This tournament took place in Aberdeen, Albyne School, on the 1st of May 2016 and had the top players from Scotland. There were six rounds and me and my brother won three of them and drew once giving us both 3.5 points out of six. We needed four out of six to qualify for the British championship, so we just missed out by half a point. We both won rosettes and my brother got a chess book for coming second in his age group. Most of the people there were from Albyne school.
I beat the oldest person there who was 17.
Dalguise 2016
The primary 7’s who are at Dalguise would like to let everyone know that they are having lots of fun doing their activities and have hardly noticed just how chilly it actually is!
May 2016 holidays
MAY HOLIDAY / ELECTION DAY / IN-SERVICE DAY
Just a reminder that the school will be CLOSED for May Holiday on Monday 2 May 2016.
We are OPEN as usual when elections take place in our Dining Hall on Thursday 5 May 2016.
The school will also be CLOSED to pupils on Monday 30 May 2016 due to an IN-SERVICE Day.
Newsletter April 2016
Burnside Parent Council – Beetle Drive 21 April 2016
Burnside Parent Council are holding a Beetle Drive to raise funds for the school. It will be held at the school on Thursday 21st April 2016 at 6:15 pm for a 6:30 pm start. All ages welcome.
Tickets are available at the school office or by sending money in an envelope with your child (please include a note of the type of ticket you are purchasing and the name of the child so the Parent Council can get the tickets to you).
Tickets are £2 per adult, £1 per child or £5 for a family ticket (includes 2 adults and up to 3 children)
There will also be a raffle and the Parent Council are looking for donations for prizes for this.
The Fairtrade Cafe and tuck shop will be running.
Burnside Sporting Round Up
Netball
The netball team had the opportunity to play at Carlogie Primary School for their latest tournament. The girls have been coming to netball practice every week and have continued to show GRIT. The girls were much more confident at the match and this showed in their performance. They were delighted, as was Miss Fairweather, when they played well together and won some points. The team are continuing to develop and practise their skills and some primary 6 girls have also started to come along which will help the team learn together. We are looking forward to the next tournament already.
Well done girls, go Burnside Netball Team!
Basketball
Burnside basketball team took part in the Angus Finals on Wednesday 23rd March. It was the first outing for the new school sports strips and we certainly looked smart! The team played very well to come 6th overall – excellent job!
Football
Our school football team competed recently in the Carnoustie cluster inter-schools football tournament. The Burnside team performed extremely well, showing GRIT and determination in all of their matches against some tough opposition. Burnside finished 2nd on the day behind a consistent Grange team. The boys were a credit to the school and showed excellent sportsmanship throughout. We are now training hard in preparation for our next challenge in May.
Cross Country
Burnside’s Cross Country team competed in the Angus Primary Schools Cross Country Championship 2016 with all runners representing the school well. The Primary 7 boys team came in third place in the team event and have been invited to attend the National Schools Cross Country event in April 2016.
Rugby Festival – Primary 4a
Pupils from Burnside Primary 4a played in their first rugby festival at Carlogie Primary School this month. A healthy round robin competition filled the afternoon. Congratulations to Woodlands Primary School who won the trophy. A future festival is being planned for next term.
Athletics Squad 2015/16
Burnside Athletics Team have had a very successful Winter Season in the Fun in Athletics competitions. In November we took part in the Carnoustie Cluster heat at the Beach Hall where we cam first! We then attended the Angus Final in Forfar and again performed exceptionally well earning us joint first place with Whitehills Primary School. The Regional Finals followed in February where we managed to finish 6th. The team are all to be congratulated on their hard work and commitment, they worked extremely well as a team and certainly put our school aims into practice. Well done all on a fantastic effort.
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 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 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!
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