As Christmas approaches it has been lovely welcoming our school chaplain, Rev. McNaughtan, into classes .

Rev McNaughtan spoke to children on a variety of topics, from the nativity story in Base 1, to the changes and extra responsibilities of being a Church of Scotland minister at this time of year, to Base 4.

We wish Rev McNaughtan and all his family a lovely Christmas!

Thank you so much to everyone who attended the nativity performances this week to support our children.  I think everyone will agree that the children from our ECC and Primaries 1 and 2 were absolutely fantastic in their productions of ‘The Sleepy Shepherd’ and ‘A Miracle in Town’.  These young children are our future at Gargieston and what a bright future it is!  We are all incredibly proud of them.

Many thanks to the staff teams who have worked so hard with our children to bring these productions to life within the limitations of our school hall.

And finally, grateful thanks to everyone for their donations to the East Ayrshire Foodbank when they attended the performances.  Once again we have been overwhelmed by your generosity.

I would like to draw your attention to the speech and language facebook page (gettingweepeoplechatting) who are running a competition to win a huge teddy as well as other prizes. All you have to do is watch a short film and comment on the post. Good Luck

Raffle tickets will be available to purchase at our nativity performances.

Wednesday  and Thursday evening and both performances of our

Early Childhood Centre  shows.

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There will be no charge for tickets this year but we will be collecting donations for the East Ayrshire Foodbank. All donations would be gratefully received.

Tonight’s Bug Club –  11.12.18, will be the last one this term.

It will resume again the first week back in January.

Thank you.

Congratulations to Mrs Lawson who was successful at interview yesterday for the post of Acting Depute Head Teacher here at Gargieston PS & ECC.

We are delighted that Mrs Lawson will be joining the Senior Leadership Team within our school and know that she is looking forward to working with families throughout the school to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children.

Well done to all our superstars 🙂

Take a look at the Facebook page for Speech and Language Therapy in East Ayrshire which shares lots of helpful information about how you can support your childs communication.

Ajay Chima, one of our P1 pupils, also stars in their latest short video “Communication for Life” 🙂

Earlier this year, as part of our Rights Respecting School initiative, Orla McAllister and Emma Simpson took a leadership role within the school and organised a second hand clothes and bric a brac collection for the Kilmarnock charity C.A.S.E. (Caring and Sharing Effectively). As a result of this excellent work the girls were nominated and shortlisted for a Year of Young People Award in the Enterprise Champion category and, accompanied by Mrs. McLaughland,  attended an award presentation and dinner at Dumfries House last Wednesday night. Unfortunately, they didn’t win however they were on the stage and presented with beautiful framed certificates to mark their achievement. Congratulations Orla and Emma!!

Here are our super stars from the 19th November. Well done P1-3. Sorry this post got lost.