Author: Milton Primary

A huge thank you to those of you who were able to support our Nursery Quiz Night. It really was a super night made even better by raising a grand total of £400! This money will go toward developing our outdoor snack area.

The winners of the quiz were the ‘Teacher’s Pets’ who scored a whopping 51 points. Here they are pictured below with their prizes. 

Commiserations to the team in last place who managed to secure the wooden spoon prize nicely – ‘1+1’. 

Thank you to all of our lovely staff who gave up their Friday night to make this event such a success. Special thanks to the quiz master- Mrs Forth.

Thank you Mairi, at the Mercat,  for allowing us to host the event at the Mercat and for helping us clear up afterward.

We were overwhelmed by the baking donations so a huge thank you to everyone who contributed. Everyone was able to enjoy a lovely half time refuel! (Champagne & Whisky not included). 

Congratulations to Lily who had the lucky star and won the champagne. Her Mum has promised to look after it until she’s 18. 

Congratulations to all of our prize winners. Some of the children took to modelling the prizes for Mrs Forth’s photo.

I hope you all have a very restful weekend. We will keep you updated with our progress in developing our outdoor area.

Happy Friday!

Mrs Christie

A wee post to say a huge thank you for all your donations for Primary 2/3’s Bug Hotel. We had an amazing response from across the school so thank you!

We even had so much stuff we managed to make 2!!

Pop over to P2/3 blog to see the full blog post about our afternoon.

Good Morning Everyone,

We are all looking forward to welcoming our Primary 7s back to school, it’s been a quiet few days without them.

First, a huge thank you for your kind donations to Marie Curie. We raised £56.30 for the charity. The children looked fantastic in their yellow clothing, bobbles, socks and even some lovely hats made an appearance too.

I saw some very fancy socks as I arrived back at school yesterday. A huge thank you to you for supporting Downs Syndrome Awareness day too. I’m sure Mrs Nimmons will let us know the total raised very soon.

A HUGE thank you from Miss Bruce and Primary 2/3 for all of your kind donations. I have a feeling a super Bug Hotel will appear in the garden very soon.

A couple of reminders for the week ahead:

• The Nursery Quiz night is tomorrow in the Mercat Centre at 7.00pm. £5 per head. Raffle tickets will also be on sale for £1 a strip. You could be in with  the chance of winning a lovely Family Night In hamper. There will also be some more games on the night so bring some spare change too. If anyone has any spare time on their hands, we’d really appreciate some baking donations. Looking forward to seeing lots of you there.

• The Easter Egg Raffle tickets are selling well. This won’t be drawn until Tuesday so there’s still plenty time to purchase your tickets. £1 a strip or 20p a ticket. Many thanks to those of you who have already purchased a ticket.
• Don’t forget all classes will be going to the Woods next Tuesday in the hope to catch the Easter Bunny so come prepared.
• You will shortly receive a Parent Contact Appointment for your child, please contact the school if you are unable to attend.
• The Nursery have sent information out about their Easter Egg Hunt with the Toddler Group on Wednesday. Please speak to a member of staff if you missed this.
• Our End of Term Service is on Wednesday 28th March at 2.00pm, we look forward to seeing lots of you then.

Day 3 is coming to a close. The children have had a super morning stripping beds, eating breakfast, packing their bags and finishing off their final activities.

We are currently back at the centre enjoying our lunch before we make the trip home.

The children have been a true credit to you (their parents) and us (school staff). We should all be feeling very proud. We hope to arrive back at the Academy for approximately 4.00pm. Ms Brewer & I will wait with the children until everyone is collected.

See you all soon 😊

Mrs Christie has arrived safe and sound and has taken over from Ms Brewer. 

Day 2 was just as successful as day 1. The sun shone again but there was still a chill in the air. The children took part in a variety of activities in their groupings again. They enjoyed a lovely meal of tomato soup, macaroni and peaches and ice-cream. Many rosy cheeks glowed around the room as I arrived. It’s clearly been a very tiring day! Woodland walks and nightlining took place after dinner followed by a hot chocolate and some biscuits for bed.

Here are some photographs of their day below. I’m sure the children will be sad to leave tomorrow. Some firm friendships and precious memories have already been created.

Bus due back to Invergordon Academy at approximately 3.00pm tomorrow.

Goodnight 😴

Recently, the Early Level Class was visited by the Care Inspectorate to ensure we are continuing to meet the standards set by them. They have produced a report of their inspection findings which you can read below.

Inspection Report 2018

A huge thank you to all of our parents and carers who were able to make it along this morning. I hope you found the session useful, informative and fun!

I’m sure you’ll agree the children were fantastic and lots of fun was had by the adults too. I managed to take a couple of photographs from the day which you will see below.

We are delighted with the suggestions on how to move forward such as doing a similar workshop for Numeracy and running a workshop nearer the beginning of Primary 1. Please be assured we will take these on board and aim to adapt accordingly.

Thank you again for your participation, don’t hesitate to get in touch if you missed the event today but you’d like to learn more. A huge thank you to all of the staff who helped make this morning such a success, we really appreciate your support. 

Please note there was a small discrepancy in the price for the Quiz Team entry on the Newsletter. The Price will be £5 per person and not £5 per team. 

This includes tea, coffee and cake as well as a night of fantastic entertainment.

All proceeds will go toward Nursery Fund.

We look forward to welcoming all Primary 1-3 parents at our workshop today from 9.00am. This will be an opportunity for you to see the kind of activities we use in school to support your child and how they can easily be adapted for home. Your child will also be attending the workshop and you will work alongside your child.

Please enter through the side door of the gym where you will be asked to sign in.

Don’t forget to let us know if you can’t make it and we will arrange another time slot for you.

Good Morning Everyone,

Mrs Sinclair is very busy working on the Newsletter but in the mean time, please save the following dates.

P1-3 Parents – Friday 9th March – All P1-3 Parents invited to attend a Literacy Workshop led by school staff at 9.00am in the school gym hall. This will be a hands on workshop where you will work alongside your child – don’t worry nobody will be put on the spot!

P4-7 Parents As I’m sure you are aware the Ross- Shire Primary Cross Country event due to take place on Friday was postponed following the severe weather warnings last week. A new date has been set which will be communicated to you very soon.

All Staff, Parents, Friends & Members of the Community – Friday 23rd March – Cake & Quiz night in the Mercat Centre to raise money for Nursery fund. More information to follow.