Monthly Archives: March 2016

Burnside Photography Club

Burnside Photography Club were delighted to welcome Archie, Kali, Sunshine, Swoosh from Party Animals, Perth this month. The animals reported that the pupils all behaved well and took very good pictures!

Kali - Leopard Gheko and our school badge

Kali the Leopard Gheko checking out our school badge

Swoosh – Bengal Eagle Owl
Our second year with Swoosh and we are sure he will be as popular this year as last.

Kali- Leopard Gheko Kali is 5 years old and a nosy girl likes to be into ever thing. Absolutely loves getting her head scratched.

Kali- Leopard Gheko
Kali is 5 years old and a nosey girl. She likes to be into everything. Absolutely loves getting her head scratched.

Sunshine – Albino Burmese Pythonsnake
Found throughout South East Asia. Mainly rainforest dwellers, good swimmers can stay submerged for half an hour.

Archie – African Pygmy Hedgehog
He is a very shy little guy but is great fun once he comes around. Loves nothing more than chasing worms.

ECO Garden

We are developing our ECO Garden and are looking for some help in the form of seeds or young plants. The P7 classes have also started planting a “Victory Garden” as part of their war effort!

We would be delighted if you could give up a little of your spare time to help out in our ECO and Wildlife Gardens at any time during the school week.

Please contact Mrs Goodwin if you can volunteer as a “one-off” or on a regular basis.

Many thanks

The Big Conversation – 1 year on

The senior pupils of the Pupil Council took part in “The Big Carnoustie Conversation, 1 Year On” at the Carnoustie Golf Hotel on Wednesday 10 March 2016.

The 3 core objectives which were clear from the initial report were:

(i) better retail offers/shopping in the High Street
(ii) better and more co-ordinated range of facilities
(iii) greater attraction for tourists

Some steps have been taken already including increasing car parking on Links Parade, the possible development of a restaurant at the sea front and the re-creation of the existing Rest Garden.

Some of the exciting developments the children were asked to think about were “digital signage” to inform tourists about the sights and sounds of Carnoustie and how to make the sea front more attractive.

The representatives were a credit to the school and had lots of brilliant ideas.

Royal British Legion School Scotland Competition – Burnside needs your vote!

The Royal British Legion Scotland are running a competition in which schools investigated and wrote about what life at sea was like for the crew of a First World War ship and the impact of the battles they faced.

The shortlist of entries has been compiled and Burnside Primary School’s entry has reached this shortlist and this is where we need your vote!

Schools investigated and wrote about what life at sea was like for the crew of a First World War ship and the impact of the battles they faced. They created 500 word newspaper reports with an image about life at sea during WWI.

You can only vote once.

http://www.legionscotland.org.uk/schools/school-competition-2015-16

Burnside Primary School is the only school from Angus that has reached the shortlist so please spread the word for Angus!