Unfortunately Mrs Harvey will be retiring on Friday the 1st of April. In the Upper stages we have seen her for over seven years and it is very depressing to see her leave. As there will be an assembly on Friday it’ll obviously be our last assembly seeing her.
We hope all the best for Mrs. Harvey when she leave us. It won’t be the same without her.
By Kyle and Ethan
Primary one are holding a museum of old things that have come from own family members. It will be held in the small hall at Gordon Primary School on the thirty-first of March (Thursday). The Public will be charged twenty pence to come and visit. Gordon Primary School pupils are allowed to see it during school time for free. You will hopefully be directed by Prefects near the office if you are thinking of coming. It ends at 3’o clock. So Hurry!
Hopefully we’ll see you there!
By Ethan and Kyle
Fairtrade Fortnight is well underway and pupils are enjoying some of the activities that have been organised by the global group.
Fairtrade Fortnight is a two week period stretching from the 29th of February to the 13th of March. It is to raise awareness for farmers in developing countries who do not get fair pay.
Because we are a Fairtrade school we decided to help and show our support to these farmers. We set up a breakfast snack table at break and we sold bananas and milk for 30p. We also set up a word treasure hunt for all pupils at Gordon Primary to have fun with.
13 letters are hidden around the school. Pupils should collect all the letters and unjumble them to make a word related to Fairtrade.
Primary 7 pupils were very lucky to get the opportunity to find out about willow weaving and have a go.
Linda Lemieux, who lives in the South of England, has been making and selling baskets and other artefacts from Willow and rush.
She came into Gordon Primary and worked with the p7 classes.
She taught the p7s how to make a fish out of a willow frame, with rush woven around it.
She showed us how to gently bend the willow so it didn’t snap.
She also took groups of pupil into the school grounds to search for supplies of willow.
Thank you Linda! It was a fascinating day.
The nursery have been wrapping up warmly and spending as much time outside as possible .
They have been investigating ice, and finding out how it freezes into different shapes. They have also been finding out about freezing and melting.
In the nursery garden they are able to play in their own “igloo” and to build with blocks.
The Global Group has been busy meeting fortnightly, making preparations for Fairtrade Fortnight.
Some group representatives are preparing a Powerpoint reminding pupils what Fairtrade is about, and why it is important that we support farmers and make sure they get a fair price for their goods. They will show their powerpoint at assembly. The group is also planning a “Fruity Wednesday” providing Fairtrade Fruit eat at morning break on each Wednesday of the Fair-trade Fortnight.
They are also planning a Fairtrade treasure Hunt.
Mrs Fitzpatrick’s Primary 4 class were invited to join in a puppet making workshop. Storyteller Ben Macfadyen, who has been working with Deveron Arts, has created a story about the White Wood which was planted in the Bin Forest to commemorate peace. The story, set 300 years in the future, when the oak trees in the wood will reach maturity, tells the story of how the WhiteWood came to be.
He came into school to work with the primary 4’s, making shadow puppets from cardboard. puppets included a great deer, a fox and a rabbit. Pupils were very interested to see how to create a shadow puppet performance using torches.
Musician Omar Afif, from Morocco, worked with a group of the pupils creating percussion music to accompany the performance. The P4’s presented their puppet show the following day to a group of S3 pupils in the secondary school.
Gordon Primary School supported the British Heart Foundation by dressing in red on Thursday 9th Feb.
Pupils and staff took the opportunity to wear their bright clothes, and contributed towards a collection in aid of BHF. A marvellous total of £448 was collected!
Mr.Scrimshaw has spent the last few months being headteacher of Lumsden Primary School. We have been looking forward to his return.
Lumsden Primary school was in search of a new headteacher so Mr.Scrimshaw kindly stood up and became headteacher until a new one was found. Mr.Scrimshaw will be back on the first of February!
We are waiting for his arrival.
By Kyle and Ethan
On Sunday 8th of November the community of Huntly gathered together to remember the men that sacrificed themselves in all of the wars.
To get the Primary ones involved, the primary sevens and ones walked to war memorial to find out more about it. Mrs McIntosh had brought along some photos to show us about why and how the memorial was built. She told us that they made the memorial in 1922 and finished in 1923. Hundreds of people came to see it being revealed to the public. Names sometimes still get added to it. It was very interesting. Everyone enjoyed it and showed respect. Two of the Primary ones from Miss Gilchrist’s class laid some wreaths that they had made. The whole school also did a two minute silence at 11:00 to show respect for all the soldiers who had fought.
by Ailsa and Amy p7sc
