Month: October 2017

What a day of witches, ghouls and zombies we have had today!

P5-7 spent their morning making Spooky Spider doughnuts and measuring and drawing the net of a square based pyramid as a box to store it in for their Maths session.

Eerie poetry, Halloween creative writing and the P7s busily party planning meant that the morning passed by in a flash!

P1-4 chatted about the tradition of guising and telling a joke, singing a song or some other entertainment in exchange for a small treat.

The afternoon kicked off with a Frightening Fancy Dress Parade and then Patricia took on the unenviable job of judging the costumes – what a hard task that was! There followed an afternoon of team games; Musical Gravestones, Freaky Corners, Dooking for apples, Pin the stalk on the pumpkin/scar on Harry Potter and a Beastly Beetle Drive. To round off a fun afternoon, the boys and girls enjoyed a quick boogie to Michael Jackson’s classic Thriller and then enjoyed a tasty treat before they headed home…to do some guising all over again!

Thanks to the P7s for organising the party.

 

 

 

To conclude their topic looking at Local and National Government, P5-7 held their very own election today and handed the final decision over to the constituents of their school!

The pupils have worked very hard over the course of the term finding out about the impact of politics, some familiar faces on today’s political scene, welcoming some visitors into class for politic based question and answer sessions, the importance of living in a democracy and the ins and outs of an election campaign.

Working in small groups of 4 or 5, the children created their own political parties; party name, logo, rosette colours, manifesto pledges, campaign posters and videoing political party broadcasts. This was all done with great enthusiasm and the children had so many great ideas!

The Political Party manifestos included ideas to help improve the school for all and today saw the culmination of all of this hard work as the campaigns came to an end with a whole school vote at the Polling Station (hall!).

The winning party was…. the HTS Party! Party Leader Jenna Calderwood, Organisational Officer Phoebe Gaw, Media Officer Euan McCredie and Public Speaking Advisor Kayleigh Williams. Well done to all of you – we look forward to seeing you put your manifesto into action!

Check out the four political parties, some of their original campaign material, some snaps of the constituents heading to the polls and watch the political party broadcasts!  

Well done to all of the boys and girls involved! What a great way to end a very busy term!

Big-hearted Erin Jamieson had her hairdresser visit her at school this afternoon – but this was no ordinary hair-cut!

She had decided to have her lovely long locks cut, donating her hair to The Little Princess Trust which makes real hair wigs for children who have sadly lost their hair through cancer or other illnesses. Erin and her family had researched this very worthwhile charity and she offered to do her bit to help. In addition to giving up many inches of her own hair, Erin’s Just Giving page and donation sheets have brought in over £1000 of fund-raising to date for the charity too! Check out the before and after pictures above!

Well done Erin! What a selfless thing to do – we are all very proud of you.