lunchtime fencing club in school next term for upper school children. Letters to follow – please check schoolbags.
- P5 were at Partick Libraryon Tuesday 1 December to celebrate the 90th birthday of this library.
- P6 are also going along to Partick Library on Tuesday 8 December
- P5 went to Kelvingrove Park for a workshop about birds on Wednesday 2December
- A group of P6-P7 pupils represented our school at a Basketball tournament at Knightswood Secondary. Theyreached the quarter finals of this - Well done!
- A team of pupils from P6 &P7 took part in an inter-school Badminton tournament at Scotstoun.They came third place overall. Congratulations to them!
- Agroup of pupils from P7 took part in a Dance competitionwhich was organised by Active Schools Co-ordinator. Everyone had a great time.
- Following their visit to the Tramway Theatre last month, as part of the Turner Prize, P6 &P7 took part in a ballet workshop in school.
Happy holidays
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all pupils, staff, Parents/Carers a very enjoyable Festive Season. Very best wishes for 2016!
Kind Regards
Mrs V McCaffery
Acting Head Teacher
websitewww.thornwood-pri.glasgow.sch.uk