Our school had its 8 seconds of fame last weekend! Gordon Brown gave a press conference in our assembly hall and outside my office. It was strange to see the school on SKY news as well as BBC and STV. If only we’d realised that we would have such a wide audience, we would have advertised a fundraising project! If you need to contact us with any concerns or queries, please phone the school office (01383 602454) or contact us via e-mail [email protected] or me, the Headteacher, Tamsin Johnston, at [email protected] Please be aware that ALL visitors to the school, including parents, must enter the building via the main door and report to the school office prior to leaving the foyer. The PTA AGM takes place on Monday 29th September at 7pm in the school staff room. We would like to encourage as many parents as possible to come along. Everyone is welcome whether you would like to be involved a little or a lot. This is our chance to review last year's fundraising and vote for the committee representatives. The PTA fundraising activities help to provide excellent resources within the school which benefit every pupil. We very much look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible and welcome any new fundraising ideas. . Young Enterprise – Loom Band Stall A small group of our P6 boys are very keen to run a ‘Loom Band’ stall in order to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. The stall will be running during the course of next week: Wed 1st Oct to Friday 3rd Oct. All pupils will be given the opportunity to come along and buy loom bands during morning break. To ensure as many pupils as possible get the opportunity to buy, there will be purchase restriction of two loom bands per child. Loom bands will be sold at the following prices: Rings 25p ‘We have been working really hard at home and Singles 40p in school to make as many high quality loom Fishtail 50p bands as possible to raise money for charity. We Double Single 70p hope you come and support us by buying our Inverse 70p products.’ Room 13 boys Starbursts £1 (limited amount) We have recently received complaints of adults smoking in the school grounds, while waiting to collect children. Please be aware that as per Fife Council Policy, it is not permitted to smoke anywhere in the confines of a school (including playing fields). Bank of Scotland Community Fund We have reached the halfway stage of the Bank of Scotland Community Fund public vote. Over 38,000 have been cast so far by SMS text, Twitter and online voting - a fantastic start! Here is an update of the online, SMS and Twitter votes cast so far. Votes* for Dalgety Bay Primary School Total number of votes: 160 Current rank in Dunfermline & Central Fife: 1 (out of 4) *Please note that this vote total does not include votes cast in branches. Branch votes will be added in after voting closes on 10 October 2014. Two weeks to go With just over two weeks of voting to go, now is the time to encourage as many people as you can to vote for your good cause. Update your website, any social media pages, your email footers and anywhere else that mentions Community Fund to say that voting closes at 11:59pm on Friday 10 October 2014. A reminder of your voting information Your Online Profile: http://bos-cf.co.uk/GPV SMS Text Code: GPV. Voters should send the message 'Vote GPV' to 82332 (or to +447860 014 500 instead of 82332 - if voting from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands Dates for your diary: 29th September - Room 9 to Forth Road Bridge 29th September - P.T.A. A.G.M. 7pm in staffroom – all welcome 7th October - Rooms 11&12 to Dundee Science Centre 7th October – Parents Evening: 5pm – 8pm 9th October – Parents Evening: 4pm – 7pm 10th October – Term Ends: 13th November – Inset Day – School Closed – Nursery Open 14th November – Inset Day School & Nursery Closed 19th November – P1-7 Together Time 2:15pm 2nd December – P1 Together Time 2:15pm 10th December – P6 Party (PM) 11th December – P5 Party (PM) 12th December – P7 Party (PM) 15th December – P4 Party (PM) 16th December – P3 Party (PM) 17th December – P2 Party (PM) 3pm