The big sleepout is well underway and everyone is having a great time!
Just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone that came along to our Den Building day yesterday! We were blown away with all your support! The playground was buzzing with such lovely community spirit as you all worked together to build some impressive dens. The children and staff thoroughly enjoyed it. We hope you did too!
We held an assembly to present our hard work on our whole school ‘Power Down’ challenge. Power Down aims to educate pupils on sustainable energy use. We are learning about sustainable energy through monthly class challenges. We presented these during our assembly:
This month we invited along Vicky McWilliam and Windy the Windmill to attend our assembly. As well as listening to our presentation, Vicky McWilliam also invited everyone to join in on ‘Windy’s Earth Hour’. We will complete this challenge on Friday in school where we will ‘power down’ and turn off electrical devices for an hour in a bid to save energy. We would also like to invite you at home to participate in Earth Hour sometime this weekend. Why not spend an hour playing games, going outside and having fun together!
Have fun powering down!
As this is our last committee group meeting of the year we decided to have a chat about what we have learned…
“We learned to play the ukuleles and it was a really fun thing to learn” – Myia
“I liked the Boomwhackers because we all got to pick a song” – Layla
“I liked playing the maracas on our first committee group” – Ayden
“I liked the Boomwhackers because they are fun to use” – Quinn
“I liked the ukuleles” – Gracie
“It was fun playing the instruments and different tunes” – Josh L
“I like playing different strings on the ukuleles” – Poppy
“I liked to play the triangle because I just like to hit it” – Jenna
Then we learned how to play two songs on the Glockenspiels. ‘Mary had a little lamb’ and, for Easter, ‘Hot Cross Buns’. We then finished off with the Boomwhackers…
We were very lucky to be able to buy some new musical instruments for our school. Today we played with the Boomwhackers’ during our committee group.
“They help you learn how to play music” – Charlotte
“Today we have been learning to play with Boomwhackers” – Gracie
“They were fun. My favourite song to play along to was Believer” – Josh
“We had fun playing with the Boomwhackers” – Calli
“I like doing it” – Ayden
“It was really enjoyable” – Myia
“I like the big ones. It was big C” – Layla
“It was really fun” – Gracie-Leigh
Ayrbank had a fantastic afternoon at the Games Hall for their Reward Party. Bouncy castles, football, snacks and even snowball fights!
This afternoon some of us we were lucky enough to go outside to meet our ‘new’ teachers. We had a lovely time getting to know each another a little better, ready for next session 😊
Today we had another great transition morning at the school. We had great fun playing in the playground and were VERY excited to meet our buddies!
Today we had a lovely morning welcoming the first group of children from the ECC up to the school for our ‘Numeracy’ transition morning. The children enjoyed visiting the playground, having a picnic snack and meeting their siblings and new teachers. What a lovely morning we all had!
Tomorrow, Monday 14th December, P3 are hoping to go a Winter walk around Catrine. Please ensure your child is suitably dressed for our walk.
If your child has a Christmassy hat or head piece they would like to wear for their walk I’m sure they would spread some Christmas cheer to those we pass.
Mrs Ferguson
