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Assembly and HT Awards 4.10.24

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Unfortunately we didn’t manage to have a Friday Focus group today but class teachers did discuss with their classes our school value of being included today. The children brought lots of lovely ideas to share at assembly. Some very thoughtful answers as well that really made us think and reflect.

Awards today were given as always for a variety of reasons. Some of these included demonstrating meta-skills, being a responsible member of the class, over coming worries about presenting to the class, putting in great effort across the term in all areas of the curriculum, embracing 3rd level maths and being a super role model. Well done to all our award winners.

 

confident individuals, Sports

Lunchtime Football

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Well today at lunch time we had three football games going on at once. Never has this happened before! The Sports Captains and Vice Captains  were amazing and took responsibility for playing with, encouraging and supporting both P1 and P2 so that both year groups had the opportunity to play football. So proud of how they have taken on these leadership roles and responsibilities.

P6 were with myself for football and I did compliment them on how well they had played today. We do have some skilled players across the school but when we play football at school we are very mindful of the variety of skill levels we have and always try to encourage everyone to do their best, show sporting attitudes at all time. These qualities were definitely shown by P6 today. Well done.

Class Learning, confident individuals, Whole School

Maths Week Scotland

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Throughout this week the classes have been taking part in a range of maths and numeracy activities. These  have been both indoors and outdoors. Some of the classes have also taken part in live lessons linked to maths and numeracy. It has been fantastic to see the range of knowledge skills being developed throughout each session.

Mrs Lumsden Primary 6 played two different strategy games. Fifteen was played outside and in call today the children played a game called Nim, a strategy game using 20 counters. Sofia and Sophie managed to fit all the shapes into the area allowed. Well done girls.

Mrs Mr Mclean – P6 have participated in a webinar with the Royal Botanic garden to find out how to measure weather, collect rainwater from plants etc. they then completed follow up task about rain water calculations. Unfortunately their maths fashion webinar got cancelled but they use 2D shapes to create and design their own patterns that could be used for ties or t-shirt designs.

Primary 2/3 created some maths adventures tries featuring eat maths week mascot Finn Finity.

 

P4/5 have been busy learning about 2D and 3D shapes, and angles.  We have played group games, made nets of shapes, iPad games, and lots of outdoor shape and angle activities!

Primary 4/5 have also been carrying out different calculations using a variety of numbers and operations.

Primary 4 have been outdoor creating symmetrical patterns and shapes as well as linking facts about themselves to numbers.

Primary 6/7 had a live lesson, worked collaboratively with P1 to create maths stories and created their own maths comic strip. Throughout all their learning they were thinking about what met-skills they had been using.

 

 

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Primary 2 Football

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Primary 2 had their first session of lunchtime football today. This was led by the P7 Sports captains and vice captains. The P7s were fantastic role models, coaches and team members for the children to follow and work with. Well done Sports captains, Looking forward to seeing what other opportunities you can lead and develop across the school this year.

 

confident individuals, effective contributors, Wellbeing, Whole School

Assembly and Head Teacher’s Awards 27.9.24

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A full assembly again today. PC Blacklock and her colleague PC McCormick visited us in assembly to remind the children about the importance of the emergency services and appropriate use 999 number for emergency purposes. It was great to see PC Blacklock in school today and she will be popping back into see P1 as part their topic this term.

We spoke today in Friday Focus about our 3rd Value Respected and continued this in assembly. Some confident individuals sharing what respected means in their classes.

 

Head Teacher’s awards for lots of different reasons. As always lots of hard work and great learning taking place across the classes. Being committed and contributing to class discussions, taking on challenges in writing, excellent work in maths. a great attitude to learning and giving 110% effort were just a few of the reasons for awards this week. Well done to all our award winners.

 

 

 

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Assembly and HT Awards 20.9.24

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Another busy assembly this week with a wide range  of badges and certificates handed out to celebrate lots of success throughout school this week.

The value of committed was our focus this week. All the classes shared what committed means to them. We had confident individuals come out to the front and share these thoughts with the whole school.

Being committed also featured in lots  of our awards today. We had committed learners in numeracy , literacy and PE. Being sensible and  reliable in class was another reason for an award today as well as for being a responsible citizen and well mannered communicator.

P7 pupils who participated in their bike ability level 1 training  at the start of the week were presented with their certificates and badges. They all achieved the outcomes of level 1 training and are ready for their level 2 training after the October break.

Eco Councillors, Pupil Councillors, House and Sports Captains were also announced today at assembly. Unfortunately some of the pupils were not with us today to get their badges or photos taken so will make sure we get further photos once everyone in each group is back with us. Well done to all our school and class representatives.

House Captains and Vice Captains

Colliston – Captain  – Korey

Dalmun  – Captain  – Mollie  Vice Captain – Amalie

Craignair – Captain – Keira-Lee

Screen – Captain Jack  Vice Captain Dominic

Sports Captains and Vice Captains

Dalmun – Captain – Lucy  Vice Captain – Kai

Collision – Captain Lily. Vice Captain – Harris

Craignair – Captain Callum  Vice Captains Sammy and Lexie

Screel – Captain – Isla

Junior Road Safety Officers were also named today and presented with packs to help them carry out their jobs. Well done to Evie, Logan and Sophie.