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14th December,
2004 |
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Dear
Parents,
I would like to begin by thanking you all for the
patience shown by everyone as the new building
progresses. We are on schedule, not least behind-the-scenes,
where more preparatory work is going on to make
internal alterations to the main building, the
kitchen and the art room in order to provide more
space for the pre-school, the music department
and the kitchen. More details of these
alterations will come later in the year. Whilst
the building process is going well, I cannot
stress enough the need to continue to be careful
when collecting and delivering the children,
always giving priority to the children whenever
and wherever cars and children mix.
Thank you also to those of you who were chosen by
the Care Commission to complete parental
questionnaires for the recent follow-up
inspection. That inspection has gone very well,
underlining the strength of the relationships
between the staff and pupils and between the
school and parents. There are no outstanding
issues from the inspection and, thankfully, we
have been advised that we will not be visited
again until next year. Regardless of how happy we
might be with things in school, inspections of
any sort are stressful and I am grateful to all
the staff for the manner in which they continue
to work with the children in spite of the
disruption that inspection can cause.
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Working
hard ! |
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St.
Andrew’s Day |
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I’m a
reindeer in disguise ! |
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Looking
ahead to next year, we are doing very well for
registrations into Form I. I always give priority
to existing Craigclowan families, so it would be
a great help to me to know if you are thinking
about Form I, or indeed a class higher up the
school for siblings so that I can avoid any
difficulties about places later in the year. If
any of you would like to look at any of the
classes in the main school, I would be delighted
to show you around.
From a practical point of view, I will be
available until Friday, December 17th and the
office will be manned until Thursday, December 23rd.
We will be closed between Christmas and New Year
but the office will open again on Monday, January
3rd. As always, do not hesitate to be in touch if
there are any matters arising.
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Santa’s
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Is he the
real Santa? |
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Ho, ho, ho
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Finally, I
would like to say thankyou to Jean Beattie who
has retired from late prep. Nothing was too much
trouble for Jean and I am pleased to say that she
is recovering from her illness. For those of you
using late prep, Jean’s role is now being
filled by Omy Lawrie. Omy has been with us for
many years and has simply switched roles from the
senior children to those attending from the pre-school
and the younger classes in the main school.
We wish you all a restful and happy Christmas,
whilst looking forward to seeing you all back in
January.
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With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Mike Beale |
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