The children from P1 and P6 had a wonderful afternoon down at the ECC for our Teddy Bear’s Picnic. The P6 children were such fantastic role models, playing with and looking after their buddies. They even took a book with them to enjoy when they were eating their delicious teddy shaped biscuits. The P1 children had great fun seeing the ECC ladies and telling them all about the big school. We would like to say a HUGE thank you to Shelagh and the kitchen staff for making the delicious biscuits. They went down an absolute treat!

The Reading Leadership Committee met for our final time yesterday. We spent a lot of time tidying the library as we have started letting classes check out books to take home. So far Primaries 2/3, 3/4, 5/6 and 6/7 have had the opportunity to borrow a book and P1 and P4/5 will get their chance next week. The committee have been amazing at ensuring that the library is kept tidy and the books are all labelled and put in the correct areas. We also spent some time making book marks.

A huge well done to all of the members in our STEM committee for successfully promoting STEM learning across the school.

Thanks to our members, all classes have participated in STEM lessons created by the Maidsafe Foundation.

Additionally, all pupils from P2/3 upwards have entered the ‘If you were an engineer’ Leaders Award. This gave pupils the chance to think like engineers, coming up with a problem and creating a new invention for the solution. The pupils also wrote letters to explain why their invention should be built as a prototype by real engineers!

In our last committee meeting, the pupils engaged in a design challenge. We looked at the strength of eggs and what birds use to protect them. The pupils then used some of those ideas to build an egg protector which we then put to the test.

Take a look at our results!