Seeing your child scratching, biting, hitting or banging their head can be incredibly distressing – but it’s a not uncommon experience for parents of children with intellectual disabilities. Cerebra explain self-injury and what parents can do.
Learning disabilities, autism and internet safety
There are considerable benefits to internet use for young people with autism and learning disabilities, with lots of apps and specialist tools – but there are also risks. We look at how best to prepare your child.
Disability Discrimination
This is our power point on Disability Discrimination. We have been learning in class all about discrimination so we chose to do this one! By Emily and Jodie P7 🙂
What are those dinosaurs doing…….?
Check out P1/2’s new blog…..Adventures with Dinosaurs to find out what these dinosaurs are up to! Follow the link from the Learning Blog.
How to talk to your child about mental health – even at primary school
Did you know that, on average, three children in every classroom have a diagnosable mental health issue?
Eco Update
Wednesday 21st January
- Welcomed by Oliver
- Not Present-Jasmine, Ciara and Anwen weren’t there.
- Discussed Paula’s visit. We read her assessment form and put it in the notice board.
- Progress on action points. Litter police needs to get started back up again. Fairtrade tuck is getting started up soon. Water wasting is going to be getting measured and recorded.
- Fundraiser at Christmas- Sold some bags.
- Action Points- Eva- Litter sign for the pitch. Mirren- Suggestion box. Annie & Rebecca- Water fountain poster. Torin & Eva- Pen mark on water bottles. Anwen & Eva- Fairtrade tuck.
- Date of next meeting- next term with new eco moniters.
We are going to be getting all of our action points done and start them up.
By Annie Farrell
What is a digital tattoo?
A tattoo is permanent, much like the information we post online. CEOP gives its top tips on making sure your child’s online reputation is just as good as their offline one
Supporting your child’s education – five top tips for dads
Dads matter! And they particularly matter when it comes to reading. Jeremy Davies of The Fatherhood Institute offers his top tips for what dads can do particularly well.
How old does your child have to be to…
A lot of sites and apps specify that users must be aged over 13. Why 13? Vicki Shotbolt explains and offers a guide to the age limits for various popular online activities.
P1/2 prepare to blast off
P1/2 have just finished building their Space Station and are looking forward to their trip into space. They have been been busy with their astronaut training – fitness and fine motor skills using different gloves, tweezers and litter pickers so that they can conduct space repairs in the Space Work Module (with tumble drier pipe and gloves!). The astronaut food is ready and we are just waiting for our spacesuits to arrive…….
Where do I report if I’m worried about my child’s safety online?
What can you do if your child is talking online to someone they don’t know in the real world and you’re suspicious? What if you think they’re being asked to do things, share images, encouraged to meet? CEOP – the Child Exploitation and Online Protection command of the National Crime Agency and one of the partners behind Parent Info – is the answer. This is how and where to report your concerns.
Relationships – good for your health
There’s some good news about young people’s health (teen pregnancies down, smoking, drinking and drug taking down) but some not-so-good news (obesity and mental health problems up). A new report from Public Health England says that young people’s mental and physical health are closely connected – and that relationships are the key to their health and wellbeing.
Robert Burns Day
Every year our school has a Burns celebration and all the classes in the school take part to learn a Scottish poem and also some of the main Scottish country dances. We enjoyed learning Strip The Willow it was so much fun. On Wednesday 21st January all the classes got assessed and in all the classes only six people got through to the finals. Then on the Thursday each of the finalists took it in turn to say it on front of three judges. On Friday 23rd January we had Burns Lunch and then everyone’s friends and family came up for a ceilidh where we also found out the results of the poem!!
Here Are The Results:
P7-Adress To The Haggis 1st Elizabeth Macmillan 2nd Abbie Morris 3rd Annie Farrell
P6- Twa Corbies 1st Bronagh Newman 2nd Ross Thompson 3rd Mirren Brown
P5- My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose 1st Struan Colthart 2nd Ruaridh Macdonald 3rd Natalie Logan
P4- Oor Dentist 1st Rowan Morris 2nd Matthew Campbell 3rd Rebecca Morris
P3- The Brickies On The Building Site 1st Ellen Brown 2nd Holly Mckechnie 3rd Alexander Mctavish
P2- Sair Finger 1st Katherine Borthwick 2nd Dearbhla Newman 3rd Charlotte Rose and Millie Hollyoake
P1- Owe You Canne Throw A Sanne 1st Ricky 2nd Ciara 3rd Phoenix Davey
Overall we had a great time!!
By Emily and Jodie
Visit From Maggie Bell
Today Thusday 22nd Januray I had a visit from a lady called Maggie who makes bags. As part of my Endeavour i am making a bag from scratch and she was going to come in and talk about different bags. She taught me how to make handles and how to put lining in the inside of my bag. Also she showed me some of her bags which has giving me some ideas. Thanks very much !!!
By Jodie 🙂
The Woollen Mill
On Tuesday 20th January we went to the Woollen Mill. We had a look around the Wollen Mill and found out how they make tweed. This was for our Endeavour projects on wool and making bags.
By Emily, Jodie and Emma 🙂
Why should everyone learn to code?
