Orphir Community School Newsletter
Tuesday 7 February 2017
CERTIFICATES
Confident Individual (CI), Effective Contributor (EC),
Responsible Citizen (RC) or Successful Learner (SL)
Murray Dundas
Max Findlay
Noah Finn
Robbie Leslie
Max Findlay
Erlend Bailey
Freya Stuart
James Croy
Caitlin Smith
Primary 1, 2, 3
Murray Dundas
Gary Morton
Ali Muir
Harvey Slater
Archie Ballantyne
Iona Dundas
Imogen Flett
Keira Lowe
Maisie Stevenson
Becky Tait
News
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Fun Fours
CI
Being Ophir’s first Fun Fours Football Team for 2017
CI
CI
CI
EC
EC
RC
RC
RC
RC
RC
SL
SL
SL
SL
SL
SL
An excellent first draft of his thank you letter
A great attitude towards writing
A great attitude towards learning in Maths
Great improvement in engagement in the classroom
A higher level of focus in number work
Being excellent ambassadors for Orphir School on our trip
Always giving his best to tasks set
Being exceptionally helpful and welcoming for Mrs Cromarty
Improving independent working skills in Maths
Caring for others through the School
Excellent independent work completing headings for leaflet
Working on a reading comprehension task to a high standard
Brilliant work in ‘The Chase’ story
Fantastic independence creating a pictogram
Massive effort and success in multiplication work
Great note making in topic work
Message from Sarah Finn:
It was brilliant to have an Orphir team
(Sat 28 Jan) for the first time. They
played really well together and had lots
of fun. The next one is Saturday 18th
February, it would be great to have more
kids from Orphir P1-4 join us, there is a
large mixture of ability and it's a good
chance to run around, make friends and
have fun.
From Bruce:
Well done boys! A massive thank you
to Sarah and Matthew Finn for their
input to the football on a Wednesday
night. It is great to see so many of that
age get to experience football in a fun
environment while learning the skills at
the same time.
Parent Council Meeting –AGM and
Meeting
The AGM and subsequent committee
meeting was held on 1 February. The
following office bearers were voted in:

Chair
Vice-Chair
Treasurer
Minutes Secretary
Committee Members:
Shona Garson
Mike Lowe
Staff Representative
Head Teacher
Greg Whitton
Mark Edmonds
Katy Beaton
Barbara Scollay
We have had a few queries from folks
wondering about bedding and the
Salvation Army will take the following
items:
Clean wearable clothing
Shoes
Handbags
Belts/Ties
Bedding
Towels
(No duvets or pillows)
All proceeds go to the school fund to
benefit our children, paying for class
trips, workshops and the like.
Football and Netball
With the last round of football
beginning this week and one more session
of the netball league to go, I do want to
congratulate all of our footballers and
netballers for their attitude, effort and
achievements.
Coaches, you are amazing also!

Ingrid Grieve
Sharon MacIver
John Dearness
Bruce Pilkington
In addition, the 2015-16 Standards
and Quality Report was adopted and an
electronic or hard copy is available on
request from Shona.
Disco
On behalf of the children, a large thank
you to the Friends of Orphir parents for
sorting out supper, Mr Dearness (and
Daisy) our DJs and Primary 6-7 for their
decorating of the Hall. A very, very
enjoyable Scottish evening was had by all!

Recycle with Michael - Clothing
Fundraiser
A big thank you to Duncan Flett who
took in our collection from the Recycle
with Michael bin – a whopping 219 kilos
(482lb) of textiles went in – keep it
coming! Thank you also to Jane Ballantyne
and Elaine Young who keep an eye on the
bank and the contents – occasionally
drying out anything that has got wet in
the container. Please do ensure that the
items are in a well tied plastic bag.
Events
Religious Observance
Wednesday 8 February
Reverend Martin Prentice will be taking
a service centred around one or more of
our school values.

Try
Trust
Fair
Respect
Care
Share

Should you not wish your
child/children to be involved, please let
Shona or Sue know.
Saturday Football
From OYDG:
Following requests from a number of
coaches/parents the OYDG have decided
to hold the last of our Fun Fours nights
on the 18th Feb to coincide with the
school break. This is because it had been

brought to my attention that some
parents had planned to be off-island
during this long weekend and didn't want
any bairns to miss football.
Amended dates/events:
Saturday 11 February
League
Saturday 18 February
Fun Fours
Saturday 25 February
League
 Netball Training
Monday 13 February 2017
Training as normal - 3.30 - 4.45pm
Monday 20 February 2017
NO TRAINING - School Closed
Monday 27 February 2017
Training as normal - 3.30 - 4.45pm
Saturday 4 March 2017
Last League Games
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Dental Inspection Letters
Named individual letters are home
with the children today following the
recent dental inspection.
Bus Pupils
Questionnaires are in the white
envelope for bus pupils’ parents to
complete and the children will be asked
to complete a similar one in school.
Please return to school as per the
questionnaire.
Mid-Term break
Thursday 16 February to
Monday 20 February inclusive.
Staff will be engaged in an In-service
Day on the Thursday.
Bruce Pilkington
Head Teacher
Enclosures
 Bus pupils – questionnaire
 Dental inspection letters
Community Notices
Community Café every Thursday at the
Orphir Kirk
10am-noon
Reminder – where to contact me
Contact Nos – Stenness 850212
Orphir
811265
Monday
am
Orphir
pm
Stenness
Tuesday
am
Orphir
pm
Stenness
Wednesday
am
Stenness
pm
Orphir
Thursday
am
Stenness
pm
Orphir
Friday
am
Orphir
pm
Stenness
Expressive Arts
Monday
am
Tuesday
am/pm
pm
Wednesday
am
Thursday
am
Friday
am
Art
PE
YMI Guitar
Music
Fiddle
School Library
(Do ensure that your child(ren)’s PE
kit is left in school.)
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
P1-3 Class Blog
www.orphirinfants.blogspot.co.uk
P4-5 Class Blog
http://orphirmissarchibald.blogspot.co.uk