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Issue 5, Spring Term 2007-08
15 February 2008 in Tuesday Notice
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY ~ EVENTS COMING UP
Wednesday 13th February Parents Evening for class 7 at 8pm
Friday 15th February Valentine Ceilidh at 7.30pm in Hall
Tuesday 19th February Parents Evening for Class 2 at 8pm
Thursday 21st Magic Flute performance at 7pm in Hall
Friday 22nd Magic Flute performance at 7pm in Hall
CLASS 12’s VALENTINE MASQUERADE – Friday 15th February 7.30pm – 11pm in Hall
You are warmly invited to class 12’s Valentine Ceilidh. Dance the night away with your loved one. There will be a raffle, a best dressed and mask competition, roses for sale, a delivery service for your very own love note and much more. Refreshments will be provided. Tickets available from Friday Market. Adults £5.50 children £3.50 or Family £15 Lower School pupils must be accompanied by a responsible adult. You will receive 50p back at the door for formal dress and mask. All proceeds to class 12 fund.
MORNING SINGERS
Please join us (Nick Brett) at 8.15 am in the Hall to sing our way to Easter.
AFRICAN NIGHT – A great Cabaret night on Friday 29th February
An eclectic mix of performers is being gathered for your entertainment –Jazz, drumming, story-telling, song and dance. You will be greeted with a welcoming drink and the African inspired buffet is included in your ticket price...
Tickets cost £5.30 each – the same price as feeding a school child in Malawi for a year! Please come and bring your friends. Tickets available soon. Caroline Glas 01620 880 382.
BACKPACK APPEAL – Can you help? We need some more sandals, tea-shirts, shorts, soap and spoons for Africa. –any offers? Contact Caroline Glas on haraline@onetel.com
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BABY GROUP STARTS UP AGAIN - The Baby Group will start again on Wednesday 20th February 10am – 12pm in the Afternoon Care Room with Synnove Frankel. Fro more information please contact her on 0131 446 3458 or email synnove.frankel@gmail.com
BERLIN FUND
CAR BOOT SALE – Come on! Book your place at the car boot sale by contacting Marcia Burgess via school or 441 9537. The fee of £10 is due on booking. Tables may be hired at £5 each. We need at least 20 stalls to ensure this a viable fund-raising venture. Support us, have fun, get rid of your clutter and make a profit!
FOUND – in the Hall after the Burns Ceilidh a Red tube with reading glasses and red bracelet. A small gold ladies watch with black leather strap, and a black I-pod. See Karin in the office.
Please note: The School does not necessarily endorse or warrant the following information relating to activities or articles for sale. All notices for inclusion should be signed and dated and handed into the office, with appropriate payment, before 10.30am the preceding Friday. £2.00 for school ads, £3.00 out with
EXCHANGE WANTED – Juri Effenberg (16 y) from class 10 Emil-Molt Waldorf school in Berlin, Germany is looking for an exchange for 3 months in the summer term. He would like to exchange with a class 9, 10 or 11 pupil. Please contact juri@effenberg.de
AU-PAIR wanted for the summer 2008 (24th July to 24th August), ideally even one week before to get to know each other. We're looking for someone who would like to join us, mother with four children (ages 51/2, 7, 9, 11) for our holidays on an organic farm in the Swiss mountains near the Italian border (Locarno). The children attend one of the Steiner Schools in Stuttgart/Germany. Who would like to improve her/his knowledge of German, look after the children in the mornings and enjoys being on a farm? We offer board and lodging plus pocket money. For further details write to: marhelen@gmx.de
FAMILY LOOKING FOR HOLIDAY FAMILY – We are a family with two young children (3y and 5y) from Germany and are interested to learn English in your country. We are looking for family where we can stay for three weeks. We prefer a rural or farm setting and there should be children too, and a no-smoking environment. If you are interested please contact stephanfricke@web.de
FOR SALE – HONEY, £3 per jar, see Karin in the office.
PTA – Our school’s Parents, Carers and Teachers Association (PTA) meets during the first week of each month. These meetings are open to all parents, carers and teachers of the school, not just committee members- check the Tuesday Notice for dates. Committee: Mute Brownlee (chair), Kailash Cooke, Jane Dewar, Michele Goldie (treasurer), Deirdre Hill, Sonia Theilen and Kevin White. Please feel free to contact any committee member with ideas, suggestions and issues for the PTA, and do come along to meetings! For more information, contact Mute Brownlee on 0131 447 5314.
PTA MEETING - Tuesday 5th February at 8pm