We have previously posted about the success of Lucy Eccles (P2) and Dougal Sutherland (P3), in this national competition. The story is now in the Extra and can be seen here:
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Rocket Seeds from Space
Day 28
The measurements recorded on Day 28 involved choosing 5 seedlings at random in each tray and counting the number of leaves on each. We could then work out an average number of leaves for the seedlings of each tray by dividing the total number of leaves by 5. We recorded this on our measurement chart as you can see from the picture. The trays are still being watered and turned every two days and the Rocket Science teams are doing a great job giving up some of their lunchtimes to come and look after the seedlings. The last measurement will be next week on Day 35 and then we will have to upload the data on to the experiment database with all the other schools and clubs which are taking part. We’re all looking forward to Tim Peake announcing which colour of packet the space seeds were in!
Bikeability
Yesterday P6 went on the road for the first time during their Bikeability training. Everyone had a great time in the lovely weather!
You can find out more about Bikeability here:
Day For Change P4 to P7
Day for Change is for everyone
Friday 13th May
We need your help P4-7
Day for Change is Unicef UK’s annual fundraising appeal, raising money for our vital work to keep children safe. This year, the theme is children in emergencies.
The challenge is to collect as much loose change as you can – from around the house, down the sofa, in your pockets or anywhere else you can think of! You can involve your friends and family!
Please bring into class and put in your collection pot. It will be collected on Friday 20th May. Thanking you.
RRS Committee 
Rocket Seeds From Space
Rocket Science Day 23
Ellie, Ross and Niamh were the team responsible for watering and turning the seedlings on day 23. As you can see from the photos, the sunny weather is being enjoyed by the seedlings too and they are growing well. Our current results still suggest that the seeds from the red packet are growing slightly better than the ones from the blue packet, but there’s not much in it. We’re about to head into the last week of the experiment so watch out for our updates.
Show Racism the Red Card – Giffnock Winner!
The finals of the National Competition on beating racism, which is run by the charity Show Racism the Red Card, were held yesterday at Hampden Park Football Stadium.
Giffnock Primary had two entries in competition. Dougal Sutherland’s poster was entered into the P3 to P5 category and Lucy Eccles’ poster was selected to go into the P1 to P2 category.
Dougal was awarded ‘Highly Commended’ for the P3-P5 category. Well done Dougal!
Then 6 year old Lucy Eccles not only won her age section for the competition but was overall winner of the Primary Schools in Scotland category! Lucy’s mum and dad came to the event with her to cheer her on. Courtesy of the charity, as the overall primary winner Lucy has won match day tickets for her family for the Scottish Cup Final.
Lucy’s teacher Mrs Reid says:-
“We are so very proud of Lucy and her design, her creativity was specially commented upon by one of the judges who is an artist. The competition was part of the resources we used in our religious and moral education programme.”
Depute Headteacher Ms Rawley:-
“Promoting equality is really important to us at Giffnock. Working with charities such as Show racism the Red Card can enhance our learning and teaching programmes as well as providing excellent professional development training for staff too. We thank the charity for all their hard work and for a wonderful day for Lucy and her family. Never forgotten!”
You can find out more here:
Fundraising for Diabetes UK
Well done to Jacob and his friends for their wonderful efforts at fundraising for Diabetes UK. They have completed their sponsored swim and at the moment have raised nearly £1,000.
If you’d like to make a donation please see the Diabetes UK website for further details.
Diabetes UK have also made resources which you can access online to find out more.
Rocket Seeds from Space
Rocket Science Project Day 21
The whole team were again involved today in collecting data for the project. The tallest seedling in each tray had to be measured in millimetres and its height recorded on our chart. It was a fiddly job but thanks to the paper Ikea measuring tapes the task was accomplished by all! Check out the data on our project chart, it makes very interesting reading. We still have two weeks’ worth of looking after our seedlings and some more measurements to record before the end of the project on 23rd May.
Rocket Seeds from Space
DAY 17
All the team were involved in counting the seedlings today. We recorded the number which are alive and growing in each tray and added the data to our Rocket Science chart. There are still more seedlings from the seeds which came from the red packet. Are these the seeds which were on the ISS with Tim Peake? Our next task is to measure the height of the tallest seedling in each tray on Day 21. Meanwhile our trios are all taking their turn to water and turn the trays every two days. The experiment is nearing the half-way stage and there’s still lots to do.
