Mintlaw Primary School

An amazing amount raised at our sponsored walk! I’m absolutely overwhelmed at this and so, so proud!

Thank you to all the children and everyone who sponsored us! ❤️

From Mintlaw Primary Fundraising Committee:

Thank you so so much to all the children for their hard work gathering sponsors for the walk.
🥁🥁🥁 £5954.20!!! 🥁🥁🥁

This is an outstanding amount, our biggest fundraiser yet! (I think) We can't thank you enough for your efforts 🔴🟡🟢🔵
We have been in touch with school to look at what additional purchases we can assist with, due to the great amount raised 👏👏

Sports day was a huge success and the rain stayed off! 🎉Thanks to our wonderful children for their enthusiasm in taking part and thanks to the many parents who came along to support!

We are sorry to have to say that Nursery Sports will need to be cancelled today due to the weather. We have our fingers crossed next Tuesday will be better weather.🤞

Our sponsored walk was a great success today! What a great day! Thank you to everyone who joined us and for supporting this event!

We are all shattered! 😴😂

Please hand in any sponsors money as soon as you can. Our final total will be revealed in due course. 😊

Thank you!

Sponsored walk postponed today due to the weather.
Primary pupils will still need a packed lunch. Thank you.

A huge well done to our P6 and P7 representatives who took part in the cluster Athletics Festival this evening!

You were all amazing and we are so proud of how you represented our school!
We came 3rd in our category 🎉

Our P7 pupils have arrived home safely from Loch Insh and have had an amazing time! I’m incredibly proud to hear how they have got on this week, showing resilience, overcoming fears, having fun and making new friendships.

I’m also incredibly proud to hear that the staff at Loch Insh have commended their behaviour, saying that they are one of the best groups that they have worked with.

Thank you to each and every one of our pupils and of course to our fabulous staff members who have accompanied them this week. They are a credit to our school!

They will be shattered tonight! ❤️

Another awesome day had by all today! Most children braved the cold loch and made it out to the jungle float! They had a brilliant time jumping in and out of the water 🌊 we have some regular robin hoods after the archery as well! Now for dinner and to get ready for the disco 🪩

It’s been another great day today and the weather has been fairly kind to us! The children have once again been totally fantastic, trying all the activities. Today we have been sailing, canoeing and paddle boarding. We’ve just had a big feed of pizza, macaroni cheese and crumble 😋 off to ski and play games in the woods!

Good morning from Loch Insh! Our breakfast view this morning 🤩 the children filled up on sausage, bacon, eggs, hash browns and potato scones! Hopefully the weather stays dry for our activities today!

P7 arrived safely at Loch Insh earlier today and have enjoyed their first activity! There will be lots of sleepy heads tonight!

FYI: This has been shared by Buchan Embroidery

Wow! What a great term 3 we have had!

Wishing all of our pupils and families a lovely Easter break. See you on the 15th April 😊

A really useful link for parents and carers:

Is my child too ill for school? Find out when it's best to keep your sick child at home and when it's OK to send them to school or nursery.

A wee reminder that school is closed to pupils for the long weekend and Inservice days. Pupils return on Thursday 15th February.

Last day of Term 2 and this time P6 and P7 enjoyed their Christmas party! They were all looking so grown up!
Once again, thank you to our parent helpers and Parent Council for helping at the party, the party food, gifts and class gifts , some of which have already been enjoyed! 🌲

Today, we also said goodbye to Mrs Duncan, our wonderful cleaner, who retires after many years of service and working at Mintlaw Primary since 2013. We wish her a long and happy retirement ❤️

On behalf of everyone at Mintlaw Primary, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🌲

This afternoon, our P4-5 pupils enjoyed their Christmas party! We loved their dancing! 💃🕺
Santa and his elf had dropped off presents in advance as it’s a wee bit hectic at the North Pole just now! 🎅🏼
Thanks to today’s parent helpers and huge thanks for their individual and class gifts! 🎁

The Early years and P1-3 children (and staff!) had a wonderful time at their respective Christmas parties today and Santa and his elf managed to take time out of their busy schedules at the North Pole to make an appearance with some gifts! 🎅🏼
Thank you to our wonderful Parent Council for donating the party food and gifts. Each class has also been given a class gift of £50 and teachers will choose something for the whole class to enjoy! 🎁🎅🏼🌲

Thank you to everyone who came along to our performances of ‘Whoops a Daisy Angel’ today! The children were just superstars, we are so proud of them all! ❤️

Thank you to our wonderful staff for their hard work in putting this together for you and to our Parent Council for organising and selling the raffles. They will be drawn at our Christmas service. 🎄

And ideas for primary aged kids too 💙

Check out our stocking filler ideas for school aged children. All these things can help your child to practise independence skills, work on their hand dexterity and general motor skills.

