On Monday at assembly the CHAT group showed us some activities to get us fit. We went back to class and took part with the CHAT representative from each class leading. We all had a great time although we were out of breath towards the end.
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Miss Brown and the pupil council have been working really hard getting the new library finished off. The library will be officially open on the 4th of November. Each class will get a chance to have time in the library. The pupil council have arranged different activities throughout the week for each class. Please feel free to come in on the day and see our new fantastic library.
On Thursday the house captains designed boards for the inter-house art. The theme was Disney with friendship. The boards were Lion King by P4, Jungle book P4/5 , Finding Nemo P5 and Toy Story P6. We used art supplies that were donated as we were learning to up cycle old unwanted belongings.
On Wednesday the 11th of September parents came in for a parental afternoon. Parents came in to our school to see how we are getting on with our work during school time. The reason the parents were invited into school for this event was to see how they could help with their child’s literacy, numeracy and our e-passports. Everybody had lots of fun on this day here are some photos.
It’s been a busy week at Calside with teams taking part in the annual Guid Nychburris football tournament. All teams played well and worked hard. They were excellent representatives for the school showing great teamwork and sportsmanship.
P5
Although the results didn’t go their way, the boys played really well: they never stopped running and were always encouraging each other. It was a really encouraging sign for their future football tournaments at Calside. Well done!
P6
A massive thank you to Mark Kerr who took the boys along to the tournament, unfortunately they missed out on the semi finals on goal difference. Again these boys showed great sportsmanship, team work and desire. Well done!
P7
The P7 boys along with two P6 boys took part in the tournament. Scott Hodgins kindly offered to take the boys along so again a massive thank you goes to him too. The boys again showed excellent teamwork, sportsmanship and desire. They won the tournament on penalties and what a great way for the P7 boys to end their time at Calside.
Girls
We had a fantastic uptake in the number of girls who wanted to take part this year and as a result we were able to enter two teams. Thanks goes to the hard work of Suzanne and Rachael who have coached the girls throughout the year. Both teams did really well with one just missing out on the semi finals. Well done girls!
On Monday the 18th of March P5,6 and 7 performed their assembly on the their topic Titanic. They performed it in the style of a news report and spoke to eye witnesses at the building of the ship, on the voyage and at the disaster. P5 and 6 performed songs and P7 wrote and performed their own poems.
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We are aware that the latest negative internet trend is now being discussed by pupils in the school and indeed some of our children have unfortunately experienced this. I understand this has caused a great deal of upset for both children and parents.
PC Irvine was in school on 5th February to discuss online bullying and internet safety with children and to remind them of the ages which they should be to access these. The National Online Safety website has a series of parental guides on many of the social media platforms and you may find this useful. Their guide to the current MOMO trend is shown below.
Whilst we do everything in school to minimise the effects of these sites and trends, I would ask that you are vigilant when your children are online to ensure they are not subject to viewing such social media trends.
On the 25th of January we celebrated Burns Day with a traditional Burns lunch. Primary 6 did the speeches. The boys did a traditional toast to the lassies and the lassies repdonded back. Maddison did the Selkirk Grace and Mr McIlorum piped in the haggis.
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And the winner is……
on Wednesday the 23rd of January P5/6/7 held an election to see who would be the winning party. 13 parties took part and had the chance to deliver their speeches on what their party promises were. Other parties were then allowed to challenge their promises by asking questions.
After the speeches all the children had the chance to vote for their favourite party using our ballot papers. We had to make sure we put a cross in the box.
After the votes were counted we found out who was the winning party and the winners were the D.I.S.C.O party. They got to make a winning speech to remind the pupils of their promises. Party leader Skye said ‘she didn’t expect this and that the party will prove they were the correct choice’ after winning the vote.
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