Last day in school 2007

We had a great turnout of parents/grandparents at the Kirk service and the children participated well, making it a pleasant and relaxed place to be in.
After the service, the retiring collection brought in £92, which when added to last year's money should give us the opportunity to help a child in South America, by sponsoring them for one year through World Vision.
Should you wish to do the same then follow the web address provided below:
https://www.worldvision.org.uk/server/show/nav.29
It really does make a difference to a child or family out there, and every donation can help. We look forward to telling you a bit more about the child we are sponsoring.

Can I take the opportunity of wishing you and your loved ones A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

Christmas Service

On Thursday, 20th December 2007. at 1.15pm, we will be holding our Christmas Service. As usual we would like to invite everyone who would like to, to attend. We'd like to finish off the year together amongst the community and we can't think of a better way of doing it than by sharing our carols and thoughts with you!
Our Service will be approximately one hour long, however we would ask anyone with children in P1/2/3 classes to collect them from the school after the Service.


Tarves Primary School Christmas Service
Thursday 20th December 2007 at 1.15pm

Percussion: Primary 5, 6, and 7.
Welcome: Connor McCraith
Hymn 441 : Sussex Carol P4/5/6/7

Violins: Selection of Christmas Carols –
We Three Kings,
The First Noel, I Saw Three Ships,
Good King Wenceslas.

Hymn 12: Away In A Manger
Primary 1, 2 and 3 & Nursery

Hymn 110: Infant Holy P4/5/6/7

Nativity in Rhyme – Primary 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Songs- Clip Clop, No Vacancies, Go Tell It On The Mountain

They Called His Name Jesus
Primary 1, 2 and 3 & Nursery

Percussion: Primary 5, 6, and 7.

Hymn 219: Silent Night (All)

Minister

Mr Gorski

Hymn 182: O Little Town Of Bethlehem (All)

The Nativity Performance

Weren't they good?!! We were delighted to see so many people turning out today in the Melvin Hall, on what was a bitterly cold morning. The children managed to heat us up with their lovely singing and their 'on the stage' antics. No one can ever predict the outcome of these Nativities, and I've been going to them for thirty years!!
What's bound to appeal is the children's participation at an age when they are still not aware of themselves on stage. This of course often leads to some wonderful moments for the audience.
I'm sure, that if you attended today, you'll have those moments etched into your brain for many years to come!
Thanks to everyone for making it a success and to the children themselves for all their hard work.

Nativity Moments

It's that time of year again and our youngest children have done us proud! Many thanks to all the parents for getting their costumes ready!!

Even our youngest children in the nursery proved that they could sing and remember their lines

There were so many angels around that you could forget there was the occasional disagreement during the year.

Mary settled down with baby Jesus and Joseph nursed his black eye!!

Council's Best Value Review of Sport and Leisure

Aberdeenshire Council are carrying out a survey of the views of those people who do not use council leisure facilities for whatever reason. Their aim is to identify actions that can be taken to make the facilities more attractive to more people.
If you would like to give feedback on this topic, please go to the council webpage to complete an online questionnaire or copy the following link into your browser to respond:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=pjI3J2w7PK9o48TUjRrWng_3d_3d

Many thanks!

P7 Trip in May

Thank you to all of the parents who have responded in relation to the trip to Poland. It is clear that I have your support in this venture and I am pleased to announce that we should have 13-14 children travelling along with 10-11 adults, making a party size of 25.
I can now go ahead and start to make the necessary arrangements. I expect the flight details to be released any day now and hope to make firm bookings by the end of the week.
Those of you who can place a deposit before Christmas should do so as I require to make the bookings using my own credit card!
Watch this page for more news about this trip!

Santa's Helpers

Santa wrote me a letter last week saying that he was impressed by how hard the Tarves PTA had worked in 2007. In particular, he mentioned a few elves who had made sure that the gifts from Lapland had been labeled correctly and packed to Santa's exacting standards.

He also said that the parents deserved a pat on the back for providing so many special treats for the children's parties. The tables were absolutely full and any food leftover would be given out at playtimes to the children in the final week running up to the Christmas break.

Santa asked me to ask the boys and girls whether they prefered him in his 'cool shades' or without them?

Give us your opinion in the comments section and get interactive with us!!

There are no excuses for not gettuing in touch with us!


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Into the Final week before Christmas

The children are excited, and by the time you read this they would have celebrated the Christmas parties and Santa would have paid them a visit.

In addition to all of that the nursery and children in P1-4 have been preparing their Nativity Play entitled 'Tinsel & Teatowels'.

We would like to invite you to their performance of this in the Melvin Hall on Wednesday, 19th December 2007 at 9.45 am. Tickets are available from the school and at the door.

Come and see the children perform their lines and songs and marvel at their enthusiasm and application. Something not to be missed!!!

As a footnote can I thank everyone involved with the play in any way for their help. It is always truly appreciated.!

See some of the children's Early videos

We have another 'Blog' site that we will use to share material from other schools.
We are just starting on eTwinning and have made contact with a school in Poland and one in France.
We will be sharing our work with them and that is why the 'Blog' is called 'The School Meeting Place'.
Find it at http://tarvessch.blogspot.com/
Our Blog site will soon only be accessible to parents/guardians and eTwinning associates and we hope to keep it a healthy and safe environment.

School Parties

This week I would like to remind you about the children's parties.
On Thursday we will have the P1/2/3 party, starting at 1.15pm, with early lunches from 12.00 pm - 1.00 pm.
On Friday the nursery class will hold its party in the morning and the P5/6/7 classes will have their party in the afternoon.
All our children have been very good so Santa has agreed to visit them!
Would you please remember that there does not need to be a large amount of party food. as the children would have had their lunch some hour and a half earlier.
Could we ask you to make your donations for the parties on the day of the party, in order that any perishable item remains in top condition. Please choose a 'healthy option' if you can... however parties are special and 'treats' in moderation will also be accepted.
Thank you to the mums on the PTA for offering their help in preparing for the party and Santa's visit.

SCHOOL CLASS CALENDARS

Many of you will be aware that class calendars will be available for sale from next week priced £2 each.
Get your copy ordered as they will only be produced on request!

OUR NEW SITE!

Welcome !

For some time now we have been keen to set up a site that will allow the children at the school to show you what they are capable of.

We wanted to have a site that is interactive and alive, and we hope that this adventure into 'blogging' will allow us to do that!

Hopefully this site will make more progress than our original web site which has remained dormant for so many years.

We hope that you will be able to interact with us on this site and give us suggestions or help.

Thanks!