We are pleased to announce the election of the Sports House Captains and Vice Captains.
GLENCAIRN HOUSE – Red
Taylor Gordon Megan Donnelly
Jamie Manus Ling Liao
CARPINGTON HOUSE – Green
Samantha Campbell Sam Corson
Aaron Brown Connie O’Brien
BELLSLAND – Blue
Tyler Campbell Liam Johnston
Shannon Christie Jordan Barclay
KAIMSHILL – Yellow
Jade Cunningham Aaron Mason
Cerys Marshall Jmaie McKinnon
We have started to introduce our new starts to life at school; Miss. Boyd, Mrs Walls and Mrs MacKinnon have been for some visits to Shortlees, Riccarton and Hillbank to visit the pupils and have taken along some special visitors for the pupils to meet.
Kirky and Kirsty are our special Kirkstyle monkeys who help the new pupils meet and join the school. But we are also pleased to weclome Flat Stanley who is on holiday from Beechwood Nursery and Family Centre.
Miss Boyd and Mrs Walls to Riccarton afternoon session – 09.05.13
Mrs MacKinnon to Shortlees morning session – 14.05.13
Miss Boyd to Hillbank and then off to the Dean for Forest School – 15.05.13
Miss Boyd and Mrs Walls to Riccarton and then off to Caprington Woods with the morning session – 16.05.13
Miss Boyd to Grasshopper – 20.05.13
Mrs Walls to Beechwood – 21.05.13
Mrs Walls to Puddleducks – 21.05.13
Cerys, Demi, Emma, Callaigh and Olivia all met Kirky our monkey.
Did you spot who Ava met, as well as Kirky?
All the parents and carers have been sent leaflets which list the dates for visits to school and you can also view them here on the blog on the Nursery transition leaflet page.
Primary 1 have started to look hard for the signs of Spring and Summer in our school grounds and are ready to start to plant. The upper pupils cleared last year’s old bedding plants and vegetable garden ready for the new seasons growth. Therefore the pupils needed to replenish their stock so a trip to Stair Garden Centre and Nursery was needed.
The pupils got the chance to plant some seeds with the helpers.
The pupils planted nastursium plants which grow edible flowers for salads.
If you haven’t already guessed ‘Flat Stanley’ joined the Pr.1 pupils at the Garden Centre. Stanley arrived in an envelope on his holidays from Beechwood Nursery in Kilmarnock. I think he has had a great time see if you can find him elsewhere in the blog.
We took the opportunity whilst in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum to look at the different artefacts they had related to Africa and our new topic Kenya. The children were amazed by how tall the giraffe is. The children decided to measure their heights to see if any of them were as tall at the giraffes leg!
The pupils in primaries 1 to 4 had a special visitor at their recent Assembly. Badger the Mystical Mutt and his two authors joined the pupils to share a chapter and answer some questions. The teachers let Badger view the class rooms and hes was thrilled to see the pictures and painting created by the pupils.
Lyn McNicol one of the authors read an exerpt from Badger the Mystical Mutt, the first in the series, and the pupils discovered that Badgers favourite food was toast – he even dreamed of towers of hot buttered toast!
