If anyone has the use of a van and would be able to help us pick up a large blackboard from The Dick Institute on Wednesday 8th November, returning it on Friday 10th November, could you please speak to Mrs Lawson?
We would love it for our school play on the Thursday.
Many thanks!
Children from Base 1 & 2 will visit the
Science Centre as part of STEM week.
Thursday 16th November 2017.
Leaving school at 9.15 am, travelling by coach and returning for 3pm.
School uniform.
Packed lunches.
Closing date for orders – Thursday 9 November.
The trip will cost £7.70 and has been added to ParentPay.
If you are available to help on the day, please leave feedback below.
Due to unforeseen circumstances there will be no dance sessions on a Tue within the ECC. Staff will be facilitating different activity sessions for your child within the gym hall instead.
Base 1 and 2 had a great afternoon full of Halloween activities.
Some parents have shown an interest in learning Makaton.
Information is available from the Makaton Ayrshire Facebook page.
The session for East Ayrshire is on Thursday 30th November 6.30pm – 8.30pm at the Alexander Fleming Education Centre within Crosshouse Hospital.
You should contact them to secure a place.
A great day in P5 celebrating Halloween!
Here you can also see photographs of our new sound system which was installed over the October holidays. This will very much improve the quality of sound at future assemblies, plays and productions at Gargieston Primary and ECC. A HUGE thank you to all parents and carers who have bought school photographs and who have attended school functions, such as the Christmas Fayre and, by doing so, have contributed towards our school funds which have allowed us to make such a BIG purchase which will benefit the whole school and ECC. We look forward to all our parents hearing our fabulous sound system. Thank you to everyone for your contribution.
The theme of today’s assembly was KINDNESS. This relates to all our work in school last term recapping our school values of Happiness, Respect, Motivation and Friendship. Last term we also recapped the meaning of SHANARRI which reminds us that every child in our school should feel Safe, Healthy, Active, Nurtured, Achieving, Responsible, Respected and Included. Thinking about KINDNESS to one another both inside and outside school is part of the work we are doing towards our Rights Respecting School status and our understanding of the Articles of the UNCRC – The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. The Articles of the UNCRC which most relate to showing KINDNESS to each other are:- Articles 12, 14, 22, 24 ,28, 29, 30.
At the bottom of this post is a list of the Articles and a copy of the Powerpoint which was shown at assembly today. Can you please look at these at home, think about these Articles and discuss them and the questions in the Powerpoint at home with your family?
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The Outdoor Group have come up with some lovely ideas to make the outdoor area more interesting for wildlife and for growing more vegetables. The first idea we are taking forward is giving the Bug Hotel a makeover as it is needing to be re-energised and made more welcoming for passing insects. The group have researched what materials will be needed to encourage biodiversity within the hotel and are collecting these materials from woodland walks and from home. Here are some of the ideas the group have come up with for the school grounds and plans for the Bug Hotel.
