FOX COVERT RC PRIMARY SCHOOL

END OF TERM NEWSLETTER

EU REFERENDUM

Please note that the school will be closed on

Thursday 23 June 2016 for the EU

Referendum. School will be open on Friday 24

June 2016.

Congratulations to the children in P6 and P7

for their production of The Rocky Monster

Show. The children have received many

positive comments about the show and their

performances. Thank you to the staff

involved in bringing this together and special

thanks to the many parents who helped with

costume and make up. Your involvement was

hugely appreciated.

The Cast of The Rocky Monster Show

FUNDRAISING

We were also very proud this week of Primary 6 as they showed

themselves to be excellent Ambassadors for the school when they ran

their business stalls at the Gyle and the Virgin Money Lounge. As part

of the Make £5 Grow Challenge, each child was ‘loaned’ £5 by Virgin

Money to create and deliver a business. The three businesses, Cake

Bakers, Jungle Rings and Santeez, together made a profit of £490.01.

Pupils from P6 at The Gyle Centre

Pupils from Primary 6 at the Virgin Money Lounge

This year P3 also took part in the initiative. They organised Christmas

crafts and an Easter Egg raffle which raised £300.

P5 took part in the £1 Challenge, individually coming up with ideas to

grow their pounds and deciding as a group how to spend or invest the

money. P5 chose to spend their money on a trip and use some to invest

in a developing business via Lend a Hand as well as a donation to Tong

Len.

Over the course of this session we have supported a range of charities

through donations of goods as well as fundraising: Edinburgh Direct

Aid, Mercy Corp, Sciaf, Unicef, Samaritan’s Purse shoe box presents

and Tong Len. Children have also used some of the profit from their

Make £5 grow to invest in business in other countries through the

organisation Lend with Care. Dragon’s Den here we come.

Thank you to our families for being generous in so many ways – buying

raffle tickets; donating items for the container shipment, Christmas

hampers etc.

Overall we have raised approximately £1887.38 for all of our

charitable links.

SPORTS

Congratulations again

to the P6 and P7

athletes who formed

part of the joint

Interscholastics

Sports team and

achieved a fantastic

result winning both

the girls trophy and

the overall trophy.

More sporting success was achieved by the football team who took part

in the Clermiston & Drumbrae Gala, bringing the winners’ shield back to

school with them. Well done.

Our Cross Country team took part in the Cross Country heats at

Saughton and the finals at Inverleith and achieved some very good

results.

We also had great representation at the recent Edinburgh Marathon

Festival weekend.

Thank you must go to Mrs Prentice for her commitment to the Cross

Country club and to Mrs Watt, a dedicated helper.

AWARDS

Our work in setting up a school Credit Union earned us a Schools of

Cooperation Award – Level 1 from the Cooperative Education Trust

Scotland

The children continue to take their Credit Union roles very seriously,

and next session we will be recruiting new pupil tellers. Thank you to

the parent helpers who supervise the sessions for us. We couldn’t do it

without you. If any other parent is able to offer their support please

contact the office. Sessions take place every 2-3 weeks on a Friday

morning for approximately 1 hour.

Children have also been busy in their pupils groups with great benefit

to wider school community. They were responsible for the significant

achievements. This year we have successfully gained our 3rd Eco

Schools Green Flag

and our Level 1 Award as a Rights Respecting School.

LEVEL 1 ACHIEVED: RIGHTS RESPECTING SCHOOLS AWARD

PUPIL GROUPS

The Pupil Council are making plans for

the celebration of Roald Dahl’s 100th

birthday.

The Charity Group have been planning a fun run for our Teddy

Bears Picnic.

The Wildlife and Gardening Group have planted bulbs and

bedding plants, fed the birds and made animal homes.

The ICT Group are planning their involvement in our new school

web-site which will be launching soon.

ST AUGUSTINE’S HIGH SCHOOL

This session pupils from P5 to P7 have taken part in a range of

transition activities. We were also pleased to welcome S6 pupils as

guides for our Open Morning in November. It is fantastic to see how

well they have done and hear about their plans for the future.

Today’s Science: Tomorrow’s Engineers – Teams of pupils took part in

this competition at St Augustine’s. Pupils competed against other local

primary schools, presenting their work to judges from industry and the

Universities. Teams had been developing solutions to improving

accessibility for people with disabilities. Our pupils did extremely well

Fraser Watt, Freddie Owens and Liam Haughian winning a first place

and Ciara Boyton and Grace McGinley coming second. As well as taking

1st and 2nd place, many pupils were highly commended for their designs.

The judges commented on the level of organisation and planning, and

the quality of the presentations.

P5 Club Golf – P5 took part in an area golf tournament at St

Augustine’s.

P6 Maths Challenge – P6s from all five cluster primary schools took

part in a maths challenge in mixed schools groups. Children worked

together to solve a range of problem solving tasks. Congratulations to

Grace McGinley and Isla Gilchrist-McKerron for winning their category.

P6 Games at the Hub – Pupils from P6 participated in the Football and

Rugby at this event. They represented our school very well.

P6/P7 Triathlon – Pupils took part in a mini triathlon, swimming, cycling

and running their way around the St Augustine’s campus.

