Show Racism The Red Card

February 25, 2022 User deactivated Leave a comment

This afternoon, as part of our Rights Respecting Schools developments, we had a short P4-7 assembly to explore the issue of racism which also launched a creative competition as part of Racism the Red Card.

The children has lots of creative ideas for what they could work on in their classes which could be submitted as part of the competition.

Here is the powerpoint that was shown today and details of the competition which might be informative for parents and a helpful recap for pupils.

RRS Racism PresentationFeb22

Mrs. McLaughland

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FREE Strathclyde Sirens Netball Tickets

February 22, 2022 Miss Davidson Leave a comment

If you would like tickets to any of the Strathclyde Sirens netball games, please contact the school office and leave a message for Miss Davidson.

Literacy and English

Coming soon………………

February 20, 2022 User deactivated Leave a comment

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……

Health and Wellbeing, The Wider Community

Dress to Express

February 16, 2022 Miss Davidson 1 Comment

Hi everyone, it’s the Blue House/Vice Captains. We are writing to you to say thank you very much to everyone who donated to the PlaceToBe charity for our ‘Dress To Express’ fundraiser. We are so proud to say that we have raised an incredible £622! This money will go towards helping lots of children that have a mental health issue or problem.

Thank you again for doing your part to raise awareness for Children’s Mental Health Week. If you didn’t get a chance, you can click here to donate .

Harry, Harvey and Calvin

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Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety

February 9, 2022 eaheather.griffiths@glow Leave a comment

Well done to our Digital Leaders on achieving the Special Recognition Award for Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety (CR-IS) offered under the Digital Schools Award programme. We are the only school in East Ayrshire to have achieved this just now!

Our Digital Leaders also recently organised a competition to design an Internet Safety Logo for our school. Nina Bednarek’s design was chosen as the winning design. Well done, Nina!

All of this work relates so well to Article 17 of the UNCRC about getting accurate information from newspapers, magazines, television and radio. Also information from electronic sources such as through websites on the internet and through social media. The work of our Digital Leaders is reminding us how to stay safe online,

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Lost glasses

February 9, 2022 Mrs Dodds Leave a comment

If you recognise these glasses , please call the office on 533067

Thanks

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Children’s Mental Health Week

February 9, 2022 Miss Davidson Leave a comment

Click here for a message from our Blue House Captains

What?

Children’s Mental Health Week Take part in ‘Dress to Express‘ to support Place2Be, a charity who raise vital funds to help more children and young people get the emotional support they need.

When?

Thursday 10th February

How?

Donate £2 to Place2Be and come to nursery or school dressed to express yourself. For example, if you have a bright and bubbly personality you may choose to wear bright and whacky clothing. Remember, they don’t have to match…!

Please no PJs or football clothing.

Click here to donate

Why?

Place2Be believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. They create safe spaces in schools where students can open up without pressure, arming them with emotional skills to help deal with everything life throws at them. As a charity, Place2Be rely heavily on the generosity and support of the community to continue their essential work in the future and to reach children before it’s too late.

Please note that we have a section on our blog called ‘Mental Health Support for Parents’ It can be found under the tab ‘Parents’.

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Scottish FA JD Performance Schools Applications

February 8, 2022 Miss Davidson Leave a comment

Applications for the 2022 intake of Scottish FA JD Performance School pupils now open.

The next intake is open to Primary 7 pupils entering S1 in August 2022 with the programme for players who are eligible to play for Scotland.

Click here to find out more

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Internet Safety Day

February 8, 2022 Miss Davidson Leave a comment

The theme this year is

‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’

We want to give children at Gargieston the skills to support one another, and the strategies to spot and speak out against harmful and misleading content online.

Through Safer Internet Day 2022 we will look at why inaccurate content exists, where it comes from, and what children can do to ensure they are safe.

From gaming and chat, to streaming and video, young people are shaping the interactive entertainment spaces they are a part of. Safer Internet Day 2022 celebrates young people’s role in creating a safer internet, whether that is whilst gaming and creating content, or interacting with their friends and peers.

If you would like to build on this at home with your children, click on the link below to see how Oscar keeps himself safe whilst he is online.

Oscars Adventures in the Online World

Please note that we have a section on our blog called ‘Internet Safety and Cyber Resilience’ where parents/carers can find information about how to support their children. This can be found under the ‘Parents’ tab.