We would like to say a huge congratulations to all of the children who participated in the poetry recital competition on Thursday afternoon. We were delighted to welcome Mr Lyall and Mr Airbright, from Mauchline Burns Club once again to judge our overall winners. The P7 overall winner, and therefore awarded the Burns Quaich, was Harris. His recital of ‘To a Louse’ was absolutely outstanding! The P4-7 winners have been invited to recite their poems again at the local Burns event later this month at the Kilmarnock Supporters Club and then again at the Mauchline Holy Fair. Every class are looking at Scots words this term as Scots is our third language, after English and French.

The Inclusive Schools Committee would love you to complete this survey to find out your views about reading. We are trying to achieve our Reading Schools Award and need to find out how you feel about reading, both with your child and for you. Thank you!

Reading Schools parent/carer survey

Our Parent Council are currently planning the Christmas Fayre for Friday 29th of November and have asked very kindly for some donations for the Tombola and the Raffle.

Tombola (to be brought into school by the 20th of November please)

• bottles (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
• chocolate – advent calendars, bars of chocolate, chocolate Santas etc
• Sweets

Raffle

• Any unused gifts – new ones only please
• New items: candles, toys etc (no second-hand items please)

Miss Gill has found some great resources as part of our Reading Schools  and Digital Schools Awards. Open the documents below and you can click on the books to take your child to the YouTube link and hear the story being read to them. We have selected links for every stage in the school. Happy reading!

P1-3 Digital Library

P3-5 Digital Library

P5-7 Digital Library

Whole School digital library

Mrs Cross and the Inclusive Schools Committee have signed up to the Book Trust’s Reading Schools award programme. We are hoping to continue our journey towards fostering a love of personal reading in all of our children and will be involving everyone in the programme – including our parents and carers!

Reading Schools

Please find below a link to the minutes of our Parent Council meetings and details about how to join the Parent Council if you are interested in doing so.

Parent Council minutes

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our ‘Excellent Lesson’ form. We have now completed the process and will be sharing this with our school community. The teachers will display this in their class and embed this into their daily lessons.

Excellent Lesson 2425

Twice a year, Mrs Cross and the House Captains attend the local Community Coffee Mornings. These are held in the Church Hall, are very well attended, and raise a lot of money for charity. The school provides promotional material for the event and the Captains have responsibility for serving the cakes and sweet treats to the eager participants. (We always manage to sneak one or two cakes for ourselves!)

Community Coffee Morning

Twice a year, Mrs Cross and the House Captains attend the local Community Coffee Mornings. These are held in the Church Hall, are very well attended, and raise a lot of money for charity. T…

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