★ Star of the Week ★

March 9, 2018 Miss Bechelli Leave a comment

Well done to all of this weeks Star of the Week winners for being a kind friend 😀

P3A learn about Global Citizenship

March 8, 2018 Miss Caldow 1 Comment

It is Global Citizenship week and in Primary 3A we have been discussing what a global citizen is. Below are our ideas at the start of this mini topic.

We then went on to discuss the difference between needs and wants and here are the definitions we came up with.

Needs – These are things that keep you safe and protect you. We need them to survive.

Wants – These keep us happy and entertained but we can live without them.

Then we took part in an activity where we had 12 items but could only choose 9 of these to take with us to a new planet. We created a ‘Diamond 9’ to organise our items from most important to least important. Here’s what our groups came up with.

All of the groups chose water, food and family as their top three things.

Look out for another post to see how our understanding of a Global Citizen has developed.

Learning for Sustainability, Primary 2

P2C Global Citizenship – Miss McColl

March 7, 2018 Miss McColl Leave a comment

This week is Global Citizenship week, P2C have been finding out about sustainable development and the devastating effects of single use plastic on the world. They have many great ideas about how we can refuse to use these plastics. Look out for all they are going to do about it on the blog and around the school. I am one very proud teacher!

Health and Wellbeing, Learning for Sustainability, P5a Miss Meechan, Parents, Rights Resecting Schools, Social Studies

P5a are Global Citizens!

March 7, 2018 Mrs Kerr 1 Comment

As a part of Global Citizenship week Base 3 have been studying Fairtrade!

We know that Fairtrade means giving producers a fair price for their hard work. We have been working in school to bring attention to Fairtrade in Gargieston!

“Article 27: Every child has the right to a standard of living that is good enough to meet their physical, social and mental needs. Governments must help families who cannot afford to provide this.”

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Favourites Day – Café !

March 7, 2018 Mrs Dodds Leave a comment

International School Meals Day

** Thursday 15^th March **

Children were asked to vote on their favourite meals and these were the winners!!

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The menu will be:

Lentil Soup

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Hot Dogs

Fish and Chips

Pizza(v)

Tomato Pasta(v)

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Chocolate cake

ECC Events, Literacy and English, Orange Group, Parents, Pink Group, Pre school, Purple Group, Red Group

Our Nursery Rhyme of the week is…..

March 7, 2018 User deactivated Leave a comment

One, two, three, four, five Makaton

Please try this rhyme out at home with your child pointing out the rhyming words this is very important in raising your child’s phonological awareness. Miss Clark is collecting data on the children’s knowledge and awareness of each rhyme before it becomes our focus and again after. I will share these results in pie chart form in the next few weeks. I recently attached our first pie chart on Hickory, Dickory Dock which showed an increase of knowledge and awareness when the rhyme was focused on at home and within the ECC in a partnership. Please try and incorporate this into your every day routine Nursery Rhymes are portable: Here are some examples of when they could be sang…..

*While in the car on the way to the ECC each day

*When out walking in the outdoor environment

*When your child is having a bath or shower

*Before or after story time at home.

*While making the dinner or tidying up.

*While visiting some relatives.

Orange Group, Parents, Pink Group, Purple Group, Red Group

Our new top tip …..

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This months focus is about being face to face with your child so they can look directly at you while joining in with their play. Play with the same resources as your child and allow your child to direct the play this involves copying and responding to their actions even if this involves acting like a big kid this will really encourage your child’s active participation and encourage them to seek further interactions.

This provides your child with a positive outlook on how they see the world around them. When a child is actively listened to they feel a sense of value this also builds their confidence, self esteem and social skills when forming positive relationships for life long learning.

Literacy and English, Wider Achievements

Freya Lee 3rd Place Winner!!

March 6, 2018 Mrs Marshall 3 Comments

Freya Lee in P4A took part in the Ayrshire Association of Burns Clubs School Competition at St Joseph’s Academy and won 3rd place for P4/5 Verse Speaking. What a fantastic achievement. Well done Freya!!

Congratulations to all the other children who also made it to these finals. They were all delighted to give up their Saturday to represent the school and we couldn’t be prouder.