Monthly Archives: February 2014

Parents

Parents’ Invite to GIRFEC

Parents’ Invite

Getting it Right for Every Child

Following a successful INSET day programme focusing on GIRFEC we would like to invite all parents/carers to an evening event at the school.

As only a few parents could attend the day time event we hope that the evening event will be more convenient.

There will be workshops focusing on:-

  • Out of school activities
  • Post School Transition planning   
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

 

Monday 17th March 2014

6.30PM – 8.30PM

More details will be sent out via the class diaries

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Fashion Show

Hamper Donations

Are you able to help and supply us with donations for the Tombola and Hamper at our upcoming fashion show?

Classes Yell and Shetland are busy organising a fashion show and are looking for donations………

All donations can be sent in via school transport or handed into school office.

Thanks for your support.

 
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Diary Dates

Dates for your Diary

Date 

Event
Tuesday 4th March 2014 Coffee and Chat 1.30pm
Friday 7th March 2014 World Book Day Celebrations
Wednesday 19th March 2014 Community Unity Olympics (Pupils Only)
Friday 21st March 2014
Monday 24th March 2014		 Sports Relief Activities
Fashion Show 6pm – 8pm
(organised by classes Yell and Shetland) £3
Tuesday 25th March 2014 Community Unity Arts Alive Event   (Details to follow)
Tuesday 1st April 2014 Easter Service 10:30 at Newton Mearns Baptist Church
Friday 4th April 2014 School Closes for Easter Holidays
   
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Community Unity Peace March

Community Unity Peace March

 Today we  celebrated The World Day of Social Justice b y joining together with our Community Unity Partners for a Peace March.

Pupils from St Cadoc’s and Crookfur primaries gathered at IMS to march in support of Human Rights. Pupils carried banners to celebrate figures from the civil rights movement including Malala Yousafzai, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King.  We marched up and down the corridors and playground and pupils from the classes in the school joined us as we passed.  We sang This Little Light of Mine and also had a protest chant –“What do we want?  Human rights. When do we want them? Now!”

 The peace march is part of our ongoing work on raising awareness of human rights, particularly the rights of children as we aim for Rights Respecting Schools Status.  Everyone involved was caught up in the great atmosphere and enjoyed the march experience and pupils from all three schools and the ISS@IMS group gave presentations about some of the figures involved in the rights movement in the Mod after the march.

Listen as Dylan recites a poem all about Nelson Mandela.

Have a look at some of the images from todays event.

- Achievement, - Pupils

Cinderella Performance

Cinderella

Some of our pupils attend the Saturday morning “Glee Drama Club” and are starring in the Cinderella Show at Eastwwod Park Theatre on Saturday 22nd February at 6pm.

Please come along for a fun evening and support the wonderful performance from pupils who have been rehearsing really hard.

Tickets are priced at £3

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mAIRwaves have posted a new recording.

Interviews by the Head Girl

At our recent GIRFEC Conference ( getting it right for every child) our Head Girl Chloe had the repsonsiblity of not only introducing the conference but interviewing some of the keynote speakers and guests.

She interviewed Mrs Shaw, Director of Education, Mr Smiley, Senior Psychologist, Campus Cop based at Eastwood High School, parents and staff.

Chloe did a great job as she put them on the spot, asking what GIRFEC meant to them and what they would take away from the conference. 

Listen here to Chloe’s report:…….

Audio part 1


Audio part 2

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Open Morning

“The Enormous Turnip”

Classes Staffa and Jura invited their parents and grandparents into school for an open morning on Friday 15th February.

The highlight of the visit  was to watch the premier of  “The Enormous Turnip”.

All the pupils took part with great enthusiasm. Prior to the performance the children all read the story and made up a storyboard with audio for the audience to introduce the story, this was then shown on the large screen.

Then the fun began………………… Mark was the farmer and Amber was his wife. They told the story and each character was introduced in turn as they tried to pull out the turnip.