P7 Curricular Visits – P7 visited the Home Economics department over

a 4 week block as part of their transition year.

P7 Retreat Day – All five cluster primaries came together at St

Augustine’s High School for a Retreat Day. They formed mixed groups

and took part in art, music and dance activities before celebrating Mass

with their new friends.

PARENT COUNCIL

The Parent Council have been very active this year organising a range of

social and fundraising events from Discos to Quiz Nights. A fantastic

amount has been raised and has been used to buy a new Smartboard,

lots of new reading books, to support our new reading and phonics

programme as well as. The Parent Council have also played an important

role in the planning and design process for the new classroom block and

the multi-sports pitch. We are always keen to have more ideas and

involvement so please come along to our first meeting next session and

meet new people, share your ideas and explore how you can become

involved.

PRIMARY 7

The next two weeks see our P1 pupils visit their new school while our P7

pupils prepare to leave. P7 activities coming up:

P7 Transition Days which take place on 22 June and 23 June for

Craigmount High School and 21, 22, and 23 June for The Royal

High School and St Augustine’s High School.

P7 Leavers’ Party on Thursday 23 June at St Cuthbert’s RC

Primary School from 7.00pm

P7 Leavers’ Assembly on Tuesday 28 June at 2.30pm

P7 Leavers’ Mass on Wednesday 29 June at 9.00am at St John’s

The Leavers’ Assembly for P7 parents/carers but all parent/carers are

welcome to join us for our Leavers’ Mass.

Our P7 have shown a great attitude this year, not only towards their

learning but also as role models, buddies and responsible and mature

members of our school. I am sure our P6 will pick up that mantle and

make it their own.

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Dancing – Congratulations to Grace Watt who has been selected as part

of Team Scotland who are competing at the Dance World Cup in Jersey.

Choir – sang for the Lord Provost at the launch of Corstophine Hall

rebuild project.

Scottish Mathematical Council Mathematics Challenge –

Congratulations to Mahika Yaga who part in this challenge and won a

gold award.

Congratulations to the following pupils on their achievements:

Harry Storie (P2) who achieved a 1st and 3rd in Athletics held at

Drumbrae Leisure Centre

Orla Hogarth (P3) who achieved a 2nd and 3rd in the Atletics at

Drumbrae Leisure Centre

To Finlay Storie (P4) who received his 4th Kup in Taekwon-Do

NEXT SESSION

We are off to a busy start in August with our school’s 50th Anniversary

celebrations. More information will follow soon but we plan to start the

year with a block of learning relating to our Anniversary e.g. local

history, the 60s, changes through the decades etc.

If you are a past pupil and would like to become involved, perhaps

sharing your own memories with current pupils, please let us know. We

will hold a celebration event and this is still to be finalised.

We will also celebrate an anniversary Mass, celebrated by Archbishop

Leo Cushley on 9 September in the school. All families will be invited.

Father Piotr and Father James have played a significant role in the

school this year working with all classes and helping us to prepare the

children for Sacraments. We value their partnership enormously.

Other early activities planned include:

P1 Literacy Workshop -

Photographs -

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Edinburgh International Festival

Roald Dahl Day

P5 Skiing block

Finally, I would like to thank everyone for their support and

involvement over the year, whether helping at or attending school

events, helping on trips, supporting teachers and pupils in school with

reading activities, but mostly working together with us to support your

child’s learning.

We will say goodbye to our new friends from Forthview Primary and

look forward to an exciting school year ahead, with our new name,

opened classrooms and our multi sports pitch installed.

I wish everyone a very relaxing and enjoyable summer.

CALDENDAR TO END OF JUNE

Date Time

21/6/16 –

23/6/16

All Day P7 Transition to The Royal

High & St Augustine’s

22/6/16 –

23/6/16

All Day P7 Transition to Craigmount

23/6/16 ALL DAY IN SERVICE DAY –

SCHOOL CLOSED EU

REFERENDUM

27/6/16 Teddy Bears Picnic – Please

bring your teddy bear

28/6/16 2.30pm P7 Leavers’ Assembly

29/6/16 8.50am P7 Leavers’ Mass @ St

John’s – All pupils should

arrive at church for 8.50am

30/6/16 12 NOON TERM ENDS

NEW SESSION DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Date Time

15/8/16 IN SERVICE DAY

16/8/16 IN SERVICE DAY

17/8/16 PUPILS RESUME

22/8/16 10.30am P6 – Edinburgh Book Festival

22/8/16 1.30pm P5 – Edinburgh Book Festival

23/8/16 10.00am P3 – Edinburgh Book Festival

25/8/16 10.00am P2 – Edinburgh Book Festival

25/8/16 12.30pm P7 – Edinburgh Book Festival

25/8/16 2.15pm P1 Literacy Workshop

29/8/16 11.00am P7 – Edinburgh Int. Festival

30/8/16 10.30am P4 – Edinburgh Book Festival

30/8/16 Tempest Photography

August School 50th Anniversary

Celebrations

9/9/16 am Anniversary Mass in School

13/09/2016 Roald Dahl Day

October &

April

P5 Skiing