This week saw the first winners of our new Reading Certificates at assembly. These are being awarded to someone who has completed Bug Club questions to a high standard either at home or in school. This is part of our Reading Schools accreditation process, so congratulations to this group – who will it be next week…?
Following on from the success of the school Book Fair, we thought you would like to see all the fabulous books we have been able to buy through the rewards system.
Thanks again for your amazing response – what a lot of lovely new resources we have for across the whole school!
Mrs Lawson
What a fun day we had for World Book Day! Across the school there were challenges, quizzes, activities and, of course, our sponsored read! Well done to all the children for their fabulous costumes, enthusiasm and fun!
The Masked Reader has been such a popular daily puzzle this week as well – we hope you’ve been playing along at home too!
Please enjoy looking at some of our photos from today. More to follow ……
Thursday 3rd March is World Book Day – why not dress up as a favourite book character or in your pyjamas ready for a story? This year we will also be having a sponsored read – more details to follow…..
Plus, our ever popular Book Fair returns for 2022 from the 3rd to the 9th of March. Again, more details to follow……
If anyone is looking for a last minute gift, this is World Book Day Book Club’s title of the month…. Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah. Sounds interesting…!
To promote writing and celebrate the great work being created in Gargieston and across the SWEIC (South West Education Improvement Collaborative), entries are invited for a writing competition. Alongside prizes for the winners and runners-up in each category, pupils will have their writing shared on the SWEIC blog.
The theme of the competition is ‘The Gift’ and work submitted can be linked to this idea in any way. You may wish to link it to Christmas, but you might also want to think about the idea of gifts and giving in a different way.
Early Years’ Entries Pupils can share their mark-making or dictated ideas. Entries should be within one A4 page and may be pictures, photographs or in any other appropriate form.
P1-3 Entries Entries can take any form that they choose. The entry must be no longer than one side of A4 and can be illustrated. Typed or handwritten entries will be accepted.
P4-7 Entries Entries from this age group should be broadly creative: poetry, story or drama. They may be up to two sides of A4 and can include illustrations.
We know how many talented writers we have in school and would love to see as many entries from Gargieston as possible.
Please email or hand entries to Mrs Lawson no later than Monday 13th December
eashona.lawson@glow.sch.uk
An interesting writing competition has come into the school which may be of interest to P4-7s with a love of history.
Poppy Scotland has given the competition the title Letters To My Teacher:
Imagine you are a soldier or stationed in a Field Hospital in the trenches during WW1. Write a letter back to your teacher describing your experiences, hopes and fears.
Good luck with your entries; please let Mrs Lawson know if you decide to enter. More details can be found on the following link:
Poppyscotland Learning | Poppyscotland
Follow the link below to see some fantastic footage of Captain Conker’s visit to Gargieston last week to launch his writing competition with Kilmarnock FC and Nae Bother books 🙂
Creating a story fit for a football superhero 📚@ConkerCaptain 🐿@Gargieston @naebotherbooks pic.twitter.com/Gd182VgCHB
— Kilmarnock FC (@KilmarnockFC) September 21, 2021
Following on from World Book Day last week, we wondered if any of our budding authors would like to enter this competition ‘My Amazing Diary’ for age 5-7 or A Wander in the Woods age 7-11
Follow the link below for further details or email me at:
eashona.lawson@glow.sch.uk
