posted by Judith Reid, Head Teacher,  Carlogie Primary School

Children from the Hearing Support Base in Carlogie Primary School have been going out on a Friday morning for Lifeskills. At the moment they have been learning about the different seasons, and so, to fit in with Spring being around the corner we visited Dobbies to buy some seeds and bulbs. We will be planting some potatoes from which we will hopefully get a bumper crop! The children have set up a colourful display in the Hearing Support Base where they have actively planted Spring seeds, continue to care for them and watch them grow.

posted by Lesley Duguid, Schools & Learning Support Officer

Issue 4 of Vodafone’s Digital Parenting magazine is available to order by schools and establishments. The latest issue includes articles about online bullying, sexting and extremism and brings together advice from academics, psychologists and other experts to help keep young people safe in the digital world. This is a really useful resource to share with parents. Click the link to place an ord

posted by Mrs H Ney and Miss R Wade, Art Teachers, Arbroath High School

A Recycled Fashion Competition

Junk Kouture is a national contest which encourages young, secondary school designers to create striking couture designs and impressive works of wearable art from everyday junk that would normally find its way into the bin.

Arbroath High School S3 pupils have three entries which have been successful in getting through to the grand final fashion show in Glasgow on Friday 5^th February.

Designs shown, left to right are:

Celebration of Cards; designed by Rachael Cherry, Cara Watt and Holly Jarret, S3

Metallic Muse; designed by Eva Webster and Abby  Reid, S3

Gamble with Royalty: designed by Holly Jarret Lois McIntosh and Chloe Heenan, S3

posted by Lesley Eaton, School Travel Administrator, Schools & Learning

The Sustrans Big Pedal registration is now open. (for more info see attached flyer by clicking on the link below).

Big_Pedal_2016_Information_Flyer

Over 50 schools in Scotland have already registered…there is a map on The Big Pedal website so you can see how many of your schools have registered to take part.

There are fantastic prizes up for grabs on every day of the challenge. If over 15% of your pupils scoot or cycle to school on each day of The Big Pedal, you will be entered into a daily draw to win prizes ranging from stunt shows to bike and scooter storage.

It’s still completely free to enter so make sure you get the date in the diary now – if you register before 5 February you will be entered into a prize draw to win £50 to spend in the Sustrans shop.

For more information and to register, please visit our website.

Best wishes
The Big Pedal Team

posted by Andy Garnett, Active Schools Lead Coordinator

Dear Colleagues

Fundraising has begun with a vision for a new all-weather athletics track facility in Angus, to be called ‘Angus Athletics Arena’ (AAA).  The organising group with representatives from local clubs and other community groups, are keen to involve local schools in the project and have created a logo competition which is open to school pupils.

A spokesperson for AAA commented “ the logo will be the face of our campaign. We would like school children to design a logo on an individual basis and submit their entry to their school. We suggest they make a donation with their entry (suggested donation 50p) although this is optional. All money raised from the entries will go directly towards an arena. We are looking for something bright and eye-catching that will draw attention. All entries will then be passed onto the steering group where a logo will be chosen by members of the steering group. The logo will then be displayed throughout the campaign and will be displayed throughout Angus, including the local press.

The deadline for entries is 26^th Feb. All Arbroath schools are invited to take part and a 50p per pupil donation is suggested to submit along with their design. All designs should be A4 size, you can choose whether the image is colour or black and white. Each design should have a label on reverse side with school and pupils name and their class.   Please send or hand in entries and donations for the attention of Sarah Findlay at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar, Angus DD8 1AX.

You can get further information about the project from Vicky at  angusathleticsarena@gmail.com