Confident, Creative Learners with Big Ambitions. Kind to each other. Kind to the Planet.
Tonight is movie night at half 6 there is lots of people going I don’t know what the movie is but you can bring any thing like a beanbag or a pillow to sit on if you have not got any thing you can sit on a chair you can bring a blanket and put it on the floor and sit on it and if there is not a lot a lot so chairs you can get a chair from the staff room the comfy ones when the movie is finished my mum helps tidy up at the end it will have 1 hour.
By Gavin and Ebony
At break time for quite a while we have been trading Pokémon cards. Here are the rules for Pokémon trading:
Hamish, Greg, Kaylan, Logan, Elliot, Mark, Zak, Ethan, Euan, Freddy, Merissa, Georgia Gavin, Isla, Dylan, Ryan and Sarah-Jane all bring there cards to school. We all love the Pokémon trading cards will there be another season coming ?
by Kaylan and Greg
These are the rules of trading:
Pokémon are sweeping the school right now and they are well fun most people bring them every day but some don’t because they forget. Soon we will start a tournament and every day there will hopefully be coverage on the blog.
”Gotta Catch them all” Pokémon’s catchphrase
By Logan and Ryan
This week at school we have been doing reading maths and gym today we did time for reflection which some people brought a pillow to relax on and we are going to do this six times a year .And today it was about team work and what teams you are included in and we had to make as jigsaw which was the school logo and on the back they had a number we had to not talk and then find your group to make up the puzzle .
This is October the year has went really fast . today me and Merissa have been doing cartwheels and Merissa is good at them we are both learning how to do round offs now and Merissa a 1 handed cartwheel and now she’s teaching me to do them . Isla was very good at the round of and first I didn’t know what a round of was but now I do I am very good at teaching Isla a 1 handed cartwheel .
by Merissa and Isla
On Wednesday I attended a very interesting course to learn and develop my awareness of the impact that imprisonment of a close relative can have on children. I enhanced my understanding of the ways that school communities can provide key support to children and their families.
As a result of completing the course I have a much better understanding of the complex situations that families affected often experience. I have a knowledge of resources and support available for schools and for families and I recognise the importance of links between prison, support agencies and schools. This makes me feel much happier about helping people because I feel more confident about engaging and supporting, children and families who may be affected by imprisonment.
Boys and girls who have a parent in prison often face significant challenges including trauma (making it hard for them to learn) and stigma (which can lead to behaviour problems and bullying). During the course I had the opportunity to visit HM prison Dumfries and to listen to the stories of children affected. I gained an insight into the issues facing children and families who have a close relative in prison and explored and discussed with lots of other members of the wider school community, practical ways in which we can all help.
The man and lady who led the course work for an excellent charity called Families Outside. This is their website and it is full of great support and information. They were very friendly and they are really easy to contact:
http://www.familiesoutside.org.uk/who-are-we/
Freephone: 0500 83 93 83
Email: support@familiesoutside.org.uk
Text: Famout followed by your message to 60777
Miss Sarahs
