Communications
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Balgreen Culture Day
At Balgreen, we are very proud of our diversity and want to celebrate and raise awareness of the many and varied cultures, languages, nationalities and religions represented by our pupils. To that end, and responding to the wonderful ideas of the pupils themselves, we would like to let you know about Balgreen Culture Day which will take place on Wednesday 8th June. Children are invited to come to school on 8th June wearing something which they feel reflects their culture...
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Balgreen PS May Newsletter
Please see attached the May edition of our newsletter. It has been a busy month and next month is looking likely to be busy too. Can I remind you that tomorrow was originally planned to be a school holiday but this is no longer the case as the holiday date has been moved to the start of June to be part of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations.
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Free Bike Safety Check
The council planning to run a Dr Bike Session on Saturday 21 May from 10 am – 2pm on the Old Colt Bridge. There will be a stall from Sustrans and the Police are also coming to offer advice on bike theft prevention. See attached for more details.
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Sports Day Volunteers
We need your help! We are all so excited this year to be having a Sports Day! We would love you to get in touch with the school if you can help us on the day. 0131 337 6066 Sports Day is Friday 27th May. Thank you once again for your continued support.
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Mid Morning Milk Bookings
Please be aware that milk bookings for the period 23/05/2022 until 01/07/2022 are now live. Bookings will close on Tuesday 24th May at midnight. If you wish your child to have milk in this period, please pay £4.65 via ParentPay. Please note that if your child is entitled to free milk this will be provided. Similarly, if you have paid annually.
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Book Fair
The Book Fair has arrived in school with hundreds of new children’s books to browse and buy. Come and join us! Children will have the opportunity to browse the selection of books on either Wednesday or Thursday with their class next week, with a further opportunity to view books on parents’ evening. Those wishing to purchase a book will be provided with an order form that will need to be completed and returned to their class teacher no later than...
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Lost Property/ Pre Loved Clothes
Please find attached a PDF with all the lost property that has been found at the school. This is all items without children's names which needs to be reunited with its owner. This lost property will be with the lost property team until Wednesday when it will be taken back to school and available on Wednesday/Thursday evening, during parent consultations, in the school gym hall for you to collect your child's item. All these items will be held until Friday...
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Fort Douglas at Dalkeith Country Park
Please look out for a letter in your child's bag. Please sign and return the tear off slip.
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Active Schools Summer Camp
Please find attached information about Active Schools Summer Camps which may or may not be of interest to you.
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Parent Consultation Bookings May 2022
Please find attached details of the upcoming Parent Consultation Evenings. Please also note that on both evenings you will have the opportunity to browse the Travelling Book Fair and our Pre Loved Uniform. These will be located in the school hall. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
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April Newsletter 2022
Please see the attached newsletter detailing events from this term and looking ahead at next term. Have an amazing break and we look forward to seeing pupils back in school on the 25th April.
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Healthy Eating School
Balgreen Primary School endeavours to be a “Healthy Eating School” and we have discussed at assembly today the importance of bringing healthy snacks for morning break. The children suggested that cereal bars, a piece of fruit, a small bag of baked crisps, vegetable sticks, a lo-sugar biscuit or a small sandwich would be appropriate. Children should not bring in sugary sweets, large ‘share’ bags of crisps or whole packets of biscuits.We would appreciate that parents and carers support this by...
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