Author: Mrs Davidson

Last night we held our Carol Service at St Andrew’s Church.  All classes were involved and the children sang beautifully.  Mrs  Anne Murdy has helped us out over the weeks in preparation for this and we are very grateful for her help, Mr Christopher Watt accompanied us on the night which was fantastic.

It was lovely to see the Church so full and have so many sharing in the true Spirit of Christmas.

Have a look at some photos of our St Andrew’s Day Celebrations:

A group of our Primary 6 girls have been lucky enough to take part in a lunch time Cheerleading Club.  This has been lead by St Joseph’s College pupil Nicole Kerr with her assistant Stephanie Rome  (Both girls are former pupils of St Andrew’s).  The girls have loved the experience and learned so much in a short space of time.   They even managed to put on a final performance for the younger children.

The girls have now planned  for another block of Cheerleading lessons after the Christmas holidays.

 

 

 

This afternoon Primary 1 visited Georgetown library as part of our Book Week celebrations.  Firstly the very friendly librarian read a book in Scots which we found really funny.  Then we had a chance to look for books and share them with the adults that were with us.  Before we left we got another story, it was about ‘The Shark in the Park’ which is one of our favourite books.

We then walked back to school (and managed not to slip on the icy pavements!) just in time for the home time bell.

As part of Book Week Scotland in Primary 1 we decided to  invite our grown ups in to join us in some fun book based activities.  For our book ‘A Shark in the Park on a Windy Day!’ we created a craft shark which looked pretty scary!   For ‘ Hare and  Tortoise’, we had a bit of a race with our grown ups to see who was fastest.  For ‘There’s a Bear on My Chair’  we tested the adults rhyming skills.  There was also a chance to visit our lovely colourful library to share some quiet time with a good book.

At the end of the afternoon each child was gifted with their book bag which they can now share and enjoy at home!

This week we welcomed our new Primary 1 children in to the St Andrew’s School Community.  They have had a great start making new friends and getting to know their way around the school.  As you can see from our photos lunchtime was very popular!

The Book Club members have put together a list of some of their favourite books.  We hope this gives you an idea of some books you may like to read over the summer.  Please let us know what you think!

Xavier:

• Horrible Histories (All) – Terry Deary
• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (All) – Lemony Snicket
• Harry Potter (All) – JK Rowling
• Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz
• Mission Survive (All) – Bear Grylls

Louise:

• Katy – Jacqueline Wilson
• Demon Dentist – David Walliams
• Why the Whales Came – Michael Morpurgo
• The 6 Wives of Henry VIII – Alison Prince
• Hetty Feather – Jacqueline Wilson

Emilia:

• Grampa’s Great Escape – David Walliams
• Matilda – Roald Dahl
• Scrapbook of My Life – Alfie Dyes
• Dork Diaries Puppy Love
• Dork Diaries Drama Queen

James

• Harry Potter (All)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Roald Dahl (All)
• The Chronicles of Narnia (All)
• The Adventures of the Wishing Chair

Bobbi

• Zoella 1 & 2
• Vicky Angel
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (All)
• Alfie Deyes Pointless Book
• The Jungle Book

Freya

• Wolfblood Pull of the Moon
• Wolfblood Call of the Wild
• Wolfblood Wolves Among Us
• The Animal Book
• The Mammal Book

P3 completed their climate zones topic today by showing all they had learned through a k’nex challenge.  The children could choose a Temperate, Polar or Tropical Climate area to make from k’nex.  They had to include plant and animal life from this climate.  Here are some of their brilliant efforts:

This morning we had a visit from the Queen of the South elect, Eimear Smith and her attendants.  We were all excited to see the horses and we even had a cheering competition which Lucy and Avi won!

Lauren, our attendant,  welcomed everyone to St Andrew’s and Harvey, the Queen’s Bearer, presented a gift to the Queen.

Some of our pupils were lucky enough to win prizes in the Guid Nychburris Handwriting Competition and they were awarded with their prizes by the Queen.  The following pupils won Highly Commended Certificates:

Jagna (P7), Debbie (P7), Emilia (P6), Leah (P5), Ava-Rose (P3) and Ruby (P3)

We look forward to seeing the Queen and all her attendants in the Guid Nychburris celebrations this weekend.

Good Luck Lauren and Harvey, we hope you have a great day and that the sun shines!

Congratulations to St Catherine who were overall winners of our fantastic Sports Day which was held last week at the Dock Park.

A special thank you to Mrs Law for organising the races and to the St Joseph’s College pupils who were super helpers on the day!