Windy the Wind turbine’s Top Tips for this month…

DINNAE FORGET YOUR CADDY!

We are taking part in East Ayrshire Council’s Food Waste Recycling  Initiative called Dinnae Forget Your Caddy! We are trying to encourage our community to –

• Recycle food waste at home and present your caddy for collection each week. ​
• Help to raise our Community Caddy Count .

Can you help us reduce food waste? Here’s how it works…

Can you please remember to put out your caddy every week for collection and help us raise our Caddy Count in Mauchline?

As part of this initiative we ran a school competition to name our own school Caddy and the winner is…

Brodie Adams in Primary 4. Well done Brodie!

He came up with the idea of calling the Caddy

Obin-Wan Kenobi!

“Recycle YOUR FOOD!!”

As part of Windy the Wind Turbine’s Workforce we participate in challenges to reduce/save energy… we can collect 8 wind turbine parts which assemble to make a  Windy Turbine and gain a Windy Trophy for our school.  We currently have 3 parts and are working towards gaining the fourth part!

This is Windy’s Top Tip for February!!

This session we are working towards EAC’s Clean Green Award.  Our classes and school committees are working hard to make Mauchline PS & ECC and our village a climate friendly environment and there will be many activities and initiatives happening across the school throughout the year.

One of these initiatives is EAC’s Power Down initiative. The aim of Power Down is to build a strong community of energy saving champions across East Ayrshire centres, schools, homes and communities.

Mauchline PS & ECC have signed up to join Windy the Wind Turbine’s Workforce. ​Each month we participate in energy awareness/reducing challenges. When we complete each challenge we can collect 8 wind turbine parts which assemble to make a  Windy Turbine and gain a Windy Trophy for our school. We hope Windy can come to visit us at Mauchline too!

Windy has some hints/tips to help us with our challenges. These will be posted here every month…

Here is Tip #1…

and Tip #2…

December Challenges…

Happy December! 

Maths Week Scotland 26th September 2022 – 3rd October 2022.

Maths Week Scotland is a celebration of maths in our every day lives.  See the link below to the Maths Week Scotland website/At Home page for some ideas to inspire and challenge both you and your children!

https://www.mathsweek.scot/schools/ideas-and-inspiration?tab=at-home

Here are some highlights that you might want to explore?

JoJo Gnome & The Maths Challenge                                                              Suitable for Early Level

An ideal story for ages 3-6, this early years resource covers counting from 1-20 , large and small sizes, sorting shapes and encourages creativity in an outdoor setting.

https://www.jojognome.com/jojo-gnome-enjoys-maths-numbers/

Kjartan Poskitt’s Fun Maths Videos                                                                Suitable for First and Second Level 

http://www.murderousmaths.co.uk/vids/index.htm

Maths Makes Art   

In these four videos, children demonstrate how mathematical principles can be the basis for a huge range of art and craft projects. Cubic chickens, cat portraits, stained glass windows, stencils, a birthday card for your granny…

https://www.mathsweek.scot/news/maths-makes-art

Nature’s Numbers

Why not try some outdoor maths activities? 

Natures-numbers-outdoor-learning-ideas

Have fun!!

Maths Week Scotland takes place from Monday 27th September to Friday 1st October.

In Mauchline PS and ECC we will be taking part in maths activities to support this event. Keep an eye on the blog over the coming weeks to see some photos of our efforts.

Maths Week Scotland is not just for schools! Maths is in the world around us, and there are plenty of ways for any one to have fun with maths. See the links below for some fun activities you can do with your child at home!

https://whiterosemaths.com/for-parents/maths-with-michael/

https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/supporting-parents-outdoor-maths

https://www.mathsweek.scot/communities

Have fun!  

Hello boys and girls,

I am delighted to let you know that your new teacher for next session in Primary 5 is Miss McColl.

I have arranged to meet her today and I will bring her along to meet you too!

Miss McColl has made a video for you to watch so that you can find out some more about her and… she’s really looking forward to reading all about you in your PLP mind map activity you completed on Move Up day.

Hope you have a…

Mrs McKinlay