Monthly Archives: March 2012

Classes of 2009-2010/2008-2009, Science, Uncategorized

Strawberries

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The pupils in Pr.3/4 have been working steadily through a Life Cycles Science theme and have hatched both chicks and salmon with great success. However they can’t watch these or follow them to the end of their cycle so we took advantage of the good weather and a donation from Homebase and planted strawberries. The pupils took the plants outside into the sunshine and potted them into bigger pots to allow them room to grow. Since then they have spent the last few days watering and caring for their new plants, making labelled diagram and flow charts. Today they took them home to ensure they survive Easter – hopefully not the frost predicted! We look forward to having strawberries to sample in June.

Class of 2007-2008/2008-2009, Class of 2008-2009, enterprise

Mothering Sunday

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ASDA set the pupils of primary 5, 5/6 and 6 a challenge to create Mothers Day card, they provided the pupils with the card and left them to their own creative thought. Mrs MacKinnon took each class for a handwriting session and the pupils practised their flicks and joins in a poem for the inside of the card but the outside was up to them. Three winners received a bouquet of flowers for their Mums and an Easter egg for themselves. Well worth the effort!

CfE, Classes of 2009-2010/2008-2009, Eco, enterprise, Science, Uncategorized

Salmon Leap into Kirkstyle !!!

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An Eggcellent view of 100 salmon eggs!
In go the eggs- all 100

Something fishy was going on in the GP Room this afternoon. A representative of Ayrshire Rivers Trust brought 100 salmon eggs for us to look after and study. Every day the pupils of Primaries 3 and 4 will study the eggs to see how they are developing. Eventually we hope to release our young alevins  into the River Irvine. Wish us luck!!

Events, Health & Well Being, Sports

House Captains & Vice Captains

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On Friday the pupils visited their Home rooms for sports:

 Bellsland – Blue with Mrs. L. Thom, Mrs. S. Morrison and Mrs. E. Smets

Caprington – Green with Mrs. M. Milligan, Mrs. F. Drennan, Mrs. C. McKenna and Mrs. F. McCallum.

Glencairn – Red with Mrs. A. Macmillan, Mr. S. Nutt and Miss. A. Davers.

Kaimshill – Yellow with Mrs. V. Ross, Miss. G. Boyd and Mrs. A. Kirkwood.

The pupils delivered their “Vote for me as House Captain!” speeches for the pupils in primaries 3 – 7 to decide who would be good to lead their team to victory  in 2012.

The final votes were counted and:

Bellsland Captains: Stephen Paini and Lauryn Russell

Vice Captains: Jack Mains and Alex McCartney

Caprington Captains: Keir Duncan and Lucy Nisbet

Vice Captains: Jack Warnock and Reece Williamson

Glencairn Captains: Taylor Johnston and Laurie Graham

Vice Captains: Adam Muirhead and Lauren Thomson

Kaimshill Captains: Deri Thomson and Bobbi Todd

Vice Captains: Ben Carpenter and Alannah Sharpe

The pupils will be given their official badges and announcement at Assembly in the coming weeks. They will also be attending Show Racism the Red Card event for young people being held at Kilmarnock F.C. with ex professional players and current players from the club. They will be involved in a full day of workshops, question and answer sessions and a raffle all focusing on anti racism/ anti sectarianism/ equality and respect.

Health & Well Being

Healthy Hair

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This year the school decided not to hold a Health Week but to incorporate all their Health and Well Being activities into the curriculum throughout the year and also to include them in a special Olympics theme in Term 4.  Therefore Mrs MacKinnon would not see the pupils for their annual Health and Well Being Assembly, so time was arranged to tackle our “Healthy Hair” theme this week. The Assembly focused  on how to achieve healthy hair through:

  • regular washing
  • brushing and combing
  • eating less saturated fatty foods
  • eating more fruit and vegetables
  • drinking plenty of water
  • and also the dreaded topic of HEAD LICE!

The pupils should all have come home with their leaflet for parents and carers and we hope that you take the time to read the advice and help Kirkstyle to beat the school bug bullies.

The Once a Week take a peek is a national parents campaign to beat the bugs. Its an easy to use guide to help fight back against the spread of headlice.

Headlice is a normal part of childhood – surveys among primary school children estimate that nearly as many as 1 in 10 pupils have had head lice. They are most common amongst children aged 4-11 who spend more time in close contact with each other.

The best known symptom of head lice is itching and seeing your child scratching but not everyone itches! The best way to find head lice and eradicate them is to look regularly as part of a family’s personal hygiene routine like brushing teeth and washing hands.

Follow the advice on the leaflet handed out or go to www.onceaweektakeapeek.com/Peek.asp for a step-by-step video and instructions on how to check for head lice. OR Use your bug busting comb and instructions issued during the last three years Health Week events or visit their website for further details at www.nits.net/bugbusting . (Primary 1 will have their combs issued in the next few weeks)

 Remember if you find head lice don’t panic or be embarrassed there are some different ways to get rid of head lice and your local pharmacy or the school nurse (Natalie Sinclair) can offer advice to help you beat the bugs.

enterprise, Events

Prize Winners

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The Cookbook Business Team in Primary 5/6 ran a mini raffle during the Fayre:

 Kieran and Jamie Kerr won a fantastic cup cake maker

Deacon Lewis, Jodi McGill and Laurie Graham all won their own cookbooks to start them off in the kitchen.

The Living Eggs project team from Primaries 3 and ¾ announced their Chicken Land winners:

He crossed at N3!

Lara Fleming won a massive fluffy chick for her correct guess on “Where did the chicken cross the road?”

Will he share?

Ryan Lindsay won a basket full of chocolate eggs, for his 104 eggs in the basket correct guess. He was the envy of Assembly when they were presented!