Milton Primary School

Please find attached for your information.

At the moment children can get a school ‘picnic lunch’ from the canteen. All children in Nursery, P1, P2 and P3 are entitled to a free school lunch.

Children in P4-7 can purchase a lunch for £2.30 per day. Here is a an example of what they get…

Mairi’s soup is delicious and the fresh cooking smells coming from the canteen was making me feel very hungry!

Good Afternoon all,

All staff have thoroughly enjoyed welcoming the children back to School this week. A special thank you to parents for having them looking so smart and being so well organised as we all try to adapt to the new normal.

Just a little update on a few things that will be happening next week.

Mairi’s snack bar will not be open at break. Please provide your child with their own snack.

Please be mindful of your child’s footwear – we had lots of wet shoes and socks today and we are not able to provide additional footwear.

P.E Days – you may wish to provide your child with a full change but this is not necessary.

P1/2/3 – Tuesday & Thursday

P3/4/5 – Tuesday & Thursday

P5/6/7 – Wednesday & Friday

Woods Days – To start week beginning 24.08.20

School have waterproof clothing to provide. It’d be helpful if you could provide appropriate footwear but if they are wearing wellies to school, it might be a good idea to pop a pair of indoor shoes in their bag for that day.

P1/2/3– Monday

P3/4/5 – Wednesday

P5/6/7– Every second Thursday

Staffing Update

We welcome Mrs Murray back this year to teach Music. She will teach all classes on a Thursday.

P1/2/3

Mrs Martin will teach Primary 1/2/3 every Thursday to cover Miss Robinson’s time out.

P3/4/5

Mrs Christie has reduced her working time with us to four days per week. Miss Hunter will teach the class on a Monday and a Tuesday. Mrs Christie will be undertaking management/development tasks on a Tuesday. The children met Miss Hunter yesterday so hopefully this reassures them for Monday.

Mrs Martin will teach the class on a Friday afternoon to cover Mrs Christie’s time out of class.

Primary 5/6/7

Mrs Martin will teach Primary 5/6/7 on a Tuesday afternoon to cover Miss Crew’s time out of class.

Please find the link below to a letter shared by Highland Council today:

https://www.highland.gov.uk/downloads/file/22782/covid-19_resilience_planning_for_schools

Have a lovely weekend everyone, see you on Monday.

It has been so lovely to welcome the children back to school this week. They arrived with smiles and have been settling and adapting to the new routines really well.

We have noticed that not all children have a water bottle with them, if they don’t have one, it would be good if you could send one in as they are getting quite thirsty throughout the day.

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A school lunch service is available.  Over the first few weeks this will be a ‘Temporary Primary and Early Years packed lunch options’ menu.  The menu can be accessed at….https://www.highland.gov.uk/downloads/file/22689/temporary_primary_and_early_years_packed_lunch_options

We are starting on Week 4:

A few parents have been asking do the packed lunch boxes have to be plastic, short answer is no. Plastic is good as they can be wiped more easily when you get them home but there is no specification and fabric is fine if that is what you have.

Indoor shoes – they are optional but not essential but if you have already bought a pair take them in!

2 more sleeps…we can’t wait to welcome you all back!

Take care,

Gemma

Please find the Guide to support your child’s safe return to school. We hope the content answers many of the questions you have about this transition.

Nursery and Primary 1 Parents have been e-mailed separately.

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and I will do my best to answer them.

Have a super weekend and enjoy the last few days of the holidays.

Gemma Dunnett

Acting Head Teacher

Mrs Dunnett has arranged to drop off your child’s chromebook at Invergordon Academy on Monday. They will then be distributed to them on their first day at Secondary.

The Chromebooks have all been in appropriate quarantine and will be disinfected before being sent to the Secondary. Your child will be re-assigned their ‘old’ Chromebook.

We hope they’ve all had a lovely break and wish them lots of luck as they start their new journey at Invergordon Academy ☘

I hope you are well and enjoying the summer break! We are very much looking forward to welcoming you all back to school next week – it has been a long time coming!

A guide for parents is currently under construction! When we have further advice on Risk Assessments to be carried out before the return of the pupils, we will be in a position to share this guide with you. In the meantime I can share with you that…

All pupils from Primary 2 – Primary 7 will be returning to school full time from Wednesday 12th August unless you hear otherwise but this will shared with you individually.

Nursery and Primary 1 parents have had a separate note issued with their arrangements.

As always, if you have any questions or queries please get in touch with one of us and we will do our best to find the answers.

Enjoy the rest of your break! Stay safe and take care 🙂

Hello Everyone,

I am delighted to be joining the Milton Team, all I ever hear is what a super school it is so I am excited to be taking over as Head Teacher this term.

As most of you will be aware, the Scottish Government have announced all schools are to return in August. We are now making plans and we will share information with you as soon as possible.

Please click on the following links for a letter from our Head of Education and a list of Frequently asked questions.

I am really looking forward to welcoming all the children back and getting to know you all.

Kind regards,

Mrs Dunnett