Easter Holidays
A reminder that school will close at 2:30 on Friday 4th April for Spring break and reopens on Tuesday 22nd April.
Extended school day will not take place on Friday 4th April.
Happy Holidays from everyone at Isobel Mair School
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Spring Break
Easter Holidays
School will close at 2:30 on Friday 4th April for Spring break and reopens on Tuesday 22nd April.
Extended school day will not take place on Friday 4th April.
Special Raffle
Should you be so lucky…………
IMS & FC are holding a special raffle to raise money for school funds.
Would you like to win 2 tickets to go and see Kylie Minogue at the SSE Hydro?
Will you be so lucky or will you have tears on your pillow?
Only way to find out out is to buy some raffle tickets after the Easter break.
mAIRwavesFM have posted a new recording
mAIRwavesFM
mAIRwavesFM have posted a new recording linked to their Science topic.
Listen here to see if they have met the success criteria during a recording of mAIRwavesFM
This week the experiences and outcomes were:
I am aware of different types of energy around me and can show their importance to everyday life and my survival. SCN 1-04a
By exploring and using technologies in the wider world, I can consider the ways in which they help. TCH 1-01a
I explore materials, tools and software to discover what they can do and how I can use them to help solve problems and construct 3D objects which may have moving parts. TCH 1-12a
Learning Intentions
To identify 3 sources of renewable energy
To explore technologies in the wider world
To explore different materials
To construct 3D objects which may have moving parts
Success Criteria
I can identify 2 technologies which provide renewable energy
I can explore a variety of materials
I can choose which materials would work best to create an object with moving parts
I can construct a 3D object related to renewable energy with moving parts
Sport Relief 2014
Sport Relief @ IMS
This year at Isobel Mair School we are celebrating with a SPORT RELIEF ASSEMBLY on: Friday 21st March 2014 at 2pm
Please come along and see all the sporty things we’ve been doing, watch our sporty video challenge, join in a sport dance and help raise some money.
We also have some Sport Relief wristbands for sale at £1 if you would like to buy some.
Hope you can join us for a fun afternoon.
“Time to Shine”
Commuity Unity
“Time to Shine”
Tonights performance of “Time to Shine” with the Community Unity schools will take place in Newton Mearns Baptist Church at 7pm.
Pupils from classes Whalsay, Tiree and Jura have been rehearsing really hard with the P7 pupils from St Cadoc’s and Crookfur primaries. Everyone looking forward to the actual performance….
Pace “Time to Shine”
Community Unity
This morning classes Tiree and Whalsay welcome P7 pupils from St Cadoc’s and Crookfur primary schools for a morning rehearsal of the Community Unity perfromance “Time to Shine”.
We are glad the sun is shining as we will have 150 pupils for lunch and then outside to play in our amazing outdoor area!
This afternoon we are heading over to Newton Mearns Baptist Church for another rehearsal as the big performance is Wednesday evening.
World Book Day
World Book Day Celebrations
Our World Book Day Celebrations begin on Thursday 6th March where all the classes are working together on a particular book theme, i.e Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch, the Tiger Who Came to Tea and Alice in Wonderland.
Classes will be performing either a dramatisation, poems, interactive lessons or songs from the stories and finishing off with a tea party in each of the lochs.
On Friday 6th March all pupils are encouraged to bring £1 and dress up as a favourite story character. Our day wil be finished off with a whole school assembly.
I wonder what character Mrs Wallace will be this year!
Coffee and Chat
Coffee and Chat will take place on Tuesday 4th March at 1:30pm
All welcome
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.
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 |
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.
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:…….
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.
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..
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.
Holiday Weekend
Just a reminder that school is closed tomorrow for inset training for all staff.
School also closed on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th February.
School will reopen on Wednesday 12th February.
Family Fun Night
Family Fun Night
Are you looking for something to do a Monday evening?
Cosgrove Care and Sporty Kids are holding a monthly family night for children to have fun in a safe environment whilst parents can relax in the cafe.
This event will take place on the first Monday of the month starting on Monday 3rd February from 6pm – 8pm.
Please contact lgrant@coscrovecare.org.uk for more information.
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.
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