Bikeability Club
Our new after-school Bikeability Club is off to a good start with lots of enthusiasm from parents, staff and pupils. We have great support from parent helpers, and pupils wanting to build their cycle confidence skills have enjoyed the extra help and activities provided.
One key aspect of safe cycling is bicycle maintenance, as the bicycle should be checked regularly to make sure that things like brakes are working properly. The manual for cyclists has a section on this and you can see the whole manual on the link below. Pages 6-13 cover the basic safety checks.
This website has lots more information about Bikeability:
Rocket Seeds from Space
Rocket Science project update
Today Aidan, Abbie and Sam were in charge of watering and turning the trays of seedlings and are now proudly wearing their I’m a Space Biologist stickers. As you can see from the picture the seedlings have started to grow their first true leaves and are now beginning to look like rocket lettuce. This morning’s nursery children went to visit the seeds and Freyja and Pete from Primary 6 talked to the children about the experiment.
Our next task is to record the percentage of seedlings which are alive on Day 17 and turn this into a percentage again. Keep checking for our updates- we’ve now made it on to the pages of the Barrhead news and The Extra as well as East Renfrewshire’s Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Giffnock Primary Parent Council ‘Quingo’ Family Night
Giffnock Primary Parent Council ‘Quingo’ Family Night
Friday 3rd June
7-10pm
Giffnock North Social Club
Tickets on sale Friday 13th May!
Primary 1 at the National Museum of Rural Life
On Wednesday Primary boarded a bus to visit the National Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride. Throughout the day, children visited the museum, took part in workshops and saw animals on the working farm. They even had time for some play in the play park! Everybody had a great day with fantastic support from parent helpers. Here are some photos from the day.
Rocket Seeds From Space
Rocket Science Day 10
Today the whole team came together to count the number of seedlings which have germinated in each tray. The P6 and P7s were then able to convert the number into a percentage and we recorded this on our measurement chart. We were all really interested to discover that there are more seedlings currently growing from seeds from the red packet than from the blue packet. A few hypotheses are being adjusted in the light of this information!
Keep watching this space for our regular updates.
Assembly Dates for Term 3
During the year each class present their own assembly.
Your child’s class will send you an invitation in advance to attend, please reply to this so we know for seating arrangements.
Assembly starts at 10 am.
| Dates | Classes who are presenting at assembly |
| 6.05.16 | P7b |
| 13.05.16 | P1a |
| 20.05.16 | P5b |
| 3.06.16 | P1b |
| 9.06.16 | P6a |
| Summer Service at Orchardhill Parish Church
Friday 24th June at 11 am Primary7 presenting Full details are here: |
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Rocket Seeds from Space
Rocket Science Day 9
Finlay, James and Innes watered and turned the seed trays again. Haven’t they grown?
For Nursery Parents
Dear Parent/Carer,
As part of Woodfarm Cluster’s self-evaluation process, we are seeking parent/carer views of your child’s pre-school year in Nursery.
Please click on the link below to complete the survey – it should only take a couple of minutes to complete. The survey will be open from today and close on Friday 6th May.
https://getinvolved.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/education/pre-school-questionnaire
Many thanks for taking the time to provide us with your views. It is very much appreciated.
Woodfarm Cluster
Giffnock Primary School parents and children supporting Diabetes UK
Parents and pupils at Giffnock Primary have organised support for Diabetes UK. A group of pupils will swim 22 miles in their local pool to raise funds for the charity. This is the equivalent of swimming the English Channel! The grand finale will take place at Neilston Pool on Sunday 8 May from 9am to 12 noon.
Further information is below
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Fundraising-events/Swim22/
The school would like to thank all of those who made a donation to the charity at our recent Spring Service.
Virgin Money Make £5 Grow
Each year, Primary 6 classes at Giffnock Primary enter the Virgin Money Make £5 Grow competition.
Virgin Money provides lesson plans, tools, resources and a loan of £5 per pupil to help them learn about enterprise by starting a small business and making their money grow.
Pupils are split into groups and pool their money to design and develop a product or a service. Pupils then decide how they will market their product or service and then go out to actually sell products in the community. Any profit made is eventually donated to charity.
Everybody worked really hard and came up with lots of business suggestions, learning a lot about working together to make and sell a product.
Jackie and Sarah from Virgin Money in Giffnock have been helping with this project and today they came to school to meet the three winning groups. Each group started with £5 and came up with some great ideas, working hard to turn £5 into a lot more!
Rocket Seeds From Space
The seedlings have grown dramatically over the weekend. This is what they look like now:
Is there any difference between the sets of seeds?
