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www.carrongrange.falkirk.sch.uk 22.10.10 No. 3

Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome to our end of October newsletter. I hope you enjoyed a restful holiday week.
Our first week back has been very sad, following the death of Mrs Mason, and I know you will join me in passing on our
thoughts and sympathy to her husband. She will be sadly missed in school.
Thank you to all of you who supported our 10th Birthday Celebrations. Our Assembly was very well attended, and all
comments we received were very complimentary: the pupils involved all did extremely well, and everyone really
enjoyed the celebration.
Our own party was very well-organised by Miss Austin, Mrs Shaw and the DJing group – many thanks to ASDA who
provided the refreshments for this. Twenty-five former pupils came along to our Reunion, and thoroughly enjoyed
catching up with each other and reminiscing about their time at the school here.
Thank you to all staff who were involved, particularly to Mrs Leishman for organising the decorating of the hall, Mrs
Moore for organising the photographs, Mrs Macguire and her Catering Group who catered both for the Assembly and
the Reunion, to Mrs Reid for organising the raffle, which raised £223, and to Mrs Peat, Mr McGinley and Mr Walker
for their help at the Assembly.
Thank you also to all of you who attended our Parents’ Information Afternoon, again, this was well attended and gave
everyone a chance to see some examples of curricular resources in use in the school.
At the time of writing, some of our S4 pupils are away in Pitlochrie, enjoying great Autumn weather and having lots of
fun – we look forward to hearing all about their adventures when they return!
I hope you will be able to join us for our next Assembly on Monday, 25th at 9.15 am – I look forward to seeing you
there.
We also look forward to meeting with you again at our Parent’s Nights – dates below - when you will have the
opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with their teachers: you will receive an interim report summarising their
progress prior to the Parents’ Nights.
It seems hard to believe that we are almost at the time of year to be organising our trip to Cumbernauld Theatre for
the Christmas Pantomime – details of dates and costs will follow next week.
Please note the school will be closed to pupils on the 3 InService Days – dates below.
Very Best Wishes

Gillian Robertson
Headteacher

Monday 22nd November - S4-S6 Parents Night - 4.00 -6.30pm

Monday 29th November - S1-S3 Parents Night - 4.00 - 6.30pm

Assembly Dates
Monday 25th October at 9.15am - Whole School Assembly
Dates for your Diary
Tuesday 30th November at 9.15am - Whole School Assembly
Friday 12th, Monday 15th and Tuesday
You are welcome to join us for a cuppa after
16th November - INSERVICE days -
each assembly. School closed to pupils
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Pupils of the Month

Bruce House Scott House Wallace House

Bronze Awards
1A - Kayleigh Allan, Lewis Kellett, Conner McArthur, Liza Murphy, Ross Vickers,
Leon Zanderbergen
1F - Cameron Brown, Molly Campbell, Chloe Ann Connell, Bradley Finch, Holly Moffat,
The Award System
Conner Purcell, Lyle Rettie, Erin Swinton, Alexander Thomson
is as follows -
2A - Stewart Adams, Bekka Blackwood, Tommy Buller, Jon Eadie, Jordan Grivas,
Saadia Iqbal, David Jinks
6 Blue Cards =
2G - Jamie Ciezlak, Asad Hussain, Cameron Lewandowski
Bronze Award
5 Bronze Awards = 2J - Darryl Davidson
Silver Award 2M - Darius Aikman, Lamara Boyce, Julie Ann Butler, Chloe Hamilton, Liam Rankin
5 more Bronze 3S – Melissa McIntyre, Jordan Montgomery, Zoe Murphy, Christopher Rooney,
Awards = Ashleigh Taylor, Kieran Wells
Gold Award

November Birthdays
2J - Ashleigh Hannah
3B - Liam Egan
3W - Shannon McPhillips, Nicole Sligo
5/6A - Zain Ul Abadean
5B - Christopher Teven
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10th Birthday Celebrations - Photographs

Assembly Disco

Reunion Party -The cake was cut

by Shirley Black who left in 2006.

MacMillan Coffee Morning 5N - Horseriding

On Thursday 30th September, S3 PALS group On Monday 4th of October
arranged a coffee morning to raise money for Ellaine and Kenneth went for
MacMillan Nurses. A lot of preparation went a carriage ride. The horse
into the day as pupils made up prize draw prizes, pulling the caarriage was
called Rogan.
tickets and pupils practised their entertainment.
Guests were entertained by ‘The Thursdays’ and
‘Christopher the Magician’ went round the
tables doing card tricks. A total of £135 was
raised. A big thank you to all who supported us.

Seasonal Flu and H1N1 Virus

Once again, can I remind you of the need for extra vigilance around seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus. To keep the
spread of infection to a minimum, please do not send your child to school if they have any of the following symptoms: -
high temperature, fever, headache, runny nose, sore throat, aching muscles and unusual tiredness. Please seek advice
from your GP. If your child develops any of these symptoms while at school, we would want to get them home as
quickly as possible, so please ensure that we can contact you easily. In addition, would you please remind your children
of the importance of thorough hand-washing and if they are sick please keep them off school for at least 48 hours
after they have been free of any symptoms.

Coming Soon

Carrongrange Has Got Talent

The auditions are underway and the stars are being chosen to take part in the show in December.

Further details to follow

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Parents Information Evening

An information evening will be held by Falkirk Council about the overall pupil results this year and to introduce the
new Localities Team who will support children and parents. The evening will be held at Camelon Education Centre on
Wednesday 17th November from 7.00-9.00pm. Please e-mail lorraine.speed@falkirk.gov.uk if you would like to attend.

Rag Bag Recycle

The school collected 172 kilos of rags and Hallowe’en Disco
received a cheque for £68.80 for school
Friday 29th October
funds. Thank you to all who contributed.
2.00 - 3.00pm

5N were given sponsor sheets by Bannockburn RDA Tickets £1.00

to raise money to help feed the horses through the
winter months. Karina Notarangelo raised £80.
Well done Karina.
Parent Council
Next Meeting - Monday 5th December at 5.15pm
All Welcome

Support for Learning Assistants, Jennifer Gillespie and

Jennifer Shaw attended a graduation ceremony and
were awarded a Certificate from the Scottish Qualifications
Authority on completion of their course. Well done to both of them.

INEOS Annual Children’s Christmas Party

Once again INEOS are holding the Annual Children’s Christmas Party for Carrongrange School.
The date of this is Sunday 12th December 2010 from 1.00—4.00pm in the INEOS staff restaurant,
Grangemouth. This is open to all S1-S6 pupils. You will need to make your own transport arrangements to
get your child to and from INEOS and if need be stay with them at the party. If you would like your child
to attend this party and you are staying with them, please complete the slip below and return to Mrs Knight
in the school office as soon as possible, so that we can let INEOS know the numbers. Once we have a list
of names, full details will be sent to you.

INEOS CHRISTMAS PARTY—SUNDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2010—1.00—4.00pm

Pupil Name: Class:

I would like my child to attend the INEOS Christmas Party. (Please tick)

I am able to transport my child. (Please tick) I am able to stay at the Party with my child. (Please tick)

Signed:……………………………………………………………………………..