Class Arran visited the Ashoka Cook School as part of their Fairtrade avtivities.
The senior pupils had a sensory experience, smelling alll the spices and then they watched a demonstration from the chef. They are going to be making some pakora for the MAIRtrade event on Thursday.
Class Islay have been working hard on their FAIRtrade and Eco projects for the MAIRtrade event this Thursday.
Good Luck to some of our senior pupils who are taking part in the West of Scotland Cross country event at Bellahouston park this morning.
It will be a muddy run today we think……….
Some of our pupils attend the Saturday morning drama club, Glee.
This Saturday sees the end of all the hard work and rehearsals.
Come see them perform “oor Annie” at Eastwood Theatre on Saturday evening at 6pm.
Tickets still available via Mr Hay
Classes Tiree & Whalsay have been busy preparing for their Winter Cafe.
They planned the menu, created invites, made a shoppping list, went shopping and then distributed jobs to specific people.
Today they have finally been able to put all their hard work into the event and demonstrate how successful and confident, they are in their learning.
They have invited the parents from both classes in for lunch and openened up the menu to all staff.
Classes Whalsay, Tiree and Jura have been working on the BBC project, Ten Pieces to inspire young people to get creatvive with classical music.
They have been learning how to make music using parts of their body and simple sounds.
Over the past two months they have composed their own piece of music which was filmed today and will be uploaded to the BBC as part of the Ten Pieces Proms.
They also created a piece of art work as part of this project.
Look out for some budding musicians in the near future!
Last Friday we celebrated Burns day with a whole school assembly which included some of the children from the Family Centre.
All the classes participated by either, singing, exhibiting art work or reciting some poetry and our Reels on Wheels group performed 2 dances for us.
It was a great event, promoting confident individuals and successful learners.
Have a look at some of our photographs below.
Class Yell have recently been studying Robert Burns.
They researched facts about his life and devised a quiz for their parents to take part in for the “Show and Tell” which they had invited them to.
They created an invite for the parents and also invited Mrs Clark, our new Head Teacher.
They recited some poems and even sang “Auld Lang Syne”.
The students also prepared lunch for their visitors which included haggis, neeps, tatties and delicious Cranachan.
Have a look at some of the photographs below.
Our Stargaze Drama group which takes place on Tuesday’s after school have been working hard on their new performance “Bugsy Malone”.
Look out for more details soon……..
Classes Arran and Cumbrae have been working on an interactive sensory story “Stig of the Dump”.
During art sessions they have created a large cave as part of their story and have incorporated lots of visual and sound effects using the iPad and mini projector.
They are performing this to some of the classes on Friday, and everyone looking forward to it.
Photos to follow………
Yesterday we were filmed by the BBC as part of the Holocaust Memorial Day. This was shown on Scotland 2015 last night.
Xander lights the Holocaust Memorial Candle, (click to 17 mins)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0516f8j/scotland-2015-27012015 …
Good Luck to some of our senior pupils who are taking part in the West of Scotland Cross Country trials at Bellahouston Park tomorrow morning.
Good luck everyone.
Good luck to some of our senior pupils who are taking part in the West of Scotland Schools Cross Country event at bellahouton Park tomorrow.
Congratulations to our senior pupils who took part in the NDS Swimming Championships at Tollcross Pool yesterday.
We are delighted with the hard work and achievements from our students who took part.
We won 2 gold,1 silver & 2 bronze medals.
Well done everyone who participated.
On the 27th of November Pupils from Classes Tiree, Whalsay and Jura will be joining the Primary 6 & 7 pupils from St Cadoc’s and Crookfur Primary for the annual Kilt Walk as part of the Community Unity Project.
School uniform should be worn with either a kilt and or some tartan.
Please give them some encouragement if you see them during the walk.
Class Jura are all set for their Open Morning.
They have been busy planning and preparing for the event and are looking forward to welcoming visitors to Teenscene this morning.
On Friday 20th September all staff and pupils are invited to pay £1 to simply wear jeans, have fun and raise money for a great cause, Jeans for Genes Day.
Help us to support this great cause raising money for Genetic Disorders UK and aim to change the world for children with genetic disorders.
Please bring £1 into school on Friday and wear your favourite jeans.
Our Dreams Come True 10 Lochgoilhead Reunion will take place, Monday 15th September 6:30 – 8pm at Isobel Mair School.
Come and view the photographs and premier of the DVD highlighting the fabulous experience our pupils and buddies took part in.
We looking forward to seeing you all again.
On Friday, we were delighted to welcome visitors from Young Enterprise Scotland and volunteers from Barclays Bank to work with some of our pupils to makeover our sensory garden.
It was a very productive day with lots of team building, collaboration and developing skills.
We are extremely grateful to everyone who helped out on the day and delighted that the sun was shining.
Have a look at the photographs below, we are all very pleased with the results and the staff and pupils look forward to using the very colourful Sensory Garden.
On Friday our Sensory Garden is getting a makeover thanks to Young Enterprise Scotland and volunteers from Barclays Bank.
They have worked with the school eco committee to develop some exciting plans for the garden including seating, lights and a herb area.
We are all looking forward to seeing our ideas come to life.
Watch this space for more updates and hopefully the sun will be shining on Friday!
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