Well done to the school choir and instrumentalist and the P1 and P2 ‘Busbits’. Both groups performed last week at the Glasgow Music Festival. The judges were very impressed with the performances and the choir were awarded a merit.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
STEMM Week
The week beginning 16th March was our annual STEMM week – we added an extra ‘M’ for Medicine! It was a fabulous week with trips to the Snow Zone and the Museum of Rural Life. We showcased our work in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths from the year. We also had parents leading workshops, alongside STEM ambassadors and business partners. The week finished with our STEMM Fayre where parents and families could try out experiments, maths puzzles and engineering problems for themselves. Feedback was highly positive and we hope you learned something new.
Scottish Education Awards
We are extremely pleased and very excited to announce that Busby Primary has been shortlisted for one of this year’s Scottish Education Awards in the catagory of ‘Enterprise and Employability Across Learning’. We will be visited by the judges after Easter where we will share the fantastic learning experiences of the pupils.
The Incredible BBC ‘Ten Pieces’ Take-Over Day
On the 26th of March, the BBC came to Bubsy and ‘took over’ for the day. We were only one of four schools chosen in Scotland. There were musicians from the Scottish Symphony Orchestra working with our musicians, an opera singer working with the choir and animators and film makers working with groups of children. The day finished with a performance of ‘Zadok the Priest’, the premier of the documentary and animation and the performance of a song written on the day. What a fantastic experience and can’t wait until next week when we have our showcase for parents and guests. Watch this space for the videos of this truly exciting and unforgettable day. We have also uploaded our videos and art work and hope that some of it may be chosen to be shown at the Proms in the Albert Hall later on in the year. P7 have included some of their thoughts in their class blog.
Click here to visit the ‘Ten Pieces’ web page. You can watch the original BBC Film on the BBC i-player from here.
Quiz Masters!
Busby Staff were triumphant at the Williamwood High School Quiz night. Our resident experts had no competition as they marched to victory. The winners cup will take pride of place in our trophy cabinet!
Fair Trade Award
We have recently been award ‘FairAware’ status by the Fiar Trade Association for our work on raising awaress of fair trade. We are now working towards the ‘FairActive’ and hope to achieve this soon. The Nurseyr has also won the first ‘How Fair Trade is your Nursery?’ competition. Click here to see the blog posted by the Fair Trade Forum.
3rd ECO Flag Award
We are proud to announce that we have just had our green flag renewed for the third time. An assessor from Eco-Schools Scotland came out to see the fantastic work that has been going on at Busby since our last submission. She was extremely impressed with the work that the children are leading and was overwhelmed by the confidence and dedication they demonstrated towards the Eco work. She said, “At all times I found your pupils to be enthusiastic, articulate and knowledgeable about Eco-schools learning and activities.” She was also very impressed by the Eco Committee and identified that they are doing an, “Excellent job in motivating others to take positive environmental action.” Well done, everyone!
