01/12/2023
Happy Friday everyone!
This term is passing very quickly. There are many wonderful things happening before we break up and the school is starting to be filled with Christmas cheer!
Fundraising
This year so far we have raised:
£148 for Children in Need.
£491 from the Baxter's sponsored race.
£480 from our sponsored Wellie Waddle.
Ruairidh and Lewis have collected £80 which will go towards Central Football team strips.
Well done to all the children and thank you for all your donations sent in.
Police Visit
On Thursday our Community Beat Officer visited P6 and P7 to chat with the children about racism and the law in relation to this.
Kidical Mass - December 2nd
Children of all ages are warmly invited to our Inverness CHRISTMAS RIDE this weekend - Saturday Dec 2nd! Please come along if you haven’t been before – this is a great chance to meet in a supervised environment, cycle and have lots of fun, whilst contributing to a very worthy cause. Attendance is free. This is the last Kidical Mass North event before March 2024.
We will set off from Bellfield Park at 1.30pm on bikes, trikes, wheelchairs, adapted cycles, balance bikes or any other means of active travel. Heading north, we cross the river at Ness Bridge and then continue southwards, on the other side, to finish just outside the Highland Archives Centre. The entire route is secured by marshals and takes about 30mins to complete.
As usual, there will be cakes, refreshments and fun activities at our destination. Despite SANTA’s busy schedule, he has promised to be there! We also have a BUBBLE MAGICIAN, a pre-loved GIFT SWAP (children bring a toy and select another at random from our hessian sac), the SMOOTHIE BIKE and our very own CHRISTMASAURUS! It’s also time to REVEAL the name for our new pedal-mobile.
For more information, see www.kidicalmassnorth.co.uk, Facebook - https://fb.me/e/1Ojz7tCam or Twitter @kidicalmassinv
Or email kidicalmassnorth@gmail.com with any questions.
Football Team
Our Central Football Team is looking to recruit new P4-7 players. During weekly training, pupils get the chance to develop their skills through a variety of drills and activities, and will go on to play a game to help them put their skills into practice. Attendance is free.
Get in touch with the school office if you would like to join.
Training days and times are posted on the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/623279148158039
Absence
If a pupil is absent from school, a parent or guardian should phone the school on the first day of absence, on either the school absence line School 01463 257649 or the school number 01463 233 906 (after 08:30am) or email central.school@highland.gov.uk.
Home School Partnership Learning
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week by learning to Code.
The annual event promote fairness in computer science education and celebrate the contributions and achievements of students, teachers, and practitioners.
The ‘Hour Of Code’ is a global event designed to show children how the programs and apps they use in their everyday lives are created using computer code.
It offers one-hour tutorials in over 45 different languages to help children learn the basics of coding, make it clearer and easier to understand, and widen participation.
The Hour of Code https://hourofcode.com/uk/learn
Rodocodo coding game https://game.rodocodo.com/hour-of-code/
Pupil comments about learning this week
''Firefighter came and showed us how to use the hose. We were learning about road safety.''
''We have been learning syllables. We are learning months of the year and days. Our spelling sounds were v and ng.
''In PE, we did social dancing.''
''We were writing Los and Found story in paragraphs. We have been making Christmas wreaths.''
''We were learning BODMAS (order of operations) and practising times tables. We made kilts for St.Andrew Day.''
''We were practising for our assembly and we have been writing Lost and Found story. We have been researching about all the celebrations.''
''We have been learning our Christmas songs and learning Christmas poems.''