Mrs Elins and primary 6 have been very busy translating a Jiggy McCue story by Michael Lawrence called “The Killer Underpants” Their version is called “The Burker Breeks” and you can read it above.
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Pupil Leadership Team
The Pupil Leadership team of our Head Boy and Girl and Depute Head Boy and girl met with Mr McLaren and Mrs Wieczorek to discuss several items of interest about school. Eryn is our minute taker. We had interesting discussions about the use of the playgrounds and how we set up assembly times. We are scheduled to meet again later this month. The Pupil Leadership Team and Eryn feed back to the wider pupil body about our discussions and bring any suggestions or queries to the table. They will be writing for our newsletters throughout the session too.
Promoting Citizenship
We all influence our young people. Here in school we lead and work by example and support our young people as they gain their skills and knowledge of themselves and the wider community. It has been brought to our attention that several adults visiting the school grounds at the start and end of the school day are using inappropriate language. May I please remind you that we do not expect our pupils to hear unacceptable language at anytime while in and around school. I appreciate your support in this matter. We would ask that everyone respect the standards we set in school for our young people and lead by example by not swearing in and around our school.
Similarly, may I ask those of you who bring dogs onto the school grounds while collecting, or dropping off children, to be courteous to others who might not be at ease with dogs. Also to be aware of any dog mess that may occur on school grounds and ensure its removal for health and safety reasons. Dogs should not be brought into our school grounds at any time.
Out of Doors
Can I ask that all our young people be sent to school with appropriate outdoor clothing. We all enjoy using our outdoor spaces at playtime and lunchtime but also throughout the day as classes take learning activities outside. We also take part in sporting events that are held outside at this time of year. This session we have all been inspired by The Daily Mile at St Ninians Primary School and here at our school every class is participating in the Clackmannan Kilometre either using the park or the muga as we run, jog and walk for 10 minutes or so each day if possible.
You’ve Got Mail!
After several years of tea parties we are having a change. We have special Clackmannan School postcards, some of which came through letterboxes during October, from all staff to share our successes both big and small.
Monitoring Latecoming
We do keep track of late coming to school. Children missing those first few minutes can mean that they are disorganised and rushed as they start another busy day of learning. We are aware that some children are arriving late because they are stopping off to buy their snack for playtime. We appreciate your support in ensuring that we are all ready to begin our school day on time.
Primary 6 Scots Wordbook
Mrs Elins is our Scots Language link to Education Scotland and has been working with her own class as well as supporting Scots across the school. She is currently organising our new look Scots Event and in the meantime thought you might like to see some of the learning her class has been undertaking.
Eco Update
Welcome to our Eco Blog.
A new Eco committee has been elected for 2015/2016. We have decided to tackle litter as our first action. New litter rotas are in place for both playgrounds where each day P3 and P4 will monitor the amount of litter in each playground. They will award either green, amber or red status depending on how many pieces of litter they have collected. We are aiming for each playground to be green each day to earn an extra playtime.
Halloween Disco
A great night was had by all at the Halloween Disco held on Wednesday in town hall. Many thanks to the Parent council for all their organisation and time and well done to all the children who impressed everyone with their attitude and enjoyment!
Gwen Mayor Trust
We were awarded a grant from the Gwen Mayor Trust to purchase four handheld GPS devices. These devices were used to support learning in maths, literacy and social subjects. The project children were involved in was to create information posters and website sections describing landmarks in the village of Clackmannan. the children researched the history of landmarks in Clackmannan including the TOLBOOTH theMannan stone, clackmannan tower and Clackmannan Parish Church and established the GPS co-ordinates of each of them. They also created treasure hunts using waypoints for their peers where children had to follow trails and assemble clues to solve mathematical problems.