Too many children have memories of dull ICT lessons acquiring skills that will probably be outdated by the time they start work. But the new computing curriculum, introduced this school year, is a really exciting (and world-leading) development. Simon Humphreys of Computing at School explains why.
Research urgently needed on the impact of the internet on mental health, say MPs
Are mental health problems rising in children and young people? And is the internet to blame? An influential committee of MPs calls for more support for mental illness among the young.
Five rights children should have online
There is deep concern about the impact the internet is having on families, especially on children and young people. iRights is a coalition calling for five basic rights that children and young people should have online.
Preventing abuse – how to minimise the risks
Abusers rely on secrecy. Here are the Lucy Faithfull Foundation’s tips for things to look out for and how to respond.
Spotting the signs of abuse
It’s hard to think about the possiblity that someone we know might be an abuser or that a child may be being abused. But there are warning signs that can alert us to potentially abusive people and it’s as well to be aware of them. Donald Findlater of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation explains what they are.
P7 photography composition
Last week our class p7 entered a competition about photography and architecture run by the Scottish Civil trust. We went a walk round the village looking for photographs to take. There were all kinds of photos like roof tops, paths & drain pipes and they were taken at different angels to make them look eye catching. When we got back from the walk round the village we looked though all of our photo’s and picked out the best photo and edited it a wee bit to make it look better. Then they could enter it in to the competition.
by Logan Porter and William Monaghan
Musical Flight Art
As part of our 10 Pieces music topic we have been creating art in response to pieces of classical music. We have created abstract pieces and yesterday we made art based on the theme of flight in response to a piece of music. This is Beth’s picture based on the piece Mars by Holst.
Abbie and Emma’s visit to Islay High School
On Thursday 18th January we went to lslay High School for an Endeavour visit. Abbie went to a music room to record herself playing her fiddle. She recorded 3 tracks for her CD that she is making for her Endeavour. After recording she had to edit her tracks. The 3 tracks were the Mist Covered Mountains, The Fiddler and the Yetts of Muckart, The Bears Dance and The Road to Goven and The Banjo Breakdown.
Emma went to the gym, the maths room and then she fed the gold fish. Mrs Young and Emma went to the library where she read Fuzzbuzz. Lastly she to the music room and played the piano.
By Abbie and Emma
Address To A Haggis
In class we have been learning a poem called address to a haggis for Robert Burns day, which is next week in school. Have a listen here … haggie
Gymnastics
P7 have been learning all about gymnastics and have been doing it for P.E. We have been focusing on four key things : Rotation, inversion, balance and flight. Rotation means rotating round, inversion is upside down, balance is just balancing and flight is when you jump or are in the air. But remember that when you are doing balance you have to hold it for extended period of time. We went into groups and made mini sequences to show our ability to do rotation, inversion, flight and balance. We were moving to the classical music the BBC 10 Pieces program. At the end we had to peer assess and self assess our ability to perform the four key things. We were all very enthusiastic and exited to be able to have an opportunity to learn about gymnastics.
By Jodie and Izzy 🙂
P7’s Rock Topic
P7 have recently done a rock topic. They have made there own rocks and experimented with them. The types of rock you can get are igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. To make our candy rocks we got 4 Starburst and cut then in to quarters to show erosion and weathering. Then we kept cutting them until they were quite small and then put them in your hand and squeeze them together just so they stick which is sediment being compressed into sedimentary rock. Then we got a square of grease proof paper and squished it all together really hard so it looks smooth like a metamorphic rock. Then we put it in a cupcake case and then put it in the oven, when it comes out it is liquid like lava and then hardens to make igneous rock which you can eat! That is how you make a rock made of Starbursts.
By Beth and Annie:)
10 Pieces Of Music
For the past couple of weeks we have been doing a project from the BBC called Ten Pieces. We have been learning about it with P3/4 as well. It is all about classical music and their composers, plus we have to make our own body percussion to the songs and our own art. The three main songs are: Night on Bare Mountain, In The Hall Of The Mountain King and Mars, The Destroyer. When you do music you have to think about all the different techniques which are; Ostinato, Crescendo, Diminuendo, Surprises, solos, when they play altogether, call and answer, layers, gaps of silence and change of tempo and speed. We also were in groups of four to create our own piece of music using our voices and body percussion which we recorded and built up using Garageband. Our group had to make a piece that sounded happy and we used lots of different techniques. In pairs we all researched a song and their composer. We researched Firebird by Igor Stravinsky. Lots of other people researched famous composers too like Mozart and Beethoven. We really enjoy doing 10 Pieces because it lets us find out about classical music, composers and get the feel from different music.
By Emily and Eleanor 🙂
Who are abusers and why aren’t we better at spotting them?
The reality of abuse is rarely like the high-profile cases we hear about on the news. The Lucy Faithfull Foundation busts a few of the myths.
Gambling – questions to ask
Is gambling an addiction like drugs? And is your child at risk of becoming a problem gambler?
How does your child’s internet use compare?
Researchers have been studying how children use smartphones, tablets and computers across Europe. So are children addicted to their phones? And how many have experienced cyberbullying? We have (some of) the answers…
