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Christmas Fayre Thank You !

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A HUGE thank you to all the parents, grandparents and family members from the school and ECC who attended our Christmas Fayre !

Thanks also  to those who donated raffle prizes, tombola gifts, bottles and baking – we were overwhelmed by your generosity!!

Very special mention goes to the parents and grandparents who volunteered their time to help set up the Fayre on Thursday after school  and all those parents who helped to man the stalls on the day of the Fayre.  We definitely couldn’t have done it without you!!!

The total raised at present is somewhere around £4000 – a fabulous total which is far beyond our expectation, which will help to support the learning of all our pupils, particularly through IT.

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            There is still the opportunity to purchase tickets for the following

The grand raffle – 50p per ticket

Food hamper raffle – 50p per ticket

The scooter raffles – 50p per ticket

Guess my birthday – £1

Please send appropriate money in an envelope with your name, your child’s name and class, total amount in envelope  and information about which raffle and how many tickets you require. Pupils will organise this and tickets will be sent home.

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      Well done to Lucy (P4), Sam (P2) and Danny’s (ECC) gran, Mrs. Lennox  who won the cake by correctly guessing its weight.

Jamie Ryan, (P1/2) who guessed there was 165 marshmallows in the jar.

                Callum Kerr(P6) who guessed the number of the magic square.

Thank you all once again!

Mrs. McLaughland

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P5a Enjoy the Frosty Weather!

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This afternoon P5 enjoyed being outside completing the daily 15 around the playground. The children have really been challenging themselves with fitness. Keep working towards your targets p5!

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Christmas Fayre Scooter Raffle !

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Here are the top prizes for this year’s kid’s raffle.

Poppy from the ECC is modelling the electric motorbike, the ECC prize.

Callum McKinlay from P3  is modelling the scooter for P1-3.

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Ellis from P5 is modelling the scooter for the P4-7 age group.

Tickets for all of these raffle prizes are on sale now !

Tickets will be sold in the school hall each playtime and lunchtime for 50p each.

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Winners will be drawn on the last week of school !

***Good Luck ***

 

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★ Star of the Week ★

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Well done to last weeks Star of the Week winners for knowing where to go when the triangle goes at tidy up time and doing a good job at tidying. This week Chippy the Elf has been watching the boys and girls and will be choosing the Star of the week!

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Communication Board – New tip!

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Our new top tip links to elf on the shelf and focuses on teaching and aiding your child’s knowledge of describing words and mathematical language. Please see our communication corner for other speech information, song of the week and makaton signs.

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Song of the week…

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This weeks song is Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. We will be singing this within the ECC. Please sing this with your child at home and try out the Makaton. Singing aids your child’s knowledge of  how language is construction and aids with language acquisition. This is why it’s important to regularly sing to or with your child.

If Makaton is something you are interested in and have been implementing with your child please have a look on facebook for Makaton Ayrshire. This facebook page posts information in regards to communication, up and coming courses and a variety of signs. At the moment they are doing an advent of Makaton where a video is posted daily of different Christmas signs.  Please see the facebook page for a video of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (Look out for Miss Clark in the video) or here below is a link from you tube which demonstrates the Makaton.

 

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ECC NATIVITY

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Just a reminder that our ECC Nativity is on Wed 13th Dec in the gym hall.

Am performance starts at 10.30pm

Pm performance starts at 2.15pm

There will be an after show party for you to have a snack with your child.  We look forward to seeing you there.

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Communication Board Update….

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Our NHS communication poster has changed and an updated poster has now been attached to our communication board for your reference.  Our top tip is still about asking questions and following this with adding two comments. The yellow button envelope contains leaflets regarding age appropriate speech sounds. I noticed these leaflets were running very low this week so they have been replenished please feel free to take one and should you have any concerns about your child’s speech please speak to their keyworker or our communication champion.

Here are some tips to improve your child’s language:

  • Talk to your child face to face as often as possible
  • Read to your child daily
  • Listen to music together
  • Tell stories real or made up to encourage their imagination
  • Follow your child’s lead within play
  • Never criticize your child’s speech or articulation
  • Use computers and tv sparingly.
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Nursery Rhyme of the week……

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This weeks Nursery Rhyme follows the tune of “5 little monkeys jumping on the bed.” As your child becomes familiar  with the rhyme encourage your child to say parts of the rhyme themselves.  Nursery Rhymes are portable and can be sung anywhere in the car, in the bath, before bed, while making dinner, within story time or within any routine of your day. Nursery Rhymes assist with the development of social skills as well as an opportunity to hear sounds and syllables within words. Implementing Makaton with your child has many benefits including supporting your child’s emotional wellbeing, extending language and communication skills  and it also promotes  fine motor skills as your child uses their hands to sign this aids pre- writing skills.

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P3B St. Andrews Day Assembly

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On Monday afternoon, the second circle assembly group and P3B parents and grandparents were superbly entertained by Mrs. Baird and Mr. Smith’s boys and girls. We learned lots about St. Andrew, the patron Saint of Scotland. P3B narrators told the story of St. Andrew, there was a Scottish poem and everyone sang Scottish songs to help us celebrate St. Andrew’s Day which happens this Thursday on the 30th November. Our guests even had the chance to enjoy homemade shortbread in Base 2!! Thank you so much, P3B,. You are stars!!