Month: September 2024

JRSO Seminar

JUNIOR ROAD SAFETY OFFICERS SEMINAR

On Tuesday 24th September 2024, we went to Kay Park Church Hall for our seminar. This is the event that helps train us for our roles as Nether Roberlands’ Junior Road Safety Officers.

We arrived early to school on the Tuesday so that we could get the bus to take us to Kilmarnock. We left school at 8.45am and we walked to the bus stop on the Robertland Hill. When the bus came, we got on and sat together up at the back and it took us to the bus station.

We used all the correct crossings when we got off the bus to keep us safe and when we arrived at the hall, we were met by a lady who registered us and gave us a goody bag which included our JRSO notebooks.

Lots of other schools were attending and we were in the green group with 2 other schools.

The first activity that we were doing was with Barbara, who works for Ayrshire Roads Alliance. She talked to us about The Green Cross Code and got us to make posters. We used different coloured paper and we had the choice of lots of crafty items to use.

The next station we went to was to listen to a new initiative that JRSO’s are being asked to join in with. It’s called ‘STARS, we strive for 5’. We are being asked to do 5 things over the year and aim to get 5 starts. The things we have to aim for are….

  1. Sustainable Travel Initiative.
  2. Bikeability/Cycling
  3. Road Safety Campaign
  4. Run a school travel or road safety competition.
  5. Create and maintain a noticeboard or school blog.

We are looking forward to the challenge and hope to earn the 5 stars.

We then stopped for a snack. There was juice and biscuits provided for us and we were extra lucky as Miss McMillan bought us snacks too!!

After snack time, we joined Chloe who asked us how we arrived at school. We were asked if there was different ways we could encourage pupils to walk, cycle etc, rather than taking the car.

We had to use our imaginations for her next task. We were to come up with crazy ideas to get to school without using electricity! Water slides, trampolines, jet packs and flying carpets were just a few of the funny ideas!!!

Before we knew it, our morning was over. It had been really enjoyable and we have taken lots of new ideas away with us.

It was time for us to get the bus back to school. When the ladies heard that we were using public transport, they were very impressed that we hadn’t used cars or taxi’s to get there…..a big gold star for us!

Macmillan Coffee Morning Update

We are delighted to share that our whole school community came together this morning to raise money for this amazing charity and in doing so, we manage to raise a whopping £1035.10!

Huge thank you to every single person involved!

Children and families – For all the donations of cakes
Parents/carers – For helping with the set up and running of the morning and for your very generous donations
Our Parent Council – For making it a reality with all your planning
Doreen and her team – For helping with all the crockery and for catering for our children with allergies
Sandy (Janitor) – For helping with the setting up
P7 Helpers – For being super leaders before, during and after the coffee morning
Mr Gilroy – For all his coordination
Stewarton Academy – For supplying us with all the crockery
Miss Orr – For all she does!

 

Yearly Overviews for Session 2024/2025

Our class teachers have planned learning for the session for their classes. If you would like to see what the planned learning is to support with this further at home, please take a look at the document for your child’s class by going to the ‘Sharing Learning’ page in the menu above. The planned learning is subject to change.

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING 27TH SEPTEMBER 2024

We are delighted to invite you to our Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 27th September 9:30am – 11:45am. All donations raised on the day are made to Macmillan Cancer Support. Children are asked to bring a donation (cash) and they will be given juice and a piece of home baking. Baking will not be on sale for children, it is available for adults only. If any baking is left over, children will be offered it after lunch.

We will be very grateful for any donations of home or shop bought baking. Donations can be brought to school from Wednesday 25th September. Please ensure any containers are labelled with the name of your child and their class so that they can be returned after the Coffee Morning. Due to allergies, we kindly ask that you avoid baking containing nuts. The school cafeteria will kindly provide a piece of baking for any pupil with an identified food allergy.

Due to allergies and personal preferences, we would be grateful if you could complete the permission Form below for your child. If you have more than one child in the school, please complete an additional form.

Each class will visit the Coffee Morning for a short time to enjoy a piece of baking and a juice. Please see timetable below for the time slot each class will visit.

If you would like to make an online donation towards Macmillan Cancer Support, please click the link – Donate to Macmillan Cancer Support

Coffee Morning Pupil Permission Form

Many thanks

Class Time
P1B and P1W 9:30am – 9:50am
P2H and P2S 9:55am – 10:15am
P3M, P3T and P4H 10:20am – 10:40am
Playtime Playtime
P5L, P5/6F and P6MG 11am – 11:20am
P7D and P7H 11:25am – 11:45pm