Rocket Science in Giffnock Primary

The Giffnock Primary Rocket Science team have taken their first steps in becoming space biologists. On Monday 18th April a package arrived in school containing rocket lettuce seeds. 100 of them have been in space on the International Space Station and the other 100 stayed on Earth. We don’t know which of the packets contained the seeds which spent several months in space!

The 24- strong team had all applied to be our Rocket Scientists and all think they are very lucky to have had their names drawn out of the hat. The BBC reported that 8500 schools, children’s clubs and societies have signed up for the experiment.

On Tuesday afternoon the team followed the experiment instructions very carefully and we now have 8 trays of seeds planted and ready to grow in P1b’s classroom.

The Rocket Scientists will be taking turns watering the trays and turning them every two days.  Measurements and observations will be recorded on our experiment wall chart which will be hung in the bottom corridor for everyone to see. Check back here for regular updates and pictures!

What do you think will happen with the seeds which have been in space?

Find out more here:

East Renfrewshire Council News

BBC News

Giffnock Primary School is through to the final of the Show Racism the Red Card Creative Competition 2016 with posters reflecting the idea that Scotland is a diverse country.

Lucy and Dougal are shown here with Miss Reid who helped organise the competition in school. Their entries have gone forward to the final and will be displayed at Hampden Park in May.

The competition was based on a series of seven short films entitled ‘This Is My Home’, exploring the issues of immigration and racism from the point of view of Scotland’s migrant community. Pupils developed their understanding that Scotland is a diverse country with a range of people from different religions from around the world. Children were able to discuss values such as fairness and equality and designed excellent posters showing a variety of nationalities and religions. This related to the health and wellbeing and religious and moral education curriculum as children learned to build positive relationships and respect the views of others.

You can view the films here:

http://www.theredcard.org/thisismyhome

 

P6 children have started their Bikeability lessons and are enjoying learning safe cycling. The first set of lessons takes place in the playground, but later we will go onto the road to get some real life practice!

You can find out more about Bikeability here:

http://bikeabilityscotland.org/

Yesterday Primary 7 were very busy compiling news reports for the annual BBC School Reports.

Around 30,000 students from more than 1,000 schools up and down the United Kingdom and beyond took part in the annual News Day.

Our reports are available on the school website at this link:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/Giffnock/pupils/news-desk-2/

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Our Annual Book Fair will be taking place here in the school on the above dates. The Book Fair is always lots of fun for the children, parents and teachers. It also provides another opportunity to encourage children to use and enjoy books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Children have been given a leaflet today – for further information please click on the link below.

Book Fair Letter March 2016

Giffnock Primary had fun yesterday celebrating World Book Day. Lots of people came dressed as their favourite characters from books. P7 children read a story in Scots to all the classes. We also had a theatre workshop which everyone enjoyed.

Here are some pictures from the day.

 

FUNDRAISING SALE

Friday 11th March

2.45pm to 3.30pm

In the Street Area, Woodfarm High School

Fairtrade, Plants, Crafts, Art Work, Wooden Products, Books/Toys, Easter Cards and Gifts, Tombola

Parents/Carers/Pupils from our cluster primaries are most welcome. Please come and support the school.

World Book Day is celebrated across the UK on Thursday 3rd March 2016. It celebrates the joy and value of books and reading, especially for children. We have asked the older children to share their love for the written word across the school. In keeping with the school’s Scottish theme for the day, groups of P7 children will read Scots language stories to each class.

A full description of all the books is contained in the document below:

World Book Day 2016

World Book Day 2016 has been kindly supported again by our Parent Council. We have organised storytelling workshops with a Scottish theme. The whole school will be involved in workshops on Friday 26th February in advance of World Book Day the following week on Thursday 3rd March 2016.

For World Book Day we are asking all children to come to school dressed as their favourite Scottish character from a book, poem or comic and to bring a piece of text about this character to read and share with their class. During the course of the day we will have various activities culminating in a whole school assembly for pupils to share their experiences.

World Book Day

Show Racism the Red Card is celebrating the 12th year of its anti-racism/anti-sectarianism creative competition.

2015 was an exciting year at Show Racism the Red Card. In July the organisation launched a series of short films entitled ‘This Is My Home’ exploring the issues of immigration and racism from the point of view of Scotland’s migrant community. This is also the theme of the competition this year and it gives young people an opportunity to have their voices heard on a very current issue.

With the theme in mind, schools are being invited to develop a piece of creative work that gets across clear messages of anti-racism or anti-sectarianism and celebrates diversity in Scotland’s communities.

We are entering this competition as a whole school as part of our health and well being programme. If parents are interested in supporting their child with this then please view the materials online at the link below. We also have a Parental Inclusion and Equality working group so if you are interested in coming along please contact Kirsty Rawley, Depute Head, at the school.

You can view the short films here

http://www.theredcard.org/thisismyhome

 

Children from P4 to P6 created and presented an assembly about Robert Burns, timed for Burns Day. Here are some photos from the morning.