Our next RAG BAG collection will be on MONDAY 16th of FEBRUARY. Please bring any items for recycling to school on that day as the truck will arrive early the next morning for collection. There is a list below of items that can and cannot be recycled.

The school receives some money for our recycling efforts and it also helps towards our efforts of being a ‘Clean, Green’ school.

RAG BAG can accept the following items:

•  Wearable Clothing
•  Paired Shoes
•  Handbags
•  Belts

However they cannot accept the following items:

• Workwear
• Uniforms (including School Uniforms)
• Wet/Soiled Clothes
• Curtains
• Towels
• Duvets or Duvet Covers
• Pillows or Pillow Cases
• Blankets
• Table Cloths
• Linens
• Cushions
• Carpets
• Suitcases
• Books
• Bric a Brac
• Clothes Hangers
• Electricals

Once again we are celebrating ‘Dyslexia Awareness Week‘ this week in the school. Mrs Cross led a whole school assembly last week all about ‘Neurodiversity’ and how children with Dyslexia are supported within the school.

The P5-7 classes will also be completing some activities regarding Dyslexia and will be putting away their pens for ‘No Pens Wednesday’.

We use Glow in school and embedded within Glow is Immersive Reader which is a very handy tool for children with Dyslexia. Here is the link if you are interested in having a look:

Immersive Reader

In school we also use the Nessy Spelling and Reading programme with all of our Primary 4 and Primary 5 children. Some of our Primary 6 and 7 children continue accessing the programme if they need to.

IT is used throughout the school to support our children with Dyslexia. We have Chromebooks, laptops and iPads which the children access to help with their learning.

All children from P3-7 participate in the STAR reading programme and have library books linked to their reading age to allow them to read for pleasure independently. Last session we became a Reading School following all of the efforts we have made to develop a love of reading with our children. We have purchased specific books for our Dyslexic children which are located in a section of our library.

Mrs Cross, Miss Gill and the Digital Committee are delighted to announce the achievement of our Digital Schools Award. We had our validation meeting this morning which confirmed our hard work and effort had all been worth it!

We will continue to strive towards new goals within Digital Learning and we are all excited about what lies ahead for the coming sessions.

Please find below a link to the Scottish Book Trust’s Reading Lists. They have books for all ages and all types of readers!

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-lists

The whole school are participating in an Extreme Reading challenge set by the Reading Schools Committee. Take a photograph of your child reading a book in a strange/unusual setting and send it to MRs Cross:

susan.cross1@eastayrshire.org.uk

Here is our first Extreme Reader!

Hollie in P2 on her trampoline having fun with her book.