Some useful ideas from our OT colleagues 💙

Thank you to everyone who came along to
our maths open afternoon today! We hope you enjoyed it! 😊

A huge thanks to everyone who came along and supported our Bingo fundraiser on Friday evening!

We are delighted to have raised £1648.54! 🎉

Hallowe’en lucky squares are still available from the committee or school office-£2 each with some amazing prizes up for grabs! 🎃

Thank you to everyone who came along to our school bingo fundraiser tonight! A brilliant evening organised by our fab Parent Council fundraising committee and helpers! The total amount raised will be announced when finalised! 😊

Tickets available from the school office! Come along and support our school!

John Muir Award - Buchan Four days at sites around Buchan - discover, explore, conserve and share our local wild places to achieve a John Muir Discovery Award

Well done to all of those who were awarded prizes at our Prize Giving event this week. We are proud of you all!

The staff of Mintlaw Primary would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a lovely Summer holiday! Hope the sun continues to shine!

Well done to the P6/7 team who won the Monquitter gala! Trophy received in school today!

🔴🟡Summer Lucky Squares! 🟢🔵

Firstly, on behalf of the Fundraising Committee we would like to say a massive THANK YOU to our parents, staff, friends, families, and the wider community who have supported the school – your lucky square sales have raised an incredible £3008 for the school! 👏

We had some amazing prizes donated for which we are truly grateful! Even if you haven’t won a prize this time, we hope it’s shown the wide range of activities and great local businesses that are on our doorstep; they’d love to see you over the holidays!

And now for the winners! 🥳

£10 Harbro Voucher 01 – Robert Porter

£10 Harbro Voucher 02 – Olivia Hunter

Dunes Golf Centre Family Pass (includes 100 Toptracer balls & 9 holes of chip ‘n’ putt) 01 – Mark Graham

Dunes Golf Centre Family Pass (includes 100 Toptracer balls & 9 holes of chip ‘n’ putt) 02 – Steven Morrice

Dunes Golf Centre Family Pass (includes 100 Toptracer balls & 9 holes of chip ‘n’ putt) 03 – Lorna Forsyth

Dunes Golf Centre Family Pass (includes 100 Toptracer balls & 9 holes of chip ‘n’ putt) 04 – Hamish c/o Jill Cook

1 hour family visit to Brucklay Park Alpacas – Emma Watson

Macduff Aquarium Family Pass – Kirsty Howie

2 tickets to Waulkmill Menagerie – Sarah Geary

1 game of ten pin bowling for up to 6 people at Strikers Bowling, Fraserburgh – Rona Ballantyne

£25 Platform 5, Maud voucher – Michael Taylor

Boomerangs soft play voucher – Alyson Thompson

£40 Little Potters voucher – Vikki Taylor

£10 Zanres voucher – Louise Morrison

£10 Zanres voucher – Alan Burnett

£25 Peter’s Ices voucher – Karen Sinclair

£20 Station Hotel, Maud voucher – Ty Robertson

Stonehaven Open Air Pool family swim voucher – Craig Robbie

Skyline Trampoline Park Voucher 01 – David Smith

Skyline Trampoline Park Voucher 02 – Stacey Scott

1 month’s gym membership at MACBI – Graeme Gordon

Cinema tickets to ARC cinema, Peterhead – Louise Morrison

Cinema tickets to ARC cinema, Peterhead – Alan Burnett

Peterhead Prison Museum Family Pass – Cory Taylor

Golf lesson at Berryhill Driving Range, Peterhead – Jean Gatcombe

Murdoch Allan hamper – Rebecca Wood

2 Nights non-electric camping pitch at Aden Caravan & Camping – Paul Collie

BBQ hamper, including £20 Ewan Morrice voucher – Gregor McHardy

Family Paddleboarding Lesson by SLANP (including all equipment, wetsuits and buoyancy aids) – Paul Collie

3 / 4 night hot tub hire OR Retro Arcade Hire by Aberdeenshire Hot Tub – Lottie Ferris

2 nights stay in a Pod (sleeps 4) at Peterhead Marina Bay Holiday Park – Gayle Reeves

Well done to you all! 🥳

Prizes can be collected from our Preloved Uniform re-homing today, Wednesday 5th and tomorrow, Thursday 6th July between 3-3.30pm in the school gym hall.

PRELOVED UNIFORM – Today & Tomorrow – 3-3.30pm in Gym Hall

There are lots of items of clothing ready to be re-homed FOR FREE so don’t forget to pop in and see us! Jumpers, t-shirts, trousers, pinfores, skirts, shorts, tank tops and footwear, all in great condition. Hopefully see you there!

In the meantime, we wish all our families, friends, and staff of the school a happy, healthy summer and will look forward to welcoming you all back refreshed and raring to go in August! 😎

🔴🟡 SCHOOL’S (almost!) OUT FOR SUMMER! 🔵🟢