This was a great achievement for all the pupils and the open morning created an opportunity for them to become successful learners and confident individuals performing infront of a live audience.

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mAIRwaves FM have posted a new recording

Classes Whalsay and Tiree are continuing with their Science topic – Electricity.

This week they have been looking at renewable energy in more depth. The class split into 3 groups and rotated round 3 different work stations with various learning internions set out for the pupils to work through.

Mrs Clark, our Depute Head Teacher joined us for this lesson as it was part of our Science monitoring.

Listen to mAIRwaves FM from last week as the pupils discussed renewable energy and have a look at how they have now generalised this infomation into this weeks tasks.

Station 1 was the SMART Table
Learning Intentions
To review your knowledge of renewable energy
To work as part of a group.
Success Criteria
I can answer questions about renewable energy.
I can work with my peers to answer questions.

Station 2 was labelling images
Learning Intentions
To label the different types of renewable energy.
To work as part of a group.
Success Criteria
I can label 2 types of renewable energy.
I can work with my peers to label the renewable energy sources

Station 3 was building a wind turbine using lego/kinex
Learning Intentions
To design a wind turbine or solar panel using different materials.
To work as part of a group.
Success Criteria
I can build a wind turbine or a solar panel.
I can work with my peers to label the renewable energy sources..

 

 
 
 

 

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GIRFEC Conference

GIRFEC

Our GIRFEC Conference, Getting it Right for Every Child will take place tomorrow from 9:30am – 12:35pm.

A very informative day is planned with guest speakers explaining the GIRFEC message and we also have workshops, stalls and chat with visiting specialists form East Renfrewshire Council.
Staff from PAMIS, Inclusive Support, Cosgrove, School Health, Sleep Scotland, Sensory Support Service are amongst some of the services who will be on hand to offer advice and support.

Everyone welcome and you can drop in for some of the sessions if you are unable to attend the whole event.

Please note children are not allowed to attend this event.

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Sign2Sing

Inspiring a generation to sign……..

Today we took part in a world record challenge  with Sign2Sing to encourage as many people as possible to learn to sign and inspire a generation by teaching the importance of good signing.

We all gathered in the Mod and the children from the Family Centre joined us to take part in the challenge. Everone took part with great enthusiasm and some fantastic signing and singing, so well done everyone.

Pupils and staff wore a scarf and donated £1 which  will be sent to SignHealth foundation to help transform the lives of deaf children and adults.

At the end of the sign2sing challenge all the children helped Mrs Wallace count the money and we are delighted that we raised just over £100.

Parents

GIRFEC Conference

Getting it Right for Every Child

Isobel Mair School are hosting an event on Friday 7th February 2014 to focus on how GIRFEC impacts on the lives of the children and young people who attend the school.

There will be a number of workshops available as well as visiting specialists from other agencies who can provide detailed information about the services they offer in relation to GIRFEC for IMS pupils.

The event will run from 9.00am until 1.00pm, including time for refreshments.

Please feel free to attend or drop on for some of the sessions. If you require more nformation please contact the school office.

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Family Fun Day at CALL Scotland

Family Fun Day

Are you interested in a Family Fun Day and find out more about communication technologies that might support young people with ASN, then have a look at the info below from CALL Scotland

Saturday 26th April 2014, 11am – 4pm

Location: CALL Scotland, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

Run by specialist staff (CALL Scotland, FAACT, KEYCOMM, SCTCI, TASSCC and others) and funded by Augmentative Communication in Practice: Scotland, the day is a chance for families of children with additional support needs to try out and learn about the software, hardware and specialised communication technologies that might help support them.

The day is FREE and refreshments will be provided. Drop in, or stay all day!

The day will include:

  • Time to chat with experienced staff about technology and software
  • Demonstrations
  • ‘Hands on’ time with computers and toys
  • Games
  • Snacks
  • Smart Wheelchair rides
  • Information
  • Prizes, music and much, much, more!

If you are interested please book a place through the CALL Scotland web site