Now, those of you who read this update regularly will know that I’m not really competitive (ahem!), however, you can imagine my delight when I found out that the Knox/Yester team won the final of the authority “Little and Large” cookery competition.  Thanks to Ms Hossack and her team for organising the event and hearty congratulations to our Knox chef, Claire Aitchison and her Yester Primary School team.

So, Activities’ Week is almost upon us.  Some trips are already wending their way to the continent: we wish the staff and pupils on the Italy and PGL Trips the best of the weather and as much fun as it is humanly possible to have.  The other two residential trips: Amsterdam and London will get under way at the weekend or early on Monday.  Thanks to all the bleary-eyed parents for dropping pupils off at school at ungodly hours of the morning.  If any parent has any concern about their youngster on a residential trip, give the school a call and we should be able to help out.  If trips are delayed getting back we will inform you and we’ll put information on the website.

The in-school packages have shaped up nicely and I hope that the weather is kind to us – we have had snow before now – so keep your fingers crossed.  The amount of hard work and organisation that staff put into this week is phenomenal and I must thank Mr Taylor and his team (especially Mrs Weir) for all their hard work.  That’s at least two people who will sleep very well come the evening of the 31st May. 

We do expect all youngsters to be in school as usual (unless they are on Exam Leave) during next week.  Absences must be explained in the usual way – telephone call followed by a letter, please. 

The new timetable will start for S1 to S3 pupils on the 3rd June and we look forward to welcoming all the S4 and S5 pupils back on the 4th.  Changing timetable in June means that youngsters can get a head start on their courses and whilst we know there’s a lot going on in June, we do expect pupils to maintain good attendance.  As ever, we really appreciate all that parents and carers do in supporting this.

Have a very good weekend.