20 January 2015

Year	Content                                                         Date 20.01.2015
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S5	Senior Band: Could all members of Senior Band attend rehearsals if possible over study leave on Mondays after school.
S6	Senior Band:   Could all members of Senior Band attend rehearsals if possible over study leave on Mondays after school.
All years	**NEW ITEM** South Africa Project:   We are still appealing for any final donations to take over to our partner schools and charities in South Africa. We are focusing on the following items, but high quality donations of other items are also welcome! Primary School Shoes (preferably black. We are trying to provide every child at Charles Memorial Primary School with a pair of shoes) Dresses (for secondary pupils) Football Shirts (For secondary pupils) Sportswear (e.g. shorts, shin pads, football boots etc) Toothbrushes and toothpaste Donations can be dropped off with Miss Grant in room 1.8 at Darroch, or Miss Gray in room S6 at Lauderdale.   Thanks for your support!     Word of the week 2M4 and 3M1   Word: Hippopotomonstrousesquipedaliophobia (noun) : THE FEAR OF LONG WORDS!   Context: My Hippopotomonstrousesquipedaliophobia is hindering my endeavours in the English class.   Words beginning with I for next week.   URGENT:CLARSACH LESSONS   Ms Petersen will not be in school on Tuesday 20th January, but will teach on Monday 19th January instead. She will teach in B13 that day. Lessons will be during the same time and period of the Tuesday lesson.   Food Bank Erin Waddle in S3 would like to organise a collection to donate to a local food bank.  If any student or member of staff would like to donate food, toiletries or other basics Miss Inglis will be storing items in W25 to donate to the food bank at the end of this month (donations by Jan 30th please). People are referred to food banks as a short term, emergency measure to ensure such people have enough to meet their basic needs. Food banks welcome: ·         Tinned foods (not baked beans or tinned tomatoes – these tend to be over supplied) e.g. pasta, fish, meat, fruit, vegetables and puddings. ·         Dried packet food that could be a complete meal made with boiling water ·         Coffee/ Tea/ UHT Milk ·         Snacks ·         Toilet roll ·         Toothpaste and tooth brushes ·         Nappies ·         Deodorant/ soap.  ALL PUPILS All pupils that have an instrumental lesson at 8.50am MUST report to the office at the bottom of Bruntsfield House to register they are present.  Absence calls will go home to parents if pupils do not register.